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Posted
Mar 21 2010, 10:12 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 9 comment(s)
After several years of rising popularity, 2009 was the year that saw the Prodrift Series take a small stumble. Two rounds cancelled, lower entries and smaller crowds at most events, it was a tough year for the Prodrift crew. However, after seeing what they were capable of at the Punchestown Super Series event last year and the quality of the previous seasons, I'd have little doubt that 2010 will be back to normality for the Prodrift Series. For 2010 Prodrift will concentrate on running the Irish...
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Posted
Mar 18 2010, 11:30 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 29 comment(s)
Only one week to go now before the 2010 D1 Grand Prix professional drift championship kicks off here in Japan. The cold winter months are almost over and we have one hell of a drift-oriented line-up for you all this year. D1 is promising to be as competitive as ever with a few drivers swapping over to new cars mid-season. I will travel across Japan to bring you coverage from the best Japanese tracks like Okayama where I can't wait to see more of those physics-defying rear-end-first entries! Will...
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Posted
Mar 17 2010, 10:33 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 44 comment(s)
As its St Patricks day its only right we should feature a Irish driver to mark the occasion. Dublin based Danni Murphy is now in her 3rd year of competitive drifting was the first and so far only woman to have been granted a pro license in Ireland -backing up her licensing performance with consistent top 16 qualifying in her first 3 Prodrift Ireland events. She's now here in the UK making her mark as one of the up-and-coming stars of UK drifting. Danni made her UK debut in the 2009 BDC semi pro...
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Posted
Mar 16 2010, 04:31 AM
by
Dan Jenkins
with 49 comment(s)
This past weekend I traveled down to Summit Point WV for the first Drift Nirvana event of the season. This is my first assignment for Speedhunters and my first drift event of the year, so needless to say I was pretty excited! Mother nature hasn't been too kind to us here on the East Coast this past month. After a few weeks of snow storms, I was looking forward to getting out into the crisp March air and finally do some speedhunting. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate. Four days non...
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Posted
Mar 04 2010, 06:16 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 22 comment(s)
Luke of WeAreDrift just released this cool short video of a couple of backward entries at Nikko. As Luke says, if you are not entering corners backwards you're not trying hard enough!
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Posted
Mar 02 2010, 07:04 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 5 comment(s)
As a small contribution to R32 day, head over to the desktops section to grab this wallpaper of Bon decimating another set of Federal tyres. - Paddy
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Posted
Feb 25 2010, 05:03 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 3 comment(s)
You guys asked for it, so here it is! Head on over to the desktops section to grab both widescreen and standard versions of this super clean, super ziptied up drift FC RX-7. -Linhbergh
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Posted
Feb 24 2010, 04:30 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 12 comment(s)
This past weekend was quite the automotive odyssey. I spent two days at Willow Springs International Raceway and a day at Buttonwillow Racetrack for Hellaflush 3.5. While at Willow Springs on Saturday, I spotted this very clean example of a drift FC RX-7 at an event on the balcony skid pad. Who knows how long it'll last being that clean, but the deep red + white Enkei RPF-1 wheels is a classic color combination and just looks fantastic! Coverage from Hellaflush 3.5 at Buttonwillow is coming very...
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Posted
Feb 23 2010, 02:40 PM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 30 comment(s)
A few days back I was browsing through the auto blogs I visit daily and found a link to the Mattfresh Blog from New Zealand. It became an instant favorite and has given me many new wallpapers to stare at. Recently Matt went to a drift event at the Hampton Downs circuit. Some familiar faces showed up and Matt covered the event in his own cool way. The opening shot contains so much win. Broken aero parts, worn tires, numerous sets of wheels and a cool AE85 in the background that's been dropped...
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Posted
Jan 21 2010, 01:18 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
The other day while I was at the local Japanese bookstore I spotted a copy of the February, 2010 issue of Drift Tengoku magazine sitting on the shelf. I thought to myself, it's been a while since I've picked up a Doriten mag, and much to the dismay of the wife I added another magazine to the collection.
