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Nov 06 2009, 06:25 PM
by
Rod Chong
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Those of you who are "friends" with me on Facebook will know that last week Speedhunter's editor Riley Vigier and I were crunching to finishing up two videos for the 2009 SEMA Show. You've already seen our tribute to the new Formula D champion Chris Forsberg, and here's our second year end video offering: Falkenhunting 2009. A new Speedhunters film which debuted at Falken's SEMA booth on Tuesday. It covers our season long collaboration with the Team Falken drift family....
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Posted
Nov 02 2009, 03:20 PM
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Rod Chong
with 111 comment(s)
VIP Style... Drift Style... Hella Flush (?) style... Lux Style... Time Attack Style... JDM Style... These are all different labels which have been thrown around the US import car scene in the past few years. Once a style gets solidified, a rule set gets made and standards are created for what one should and shouldn't do with a car build. However, every once and a while a car will come up which makes you scratch your head. This 2006 Nissan 350Z is certainly Hella Flush approved, but it's clean...
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Posted
Nov 01 2009, 10:44 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 39 comment(s)
While researching this blog post, I didn't want to make a standard Driver Profile of Paul Vlasblom like what we've been doing with the Formula D drifters. I wanted to turn it into a Q&A type of feature with lots of pictures of his cars, build projects and driving skills instead. Paul's career got started in 1998 when he was working for a Porsche dealership and and was racing a E30. He already loved to slide the little BMW but it never occurred to him it was a real sport. He won the...
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Posted
Oct 29 2009, 12:04 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
The other day we got an email from Australian photographer Jared Ahearn who wanted to share some photos he shot at the finale of the "Stadium Drift" series held last weekend in Queensland. I'm not terribly familiar with this series, but judging by Jared's photos it looks like the event was full of the kind of mayhem we love....
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Posted
Oct 28 2009, 06:30 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 24 comment(s)
If you were wondering what video I was talking about in my Retrospective about Taniguchi, this is it, shot by a couple of friends of his that really struggled to keep up with him!
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Posted
Oct 24 2009, 03:35 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 27 comment(s)
Hi. I’m Joon Maeng. I was born in Seoul, S. Korea in 1982 and immigrated to the US of A when I was nine years old. Ever since I can remember, I have had a fascination with cars. Not just any cars, of course, but import performance cars. After obtaining my driver’s license, somehow I came across drift competition clips from Japan and I got hooked. It felt like my calling, like I had an epiphany. I began physically experimenting with the concept of drifting shortly thereafter with my 85...
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Posted
Oct 21 2009, 10:10 PM
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Rod Chong
with 23 comment(s)
Conventional wisdom says that time starts to slow down as you get older, but for me I'd say the opposite is true. Each year seems to be more action packed and high paced than the last. Exactly one week ago I was getting ready to fly from Vancouver to Los Angeles to attend the Formula D finals at Irwindale Speedway... but tonight I'm already getting set to fly to Houston, Texas tomorrow for two days of shooting the state's finest slammed cars. But before I get too far ahead of myself,...
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Posted
Oct 14 2009, 09:46 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 12 comment(s)
To finish of the 2009 coverage of the Need for Speed European Drift Championship, a quick look behind the scenes at Snetterton. After destroying aN engine back at Brands Hatch, Alan Mccord was back in the LS2 S15.. ..But with a little added surprise under the bonnet.. as if the LS2 wasn't powerful enough already, the addition of a dirty great supercharger boosting the power to 630hp, made sure it was now. Steve Will's fairly stock looking M3 with added turbo powers. It had been a very long...
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Posted
Oct 01 2009, 08:40 PM
by
Casey Dhnaram
with 26 comment(s)
5:30am wakeup , days like these days mentally give me the motivation to rip the donas off my bed with a passion and a attitude that thrills my body. Tuesday mornings are normally a 7:00 wakeup with the worst attitude, due to school but today was going to be different. I headed out with the same bunch of guys again, such a high quality bunch of mates, always up for a laugh and better or not, a track day! The day was magnificent maximum of about 31 degrees and not a cloud in the sky all day, it was...
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Posted
Oct 01 2009, 03:20 PM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 47 comment(s)
Buried in the heart of the Dirty South, my battle-scarred E46 creeps through a confederate graveyard sharing rank with the soldiers that lie beneath it. Battle takes a toll on everything in it's path, and like each headstone in this cemetary... every scratch, scrape and dent has a story to tell. This war-hardened machine has been to hell and back, and still lives to tell her tales. My name is Andy Sapp. This is my drift car. Although commonly mistaken for an E46 M3, the car is actually a 2001...
