One of the most exciting events you can participate in, no matter if you're an owner of a European or Japanese car, is Targa Trophy's Euro vs JDM Festival, a rally that takes place each summer and puts you onto some of California's best roads for a day of high spirited driving. Your goal: hit the fastest time by the conclusion of the event while visiting landmarks along the way to complete a scorecard. The Targa Trophy staff has a pre-determined time that they pre-run the event at, which if you drive at the right speed, can find the answers to the scorecard and actually complete, should give you the bragging rights of being the winner. I've tried this event a couple times before and can say it's not as easy as it looks, no matter how much ass you're haulin'!
This year's Euro vs JDM Festival took participating drivers to Las Vegas, starting off from downtown LA at the ID Agency's headquarters. To help kick off the event, Targa Trophy held a small party with title sponsor, MOMO, to gather some of its participants together so we could see what would be on the drive, while also taking a look at some of MOMO's latest forged wheels. Lots of industry support with friends in attendance, such as RJ DeVera, Dai Yoshihara, Bisi Ezerioha, Mackin Industries and Super Street to name a few.
The next Targa Trophy event is the Road to Monterey, which aims to take drivers up along the California coast, and is open to those who own a modern/vintage supercar, exotic, sports or luxury cars. If it's anything like the Targa 1000 I did back in 2013, it's going to be one hell of a drive. Maybe we need to sign up?
(Photos: Jasper Watts, The iD Agency)