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Ryan Tuerck, of the very excellent "Off Seasons" video, has traded leafy parking lots for the sunny banking of Toyota Speedway. Here he gives you a sense of the lunacy going on behind the wheel at a Formula D drift competition. More »
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The Formula Drift Qatar race is going on right now and is streaming live right here. Something else to distract you from working today. More »
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The third event of the 2009 Formula Drift Grand Prix landed itself at The Wall in New Jersey last month, Joshua Herron was out there to capture all the action in this visually stimulating clip. More »
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You didn't think Romanian street racers only drag-raced, did you? Consider yourself fully versed in the masterful and complex art of the Romanian One HP drift thanks to Virgiliu and his mighty steed. (Hat tip to Casey!) More »
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Steve Sutcliffe, Autocar UK's road-test editor, a connoisseur of slideways dorifto action, attempts to quell his morbid curiosity of whether a Mercedes E-Class Hearse can deliver the recently deceased in tire-murdering style. More »
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Autocar UK's road test editor Steve Sutcliffe has a strange obsession of the sideways kind. His perverse purpose is to try and drift just about anything with wheels around his slice of test tarmac. His most recent offering to the tire gods is a diesel London Cab. Hit the jump to see the clip. More »
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We caught up with professional drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. and had him walk us around his Ford Mustang to show us what makes his trick drift car tick. Not only did we get a close-up look at the machine, he even took us for a quick spin around some cones conveniently placed in the parking lot. This was our second time riding shotgun in a drift car — our first was in a JDM Nissan Skyline — and we've gotta admit, even though some may feel drifting isn't a real sport, it's unquestionably fun. Check out all the action in the video after the jump. More »
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Formula DRIFT and Red Bull are poised to move the sport of drifting from a mostly national sport to an international competition with the announcement of the Red Bull Drifting World Championship, to be held at the Port of Long Beach on November 15, 2008. The competition is set to bring 32 professional drifters from around the world to compete for the largest purse ever, though what that purse is hasn't been announced yet. We just hope some broke and alcoholic stevedore in a drifting El Camino somehow qualifies for the one amateur spot and earns enough money to pay for his daughter's college tuition. That would make an awesome movie. Press release below the jump. More »
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Now that we know Tanner Foust is going to be one of the three hosts of Top Gear USA, we're feeling out whether this guy is worthy of the job or not. So, while we know pretty much everything there is to know about the race driver/television host, we're still interested in seeing more of his prowess behind the wheel. Garage419 got the chance to ride shotgun with Foust during a drift session in a Nissan 350Z, so check out all the countersteering, tire-smokin' action after the jump. More »
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Dear Comcast. We know you have a lot of money. We also know that you own G4TV. So please, please do the right thing and hire Jack Black and Kyle Gass to host Formula D. In the meantime, we'll just turn the sound off, get all mezmerized by hazing hides while we sit around in our unders listening to "Dio" and "Fuck Her Gently" while coming up with schemes to leverage our dorktosterone to score chicks. The new season starts June 18th at 7pm. More »
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As we mentioned last summer, we'd been waiting for somebody to enter a vintage American musclecar in a high-profile drifting competition, and this '69 Chevy F-Body was it. After a number of appearances at Formula D events last season, the Falken Tires-sponsored Blacktop Rodeo team is set for the 2006 series. The 468 Rat motor is tuned, the suspension setup is refined, and the rubber flecks are cleaned from the rear quarters. Inside Line's got the schnitzel on what makes the bitchin' Camaro tick. More »
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