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Street Racing Illustrated | Clean Culture Ballpark Banger 2018

September 11, 2018/in Event Coverage, Features, Uncategorized /by Phillip Pratt

Clean Culture Ballpark Banger 2018 x Street Racing Illustrated

Story | Phillip Pratt

Clean Culture is no stranger to South Florida. They host two, sometimes three, shows down here every year. Even with their strong year-round presence and hordes of fans and crew members spamming the roads- it doesn’t change the hype, excitement or the buzz in the air leading up to a show… and most of the time, that’s just the night before! If nothing else, the Clean Culture crew has mastered the art of finding interesting locales to host their signature events. One of the most unique among them is dubbed the Ballpark Banger in West Palm Beach, Florida. With cars strategically staged around the FITTEAM Ballpark baseball diamond, the guys at Clean Culture do what they do best- set a bomb atmosphere that is both chill and excitement. Enjoy the photos from our coverage below- peace.

Street Racing Illustrated | Cars, Coffee, and Racing 08/12/2018

August 14, 2018/in Event Coverage, Uncategorized /by Phillip Pratt

“Auto-Xing actually becomes more fun when it’s raining!”- Mario Ojito

Story | Phillip Pratt

Street Racing Made Safe’s inaugural Car, Coffee, and Racing was everything that SRMS President, Mario Ojito, said it would be. Even a massive speed trap on the turnpike and forty-five-minute downpour couldn’t stop the meet and races. Despite the wetter circumstances of the end of the day, the beginning was effing flawless. The racers were blessed with sunny, clear, skies as prep began and walks of the track were allowed. This isn’t a go-kart track with a tiny lane and nearly unreasonable amounts of hair-pins. AMR Motorplex supplied racers with lots of stretches to open those throttles up and get some speed going. The rain that arrived halfway through the event slowed down the meet-section, but unlike on a drag-strip, water just makes the racing more engaging. It was easy to tell the first time Auto-Xers from the seasoned vets, but as this event grows, I expect to see skills and car engineering do the same. Auto-Xing times can be viewed here. Next event will be held on September 9^th, 2018 at AMR Motorplex.

: Mario Ojito showing racers how to tear up the track!

Street Racing Illustrated | Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne 03.25.18

March 27, 2018/in Event Coverage /by Phillip Pratt

Beautiful weather and an awesome locale make Cars n Coffee Key Biscayne a ‘must go’.

Story & Photos | Phillip Pratt

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | Majestics reppin’ at C&C Key Biscayne

There really is no backdrop like the aqua-color waters of Miami Beach on a clear morning. Even with the controlled vehicular chaos that was created by the Miami Open Tennis tournament taking place just across the Causeway, it was hard to let the laidback vibe be diluted. Outside of the beautiful location, the biggest standout was the eclectic mix of cars, bikes, and enthusiasts in attendance. It was impossible to say what kind of meet it was; import, domestic, classic, bikes, exotics… but I guess that’s the point of a Cars n Coffee meet. It’s intentionally nondescript by design, in turn, draws in a vastly diverse crowd. From the custom hot-rods, pocket bikes, modern muscle cars, to the rows of GTRs (both old and new) and the random bicycle hooligans; C&C Key Biscayne doesn’t disappoint. If nothing else, the view coming over the bridge is almost worth the drive by itself.

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | Crew of Pocket Bikes showed up in mass

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | Classic and Clean

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | Hoods up

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | Beauty in motion

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | A Bug done right

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | Everyone is a Hoonigan

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | Some mean muscle in attendance

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | When the wheels match the backdrop

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | Cars even love the view

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne

Street Racing Illustrated | SRMS 03.24.18

March 27, 2018/in Event Coverage /by Phillip Pratt

SRMS in West Palm Beach on March 24th, 2018

Story | Phillip Pratt

Photos | Phillip Pratt & Gerry Burke

SRMS 03.24.18 | The always fast DentPros 911

On a perfect weather night where we saw the return of Rob and his thousand-plus horsepower Supra to Street Racing Made Safe, MPI’s GTR making a 195 MPH pass and Frustrate running something close to eight seconds in his AWD EG hatch; you’d think it was a night the racers and spectators won… but no. With well over 15 broken axels on both front wheel and rear wheel drive cars, the biggest winner was Palm Beach International Raceway’s freshly paved, professionally prepped (perhaps a bit over-prepped?) track. It conquered both the amateur and the experienced, built and daily-driven, leaving some to load up their trailers earlier or call for a tow truck. We all love the action, but racers, seriously… if you drove to the park from a great distance, perhaps it’s best not to dig in the car that got you there? Despite the spattering of hold-ups due to having to push crippled cars off the track, it was still a great night of power. While they weren’t able to get too much into the Dig List Top Ten, I think everyone in attendance did learn a valuable lesson; while building your racecar, don’t neglect your axels.

