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Posted Nov 05 2009, 09:45 PM by Dino Dalle Carbonare with 21 comment(s)

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As the sun set early on Tuesday afternoon the Super Class of MSC got down to the final battles. Here are the two Run Free AE86s flying past the apex of the judged corner, Yamashita grabbing second position overall making him the winner of the East-Japan league with 52 points. This is one car I haven't seen before, built by Auto Service Mori, a respected tuning shop well known for building some pretty powerful track cars. I've been meaning to drop by their workshop in Atsugi for some time...
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Posted Nov 05 2009, 03:30 AM by Dino Dalle Carbonare with 17 comment(s)

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I thought that for this second post from the MSC final it would be cool to take a walk through the paddock at Mobara's circuit, a great way to get a closer look at some of the cars that compete in this drift championship. There is always a nice mix of cars at MSC, all the way from the pro-looking machinery that competes in the Expert and Super classes like this Sign 141 Silvia all the way to more low-budget projects driven by amateur drifters in the Beginner class. Needless to say they each have...
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Posted Nov 04 2009, 05:50 AM by Dino Dalle Carbonare with 29 comment(s)

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I found myself back in Mobara circuit yesterday, on a bitterly cold autumn morning, ready to get another drifting fix at the final round of this year's MSC Challenge. All the regulars we saw at Honjo in August were back, ready to score some final points in a last attempt to climb the point standings. There were also tons of other cool rides participating in the various classes, including a grip event, making it an even a more action packed day out than usual! Despite the chilling wind, the weather...
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Posted Oct 27 2009, 02:53 PM by Mike Garrett with 18 comment(s)

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Tucked away in a small industrial area of Gardena, California you'll find one the most legit drift shops on West Coast - Garage Boso. While I was there on Saturday shooting photos of Ross Petty's S15, I also spent some time checking out the shop itself and the nice selection of toys that can be found there. I always get all giddy when I visit a shop full of cool projects, and Garage Boso more than delivered....
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Posted Oct 22 2009, 03:17 PM by Mike Garrett with 14 comment(s)

 

Everything's bigger in Texas, even the tandem drift trains. This was shot at the first-ever Lonestar Bash, held last weekend at Mineral Wells in the heart of Texas.

Very good stuff here.

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Posted Oct 22 2009, 12:33 PM by Mike Garrett with 8 comment(s)

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Have you guys had enough Irwindale coverage yet? Hopefully not, because here's some more photos from last weekend's Formula D season finale. Up above we have Ross Petty's S15 looking as cool as ever while smoking up his Falkens through infield bank. By the way, we're trying to schedule a visit to Garage Boso as part of our Driver's Month features. Keep an eye out for it soon....
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Posted Oct 20 2009, 09:12 AM by Mike Garrett with 12 comment(s)

 

Chris Davy, a reader from Romania sent us a few clips of a Romanian drifter who goes by the name of "Tengu". Romania's drift scene is very small, but Tengu has competed in events all over Europe and even holds a BDC license. He's also drifted in South Africa, where the above clip was shot (he's the one in the white R33).

Anyone else think the track in the video bares a little resemblance to Irwindale Speedway?

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Posted Oct 19 2009, 12:42 PM by Mike Garrett with 29 comment(s)

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The 2009 Formula Drift season is officially over. After an intense weekend of competition in front of a packed house at Irwindale Speedway, we have a new FD champion - Chris Forsberg and his NOS Energy Drink 350Z. We have a number of special stories from Irwindale coming up, including blogs from several FD drivers, but I'll start with some random scenes from the weekend, both on and off the track....
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Posted Oct 16 2009, 09:27 PM by Mike Garrett with 32 comment(s)

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Even as I write this night practice is still going on under the lights at Irwindale Speedway, but we figured we should put post an update from the first day of the FD season finale. With one of the biggest driver entry lists of the year, qualifying was made all the more difficult as veterans, privateers, and newcomers alike fought for a spot in tomorrow's Top 32 competition....
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Posted Oct 14 2009, 10:52 AM by Mike Garrett with 19 comment(s)

