Jalopnik: Drifting

Watch Crazy Chechens Terrorize Motorists WIth Guns And BMWs

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:00 EST

We've already established that the single most important driving accessory in Chechnya is the AK-47. Watch this band of hoodlums fire guns in the air while doing donuts in the middle of an afternoon in Grozny from the window of their BWM M5. Chechens are insane. More »

Officer Dan Says Don't Try Drifting At Home, Kids!

Patrick Frawley — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:00 EST

If you watched all the way through Icon's Motorcycle vs. Car Drift Battle 2 video we posted, you saw one of the cops take a nasty roll during the credits. Icon has thoughtfully brought us the full story of Officer Dan's off-road excursion. More »

M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls” Video Brings Arab Drifting To The Masses

Raphael Orlove — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:00:00 EST

It's called hagwalah and nine times out of ten you've seen it in grainy cell phone video shot from the side of a Saudi highway, but now it's the high-def backdrop of M.I.A.'s surprisingly car-centric video, shot in the Middle East. More »

Lexus LFA Roadster, GT 86 Drift It Out At Tokyo Auto Salon

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

The Tokyo Auto Salon is like the Japanese version of SEMA, the auto aftermarket parts show, only it's a million times cooler. Exhibit A: This Lexus LFA Roadster and Toyota GT 86 go full Cool Ranch Dorifto in the exhibition area outside. More »

Motorcycle Vs. Car Drift Battle 2: Here Come The Cops

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:15:00 EST

The original motorcycles vs. cars drift battle was pure car-on-bike porn. It racked up an astonishing 4.1 million views on YouTube. Now there's a sequel — and it adds a touch of narrative and a cop drifting a 550-hp Mustang Cobra squad car. Beware Officer Dan Brockett. More »

Watch an insane trucker drift his tanker truck

Patrick Frawley — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:00 EST

This starts out looking like a nightmare: an out-of-control truck on the verge of swinging itself into the roadside weeds. But then it keeps being out of control, and then you realize it's very much in control. More »

Watch supercars play Slip 'N Slide on a wet street track

Patrick Frawley — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:30:00 EST

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you rain on your track day, do as these Scandinavian enthusiasts did and make it a drift day. More »

As close as you'll get to Dirt3 in real life

Patrick Frawley — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EST

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Take the most crowd-pleasing strains of modern automotive culture — rally cars, drifting, gymkhanas, the surreal settings of video games — splice them, wrap it all up for broadcast, and you have SPEED's newest effort: "Battle Cross." More »

NSFW "Girl in Toyota Supra" video is totally fake

Patrick Frawley — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EDT

This very NSFW video stands as further proof that even the most obviously phony and staged clips will draw eyeballs given enough footage of bouncing tits and tire smoke — especially the former. More »

Roundabouts only exist so we may drift them

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT

The roundabout is a particularly awful traffic solution in the age of cars and stoplights. It's as if a bunch of city planners were sitting around wondering if perhaps people wouldn't drive better if they were dizzy. Alas, we wonder if the whole thing wasn't the ingenious invention of the owner of a RWD car. More »

Watch impressive hill climb drifting footage from Norway

Tom Joslin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Skip through the first :40 seconds of this video's terrible music and opening credits and you are in for some pretty excellent footage of Kenneth Moen drifting his Toyota Supra up a hill climb course in Lillehammer, Norway. More »

Watch assault rifle-wielding Saudis endanger dozens in craziest driving video ever

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:00 EDT

I spend hours each day sifting through videos of people doing insane stunts with cars. This video of a few Saudis darting in-and-out of traffic while firing assault rifles into the air tops them all. It's reckless. it's horrible. It's scary as hell. It's also damn impressive. More »

Jeremy Clarkson investigating drifting is as funny as it sounds

Tom Joslin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:00:00 EDT

Before drifting made its way into the mainstream, the always on top of new trends Jeremy Clarkson went to investigate the underground phenomenon. More »

