Results tagged with "s14"
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GRASSROOTS: Capital City Drift Season Opener
Winter came and went, now skid season is back in full swing. Last years heroes have spent the past six months building and testing. The kids who watched them at the previous events have saved up their precious pennies, bought their own cars, and have scrambled for seat time. The gates to Western Speedway in Victoria, BC are open.... -
EVENT: Formula Drift Round 2: The Road to the Championship
The first round of the 2012 Formula Drift season had shown that last season's form was no fluke when Justin Pawlak powered to the top of the podium. How would he do in Round 2, at a track that has historically not favored those who did well in Long Beach. Would no. 1 qualifier Mike Essa step up to the challenge, or would Daijiro Yoshihara go for the three-peat after coming through victorious in 2010 and 2011? Read on to find out. -
EVENT: Road Atlanta’s New Challenge for Formula D 2012
Although 2012 marked was Formula Drift's 9th consecutive year coming to Road Atlanta, a new course flow and tons of new cars on the grid meant all bets were off when practice got underway on Friday. Read on to find out how things shook out, and what impact the revised track layout had on the running order. -
VIDEO: Keeping The Faith At Maze
As most of you are aware it is around this time when drifters from all around the world make the voyage over to Japan for the Ebisu Drift Matsuri. Jealous of hearing updates from the motherland of drifting I decided to put together this clip utilising my old footage. I love the style/excitement and just the general atmosphere that goes down at MSC rounds! Check out the video.... -
FEATURE: Countdown to Road Atlanta
Just so you know this will not be a formal write up on FD Round 2 2011 in Atlanta, Ga. The reason is because well, everyone already knows what happened in Atlanta. The Road to the Championship is what they call it and oh how it is a perfect name for this event. Atlanta brings the most energetic crowd, drivers and even media.... -
VIDEO: Capital City Drift Halloween Practice
'Tis the month of October, and the Drift season is near over. With a few more track days left to run, the atmosphere is aimed at fun. With Halloween just weeks away, the drifters all dressed up to play. And in the spirit of this time, I'll write this post in way of rhyme. -
EVENT: European Drift Championship: The Fight: Part I
For three years the Nürburgring has played host to the European Drift Championship the first weekend in October. The expectations for this years edition were big, already a week before, the weather forecast told us that the whole weekend will be sunny and dry, it couldn´t start any better. -
EVENT: IDS Round 6: buon giorno monza!
The sixth Round of this year's IDS season is also a premiere: First time in Italy! -
GRASSROOTS: Drift-Ops with some CoolKids
Drift day on September 10th! Dope! This event was hosted by Wayne Lee from Drift-Ops and the Coolkids club. A bunch of good dudes that make it possible for us Southern Ontario peeps to get out there and freshen up on our driving skills, and have a good time! -
DESKTOP: What Would Matt Powers Do?
It's Wednesday! So in the name of alliteration here's another Wallpaper to adorn your computer or phone screen with. Except we failed on the alliteration and called them Desktops. So it's Desktop Wednesday! It kind of works. -
EVENT: IDS Round 5: The Ring: Part II
With the Street Class settled it's time to take a look at the Pro Class at the IDS Series Round 5 at the Green Hell. -
EVENT: FD Wall’s Main Competition: Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
Wall Speedway's main competition was an all-out brawl. Round Four was the halfway mark of the season, and Justin Pawlak came into the event with a comfortable lead in the 2011 Formula Drift standings. Could anyone chase him down and close the gap? Follow the jump to find out! -
EVENT: Into the Oval at Formula DRIFT Round 4
The Formula Drift circus made its final East Coast stop at the short oval track known as Wall Speedway for Round Four of the 2011 Pro Championship. Let's kick off the weekend's coverage with a stroll through the paddock and coverage of Friday practice. -
EVENT: JDM Allstars Round 4 : Bienvenue en France
The JDM Allstars is one of the best known drift series Europe. Many highly skilled drivers, a lot of spectators, and big action are the reasons for their success. The second race outside the UK brought the drivers to France; in the Alsace, a beautiful region in eastern France close to the German and Swiss border... -
BEHIND THE SCENES: Drifting the Gauntlet with Gardella Racing
Of all the drift series in the world there is one I've always wanted to shoot. Widely regarded as the pinnacle of the sport, Formula D just looks special. So when the Gardella Racing team asked me if I'd like to shoot a round with them I didn’t need to be asked twice. -
EVENT: Sportauto Driftchallenge Hockenheim (D)
Sportauto Magazine is one of Germany's biggest car magazines. They've hosted the Driftchallenge since 2004, at the Hockenheimring. Since its beginnings, the Driftchallenge was the drift event with the most spectators in Germany and one of the most high profile... -
FEATURE: Hybrids – The Future.
