Author: Matt Haugness

Although I'm a little late, I thought I would write a post about Scion's new FR-S (FT-86) concept car that is soon to be a production model. What started as a collaboration between Toyota and Subaru has turned into the work of art you see in front of you. There have been many iterations of this concept car with the latest being the closest to production. Details from the Scion press release state that the FR-S stands for Front-engine, Rear-wheel drive, Sport. The car was inspired by the AE86 Corolla in the sense that the goal for the FR-S was…

This year's Forum Fest will be held at Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA (the same place as the spring Honda-Tech meet) on June 25. They will have drifting, drag racing, and a car show. This sounds like it may be one of the largest meets in the Pacific Northwest for 2011 so don't miss out! More details below:

Yesterday I attended the Honda-Tech meet at Pacific Raceways in Kent with some other members of Import Meet. We had a great time despite the amount of rain we had. The event was very well organized with only one incident that I know of. NOS Energy Drinks and Gravity Motorsports were great sponsors and I also saw a large booth from Speedfactory. There were probably around 1000 cars throughout the day and this was one of the largest meets I have ever went to. There we so many awesome cars that we had a difficult time capturing all of the…

Import Meet would like to formally announce plans to sponsor the 2nd Annual Mt. Baker Import Run! Some of the founders of Import Meet were in attendance last year and it was a great time so we figured that this would be an ideal meet to sponsor. The goal this year is to completely fill the Heather Meadows parking lot with as many import cars as possible. As you can see in the gallery at the bottom of this post, the organizers had a wide variety of cars show up to the July 3rd 2010 meet. Please see below for…

Tonight I had the chance to watch Fast Five on opening night. All of the local shows ended up getting sold out, so I was glad I bought my tickets early. This one looked pretty exciting in the trailers and to be honest, I was looking forward to it. There were some things I liked about the movie, but there were also some areas that could have been better. First off, this movie had some of the corniest lines of any movie in recent years. If you can get past the bad screenplay and over-the-top characters, the movie is actually…

This year the annual Honda-Tech Spring Meet will be held at Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA on May 7th 2011. I have seen pictures from previous events and this one seems to be better organized than in years past. Below is the address and further details: Pacific Raceways 31001 144th Ave SE Kent, WA 98042-4601 Gates will open at 9:00 AM and cement parking will be provided. NOS Energy Drinks and Gravity Motorsports will be sponsoring the event. The dragstrip will also be available but bring your car prepared if you plan on racing. I am planning on going to…

This weekend I was able to attend an autocross school hosted by the Chuckanut Sports Car Club. I knew that I would enjoy autocross the second I tried it, but I was amazed a how friendly and knowledgeable the group was. Special thanks to all of the veteran autocross guys who rode along and also gave pointers to all of us newbies from the sidelines! I thought I would pass on what knowledge I remembered (I wasn't able to take notes) and explain my take on the event.

After nearly a month of testing and verifying that the functionality of the site is up to par, Import Meet has decided to officially launch the site. This means that all of the functions are available for use and our marketing campaign is in full effect. If you aren't already a member with Import Meet, it's completely free to register and join in on the discussion. Once you've registered, be sure to check back in frequently as blog posts will continue to be posted as well as our very first featured car article! Also feel free to post any and…