August 6th, Dubai - Still inhumanely hot yet a bunch of hardcore UAE Petrol heads where banging in the laps around the Dubai Autodrome. Not only that but some nutter was out there with a camera taking it all in. Having said that I had a great time catching up with people I hadn't seen in a while and got to see some cool cars out there that hadn't shown their faces in a while.

Part 1 of many - click any of the pictures for more images...

Omran and his little Honda Civic Hot Rod - We will be bring you more info about this car and its slightly more evil twin soon.

Omran Al Owais and his impeccable and truly beautiful 997 GT2 - check out the plate? I caught up with Omran after the event and even though he enjoyed it a huge amount he couldn't get over that his Hot Rod Civic kicked his 997 into the next Emirate!

What more can be said? A Risi ALMS GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC out on a track evening in Dubai! Only in Dubai...surely?

I had to sneak in a shot of the new crankandpiston rig. Soon to be wearing with pride some C+P stickers...

It was nice to see a bone stock 997 GT3 out there - looking and sounding beautiful.

The consumate version of a modern day hot rod? Take an old frame and shoe horn in a K20 Honda Civic Type R engine. All in all...a weapon!!

A beautiful R35 GTR was pounding around lap after lap. Although I think it is an incredible car and point to point unstoppable and capable of destroying cars 3 times the price I honestly think I would stick to street work if I had the pleasure. Mind you, having said that he was making a good effort of chasing some quick machinery out there. As I left for the evening though the owner seemed to be cruising around the pitlane nice and slowly - maybe trying to cool things down?