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Posted
Sep 25 2009, 11:35 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 4 comment(s)
A lot of you guys requested this shot as a wallpaper, so here it is! Head on over to the desktops section to add the spice of BMW slam to your everyday computing. -Linhbergh Nguyen
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Posted
Sep 24 2009, 01:03 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 1 comment(s)
Here's a short, but sweet clip from Will Roegge showcasing a drift event hosted by WORKS Motorsports in Northern California. Besides all of the sideways Evo action, keep an eye out for a cameo by the Slam Burglars Miata.
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Sep 24 2009, 05:43 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 19 comment(s)
...a nice helping of some sweet BBS, then pop it in the oven for 45 minutes, and out comes a very capable drift machine that is also drop dead sexy. This past weekend, I was a spectator at Daijiro Yoshihara's Drift Academy, at the old El Toro Airforce base in Irvine, California. The pit lane was filled with usual mix different of S-chassis. But when this BMW E30 rolled up into the line for the intermediate drift course, I knew I had to take a photo of this car. This month has been filled with...
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Posted
Sep 10 2009, 04:46 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 4 comment(s)
Let's take a moment to check out some drifting from the Scandinavian Drift Finals at Sturup Raceway. Many BMWs there are!
:R
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Posted
Sep 07 2009, 03:55 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 11 comment(s)
The mid-way point of the NOS Energy NZ Drift Series in association with NAC Insurance saw competitors head to the central North Island circuit of Taupo Motorsport Park. Two rounds into the series, Gaz Whiter had established a solid lead in the championship run. However, hot on his heels was Mad Mike Whiddett. While the day dawned dry, no sooner had battles started that the conditions shifted from damp, to monsoon-esque. Round three added a new dimension to the Taupo section, with drivers asked to...
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Posted
Sep 04 2009, 08:32 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 28 comment(s)
My name is Mary J. Castillo, Spokesmodel for Falken Tire. When Speedhunters.com first approached me to do this documentary about a day in the life of a model, I was taken back a bit because I felt like I had to keep a certain image about myself as a model. But then I thought, why not let the Speedhunters audience have an inside look about what really goes on in my day! Being in the limelight is always fun creating an image for yourself through a company that is well known for their high performance...
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Posted
Sep 01 2009, 04:56 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 29 comment(s)
One of the things I like about the themed months on Speedhunters is the opportunity to see the diversity that comes with one brand or type of car. One thing I've noticed about BMW's is the wild engine swaps people do on them. Really, it's not surprising when you have an inexpensive RWD car with a well-engineered chassis and a large engine bay. I was browsing the Drift Works forum earlier when I found this Toyota-powered E36 drift car being built in Germany....
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Posted
Aug 27 2009, 12:55 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 2 comment(s)
Our friends at Formula D just dropped us a note to remind US viewers that TV coverage of the 2009 championship is about to start this Sunday on the Versus channel. Broadcast in HD, the program promises to show all the behind-the-scenes action from what is proving to be an epic season of American professional drifting. The now classic Ueo/Tuerk bunnyhop incident featured in this video will be but one of many dramas to unfold in the fourteen episodes set to broadcast every Sunday at 2 PM (EST) or 11 AM (PST). I don't own a television myself, but I'll be looking to get my hands on the shows somehow!
:R
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Posted
Aug 25 2009, 03:30 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 21 comment(s)
Ok, let's jump straight in to part two of my Drift Mania West judging adventure... As I had to attend to judging the drift runs from qualifying on, this blog post isn't going to read like a regular event report as I was unable to shoot the action during these sessions... But I'll do my best to share with you my own observations from the event.... someone requested more shots of the S12, so here you go! Now that I have the use of a proper camera to shoot events and features, I've been...
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Posted
Aug 24 2009, 10:22 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 36 comment(s)
Our man in Japan, Dino Dalle Carbonare has the unique responsibility of reporting the latest bits of automotive culture from Japan on a day to day basis. In looking at his MSC Honjyo report, I find it quite amazing just how easy it is for you, the Speedhunters reader to get a sense of what's happening, on the ground, in this far away, exotic land. As for myself, I quite enjoy reporting on how drift culture is consumed by different countries around the world.... so for this blog entry I'm...
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