SRMS 03.24.18 | The MPI GTR before it made a 195MPH pass

SRMS 03.24.18 | Daniel Frustrate lining up for a call-out on the Dig List

SRMS 03.24.18 | Digs in high demand

SRMS 03.24.18 | Cousins

SRMS 03.24.18 | The view most see of this car

SRMS 03.24.18 | MPI GTR sitting scary

SRMS 03.24.18 | Perfect FWD burn-out. Think it broke too.

SRMS 03.24.18 | Mustang warming up the rubber

SRMS 03.24.18 | Beautiful weather

SRMS 03.24.18 | Rob in the lanes alongside the MPI GTR

SRMS 03.24.18 | Javi’s RSX

SRMS 03.24.18 | Lanes were jam-packed

SRMS 03.24.18 | Some of fastest Bikes in SoFlo

Street Racing Illustrated | Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne 2.24.18

February 26, 2018/in Event Coverage /by Phillip Pratt

SRMS, CLRDHOT and 4×4 Alliance team-up to bring you Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne

Story | Phillip Pratt

Photos | Peter Castle

Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne | 4×4 Alliance reppin’ what their culture is all about.

The name “Cars and Coffee” has become something of an international tradition. You can deduce the nature of the event merely by its name. To boil it down to it’s simplest definition, it’s a type of morning car meet. Typically, if not exclusively, held on weekends. If done right, it can attract hundreds of enthusiasts for miles around. The largest in the nation is held monthly in West Palm Beach. A great event but it can be quite a ride for most of South Florida (45 minutes to more than an hour for some). That’s where SRMS, 4×4 Alliance and CLRDHOT come in. With the breathtaking views of Miami’s waterfront at their backs, combined with the historic and famous site of the Seaquarium, “Cars and Coffee Key Biscayne” was built. While it’s not the first event to bare the name, with these three entities working together, it has the potential to challenge any other meet in the tri-county area. Either way, we win.

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Brought out cars from all walks…

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Got to love a clean Z

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Proof that we all can co-exist

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | This is Key Biscayne, after all

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Lamborghini distracting from the Miami Beach backdrop.

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Beautiful Lotus melting into the morning sky.

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Super-ill Wide-body Bimmer

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | SRMS CEO, Mario, brought out his slick ST

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Glimpse of a unicorn.

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | The original bug-eye.

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Stangs of South Florida with a strong showing.

Cars & Coffee Key Biscayne | Yosdany’s Supra stole the day.

Street Racing Illustrated | SRMS x K1 Speed Meet 02.08.18

February 11, 2018/in Event Coverage /by Phillip Pratt

Street Racing Made Safe x K1 Speed Car Meet 02.08.18

Story & Photos | Phillip Pratt

Street Racing Made Safe x K1 Speed Car Meet 02.08.18

Night car meets can be hit or miss. You might have the right size space, but the lighting isn’t adequate. You have a great location, but never got the official permission, so it ends up shut down by the cops. Sometimes it just attracts the wrong crowd and turns into a complete crap-fest of a failed event where a moron slams his car into a crowd of onlookers while attempting “drift”… All these obstacles can ultimately be avoided if a promoter does his or her homework and just treats the event like it is; an event. The people at SRMS are no stranger to putting in the work and their monthly meet at K1 Speed in Hialeah shines because of it. Hosted outside of K1 Speed’s indoor karting facility on their very large lot, SRMS, in conjunction with their partners, have created a fun, comfortable and safe environment attendees pack to the brim every first Thursday of each month.

Street Racing Made Safe x K1 Speed Car Meet 02.08.18

Street Racing Illustrated | Wekfest Florida 2017

January 4, 2018/in Event Coverage /by Phillip Pratt

Wekfest Florida 2017

Event coverage from the Wekfest show hosted in West Palm Beach

Story | Phillip Pratt

Photos | Phillip Pratt

If you’ve ever been to a Wekfest car show, you know it’s just that. A car show. Not a 2 – step competition, B-boy contest, freestyle rap battle or a “fashion show” (which inevitably involves bottles of water. Cold bottles of water). It’s an event that puts the cars at the center of attention at every step of the way. It’s become a yearend show in South Florida that brings in cars from all over the state, and from each subculture within the hobby. Enthusiasts break themselves for days in preparation and it shows as each vehicle on the floor is lovingly and meticulously detailed until the convention center’s LED lighting fixtures blindingly glisten off fresh paint and the well-oiled surfaces of low-profile tires. This year’s offering wasn’t anything less than awe-inspiring as the room was crammed wall-to-wall with some of Florida’s (and beyond) best.