Baja 1000 Ride

 Friday, November 14th Sarah, David and I ventured to Barstow to test run the "Team Wahoo's" Baja 1000 class 1 ride. Fricken awesome time!!! Jim Riley (VP Marketing Kettle One) and Eric Morley (Blue C) were great hosts.

Red Bull Drifting World Championship

In Long Beach on November 11, 2008, Laura Jacobsen, Genevieve Chappell & filming crew, and I attended for the inaugural Red Bull Drifting World Championship. The city of Long Beach hosted the parade of cars through the downtown area and a draw party at the local establishment, “Smooth’s Sports Grill”.

The special drifting track was at the Port of Long Beach and featured six (6) turns, a high speed right-hand entry that pushed the drivers into the 100+ mph range. Awesome to watch by the way... The course definitely pushed the drivers to their limits for the ultimate drifting competition.


32 of the world’s best drifters gathered on Saturday and Sunday at the Port of Long Beach to compete for the largest prize purse in drifting history. We caught up with Samuel Hubinette for a VelocityTV interview and to wish him good luck on the competition.

Unfortunately, Samuel, (2 time world champion) didn't take home the gold this time... first place went to Rhys Millen, $25,000; Teammate Daijiro Yoshihara and his Bridgestone / RMR Pontiac GTO took home the 2nd place prize of $15,000 and the 2007 and 2008 Formula DRIFT champion, Tanner Foust and the Rockstar / AEM Nissan 350Z took home 3rd place overall and $10,000.

A fun time was had by all!!! Until next time... drift on baby!

Lost - 75 miles out of the way

What a way to start the morning... Genevieve Chappell and I are on way to willow springs for the VARA vintage racing and missed the exit.

We stopped at a gas station and found out we 75 miles out of the way!!! Shiz!

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Joy Loo
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Donna Karan / Harper's Bazaar Event

Genevieve Chappell, Joy Loo, Kathy Marino, Melissa

On Wednesday, November 12th we joined Kathy Marino (CEO/Executive Producer of Corporate Development For Joint Ventures) and Avril Graham (Executive Fashion & Beauty Editor, Harper's Bazaar Magazine) for an exclusive brunch and guilt-free shopping. Celebrating Donna Karan's new modern astrology handbag collection.

I arrived with Genevieve armed with my business cards and ready to schmooze. We worked the room meeting and greeting... we met some really great women and have since joined them for their monthly OC business meetings.

Time came for the store to do the many different drawings... 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th name was called... I never win any of those things. Oh wait, there's one final drawing... the grand prize. VIP Donna Karan discount card for one year... drum roll please..... JOY LOO. What?!? Yes, I won! So, I couldn't have it go to waste! And it was for charity... benefiting the Orangewood Children's Foundation. Scored a hot pair of shoes!!!

Velocity TV - 4th Episode

Velocity TV - Episode 4 from Velocity Magazine on Vimeo.

Check out Genevieve Chappell at the OC Auto Show.

2008 Packard International Show

With Robert Escalante's invitation, I had the pleasure of attending the 45th annual Packard Grand Salon event today. For the past two years it's been held at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach. The Pageant of Packard's were presented on the upper deck of The Island Hotel... and I have to say, what a sight of beauty that was.

From Packard International Show

Judging began at 10 am for the all the categories in the pre-war and post-war divisions. I strolled through all the cars with last years post-war Best in Show winner, Mark Beythoun. He was giving me pointers on each one-of-a-kind Packard. I had my choice for Best in Show and couldn't wait to see if it was the judges pick too. My pick of course was chosen based on aesthetics and beauty instead of the typical point system. I wouldn't even know what to take points away for anyway... Wanna see my pick??

From Packard International Show

As everyone trickled down to the ballroom for lunch, Lugano Diamonds was on site wetting our visual appetite with two models adorned with beautiful diamonds, precious colored stones, and yards and yards of pearls. The models walked around each table showcasing all the jewelry and giving a mini bio for each piece. My favorites were the 6 carat antique pave setting $47k ring, the 130 something carat aquamarine diamond crusted necklace, and 13 carat solitaire round cut ring for an obscene amount of money. Wishful thinking...

After lunch, everyone anxiously anticipating the announcement of the winners... yeay, my choice won Best in Show post-war.


For those of you that are not familiar with the Packard's beauty see below video for a tour. Robert Escalante had an interview with NBC whipnotic several months ago. Enjoy!!!

Velocity Magazine Reunion at Cars and Coffee

On October 18th 2008 Velocity invited our extended family to Cars and Coffee. As we debuted our 7th issue we showcased all the featured stories that graced the pages of Velocity Magazine. The early morning gathering at the Ford Motor Company in Irvine draws about 200 cars every Saturday. It was different this past Saturday... it was as if the cars drove off the pages of Velocity Magazine.

Since Laura was on vacation, Sarah and I manned the Velocity area selling subscriptions. Steve Emmert owner of Corporate Image Mobile Detail donated a Cilajet exterior polish for our contest drawing. Thanks Steve!

We normally leave around 8ish and the crowd starts to pack things up around 8:30 or 9:00. When I was getting ready to leave Jan Tarazkiewicz, owner of the Pinnacle Pantera (issue 7) asked if I could help him out by jump starting his 1972 Ultra Hall Pantera GT5S. I was driving the HHR Velocity Panel (company car) and thought sure I hope nothing goes wrong cause it's not my car. Well I must have foreseen the future...

We (about 5 of us standing there) open up the hood of the car and didn't see a battery... oh, there it is said Jan... he hooked up the cables to his car first then the Velocity Panel... was that supposed to happen I ask... a yes response from Jan. hmmm, I thought to myself, my Dad used to do this to my first car all the time and that never happened. Moving along, to make a long story short, Jan tried to start the car multiple times and nothing. So, he called his wife, said thanks for the help, and I was about to be on my way... I started the HHR Velocity Panel up and backed up... WHOA I can't turn the steering wheel.

I told the three guys there about the wheel not turning and they didn't know what could have happened. 20 mins later... looks like we blew the ABS fuse which handles the power steering. We kinda did a quick fix so that I could drive it. Genevieve Chappell was on hand filming, check it out below.