Drift Atlanta 2011Photo Series

Drift Atlanta 2011 was a great time as usual! Sorry the pictures are a bit late. I'm gonna keep this brief because I know you are here to see the pics, so here they are.

Of course I will start out with some e30 love, this beautiful example was seen chillin in the pits.

The Jive Turkey's Tale. Part 3: Frivolousness

Ok guys, it's time for part 3 of the tale. If you missed part 2:The budget years. Click Here.


Ok, so at this point I had a car that every mod thus far had been spec e30 legal, so the natural decision would be to put a cage and seat in it and work on spec e30 racing, so this was the plan.....Until I bumped across this brand new on eBay at a price that was too good to pass up.



Things have escalated...

The Jive Turkey's Tale. Part 2: The budget years.

It's time for part 2 of the e30's tale. If you missed "Part 1:The early years." Click here!

There I had it, a one dollar e30, that was suited for the track. It was still rough around the edges, but had some potential.

After sifting through receipts of what I spent getting it ready I realized I was way under budget for the Grassroots $2005 challenge. So I had a new goal for the car: Put as much lipstick on that pig as I can for <$2005. That's when I realized how much lipstick it would take. Below are a couple graphic pictures of my discoveries. This thing was going to need a paint job...

The Jive Turkey's Tale. Part 1: The early years.

Hey frivolous people! I'm Russell, or Russ Buss if you prefer. It's my first post on the blog so, I figured I'd give you some detailed history on the e30 above, As she has been through a lot.

It was the summer of 2004 and I had a HPDE at Road Atlanta fast approaching. The only problem was the e30 that I was planning on using got t-boned 9 days before the event. At this point I couldn't get a refund, so I set out on my journey to find a replacement.

At an autocross I bumped into a guy(Dan) while working the front gate and our conversation stumbled across the topic of me looking for an e30 shell. He said he had one that had been in his basement for 3 years waiting to become his next project car. I asked if it was for sale, and he apprehensively said "sure I suppose". I asked him how much he wanted, and being a 17 year old kid at the time I could tell he didn't take me seriously, but I reassured him I had money and needed a car within the week for the HPDE at Road Atlanta. He then began to backpedal a bit, going into how it was a good chassis and he really wanted to make it a race car at some point. Right about the time he said, "I'm not sure if I want to sell it quite yet" his wife grabbed him and drug him around the other side of their pickup. A few moments later he came back around the truck, and I knew at that moment I was about to have a new e30.

He told me that if I put a race motor in his current race-car e30 then I could have the shell for $1. Yes $1. I quickly agreed sight unseen and arranged to borrow a truck and trailer. We arrived in McDonough to pick the car up the next day. Dave sweetened the deal by including a full manifold back 1 piece exhaust. Nevertheless, the basement had taken its toll on the poor car. This is what I saw when the basement door opened.

The initial view was a little disappointing.

Some drift pics from alittle while ago.

Last years triple treat in Atl. Awesome fun and Russels first time out with the rebuilt turbo e30.