The first question I had when I watched the short video of Vaughn Gittin Jr. drifting the Nürburgring was how many sets of tires did he go through? Three, the answer is three sets of Nitto NT555 G2s.
I remember I tried drifting the entire length of the Nürburgring in Forza once. I rage-quit an eighth of the way through. But apparently, if you’re professional drifter and Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr., you don’t need an Xbox. You can do the real thing in a 900-horsepower, modified Ford Mustang.
Today is National Donut Day, which big-time national donut chains usurped to lure you into their doors. Much better, it’s as an excuse to roast tires, and an exceptionally appropriate way to drive your ultra-rare Ford GT, as demonstrated by pro drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr.
If you had a 450 horsepower 2018 Ford Raptor and a rain-soaked Nürburgring all to yourself, would you try to set a competitive lap time nobody’d remember or hang the tail out and have the time of your life? I think Vaughn Gittin Jr. made the right call here.
Since 2016, the Ford Mustangs running in Formula Drift have had one of the most wonderfully bizarre suspension setups I’ve seen. It’s back again for this season and I am still obsessed.
My foot’s jammed down on the pedal that tells the 460 horses to get going, and I’ve been in this thing trying to manage a basic, drifty donut. While I’m making plenty of tire smoke, I’m failing miserably. Still, this may be the most fun I’ve had failing at anything, because failing in the Mustang RTR is almost more…
For years Chelsea DeNofa has been one of the great underdogs in American drifting. He’d either outdrive other more expensive, more powerful cars with his little BMW 3 Series or blow up trying. Now he’s under the wing of one of the most professional teams in Formula Drift, at the wheel of a new Ford Mustang. Team…
Road Atlanta is one of the most legendary tracks in the country, with fast turns nestled among picturesque trees and hills. Once a year, it hosts one of North America’s most grueling endurance races, Petit Le Mans. It’s the perfect place to unleash a train of pro drifters to coat the countryside in a layer of burnt…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the cars in Formula Drift are beyond belief. More than 2.5 million people got the message last weekend.
This is Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s new 2016 Ford Mustang RTR Formula Drift car. It has 900 horsepower, an independent rear end, and it likes to hit the three wheel motion.
When pro drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. introduced his custom EcoBoost Ford F-150, he said it would be a daily driver. That could drift. And go off-road. And off jumps. It was intriguing as a concept, it’s freaking amazing to see in action.
I told Vaughn, “nobody else in practice is running as close to the other car as you are. You know this is just practice right?” He laughed, said it’s only fun when you drift as close to the other car as possible. Then he paused, and then he looked back at me with something between a laugh and a sigh. “Yeah, I can be…
Ordos, in Inner Mongolia, is the largest ghost city in the world. In other words, a driver's paradise.
Ford got their Formula Drift dude Vaughn Gittin Jr. to step away from a Mustang for five minutes and help design a custom 2015 Ford F-150 and not only is it not terrible, it actually looks kind of perfect.
What do you do when you're a Formula D star just farting around in full gear? You reenact scenes from Talladega Nights like everybody else, that's what. Shake 'n' bake, baby!
Formula D driver Vaughn Gittin's dog seems pretty remarkable. He's amazing at pushing buttons, and, by implication, reading the labels on dashboard buttons. That's a hell of a dog. He also seems to like drifting.
