Once again, there are just so many incredible images in The Garage Blog Flickr pool, that I can’t make up my mind. Rather than a photo of the week, I think I’m just going to share them randomly.

This incredible shot of a Lotus in the fog was taken by Roberto Blank. I just love the contrast of the yellow machine with the grandstand lurking in the fog behind it.

If you’ve got your own great shots to share, be sure to join us on Flickr

Yippeee! My 2008 Rally Calendar just arrived courtesy of Andrew Harvey! What a calendar it is too, with gravel, snow tarmac and more. As if time doesn’t go fast enough, now I have a reason for the months to fly by.

You can get your own by visiting AndrewHarvey.ca Just be sure to duck when those bits of flying gravel jump off the page!

One of the side effects of blogging is my growing obsession with photography. Whether this is a positive or negative side effect is up for debate within the family, but I have managed to get a bunch of great car shots over the past 6 months.

Fellow Canadian car blogger Phillip Powell is a regular reader of the New York Times and he’s alerted the online world to the NYT’s new contest. They are offering up $5,000 for the best photo of a collector car as a way to get interest in their new Share & View photo gallery. Hmmm…the times is trying to get into the social networking world. That’s ok, it’s a cool opportunity to share some photos and maybe win 5 large! Submissions are open until October 25th.

Oh yes…The Garage will be submitting photos.

I’ve been having so much fun with the great shots my new camera has provided, that I’ve forgotten the other half of the team! You see, I’ve just the writing hack with a new toy camera. The brains of the operation belong to techie guru Jaimie Macpherson, who is also the guy who makes things looks so slick around here. Jaimie has also been practicing at this photography thing a lot longer than I have and has far more serious equipment to make things happen.

So follow the break to see some killer images from the 2007 Steelback Grand Prix.
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First, Autoblog reported that the Challenger concept had appeared in Orange County and posted links to some pics. On Saturday Morning, the car cruised into the weekly Crystal Cove Auto Show on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. The folks over at Chrysler really seem gung ho to get the public hyped with public glimpses of this real driver. Thanks to Drew Phillips Photography for these pics.