Sambo bought his car in 2006 as a non-running, naturally aspirated, automatic Silvia. After a few solid days work, it ran a stage2 CA18 and various other parts directly transplanted from his previous UK S13... -
GRASSROOTS: Capital City Drift, Vancouver Island
The few Vancouver Island guys that have made it out to our mainland drift days always tell us to come out and check out their events on the Island. Vancouver Island has always been a place I love to visit and I hadn't been there for a few years, so I decided to take this free weekend to skip across the Straight of Georgia to Victoria to check out the Island scene.
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EVENT: FD Atlanta – Behind the Scenes Extras
The book is now closed on the second round of the 2011 Formula Drift season. What to do with the photos left over in the hopper? Being the generous types at Drifted, we wanted to pull out some of our favorites to share with you guys. Follow the jump to see more from the weekend in Hot-lanta. -
VIDEO: Driver Films – MAXXIS Tyres British Drift Championship Round Two
Not one, but two FILMS from BDC Round 2! This time we talk to the drivers who make the championship what it is. -
VIDEO: Into The Arena – MAXXIS Tyres British Drift Championship Round Two
When gladiators go into battle, champions will be crowned. Into the Arena, the first of two films from the British Drift Championship Round 2. -
EVENT: Qualifying from Formula DRIFT Road Atlanta
It's time to take a look back at qualifying for Round 2 of the 2011 Formula Drift Pro Championship from Road Atlanta. -
EVENT: Dominican Drift Series – Round 1
Dominican? Who? What? Yes, here in the middle of the Sunny Caribbean we have drifting too. Round 1 of the Dominican Drift Series 2011! -
GRASSROOTS: FCD:MP Mallory Park 31st March
With the day off work I had a few hours to spare so I decided to pop on over to a full circuit drift day that was going on over at Mallory Park. Take the jump to see a few snaps from the day.
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EVENT: DSD Round 1-187 In Glendale
First of all let me introduce Dirty South Drift, or as we call it DSD. Atlanta is kinda slack on the drift series events right now, so when I came up with the idea to start one up I didn't have any issues getting support. -
VIDEO: IGNITION TV Show Pilot
This is a short teaser for a motoring show we're trying to put together. The show will be based here in the Philippines. We already have a network planned but we still need sponsors. So please let us know what you think. -
Team Falken 1JZ S14
With progress on the V35 coming along nicely we take a quick look at Matt Carter's S14 drift car which is currently undergoing some powerplant changes for 2011. -
Xtreme Drift Circuit Toyota Speedway
This past weekend, Round 1 of the Xtreme Drift Circuit (XDC) was held at the House of Drift in Irwindale Speedway. -
SNAPSHOT: You Might Win Some But You Just Lost One
A quick moment I stole with Andy Redmond's S14a on it's last outing in the UK. -
GRASSROOTS: Santa Pod DWYB
Santa Pod holds regular DWYB (Drift What Ya Brung) days throughout the year. The idea behind these days are simple, you pay your money, turn up with you RWD car and have loads of fun.
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GRASSROOTS: FCD:MP Mallory Park Drift Blizzard
The Mallory Park FCD:MP day run on the 16th of December was likely to be one of the last drift events in the UK before we see out 2010, over indulge on food and drink and think forward to what the world drifting has in store for us all in 2011. What better way to spend a relaxing day away from the office than to stand outside in driving rain and snow for 6 hours with a camera. -
GRASSROOTS: Thunder Drift’s Team Tandem Battle
When most people think of California, usually the first things that comes to mind are sunny days with no chance of rain, palm trees decorating the streets, and beaches around every corner. Well....if the marketing guys ever made it lovely Northern California, land of weather that can't make up it's mind, it'd be a totally different story.
