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Gallery: Long Beach Grand Prix 2025

This year’s Long Beach Grand Prix was special. Not only was this the 50th anniversary of the GP, but also the first time I would see the much-anticipated Acura Integra Type-S HRC Prototype going ten-tenths on a street course. Although I wasn’t apart of the lucky few who got passenger time in the Prototype, seeing it push the other cars in playful wheel-to-wheel racing in-between IMSA breaks was a blast. While I enjoy photography at the GP, I can clearly see now how much having a media pass gives you the best possible spots on the course. Being a non-media member shooting through the fence is a competition with the others as well as media teams hogging the few open spaces in the fencing. Next year I will definitely apply for a media pass to push my coverage of the event to a different level, but for now I remain creative and patient with angles. Enjoy these images!

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Gallery: Honda’s Cars, Bikes and Coffee

After the major success of Honda’s first Cars and Coffee event in October of last year, the subsequent events following have been nothing but amazing curations of community members, brands and celebrations on all things Honda. I’ve been holding off on making a post on just one of the events as Honda seems really enthusiastic about showing off their heritage museum, switching car layouts, exhibits, and art as well as inviting a handful of well-known community brands such as Spoon, Hasport, and Real Time Racing. One event post just wouldn’t have done it justice. At this moment August was the last month on the schedule for Cars and Coffee so hopefully it wasn’t the last because I genuinely enjoy going to the American Honda Headquarters as an event space. With that being said, enjoy this collection of pictures between 3 different events.

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Gallery: The Chronicles Cars and Coffee

Hondas hold a special place in my heart. Many know Joey (@Stickydiljoe) as one of the best curators of Hondas within the community. So, when he announced the first Chronicles Cars and Coffee of the year, I knew I had to go to see some of the best Honda builds in SoCal. Unfortunately, the meet was ended early by an angry property manager, and a couple days later was announced to be the last Chronicle meets to be hosted at their headquarters. Many say all good things come to an end, so for now enjoy this gallery of cool ass Hondas.

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