After getting home and flipping through it, I figured I'd highlight the issue here on Speedhunters. All Doritens are packed full of cool drift cars, but this one seemed even better than usual....
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Posted
Jan 09 2010, 11:15 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 9 comment(s)
As requested, you can head over to the Desktops section and grab both the regular and wide version of Pat McDonagh's Sierra Cosworth - Paddy
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Posted
Jan 08 2010, 01:30 PM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 29 comment(s)
The Prodrift Series grid has seen some really innovative swaps over the last few years. Some swaps are done as the easiest route to more power, others are done for reliability and others are done to conform to a tight budget. Here is what I think to be the ten best swaps to grace the Prodrift grid since the series was founded. (above) #10 - James Deane's SR20 Mazda RX7 FD3S - It's one of the bravest conversions that I can remember, swapping out the much loved 13B rotary for the reknowned...
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Posted
Jan 07 2010, 05:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 27 comment(s)
I was having a hard time falling a sleep last night so spent some time surfing through Youtube, which is where I run across this video. Pretty smooth drifting for such a huge truck! Guess the slippery road surface helps!
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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Posted
Dec 29 2009, 08:30 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 23 comment(s)
2009 proved to be a very exciting year for D1. Youichi Imamura became the first driver to win two championships, his first back in 2003 behind the wheel of the Apexi RX-7. His Auto Produce Boss built S15, based on Yasuyuki Kazama's old 2005 championship winner car, allowed him to grab points consistently at each round allowing him to finish ahead of Tezuka in the Bee-R GT-R and Nomuken in the Blitz Skyline. I have put together a selection of pictures from both D1-GP and D1-SL that best represent...
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Posted
Dec 21 2009, 07:45 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 23 comment(s)
With 2010 fast approaching I can't help but wonder what the new year will bring. There will be tons of events waiting for us, close racing in various kinds of motorsport and new interesting cars that will help the automotive culture as a whole evolve. But as we begin another chapter I can't help but reminisce at what has helped shape the scene we love so much today. This is why I have chosen to take a look at one event that I always enjoyed so much, the Big X. Usually held at the beginning...
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Posted
Dec 11 2009, 03:38 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
Today we got an email from Andrew at HPI Racing showing this tasty pre-production version of HPI's new R35 GT-R body. This is one is a replica of the Hankook GTR drift car, and should be available next year at the same time the real car makes its competition debut.
A version of the Hankook drift Camaro is also in the works.
I can't wait to see both of them in the flesh (or plastic?) next year.
-Mike Garrett
HPI Racing
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Posted
Dec 10 2009, 03:31 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 21 comment(s)
Here's a nice little video from MeZ Productions featuring pro driver Luke Fink, as well as some of Australia's coolest street drift cars - including the "lowest 180 in the country".
Enjoy!
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Dec 10 2009, 11:08 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
Now to continue the review of the 2009 Formula Drift season where we left off yesterday.
Following the blazing hot Vegas event, the series headed to the great Pacific Northwest for its annual stop at Evergreen Speedway near Seattle. Under the cool gray skies of Washington it was time to dig in for the home stretch of the season....
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Posted
Dec 09 2009, 02:05 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 10 comment(s)
Any way you slice it, 2009 was a huge year for Formula Drift. Among other things, we saw a new champion, new international flavor on the driver roster, plenty of new cars, a strong showing by grassroots drivers, and some of the most intense competition ever.
Now, let's take a look back at the season that was for America's top drift series....
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Posted
Dec 07 2009, 01:30 PM
by
Ross Ianson
with 24 comment(s)
Its been a very busy year here in the UK drift wise, 3 top level championships all hotly contested all coming down to the wire to reveal the 3 respective champions. It all kicked off back in April with JDM Allstars Newcastle. Set right on the quayside the tight technical 'street' style track produced some jaw dropping driving straight from the off.. ..If you wanted to score big you had to run the wall! Two drivers stood out from the off Dan Chapman and Remo Niezen. scything through the top...
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