Machinelush held its season BBQ opener this year for the first time in a while since the pandemic started. Luckily the weather was on our side and nothing had to be rescheduled. Rain was in the forecast for later in the afternoon but we were able to still have a slice of the cake and have ourselves a good time with cars, people, food, and the backdrop. That kielbasa was
Special thanks first and foremost to everyone at PRIME NYC for being able to host Street Icons in 2020 despite all the turmoil that is going on globally. The original event was first held in October of 2016. The event is special because no one in New York City within the Japanese automotive tuning community has ever done an event where there is a festival for like-minded tuners to gather
Machine Lush is an automotive group founded by Jonathan Chin. I first met Jonathan as a Miata owner. He previously owned a black soft top NA. We first met at New Jersey Miata’s Fall end of the season meet in 2015. He has gone on to the Toyota GT-86 platform, but his passion for cars has led him to create the group Machine Lush that is for the car enthusiast
After the initial warmup runs, fans were treated to the part of the show that allows us to get a closer look at the drift machines that have been burning rubber for a few hours. The cars pulled up by the entrance section of the track where the merchandise is located. We had a car show! The lineup was something that mirrored what I saw in countless Drift Tengoku magazines
