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Saturday Snaps at WTAC

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Fuck! We won WTAC!

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What an awesome week with Tanuki Racing. We’re emotional. Much gratitude to the entire team and everyone who came out to WTAC to support. Absolute elation. ZEN is back!

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WTAC – Friday

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Liberty Walk’s Kato San flying th e flags.

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Spotted in the WTAC merch line. I designed this logo for ClubITR many years ago!

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Awesome to see WTAC are still using the logotype I designed on official merch.

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Hey Mark!

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Serious business.

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Lots of cars in the show n’ shine rocking the JDM Plates I designed for MyPlates.

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Hey Lachy!

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The lads!

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Mad Mike.

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Hana and G.

Not been to WTAC since… 2018?! It’s been a long time, and I felt so welcomed by so many old and new faces throughout the day. As usual I didn’t end up taking many shots, too busy yapping! But backing 2 horses in the race with Todd and Hana behind the wheel of the Tanuki cars was awesome. Todd topping the time charts throughout the day added a delectable tension!

Big energy, big day and we’re doing it all again tomorrow!

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IN FOR THE KILL – Tanuki S13 @ WTAC

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We’re all set for World Time Attack Challenge!

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ZEN X TANUKI EOMM @ BENZIN CAFE

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Awesome night last night at the ZEN EOMM Pre-WTAC Tanuki Party at Benzin Cafe in Dural. Turnout wasn’t huge, but quality over quantity and those who came got to check out the Tanuki S13 and meet Bathurst 1000 Winner Todd Hazelwood who will be driving the S13 and Hana Burton who will be driving the Tanuki Yaris.

Photos by David Song: @ds.machine

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There’s something romantic about shooting on film.

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Some photographers that use digital cameras whine when they have to go through 300 shots from a shoot. I mean seriously? What were you doing? Simply hoping that at least some of the 300 shots were going to be OK?

With film you’ve got to make every shot count and that means framing well, and often times making the decision to not hit that shutter button. I once overheard Nick suggest to another photographer to “pretend” that he had a roll of film in his camera, and perhaps try to take less, but more considered shots. I thought this was great advice!

On topic; our Melbourne based Photographer Curt Graham chose to use his Fuji GW690 III with 120 film which has only 8 shots per roll.

Check out his awesome photo feature on ZEN Blog: https://www.zengarage.com.au/fuji-gw690-iii-first-rolls-120-film/

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ABC Tyrepower and Mechanical Rosebery

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Legends.

OK, so day made!

I had 2 punctures over the past 2 days on a bicycle (wasn’t even riding it, was just fitting new tyres but there was something sharp in the lining of one of them), and this morning I felt the need to go for a ride (rain, hail or shine!), so I get to my car to pack the bike and well damn, my Honda Jazz had a flat tyre.

I dropped my Jazz off to my local tyre shop (ABC Tyrepower in Rosebery) without a booking (did the same with Gina’s Audi TT last time and these guys were awesome), and like last time, these guys in the office have just got the best vibe going on. It’s obvious (to me) that these guys love their jobs. We’re not just talking smiles here, we’re talking laughs, and on a Monday!

A few hours later I got an SMS to let me know my car was ready to be picked up. I walk in to pick up my Jazz and the boss asks me to come behind the desk to see his screen, turns out he had the ZEN Garage web site up and he asks “is this you?!”.

He loved it all, and asked if his son (who’s into JDM) could come along to our meets!

I ended up yapping with him and some of the staff about ZEN, the concept of ZEN (they totally got it!), and cars.

He ended up not charging me for the flat tyre! I insisted that I wanted to pay, but he wasn’t having it. Absolute legends! Faith in humanity restored. The least I can do is share the story and give them a plug.

Visit: https://abctyrepower.com.au

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Tanuki Racing at WTAC 2025 – Drivers Announced!

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We now officially have 2 horses in the race!!!

Look out for HUGE ZEN ROUNDEL logos on the roof of both the Tanuki Racing cars at World Time Attack Challenge this year.

The Tanuki two-car lineup includes 2024 Bathurst 1000 winner Todd Hazelwood and rising global motorsport talent, Hana Burton!

BRING IT ON! Can’t wait to party with everyone. We’re beyond pumped!

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Jimny

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Spent the afternoon with Charlie and Nick shooting this awesome little Suzuki Jimny today. Such a rad little car! Full feature will be up on ZEN Blog soon.

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