
Whiskey Island
Civics on the lakefront at Whiskey Island in Cleveland.
[JOE: the story behind Whiskey Island - who was there, standout cars?]






[JOE: a memory or quote from the day.]





Civics on the lakefront at Whiskey Island in Cleveland.
[JOE: the story behind Whiskey Island - who was there, standout cars?]






[JOE: a memory or quote from the day.]





More from the Slow Motion dyno days: pulls, lineups and the cars in between.

Full-resolution originals: a red Ferrari F40 up close, from badge to cockpit.

Original-camera frames of a lowered blue Civic with bronze wheels, red buckets and a yellow-covered K-swap, plus a white EK cameo.

Booth builds, show-floor GT-Rs and Lambos, monster trucks and the burnout lot outside.

More from the SEMA floor and the Strip: builds, engine bays and wheels.

The SEMA Show, Las Vegas, 2012: builds on the floor, burnouts out back and the drift demos.

More from SEMA 2012: the outdoor cruise, drift demos and builds inside the halls.

Costumes, the garage crew and late nights in October.

Smoke, S-chassis and Z's sliding around Midvale.

Wheel-to-wheel racing, pit-lane and paddock from the 2012 NASA Championships.

Integra Type R lapping day: Championship White, Phoenix Yellow and friends.

A charity dyno day: RSXs, Civics, a Camaro and a lot of good dogs.

A dusk shoot with a black Civic against the skyline.

Tommi's silver S2000 in front of the Rust Belt mural.

Night shoot led by Tyler's red pop-up-headlight Miata, plus the rest of the lot under sodium light.

EF Civics and CRXs, the crew, and an afternoon in the city.

Youngstown cruise: CRX, Civics and Jettas by the colorful walls.

Spring tires-and-coilovers crowd at the Eibach meet: Civics, an S2000 engine bay and plenty of stance.

Back at Eibach: deep-dish wheels, bright paint and a lot full of builds.

The 2009 trip: night lots, wet pavement and the crew that drove down.

Fall color, clean Civics and engine bays at the 2011 fall meet.

2012: yellow Integras, Miatas, engine bays and the people behind them.

Spring meets, the 2012 fall meet and the 2017 Fall Classic in one roll.

The 2011 dyno days: NSXs, Miatas, a Supra and the whole crowd for the group shot.

More from the mixer: the crew, the dogs, the pool and a C10 in the driveway.

Where the work actually happened: welding, grinding, couches, dogs and half-built cars in the Akron garage.

Indoor show: bagged sedans, a green S-chassis, and clean engine bays.

The drive in, the lot, and the builds: Hondas, Acuras, a pair of orange S2000s and plenty of engine bays.

Autumn trees, cone courses and a lot of tire smoke — S-chassis, Miatas, a 350Z and plenty of sideways action.

A full feature on a widebody FD RX-7: green roll cage, intake and engine bay detail, interior, and a sunset finish on wet concrete.

Early Import Alliance shots — a daytime lot full of Hondas, and a late-night gas station hang.

Convoy, engine bays, a teal-wheeled 350Z, a lineup of Nissans and a rainy-puddle photo finish.

Hondas lined up along an old brick warehouse block, open hoods, graffiti walls, and the whole crew hanging out.

A park pavilion, lawn chairs, Honda engine bays and a couple of bikes — a classic spring meet.

Classic Mopar, an old Chevy truck, a Bronco, a Skyline and more — plus an aerial look at the Solon Cruise-In.

Day one in the pits: a big-turbo Evo X on the dyno, the crew thrashing under the hood until sunset.

Tire smoke on track, tandem drifts, and live music after dark.

A red NSX, a turbo engine on the bench, and a lot of late nights in the garage.

Magazine covers from the archive.

A silver S2000 and black 350Z, shot from the garage to the skyline as the sun goes down.

Night shoot on a parking-deck roof — a silver Evo, a black 350Z, a red Miata and an engine bay or two.

A white Lancer Evolution X — wheels, engine bay, interior, and big-sky sunset shots.

A blue Acura NSX and a model, shot on location.

A white Nissan 370Z on blue wheels, shot around the lot and on the move.

A Ferrari, classic muscle, Euro sedans, an S2000 and a dusk lineup from 2009.

A few frames from SEMA — the lot, the crew and some show cars.

Parking-lot lights, cold air and a lot full of friends' cars.

Engines out, bays painted, stickers everywhere — the off-season builds.

Hoods up, interiors out — a hall full of builds under the lights.

A McLaren P1, a Ferrari 599 and Porsches lined up out back.

Stance, wheels and air — the indoor Import Alliance Showcase.

Challengers, a teal classic and big-block iron in the lot.

Porsches, an E46 racer and builds at speed, plus the paddock in between.

Joe's art-painted wagon, Jon's old S2000 and Steve's car — quick hits from the vault.

A full shoot of Aaron's silver STI. [JOE: year?]

Selected car photography from the Flickr portfolio.

Car shots from small Flickr albums: Jeremy's SRT-4, CaliSteve, Eurofaction, steveek, IA Fall Meet 2012 and the F40.

Paddock and track from Gridlife 2017.

Old night shoots in parking garages: 350Z, Miata, Civics and more.

Car show at MIR around 2009: engine bays, wheels and Hondas.

A shoot of Ricky's blue Civic with Zack.

Drag racing at the 2017 Shootout: Evos, GT-Rs, Supras and big turbos.

Dyno day 2009: Hondas, a Miata, a Mustang and more.

Car shots from the Flickr photostream that weren't in an album: shoots, drift, track days and meets.

Car shots from the Flickr photostream that weren't in an album: shoots, drift, track days and meets.

Car shots from the Flickr photostream that weren't in an album: shoots, drift, track days and meets.

Car shots from the Flickr photostream that weren't in an album: shoots, drift, track days and meets.