And so another year ends, and what a year it has been for me! I’ve travelled all over the country covering events, to different continents even! So I thought a little look back would be good First stop is back to Ross Mccracks Altezza Shoot in January February and Wallace Performance HQ Ghostly Murdo was busy welding away The first SXOC drift day was in March and there would be a few more throughout the year! Kinghorns impreza got a full shoot April brought the Granite City R

The SXOC drift day We traveled early and met up with the Aberdeen guys and hit up Mc D’s as usual, Cam and Stu were Rolling through Dundee We got to crail, then the battle was on to change tyres and get out onto track John Fallon was out early in his R32 skyline, an awesome note could be heard from his shotgun exhaust, he had to finish kinda early due to having no tyres left, not a surprise really as you can see some mega destruction going on here Jites wasn’t gonna let the p

Its been a long time but it’s finally finished and its back terrorising the streets! Mints Na8 Mazda Miata …………… You might remember it from its boso basher days, the aim then was to have a loud obnoxious car that nearly everyone hated.Well now the plans have changed, as with any good idea they involve, run their course then onto the next one. So whats new? the rear over fenders for a start,built by auto konnexion they replace the  bolt on arches, they just didn’t cut it anymo

Back to Crail once again for the SXOC skid day The weather was good despite reports of a downpour Which meant smokey drifts which has been lacking at the last few days Jeek supplying enough smoke for everyone! Virgin big track skidder Jordon was out in his Miata and did super well! The hats Fc Rx was repping the limiter all day!! Fudi had his new 4 Door R32 Skyline out….. so nice and it loved going sideways! Mint arrived late ….. shock but the new Teal colour scheme looked co

With the Time Attack out of the way, now its time to concentrate on the show cars and EDC. The EDC was going on in between the session of the Time Attack, it consists of qualifying and a final round. I didn’t pay much attention to the whole “competion” as it’s a bit of a farce IMO, however sideways cars is something you should never get bored of. Local driver Keiron Cameron and his V8 Ps13 were representing, the all yellow colour scheme makes it easy to pick out when twinning

Its back bitches!! The car was put off the road to save it from the typical scottish winter weather and for some upgrades But now its back on the road And i was asked to get some snaps before she hits the streets Mods over the winter were a full set of CS2 HSD Coilovers courtesy of Driftworks They bring the Work Meisters into touching distance of the rolled and pulled arches Aswell as the mods, the car has been given a full service, all oils replenished, Some engine detailing

Here are the pics from the recent drift day, to be honest not much to report as it rained ALL day and i only got around 90 pics. The hats RX7 sounded awesome off the limiter, shame he had an off and bent the steering arms. Chizfab crew were out again getting some nice angle Our resident mintofruit was out in his mx5, always progressing Ryans chaser …………… awesome shame he had a problem on his second run which mean’t he couldn’t go back out Jites from http://www.jdmtas.com was

The last SXOC Drift Day of 2010 and a rather wet and cold one at that! I spent the whole day snapping, hiding from rain and having soaking wet feet lol But for the levels of skidding it was worth it! The day started with a 7.45am meet, followed  by a leisurely drive down the A90 to Forfar for a MCd’s Here we met up with Cam Dunkz and Ryan and his JZX100 MkII, Awesomeness in true form! Then off to a wet  Crail Once there alot of the drivers hard a hard time with the conditions

Crail raceway was the scene for another SXOC drift day, i started the day off in usual fashion, a 6am wake up call, then into the car to meet up with friends and onto the drift day……………………………. Mints car got alot of attention throughout the day with alot of trialing of parts, we ended up stripping the whole front end just to run 8 1/2″ watanabes with R888 toyos to stop the understeer! which resulted in a MX5 missile dori mobile! dovboys S14a was shredding tyres in its usual fa

Thought i would post some pictures from the first ever MFC™ BBQ! For once the weather was good! Pretty much all the MFC™ were there bar Cam and Kyle. Mint was fashionably late as ever lol, although he said he was “Working Late” and we all know that aint true lol Kinghorn was rocking the Carlsberg ……………….. And the MFC™ “WAGS” were there to add a much needed feminine touch So all in all a mighty time was had by allllll #thacko #dori #mintofruit #club #mint #mfc #photography #bh

