After weeks of
planning, ACR's Midnight Run was finally set in stone.
With no prior experience
of hosting such an event and only hopeful speculation for a nice turnout, ACR
was extremely fortunate to have the pleasure of having many clean rides show at
the
After a brilliant
photoshoot opportunity, (thanks Roddy & Joe for the pictures!) and a
strange suspicious van eyeing several clean JDM rides, the lineup took off to
In-N-Out to grab some juicy burgers and fresh drinks. Unfortunately, I wasn't
able to catch up much on what was going on before this point (because of prior
engagements), and much of the people that had originally met up for the
photoshoot had left! However, I was happy to meet some members of Team ASTIG,
such as Hung (the driver of a stunning EF sedan) and some of his comrades (one
with an S13 that looked like it was right off the showroom floor!)
After everybody
parted and went their ways (it seems that many were ill-informed and unaware of
the fact that there was an actual run planned for that night!) we had two
remaining guys left that hung out with us the rest of the night. Those two were
Christian (rocking a 240SX) and Chris, who sported a classic black late-80s
turbo Supra.
Refusing to allow the
night to fall into the torturous hands of monotony, we decided to ditch the
idea of running the original route and went with a much more local road that
would prove to be more fun and intoxicating than we could have ever imagined.
Beginning as an unsuspectingly ordinary multi-lane residential road, San Felipe
turns into a carving, sweeping two-lane route that allows the driver to escape
the busy surburbia and enter the privacy of the last bit of hidden countryside
in Evergreen. Using the long straightaway next to an abandoned farmhouse shack
as our "rest area," we made runs back and forth between this point
and the dead end that San Felipe eventually leads to. Virtually void of traffic
and law enforcement, it was a perfect place for us to enjoy our vehicles with
rest assurance that we wouldn't be disturbing others. Minutes soon turned into
hours, and lengthy conversation kept us intrigued over the walkie-talkies as
well as between runs. Extant's horrible 180 degree turn, our understeering
Hondas, Christian's drift-happy 240SX, and the Wangan Midnight-style black
Supra kept things interesting as we blazed down the twisty pavement illuminated
subtly by the night sky.
Although we didn't
have as many people to stick around and run the route as we had hoped, the
Midnight Run turned out to be an undeniable success, as people either left with
great pictures, full stomachs, or the satisfaction of a most pleasurable drive.
Thanks to everybody
who came out, including everybody from Team ASTIG, Roddy, Christian & Chris
and everybody else who I may be forgetting to mention!