The event was hosted at Nashville Super Speedway which is an oval track in Lebanon, Tennessee. NSS was opened in 2001 for NASCAR - and at the time, it was the longest concrete oval track in the series.
After a decade of declining Nascar financial returns, the track closed its doors in 2011. I went to high school not far from here - and we always referred to it as "the abandoned race track". Thankfully, in 2021, the track reopened to host the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup series race. Now the track is really receptive to the local community, and hosts cars and coffee every first saturday of the month and even hosts drift events.
Import Alliance is one of the largest community events hosted at NSS. This event draws crowds from all over the Southeast to participate in time attack racing, drifting, and showcasing.
Being as I was just stopping in to say hello to some people, I grabbed some shots of some of the best cars in showcase then went home.
That aside, the car show was packed with high powered, well built, no expense spared machines like this HKS livery JZA80.
The interior was nice, simple and tidy.
Sporting a built 2jz with 918HP (932PS), Tim says he is happy with it, outside of switching to Haltech engine management in the future.
Speaking of, the owner (Tim) was a super nice guy- he did make fun of me for VQ swapping a Silvia though.
This 5 Rotor Formula Five was a media magnet, getting this photo felt pointless since everyone absolutely flocked to this car
One of the cleanest and most interesting cars was this Toyota Century.
These liscense plates are called Jiko Shiki (じこうしき). Modern illumination lamps in the plate housing make them shine extra bright. They are quite rare to find without holes punched into them and are pretty expensive stateside.
What I had never seen before was this glowing antenna. It compliments the Jiko Shiki really nicely.
It also had clear housing tail lights- uncommon on the toyota century.
The large faced wheels appear to be refinished factory wheels off of a newer G60 chassis century, and have been converted to a 3pc wheel. For as large as they are, they fit the chassis- really showing off how long and wide the car is.
These Datsuns caught my eye and ended up being much cooler than I initially expected.
The B210 (referred to as the Datsun Sunny in some markets) had both the Japanese OEM finish panel and the Grille, exceptionally rare. The owner said he had to get the rear trim piece from Pakistan.
The car had 13" Watanabe wheels which fit the 210 perfectly
Interestingly enough, the austin 4 cyl had been tossed for a more familiar KA24DE. Less familiar, was the double mikuni carb setup.
Next to it was this gnarly 510 wagon. The 510 wagon has been rare for some time now, which is why fast ones are that much cooler
Under, as well as through the hood sits a VG33E, with a large supercharger on top
... And not only was it supercharged VG33E, it also had a large nitrous bottle in the rear!
The 510 interior has always looked so nice and simple to me
Speaking of Datsuns, this 240z on fat wats with an RB in the bay has been around for some time, no matter how many times I see these they are always so nice to see in person
Always interesting to see Holset turbos make their way onto american builds even with RBs or JZs
This 2000s styled eclipse felt like stepping through a time machine
The neons, tribals, and tail lights are something that can't be replicated today.
In the trunk was a custom box with a 6 speaker loud sound system.
The interior featured some nice details like green neon lighting to match the underglow, and silver trim to match the exterior .
The 420a engine didn't appear to be putting down any numbers, but it was easily one of the most visually good looking engines in the entire venue.
Sim IN the van???????????????????????????? .
I'm not usually one to condone black wheels, especially on a black car- but this FD made it work with the red interior.
Black regamasters are significantly underrepresented compared to their white evo counterparts. Although a lot of people think black wheels are a style sin, I really like when people go against the commonly accepted online consensus a little bit- even if it's something small like black regamasters. Keeps it fresh.
This is one of the only chassis I have strongly considered financing, as trucks get worse and more expensive every year- that becomes a more viable option by the second. This is one of the newer production J70 Land cruisers in immaculate condition. These are a rerun of a chassis that dates back to 1984 and has been in continuous production since.
Of couse there was an RC Drifting section, this is something new to me but it was really fun to play around with. My friend let me borrow his car for a few laps and I was instantly humbled by how difficult it can be to keep up with the more experienced RC Drifters. Maybe someday I will get around to buying one when the actual drift cars don't take so much of my time and attention.
This event was refreshing. Initially I was actually going to skip it altogether since the 180 and the Silvia are both down, but I ended up going Friday Night with a friend who had a spare ticket. I ended up returning and bringing my Wife and the camera on Saturday night once it cooled down and she really enjoyed the atmosphere. Thanks for coming with me, Wife.
