NightLife | Spring Kickoff Car Show & Meet

March 6, 2012

Night Import: Photography and Words by William LeeBurbank Go Kart Meet-33
It feels like my life is getting busier every week because of needing to do several things within a time period. I'm feeling old now as well because sooner than later, I'll be hitting the age of 25. My apology to some of you guys who are older than me and had to read what I just wrote, but you should know that aged-feeling once you pass 21. Blah~ anyways, out of nowhere, I realized I needed to be more involved with the automotive scene. It's not to the point where I need to attend 3 meets or events on one day, but just going out there. I felt as if I needed to bring something more to the table so that people can look up to Night Import or just appreciate it more than other blogs out there. Naw~ I'm not trying to be competitive. All of the bloggers or just blogs in general should be a family rather than hate on each other. You know what I mean? Most of the stuff I post up on my blog doesn't have that exclusiveness yet, but one day, and I know for sure that day will come soon, Night Import will be your automotive source for features and coverages v(^-^)v

Last week, while thinking about what to do before heading to a KBBQ session with a few well-known photographers, I headed out to this meet called Spring Kickoff, which was at Racer's Edge Karting in Burbank, CA. I heard it was organized by Garrett, but not 100% sure. This event was a mix of a car show and meet because it sort of had the vibe of a car show. I'm talking about vendors being present and the actual Go Karting place being opened for spectators and participants. There were no trophies, but people had an opportunity to participate in the raffling.

Special Coverage: Burbank Krispy Kream Tuesdays

March 2, 2011

Night-Import: Photography by William Lee

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As we all know, Southern California is known for major events, such as Formula D, Redline Time Attack, Eibach Honda Meet, etc.
But it is also known for local meets and I'm not talking about 5~10 cars or a parking lot packed with stock cars.
I'm talking about underground parking structures, supermarket lots, forbidden areas, and even mountains being packed with modified cars.
What's really exciting about these meets is not knowing what kind of cars are going to roll in. It's always a surprise and even if you don't see a Aston Martin or a Ferrari Enzo, you'll see plenty of nicely modded cars from your area or people who will drive 2~3 hours just to talk with automotive enthusiasts and check out rides.

On Tuesday, our friends Elite-Autosports 'brought back' the Krispy Kream Tuesday meets in Burbank, CA. Few years ago, if there was a meet you had to attend without any questions, it was the Krispy Kream Tuesday meets. I'm not trying to exaggerate myself, but think about 300 cars parked at a plaza lot. This meet was legendary before it got raided by cops. After the notice of "do not come back", the Krispy Kream meet became history and no one expected it to come back; however, after things got settled, Elite-Autosports decided to re-open the gates to the legendary Krispy Kreme meet.

As expected, there were tons of cars and the behavior level was good enough to call it a 'great' meet.