Gymkhana 4: Ken Block drifts around gorilla on a Segway

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:01:00 EDT

Last year's Gymkhana 3 freestyle drifting antics were watched by 35 million kiddies on YouTube. Today he tries to top that last performance by tearing up the Universal Studios Backlot. It's got Block crashing through a building, a gorilla on a Segway, Epic Meal Time, construction equipment, explosions, Sasquatch, and merchandising. Behold the Hollywood megamercial! More »

An open trunk makes for an excellent drifting air brake

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EDT

A trunk that provides a bit of aerodynamic support in the midst of one giant drift is a clever invention even if it wasn't the result of engineering foresight but just extreme G-forces combined with forgetfulness. Not sure it does anything, but it's a great trick. (Hat tip to CeRuLeaNBLu!) More »

If this van is a-driftin', don't go a-liftin'

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EDT

How much fun is it to watch the European Ford Transit Van loaded up with a V8 powerplant go drifting? So much fun only a Ford Transit van can handle it all. If this guy ever procreated with Sabine Schmitz you'd have the coolest van-driving kid in history. More »

AwesomeFest was apparently awesome

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Falken Tire girls, lots of RWD Japanese cars, sideways-driving, and a bumping soundtrack. When you hold an event called AwesomeFest you're raising people's expectations. As this video from capProd shows, Awesomeness achieved at about the two-minute mark. More »

Vaughn Gittin Jr. drifts through Saudi Arabia like a sandstorm

Justin Hyde — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Champion drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. went to a Saudi Arabian festival earlier this year with his factory-sponsored Ford Mustang. After it ended, the organizers let him have the run of the track to transform some petroleum into speed and smoke. More »

Naked woman thrashes $170,000 drift car

Justin Hyde — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:00:00 EDT

When Playboy asked model Kitty Lee to take a few spins in a drift car as a promotion for its pay TV service, it probably didn't budget for the mechanical issues that might result from handing a $170,000 race car to someone who doesn't know how to drive a stick. (WARNING: Semi NSFW) More »

Topless drifter measures G-forces with her breasts (NSFW)

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Most videos of girls drifting topless in cars employ the seatbelt-over-areola trick, which is both deceitful and probably chafes. This topless Hungarian passenger has no such puritanical western hangups and has selected a more revealing harness configuration (NSFW). More »

Vaughn Gittin Jr. loses a few pounds in the Mustang area

Mike Spinelli — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:00:00 EDT

A Formula Drift champ, Motley Crüe fan and ex-IT guy Vaughn Gittin Jr. has been testing a less-powerful but lighter and naturally-aspirated Mustang for the 2011 season. Tomorrow in Long Beach he'll be putting his goatee where his Monster is. More »

Drifting Nissan Skylines with ladies on top

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Because drifting is a sport designed to appeal largely to 15-year-old boys, drifting events are often full of women also designed to appeal largely to 15-year-old boys. Combine the two in one Skyline-spinning moment and you've essentially created a vortex of post-pubescent interest. Quickly, to YouTube! More »

Watch two dudes almost die hooning a BMW M3

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:00:00 EDT

This YouTube member goes by the name "MrAutoReviewers," but the newest car anyone will let him drive appears to be a 1999 BMW M3. And even that's too much for him and his buddy. Darkness, darkness, GMC, darkness. NSFW lanaguage/idiocy. More »

The essence of drifting in one two-minute clip

Justin Hyde — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:30:00 EDT

If you just can't get drifting, Georgiy Stepanyan and his Nissan Silvia's here to help, with this clip shot in the Ukrainian mountains last October. There's more to it than just pulling the handbrake and watching for smoke. Thanks, Spencer! More »

"Moscow Drift," your video guide to late-night Russian hoonage

Justin Hyde — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EST

Russian drift enthusiasts at DragTimes managed to snag the country's top two drifters and film this mini-movie of tire shredding around Moscow at night. Also, "blocked streets" do not mean "free of traffic" to Moscow authorities. More »

