Subiesport Magazine - November 2008 - (Page 8)

BURNOUT SUBIESPORT MAGAZINE ISSUE #24 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor in Chief: Travis Geny Photography Editor: Yujiro Otsuki Proof Reader: Tim Anderson Alfa Snob: Jeff Zurschmeide Copy Editor: Michael Ligot Technical editor: Tim Bailey CONTRIBUTORS David Hobbs, Eric Eikenberry, Phillip Stewart Jones, Darlington Streipz, Dan Harman, Armin Ausejo BUSINESS STAFF Publisher: Ryan Douthit Customer Service: Steven Anderson Bookkeeper: Melissa Douthit IT HAS BEEN one long summer of traveling for me. For the past three months or so I feel like I have been constantly on the road. The point was driven home for me the other night when I realized that I hadn’t raced even one weekend in August at my local indoor kart track. This of course is the true barometer of how busy I am. I can usually make it at least one day on the weekend, but sadly, no. It has been a crazy summer of events, however, and Subiesport has been to all of them it seems; or rather, I have been to all of them. There was GTLive, Subie Extravaganza, the launch of the new WRX, West Coast Subaru Show X and then of course: Subiefest. And it isn’t over. Next month I am off to GTLive again to witness the final race in the Koni Challenge series to see if Phonex/ICY racing can take the championship home for Subaru. It is rather astounding to think that despite the supposed “economic-downturn,” that every event we go to we find a few hundred rabid Subaru fans out in force. This all culminated with Subiefest where over 1,500 people and their cars turned up to brave the California desert heat for two days of Subaru-inspired fun. And when I say heat I mean it. 108 degrees registered on the mercury that first day and many of you stuck around to camp at Willow Springs — Impressive indeed. Thanks to all of you that made Subiefest the success that it was and continues to be. Subiefest is the largest Subaru show in the country and it looks like it will get even bigger next year. Hopefully we can avoid the drenching rain and or sun so that you fair-weather enthusiasts can come out. Trust me, no one likes the heat, least of all yourstruly so no judgment here. But all this jet-setting (or long-ass road tripping) around the country leaves little time for other things — Like making a magazine or working on 8 NOVEMBER 2008 our cars. This was the summer that publisher Ryan with his Miata and me with my turbo wagon, were supposed to duke it out for a little inter-magazine rivalry. Well, that never happened. His car is still not finished and I can’t be too derisive here as my car doesn’t run right either. It looks like I will be tackling another engine build. Although, all you haters will be glad to see that the ol’Dreadnought is much less “ricey” thanks to a ver.4 bumper from All Wheels Driven (www.allwheelsdriven.com) and a Chargespeed lip from Versus Motorsport (www.versusmotosport.com). You will please note that the 22B widebody kit is now installed with a set of Yokohama S.Drive 245-sized meats under the bulging fenders thanks to Dustin Harris at Surgeline Tuning. Oh, well, the winter is for rebuilding cars and starting over. And already parts are on the way to make this next engine configuration one that will truly stomp Ryan’s little green car. Perhaps we will take out some weight and obviate any advantage the little Miata might have had there. Also, some ideas on some really “interesting” projects are being thought up; some flat-engine hybrid perhaps? In this issue you will find some really cool cars. First up is another Easy Street Motorsports signature STI, with the lovely Lex Luther, check out her new single Supa Dupa. Then we have Brett and Eric’s boosted Imprezas. These two Brothers in Arms, and in boost, deserve our gratitude. Finally: a look at JC Meynet’s killer, Time Attack STI. JC took top-honors at Subiefest this year, in addition to dousing me in champagne. Lastly, I am proud to say that Subiesport is one of the top-selling car magazines on the newsstand and we have you, our readers to thank. Summer may be over, but the heat is still on. Circulation: Circ. One Elephant Keeper: Esmé Douthit DESIGN STAFF Art Direction: Ryan Douthit Production: David Powell ADVERTISING SALES Ryan Douthit 425-458-4949 ext. 2 Email: ryan@subiesport.com SubieClub Member Publication www.subieclub.com Subiesport Magazine is published by MediaSpigot Publishing LLC. Phone or Fax: (425) 458-4949 Web: www.Subiesport.com. 4176 148th Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052 All subscriptions and subscription correspondence should be addressed to: Subiesport Subscriptions PO BOX 2866 Kirkland, WA 98083 For change of address, please include old address along with new address and, if possible, a copy of an address label from a recent issue. Allow up to six weeks for address to be changed. 1-Year (6-issue) subscriptions are $24.99 (US), $34.99 USD (CDN) or $44.99 USD (EUR). Subiesport Magazine is independent of Subaru and its dealer network. © & ™ 2004-08 MediaSpigot Publishing., LLC. All rights reserved. Reprinting, in whole or part, is expressly forbidden except by written permission of the Publisher. Photo: Subaru World Rally Team Travis Geny - travis@Subiesport.com http://www.allwheelsdriven.com http://www.subieclub.com http://www.versusmotosport.com http://www.Subiesport.com

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Subiesport Magazine - November 2008 Contents Editor Letters Readers’ Rides New Products Subaru News 2009 WRX Test Drive Back on Easy Street Brothers in Boost Treasure Island ESPN X Games 14 Subiefest 3 Subie Extravaganza WWJCD WRC Rally Finland WRC Rally Deutschland Rally America: Ojibwe Forest Rally America: Colorado Where to buy Subiesport Orange Invasion - Europe 2007 STI Intake Test Dreadnought Widebody Install p2 Ad Directory Spotted!

Subiesport Magazine - November 2008

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