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I'm back again from another Powerdrift event with some more pictures and action! And boy, it was a great ending for Powerdrift 2009. It started Saturday with a 3 hour trip up to the track. 'Vålerbanen' is a huge facility with 4 courses and the newest addition is a pretty special track designed and built for drifting. It has two good S curves, two good long swooping corners and a little something to make things the extra bit interesting for both the audience and drivers......
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Posted Oct 05 2009, 06:59 AM by Mike Garrett with 31 comment(s)

 

Our buddy Luke over in Japan has been hard at working putting together new a film documenting the drift experience, and he's just released a lengthy trailer for the project.

Naturally, the film features a lot of the Japanese drift cars and tracks that we love so much with an emphasis on the grassroots side of things.

It also reminds me how much I miss going to drift events in the motherland!

Watch the trailer, then check out more at http://www.wearedrift.com/.

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Posted Oct 01 2009, 08:40 PM by Casey Dhnaram with 26 comment(s)

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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 Sep 28 2009, 03:19 PM by Mike Garrett with 13 comment(s)

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Hi guys, I'm Marc Pedersen and I'm a judge in the Scandinavian Drift Series as well as having been a guest judge in several other European drift series. Lately we held the finals of the Danish Championship and the Nordic Championship at Sturup Raceway in Sweden. I believe that Micke already covered this with a few pictures of the Nordic Series in an earlier Speedhunters blog, so I'm going to try and show a few of the Danish BMW's running in the series, as it's BMW month. ...
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Posted Sep 17 2009, 11:24 AM by Mike Garrett with 16 comment(s)

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Got an email this morning from Efrain Arias of Boostiao.com in the Dominican Republic. To celebrate the opening of the first drift-only track in the Latin America, Formula D drivers Calvin Wan and Casper Canul shipped their cars out to help break in the new course. This weekend there will be a special practice event and Efrain promises to keep us updated. Looking forward to it! -Mike Garrett...

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Posted Sep 14 2009, 02:52 PM by Mike Garrett with 4 comment(s)

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Hello Speedhunters, my name is Micke Svensson and I drive an E36 BMW M3 in the Nordic Drift Series. Here is a report from the NDS season finale held recently at Sturup raceway....
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Posted Sep 09 2009, 12:55 PM by Mike Garrett with 26 comment(s)

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Only two weeks out from the D1NZ finals, we were scheduled to be at Taupo Motorsport Park for round 3 of the NZDRIFT series. After a 2nd and a 3rd placing at the opening rounds I was ready and confident to stand tall at this round after the changes we had made to the RX8. The car has improved so much in only 4 competitions....
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Posted Aug 26 2009, 07:00 PM by Dino Dalle Carbonare with 27 comment(s)

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I'm glad the first part of the MSC Round 8 coverage went down well, so I've compiled another selection of crazy drift cars from Honjyo circuit. These grassroots events ooze the right kind of atmosphere, unlike more professional oriented series, which is precisely why I enjoy covering them so much. Here is the Team Magician JZX110 against the Run Free AE86, epic run! It seems, that like myself, a lot of you guys couldn't get enough of this sweet Skyline... ...every time I saw it I just...
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Posted Aug 25 2009, 03:30 PM by Rod Chong with 21 comment(s)

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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)

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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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Posted Aug 24 2009, 08:45 AM by Dino Dalle Carbonare with 18 comment(s)

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One of the main attractions of the MSC Challenge are the triple drift runs, where teams field three cars each and have them drift in formation bumper to bumper to impress the judges. The above shot was taken yesterday at Honjyo circuit at Round 8 of the 2009 championship. As ever at MSC events the atmosphere is very chilled out, making it a pleasure to wonder through the paddock... ...checking out all the cool rides... ...or getting close to the action out on the track. Like all grassroots drifting...
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