Norwegian airplane drifting is awesome, unintentional

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST

A pilot for Scandinavian Airlines found a slippery surface upon landing in ~~Sweden~~ Norway, causing him to unintentionally drift the plane. At least, "unintentionally" is the story he's telling. Gymkhana with a plane, anyone? More »

Tanner Foust quits Formula Drift, hints at Top Gear USA second season

Justin Hyde — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:40:00 EST

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Formula Drift announced today that Tanner Foust would be retiring from the drifting circuit after a race in Abu Dhabi later this month. The reasons? A full plate of other work, including television. More Top Gear USA, anyone? More »

South Koreans display ridiculous R/C drifting skills

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:30:00 EST

I once played Rock Band in a swanky Miami hotel suite with some South Korean autojournalists. They had skills. Maybe they're the same ones running this incredible R/C drifting league. Tiny AWD Genesis Coupe anyone? (Thanks to Maaaaaat!) More »

Drifting, Lithuanian Garage Style

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST

Running out of space to drift? Do as the Lithuanians do and just drift in your garage. Just make sure Krisčius moves anything that might be flammable. More »

It Beats The Hell Out Of Coffee

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST

Rhys Millen drifts the crap out of his Hyundai Genesis along Brazil's Serra do Rio do Rastro. I like my drifting with coffee and cream. (Photo: Bruce Terena, Red Bull) More »

Drifting The Moose

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EST

Somehow, opposite lock is better when it's an old white Volvo 242 instead of a bright green, heavily modified Nissan 240sx with a JDM nose. More »

2 Fast 2 Furious: Albuquerque Drift

Wes Siler — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:15:00 EST

Again proving that two wheels are greater than four, motorcycles are even better drifters. [HellForLeather] More »

Is This The First Drift Video In North America?

Justin Hyde — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:30:00 EST

Nearly a decade before American kids starting trying to oversteer their Cavaliers, Nissan had Steve and Rod Millen — future drift king Rhys Millen's uncle and father, respectively — toss the 1989 240SX coupe and hatch in perfect drifting formation. More »

Insane Carbon-Fiber Drift Ferrari Gets BMW V8

Mike Spinelli — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:30:00 EST

Say what now? The headline may contain words unlikely to share each others' company, but the build is real. It's from Sweden's SVK Customs, and by "it," I mean a Ferrari 550 GTR: carbon-fiber body, BMW heart, drift-car steering angle. More »

It's The Driftcember To Remember

Justin Hyde — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST

A flock of birds, a school of fish, a murder of crows. What do you call a group of 100 drift enthusiasts congregating at a West Virginia track on the edge of winter? Let's borrow from horses: a rake. More »

Hooning a Septic Tank Truck in November Snow

Peter Orosz — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:00:00 EST

Say hello to early wintertime, Northern Hemisphere readers, where wintertime equals snow and snow equals fun in rear-wheel drive vehicles, including East German septic tank trucks. More »

NASCAR's Robby Gordon Doing Burnouts On A Public Highway

Justin Hyde — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:30:00 EDT

NASCAR driver Robby Gordon does burnouts on a highway in his race car! Except that the highway's closed. And it's not his real Sprint Cup car. And he's holding a press conference today. Trick, not treat. (H/T to smokyburnout!) More »

Take A Drift Through Tilt Shift

Justin Hyde — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:00:59 EDT

At the Formula Drift event in Sonoma, Calif., a few months back, MotorMavens photog Joe Ayala used a tilt-shift lens to shoot a stop-motion video of the event. You can see the full video here. More »

Norwegian Drift Wood: The Epic Gatebil Gallery

Justin Hyde — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EDT

In Norway, the Gatebil auto festivals draw thousands of spectators every year for a mix of car show, parts bazaar and racing. Here's our gallery from this year's final Gatebil drift, enveloped in epic clouds of shredded tires. More »