Autot ja Viihde 2018 - 29th of September - Lahti, Finland - Hobbyist Car Park - Part 1/2 - Rods & Cruisers

Here's more photos from hobbyist car park of Lahti's Yankee and X-treme Car Show 😊

Autot ja Viihde 2018 - 29th of September - Lahti, Finland - Hobbyist Car Park - Part 2/2 - Muscle cars

Hope you all have had a great new year so far! For me it's time to start to go through pictures from Yankee and X-treme Car Shows held in Lahti last autumn. Here's my first set of photos from hobbyist car park. Next one coming out later this week 😎 Stay tuned!

Buick Invicta Convertible

Hifi & Tuning Show 2018 - 8th and 9th of September - Oulu, Finland - Part 1/2

This year's Hifi & Tuning Show a.k.a. Hötsi offered again lots of cool modified cars, dB Drag Racing, Miss HTS competition and much more. After party was held at the nearby Mango DiscoBAR after the first day of a two day event and distribution of prizes in ten different categories at the end of the second day. I divided my photos in two parts and you can find the second part from here 😊

Drift & Tuning Day Vol.2 @ OuluZone - 22nd of September - Oulu, Finland

Here's few photos I took at the second edition of Drift & Tuning Day last September. Event was free to attend just like last year. Despite the weather being a bit challenging quite a lot of people came to visit the it. Schedule included drifting demonstrations and a playful competition. Drifters also gave rides for visitors for a small amount of money. In the nearby the parking lot was a Tuning car show. I will upload video clips to my Instagram account later. Stay tuned for those 😉

BMW M3 - FullGas Motorsport

Radalle.com Drifting Finals @ Kemora - 15th of September 2018 - Veteli, Finland

This year the final round of Finnish Drifting Championship was held at the Kemora motor circuit in Veteli. This time the weather wasn't the greatest and it kept raining the whole day. Day started around 9 am with practice and continued to qualifying where Mika Keski-Korpi got the most points. Henri Haanpää came second and Lauri Heinonen was third.

Juha Pöytälaakso battled through to the final from the left side of the bracket and faced Lauri Heinonen who took out Henri Haanpää. Henri met Jonathan Hast in the bronze final. Here's few clips from the competition (#1 & #2).

There was also a car show held at the start of the pit area. There were a lot of nice cars such as a grey Nissan Skyline R33 and a yellow MK4 Toyota Supra to name a few. Below you can find photos from the pit are and car show. Take a look 😎

BMW E30 M50 - ProFlex Motorsport

Hifi & Tuning Show 2018 - 8th and 9th of September - Oulu, Finland - Part 2/2

Here's the second photo set from this year's Hifi & Tuning Show. Check out part one from here 😎

Ground Zero Mini @GroundZeroMini

Venetsia Drifting 2018 - 25th of August - Kokkola, Finland

Venetsia Drifting is an annual drifting competition held in the city centre of Kokkola, Finland. Track is a street circuit closed off from public traffic. Around 40 drivers with different levels of experience participated to this year's competition.

Day started with free practice and continued with qualification which determined who went to battle who in the bracket. Each driver had two attempts which were scored. Actual competition began shortly after qualification. Two drivers competed against each other driving in tandem. Both drivers had to lead and follow. Driver with a better score continued to the next round. Power2Drift Team Finland's Juha Pöytalaakso ended up taking the first place. Henri Haanpää from Haanpää Motorsport was second and Juha Rintanen of Juha Rintanen Motorsport was third.

Unfortunately I didn't get to see to whole competition since my train left a bit earlier than it finished. Curbs were packed with visitors and it was nice to see a lot of people attending the event. Only downside was that there weren't any grandstands near the track and it was a bit hard to see what happened there if you didn't have a good viewing spot.

I uploaded few clips (#1 & #2) to my Instagram account. Please check them out as well 😎

Historic Grand Race 2018 @ Ahvenisto Race Circuit - 18th of August - Hämeenlinna, Finland - Part 1/2 - Pit

Here's a photo set from the pit area of 28th Historic Grand Race held between 18th & 19th of August at the Ahvenisto Race Circuit. Event showcased three major themes which were 40th anniversary of Mini 1000 race class, 70th anniversary of Porsche and 50th anniversary of Ford Escort. Overall 170 drivers from Finland and Sweden took part in the event. Weekend included 18 starts which were divided between different race classes such as Historic Stock/GT & Formula, Roadsport, Subaru Sport, SS 1300, Locost and Mini 1000. There was also a Tourist Trophy exhibition showcasing veteran motorcycles in the middle of the day. At the end of the day when all classes had finished their races visitors were allowed to enter the pit area. I included photos from the hobbyist car park to Part 2/2 - Hobbyist car park. Check it out as well 😊

Historic Grand Race 2018 @ Ahvenisto Race Circuit - 18th of August - Hämeenlinna, Finland - Part 2/2 - Hobbyist car park

Here's photos of the hobbyist car park which was organized during Historic Grand Race at the Ahvenisto Race Circuit. A lot of nice cars attended it. Take a look 😊

Jaguar E-type

LinnaCruising 2018 - 11th of August - Hämeenlinna, Finland - Part 1/4 - Rods & trucks

Here's a photo set of hot rods, street rods and pickup trucks I encountered during my LinnaCruising visit. LinnaCruising is a three day event held at the Kantola event park in Hämeenlinna, Finland. Area was easy to access since it is close to the city center of Hämeenlinna. I ended up taking a morning train to the city and walking from the station to the event park.

Event park of Kantola is on the shore of a lake called Vanajavesi. Park itself is a big grass area with a big gravel parking lot. LinnaCruising turned 16 years old this summer and it was the first time it was organized in Kantola. From 2013 to 2017 the event was held in Ahvenisto Race Circuit and before that in Satulinna and Verkatehdas. I visited Ahvenisto the next weekend. Story of that visit to Historic Grand Race is also coming out later this month 😊

The event opened on Friday evening with a Drive-In movie and live music. Saturday morning started with a burnout competition. There were also two F2 and F4 Powerboat exhibitions at the near lake. The day ended with a cruising and live music. A swap meet was organized on Sunday before the event closed. This was my first visit to LinnaCruising and it was a very pleasant one. There were a lot to see and experience. Hopefully I get to visit it next year as well.

Remember to check out my other photos from the event as well (links below) 😎

Part 2/4 - Cruisers     Part 3/4 - Muscle cars     Part 4/4 - European cars