NASA – www.meilinkvision.com https://www.meilinkvision.com Home to the photography of Keith Meilink Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:23:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Unreleased: Hondaworks’ Honda Challenge Civic Hatch https://www.meilinkvision.com/2014/02/20/unreleased-hondaworks-honda-challenge-civic-hatch/ Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:26:41 +0000 http://www.meilinkvision.com/?p=930 Last week I shared with you the unreleased photos from OktoberFast at VIR from 2011. Well during that same event I happened to do this photoshoot of the Hondaworks Honda Challenge Civic, driven and owned by Kevin Helms. It was originally destined to be in print, but there was a bit of delay on some stuff and then the livery of the car was changed, essentially making these photos immediately outdated. This is also why you’ll see a lot of similar angles and stuff as I was trying to provide different options of what could be used.

I don’t remember the exact specs of the build, but he is running a B20-Vtec setup. Whatever the specs are, they’re good enough to give him plenty of podium finishes and if I remember correctly he also took second overall in 2011.

While the pictures are over two and a half years old, it is still one of my favorite photo sets to date. Enjoy these never before seen pictures.

 

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]]> Unreleased: OktoberFast at VIR from 2011 https://www.meilinkvision.com/2014/02/10/unreleased-oktoberfast-at-vir-from-2011/ Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:36:56 +0000 http://www.meilinkvision.com/?p=917 Hey everyone. We’ve got a few photos today that I’ve never released previously. The event was the NASA OktoberFast at VIR back in October 2011. There are only a few photos as I was driving for the weekend, and sadly this is the last time my ITR has been on track. In true Octoberfest fashion, VIR had a beer festival that Saturday night. We paid whatever amount and were given a glass that we could have filled up to nine times with a variety of different beers on hand. Many drinks were had by everyone. And on to the few pictures I took of the event itself that weekend.

 

andy_chasing_911Here we have Andy chasing down and about to pass this 911 on the front straight. If anyone ever tells you Hondas are slow, he’ll surely prove them wrong. You’ll be able to get more info on Andy and his ITR in an upcoming issue of Honda Tuning with the ITR Expo 12 coverage.

 

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A pan of Andy on the front straight again.

 

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Andy in the paddock getting ready to head out.

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Chad’s Civic SI in the paddock.

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Steve’s ITR chilling in our camping area. Steve tried to move up in the food chain and went and got an IROC NSX. He shortly realized his mistake and sold it and still has his ITR.

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This ITR belongs to one of the many Ryans that make up Team Ryan.

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A white hatch shooting down the front straight.

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I wonder if this is turbo?

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Patrick gunning it down the front straight. He’s another guy that will prove just how fast Hondas are. If you ever hear a school bell as a car is passing you, it’s most likely Patrick passing you in his other Civic, which is a LeMons car, that has non-vtec SOHC and like 90hp.

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Kevin Helms’ Honda Challenge Civic.

cameron_rollercoasterAnd finishing up with Cameron coming through the roller coaster section of VIR. Check back later in the week when I post up some more unreleased photos.

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