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GRASSROOTS: Tennessee Drift Practice Day
Nashville Super Speedway, Nashville Tennessee. What a great track, for only about a five hour drive from me in Atlanta Georgia. NSS is a Nascar type track that will pit drivers at around 100+ mph entries into the first turn.
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VIDEO: The Art & Soul of BDC
This is my last film covering the British Drift Championship , shot throughout the 2010 season I hope it portrays just how special this series is. I'd like to say thanks to Paul McCallum and Mark Buckle for allowing me to shoot the championship over the past couple of years and giving me complete creative freedom to do... -
Photo Highlights 2010 – BDC Rd 4
Over the winter months I am going to share photo highlights of the drift year. Usually when I am writing my reports you don’t always get to see my best photos from the day. I tend to write my report first while the information is fresh in my head, and then pick photos that split the writing up nicely.
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SNAPSHOT: Smoking Skills
Team Falken/Green's Paul 'Polo' Cheshire finishes off a set of Falkens for no reason other than to entertain the crowds at the BDC Weekender at Norfolk Arena. Polo is in the process of building a 2JZ powered G35 Skyline for the 2011 season...
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GRASSROOTS: Buxton Raceway 19th September
As the summer draws to a close in the UK we head back into the Derbyshire Peaks for the Penultimate Drift ONE event at Buxton Raceway in… -
GRASSROOTS: Drift Union’s: D-Day 12
The past four D-Days at Penticton Speedway were nothing but sunshine and hot weather, and this past weekend I expected nothing less. Remembering my terrible sun burn… -
EVENT: Driftmania Canadian Championship Round 5
Back again with Canada’s latest drift event, the Driftmania Canadian Championships Round 5. From amateurs to professionals, we were promised some wild action back into our hometown… -
GRASSROOTS: Slide or Die 2
Yet another Sunday practice day has come. I always wake up in such a good mood when I know these days are here. As you can see, these guys dont play. They may be practicing but they bring "it". -
EVENT: BDC Weekender – Norfolk – Saturday
First off I would like to point out that if you did not attend the event in person you missed out on some of the best drifting ever in the UK. The BDC staff had arranged a nice laid back event, laid out a course that the drivers loved, and in return the drivers put on an epic show. -
EVENT: JDM Allstars Round 3 – The Nissan Factory
Sup Drifted readers! Before I start this little bit of coverage I thought I’d introduce myself as it’s the first time I’ve posted on the site. My… -
EVENT: BDC Round 4: Pros
After the fantastic drifting from the semi-pro’s it was time to move onto the pro’s. Would they be able to put on as good a show as… -
EVENT: BDC Round 4: Semi-pros
Saturday morning at 6.30am i’m at the launch pad at Donington ready for round 4 of the British Drift Championship. At this silly early time it is… -
GRASSROOTS: Buxton Raceway 4th July Drift Day
I couldn’t make it up to JDM Allstars Round 3 last weekend so I decided I’d spend half a day over at Buxton Raceway and see what… -
EVENT: South East Drift-Fuera De Control
Gresham Motorsports Park, Jefferson Ga. South East Drift Pro Am series- Fuera De Control; 16 Drivers, only one winner. The day started off great, with drivers coming… -
GRASSROOTS: Slide or Die!
Waking up on Sunday morning at 7:00am to the sound of my alarm clock definitely didn’t put me in the mood to get up, but then I… -
EVENT: Formula Drift Round 3 Qualifying
In South Africa, teams from around the globe are currently competing for their slot in the final bracket. Earlier this month at Wall Speedway in New Jersey,… -
EVENT: Formula D Long Beach Recap
On April 10, 2010, Formula Drift came back to the streets of Long Beach to showdown once again! With an array of people in the car show, and drifting, it was quite an event. With Vaughn Gittin pulling past Rhys Millen in the last run, ( after Rhys spun him out, by the way. ) he won Formula D Round 1! -
Maxxis BDC 2010 Points so far…..
Following on from the conclusion of the seperate Semi-Pro and Pro BDC Second rounds, the season is shaping up to be a good one! 2010 points tables…
