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Nov 04 2009, 12:56 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 16 comment(s)
We just did a premiere of this film to a packed house at the Formula D/Spo Com party in Las Vegas. It's a little tribute to the new Formula Drift 2009 Champion Chris Forsberg. Entitled "Portrait of a Champion" , it's a collaboration with the drifting film-maker of film-makers Will Roegge. ... And i suppose myself and Speedhunters' editor, Riley Vigier also had something to do with this film too.... We hope you like it! I also need to thank Ernie and Tutul from Nos Energy Drink...
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Oct 26 2009, 10:42 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 16 comment(s)
What’s up Speedhunters, my name is Justin Pawlak, or better known as “JTP”. I’m the Formula D driver of the Bergenholtz Racing/Nitto Tires Mazda RX8. I would say most people know me from my ever changing FC RX7. I got into drifting in late 2005 at the Drift Day Industry Drift 1. I had recently moved to California to work at AEM and had bought my FC in hopes of becoming a professional drifter. Surprisingly enough I had driven that same car until this past year when I stepped into the 2009 Mazda RX8....
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Oct 23 2009, 10:42 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 11 comment(s)
What’s up everybody? My name is Ryan Tuerck, I'm a 25 year old who competes in the premiere drifting series in the US, Formula D. I have been in some form of racing for the better part of my life. I grew up racing Motocross with my two brothers. I raced for 10 years starting as a novice on someone’s old used equipment and finishing as a pro on a brand new bike. Motocross taught me a lot of useful skills that have carried their way into drifting, making the transition to cars very natural.
I drive the Gardella racing Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice. I started with Gardella racing in 2008 with a mostly production based car. We finished the season with a career high 6th place in the Formula D championship. This year 2009, Gardella racing pulled out all the stops, leaving no bolt untouched and built a drift car with the hopes of winning the '09 Formula D championship. ...
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Posted
Oct 18 2009, 12:46 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 13 comment(s)
Ryan Tuerck may have taken the top honours at Formula D Irwindale this evening, but it was Chris Forsberg who was crowned the new 2009 Champion. Congrats to him and his team from Speedhunters! More stories from Irwindale to follow... :Rod Chong
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Posted
Jun 12 2009, 01:34 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 28 comment(s)
Normally, when I go to automotive events, I have a few different reasons for attending. I'm there as a Speedhunters correspondent with camera in hand, ready to photograph any details that catch my eye. I also often travel with a video camera to collect footage for the various Speedhunters and NFS film projects we're developing. And, finally, I am also at events like Formula D as a representative of the Need for Speed video game brand. This means that I'm often spending time behind the...
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Posted
Jun 12 2009, 11:31 AM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 27 comment(s)
The weekend before Formula Drift Round 3, I went out to East Coast Bash. It was an incredible two-day event. We even had an incredible dance party! I love "grassroots" events like this. The vibe defines drifting and is the reason why I got into the sport! Here are some of my favorite shots from the event. Special thanks to Dan Jenkins for the pictures!...
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Posted
Jun 05 2009, 03:29 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
Apparently things were pretty rainy today during Formula D practice and qualifying in New Jersey - rainy enough to postpone qualifying until tomorrow morning.
For now though, you can enjoy this fresh video featuring the Drift Alliance crew in action at Road Atlanta last month.
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
May 28 2009, 06:12 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 5 comment(s)
Posted
May 09 2009, 09:20 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 3 comment(s)
The Drift Alliance crew have already released this video from yesterday's qualifying sessions.... Tx guys!
:R
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Posted
Apr 24 2009, 12:29 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
Last weekend while we were in Long Beach for the ALMS race, I also managed to catch a bit of the Formula D team drift events that were happening during the LBGP. We had just been to the main Formula D event the week before, but it was quite interesting to look at the differences between the two events. One of the things that I liked about the team drifting is that the drivers were basically given free reign to drift the entire Long Beach street course, instead of just the section that was used for the FD event....
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Posted
Apr 10 2009, 12:22 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
I'm sitting here in my downtown Long Beach hotel room as we get ready for Friday's Formula D practice and qualifying day. This evening a number of FD drivers and their cars took to the streets for a get-together at the corner of Pine and Broadway in the heart of Long Beach. I headed down there to have a look and thought you guys might want to have a quick look at tonight's pre-race happenings....
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Posted
Mar 19 2009, 12:30 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 9 comment(s)
Zen and the art of smoke.... can you make out the Speedhunters sticker on the side mirror? Tx for the hook up JR! (and yes we will be sending out stickers next month!... hold on for the announcement....) :R
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Posted
Jan 26 2009, 02:55 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 1 comment(s)
Posted
Jan 21 2009, 07:07 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 8 comment(s)
Mmmmmm Jr's 2010 Mustang sounds real nice......
:R
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Posted
Dec 04 2008, 01:30 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 18 comment(s)
I know everyone has already seen all the pictures and read all the coverage of the Red Bull World Championship, but I just wanted to touch on it from my point of view. My brain analyzes nonstop; sometimes I love it, sometimes I want it to turn off. At this event I had the realization of just how far our sport has come, especially in America. I mean I obviously have realized it to a certain degree, but this event was just like "WOW...we are doing it." I think some of this came from the overall...
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Posted
Nov 19 2008, 01:45 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 27 comment(s)
Last night our resident huggable Speedhunter, Antonio Alvendia went out to attend the launch of the new Ford Mustang... Being the world's number one drifting fanatic, his main interest was to point his lens at Vaughn Gittin's new Mustang. The car's all carbon fiber body work was presented with an all blue finish. You can be assured next time you see this car, it will have its full Falken livery in place. Although it has the appearance of a production style Mustang, this machine is every...
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Posted
Oct 31 2008, 09:00 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 19 comment(s)
As I write this, I am reliving my victory three weeks ago at Irwindale Speedway during the final round of Formula Drift, firstly I just want to say WOOOOOOHOOOYAAAA!!!! For me this victory was long awaited and well deserved if I don't say so myself. I've won two prestigious drifting events in the past: the 2005 D1GP USA vs. Japan and the 2007 D1GP World Championship. But I have yet to taste the glory and stand on the top of the podium in a Formula Drift event. The final round of FD proved...
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Posted
Oct 31 2008, 02:34 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 15 comment(s)
Most of the members of Team Falken will tell you that 2008 was a pretty tough year for them. Mechanical gremlins and delayed race car builds certainly pushed their stamina limits over the course of the season. None the less, they continue to be one of the most popular teams in Formula Drift. Go to any Formula Drift meeting and you'll find that there's always a big crowd around Team Falken's pit area. There is a real reason for this in my opinion. These guys continually give to the sport of drifting like no other team does. They are a perfect reflection of the true ethos of drift culture....
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Posted
Oct 03 2008, 06:10 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 33 comment(s)
It has been a crazy last couple of months for me; I'm going to refrain from putting everything into this one blog of mine. After all, I don't want to take up the entire Speedhunters site with my blog, now do I? For this blog, I am going to talk about my Bosch Performance Art shoot in which I got the opportunity to drift the Streets of Los Angeles and also my trip to Detroit to the Ford Headquarters, the Woodward Dream Cruise, and the Bill Ford Museum. A couple months back, I was on a conference...
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Posted
Aug 06 2008, 11:08 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 8 comment(s)
A few weeks ago I was invited out to X Games 14 by my friend and rally driver Ken Block. He had mentioned he would like me to be an extra set of eyes as well as his technical advisor, not to mention I doubled as his "party sub" since he had to skip out on all the festivities until the weekend was over in order to perform at 110%. Even though I have an already insane schedule this month, how could I resist this opportunity?...
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