You may remember this particular PS13 from last year when i did a night time shoot of it, well since then it had some engine issues but after being rebuilt its back to slide its way around the Scottish countryside. As you can see the PS13 has had quite a few goodies fitted from Japan, Vertex aero for starters Followed by Work CR Kai wheels in a 17 x 8 fitment up front with 18 x 9.5 at the back The rollcage and bride keep Dan safe while skidding, also added are the Driftworks

Another weekend, another event! This time it was the SXOC’s drift day at Crail. Was an excellent day with lots of good skidding The trampdrift guys were there too …………… And of course our very own Mint was there with his MX5, Had the pleasure of a pax lap or 2 but it all ended after a 60mph backward entry into the tyres haha So all in all a brilliant day , although i got mega sunburn lol #thacko #dori #skyline #mintofruit #club #sxoc #mint #photography #drift #scotland #jdmtas

And for the final part, a look at the drift taxis! The idea? get a few local drifters to hoon around the paddock area with paying passengers and give them a taste of what its like to get proper sideways! This year JDMtas’s very own Marcus got to do it along with Midgers and some members of  www.trampdrift.com The perils of stupid sideways action ……………….. TAXI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Marcus gets sideways! Jeek from TD hangs out the arse of his Beemer!! And so that concludes Modifi

So time for EDC, and to be honest a let down for me! In previous years EDC has been an all out competion with drivers having to gain a licence in the morning then progressing to the knockout stages competing against each other, but now its invite only and for me it has lost its appeal! Anyway enough of my opinions and no doubting drifting is still an amazing specticle! Tim Marshalls LS2 Skyline liked to goe sideways lol Our local lad Keiron was ripping up the knockhill tarmac

In the first of 4 looks at Modified Live from Knockhill, we will have a look around the paddock and show car area. There were ALOT of high spec cars there, Robin d’s was out of the world once again!! The work put into this car is breathtaking!! unfortunatly it never made it out on Sunday Got wide arches??? lol this Pulsar certainly did!! Russ and Mike from Wallace Performance were out again in attack mode! and a 2nd and 3rd place in group was their reward ………… well done guys

Yes i was there along with the other members of http://www.jdmtas.com. But due to technical difficulties (my desktop computer finally died after 6 years) i havent been able to get you guys any pictures, until now. So for now here are 5 Pictures i have currently editied and the rest should follow VERY soon! Hope you like #timeattack #mlr #thacko #dori #skyline #mintofruit #club #sprinting #mint #photography #bhp #drift #scotland #jdmtas #jdm #knockhill #international #touge #t

Continuing on from Mints Miata shoot, is Jays R32 GTR shoot. Jay has had his 620bhp skyline for a few months now, you might rememeber the sneak peek a while back?? well here is the full shoot. Built in Japan by M-Garage, this is the originally Lambo Green demo car, now painted in Mercedes Gunmetal grey it looks super sleek! The engine is a mash up of HKS,Blitz and Nismo ………………………. nothing else!! only the best will do apparantly, with a proven dyno sheet output of 620bhp @ 1.

ThackoPhotography.com Proudly Presents ……………………………….. Mints Miata gets to see the light of day! Sporting STUPID wide and STUPID of set JDM rimmage!! The MX has received its fair share of arch mods to achieve the look you see here and the main man responsible was no other than Al of http://alscarstuff.wordpress.com/ i think you will agree the man deserves some respect!! The car rides on Driftwork HSD coilovers and is lowered an ungodly amount but is driven hard daily!! whether

The full shoot of Mints “Bozo Bashing Miata” With the most stanced MX5 this side of the Atlantic!! You need to check back for this!!!! #risky #thacko #dori #mintofruit #mint #photography #drift #scotland #jdmtas #jdm #international #aberdeen #touge #brandwhore

The last part of my coverage from Sunday just past is dedicated to the guys hitting up the Oval at Crail. JDMtas.com’s Marcus was out in his S13 and was doing some super skidding!! Now ill apologise to the rest of the guys who were drifting cos i dont know who they are lol But i have to give you a mention. The driver of this S14a was particularly good! Extra props have to go to the driver of this Omega, it was sideways most of the time and was driven within an inch of its lif