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Nov 02 2009, 12:01 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 24 comment(s)
Like a proud father, I am very happy to introduce a new generation of the Ford Mustang - the Mustang RTR. I have dreamt this vision in my head for years; unfortunately, it has taken so much time for me to find the right people to help take the vision from my head to paper, then to the actual prototype phase that you see here. It sounds a lot easier then it really is - trust me! I fell in love with the Mustang in late 2004 and, as most of you know, we have been inseparable since. The Ford Mustang...
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Posted
Nov 02 2009, 03:19 AM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 23 comment(s)
Here is the sneak peak I promised you all. This is the first-ever public picture of the extremely limited production Mustang RTR-C, the halo of the RTR brand. It is a one-hundred percent dry carbon Mustang for the street, which features in-car adjustable shocks, 550 horsepower, and carbon fiber HRE wheels. Only ten of these cars will be made. The car will first be seen at the SEMA Show this year where it will be on display at the Ford booth all week. I will do a feature on the car here on Speedhunters...
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Posted
May 29 2009, 06:12 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 8 comment(s)
We joined the "Mustang's Across America" tour after picking up this sweet 2010 GT500 at a local dealership in Oklahoma. The caravan of over 600 Mustangs was heading to the 45th Mustang Anniversary at Barber Motorsports Park. It was a great time and I will definately be doing the tour every five years as long as my schedule allows. More of this to follow. Keep in mind this is Barber's personal collection... we all need to be dairy farmers. MOOOOOOOOOOOO! The very first prototype...
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Posted
May 28 2009, 06:12 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 5 comment(s)
Posted
Apr 28 2009, 02:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 34 comment(s)
No doubt you've already seen plenty of photos of Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s 2010 Ford Mustang competition drift car, but I thought could add a bit American flavor to our drifting features this month with a closer look at this unique beast. After being teased by videos earlier in the year, I couldn't wait to finally see this car in person during the Formula D Long Beach event earlier this month. The first exposure I got with the car was when JR took it out for practice on Friday morning. While drifting, the car moves more like an AE86 or Silvia than a V8-powered muscle car....
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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
Mar 13 2009, 12:55 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 5 comment(s)
This week, many motoring journalists were given the opportunity to get out of the office and have fun on the race track, thanks to Continental Tires. Continental just came out with two all-new high performance tires, the Continental Extreme Contact DW (high performance, dry weather tire) and the Continental Extreme Contact DWS (high performance, all season tire). The nice folks at Continental provided us with 3-series BMWs and Ford Mustangs so that we could try out the tires on dry and wet autocross...
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Posted
Mar 02 2009, 07:15 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 38 comment(s)
See JR make smoke!!!.... The camera operator must have been pretty dizzy after taking this shot!
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:R
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Posted
Feb 12 2009, 12:30 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 20 comment(s)
Hey everyone! I got to test my new car last week. I am so excited to get some more seat time and get it dialed in over the next few weeks. It's rocket ship! Here's a quick little fun teaser to check out! I think the sound is almost as good as last year's N/A car... what do you think?
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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
Jan 10 2009, 10:27 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 28 comment(s)
Tokyo Auto Salon has always been one of the best places to get the scoop on what's going on the D1 Grand Prix, and this year there were a few noteworthy D1 cars making their debut at TAS. Of course there were also the very popular D1 drift demo runs held outside, but I'll save that for a separate post. So what kind of new D1 machines could be seen on the floor at Auto Salon?...
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Posted
Jan 01 2009, 08:05 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 17 comment(s)
After unveiling the all new 2010 Mustang at the LA Auto Show in November, Ford has wasted no time moving on to the "flagship" version of the Mustang, the Shelby GT500. The new GT500 will appear at the the Detroit Auto Show this month and is packing a lot of improvements over the old GT500. For starters, if the 500hp of the old car wasn't enough for you, there's more of that. The 2010 GT500 will now make 540hp and 510 foot lbs of torque from its supercharged 5.4 liter V8....
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Posted
Dec 26 2008, 02:00 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 38 comment(s)
I was leisurely browsing through the pages of the Feb. 2009 issue of Option Magazine tonight when I came across some big news about 2008 D1GP series champion Daigo Saito. For 2009 he will be leaving his JZX100 Chaser behind and switching to a Ford Mustang GT. Yep, that's right....a Mustang in the Japanese D1 series. Saito's official website confirms the news. The car is being built by the Japanese aero parts maker Behrman and is expected to produce 7-800hp. I wonder how the "JDM Fanboys" out there will react the news? Personally, I think the idea of seeing (and hearing) a bellowing V8 muscle car in D1 Japan is pretty cool. Hopefully the new car will be shown at Auto Salon in a few weeks....
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Posted
Nov 14 2008, 02:29 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 10 comment(s)
I'm going to travel back in time to about two months ago in the middle of September. From my win at Irwindale, my excitement overcame me when writing my last blog and I had to share that with you all, instead of what I should have been writing about - which was a week of real-life Speedhunting. During SEMA 2007, I walked into a sushi place at the Hard Rock hotel when I ran into Shawn Crawford from my sponsor JE Pistons. Shawn introduced me to a gentleman by the name of Karl Fredrickson who is...
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Posted
Nov 12 2008, 06:53 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
Speedhunter Vaughn Gittin Jr. just sent us a small teaser photo of his new 2010 Mustang drift car that he will be driving next year. The teaser may not reveal a whole lot, but it won't be too much longer until the full car is revealed next week on live Speed TV ahead of the car's official debut at the LA Auto Show. To see the car on Speed, November 18 at 8pm PST/ 11pm EST will be the time to tune in . I think it's pretty cool that the drift version of the car will debut ahead of the street car and can't wait to see what the finished product looks like....
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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 23 2008, 03:57 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 6 comment(s)
A while back Vaughn Gittin Jr. posted a blog entry here about his experience drifting (legally) on the streets of downtown Los Angeles for the Bosch Performance Art project. JR just let us know that the finished video is now complete and can be seen above for your viewing pleasure. In addition to the YouTube version, there is a higher quality version and a behind the scenes piece on the Bosh Performance Art website. The finished product is pretty cool so make sure you check it out.
Bosch Performance Art
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Oct 20 2008, 10:15 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 22 comment(s)
Love it or hate it, the Ford Mustang is an automotive icon and the original pony car has been a favorite among enthusiasts ever since its introduction in the mid '60s. After its Carroll Shelby and Steve McQueen "glory days", the Mustang was reduced to a shadow of its former self with the Mustang II of the '70s. By the mid '80s the Mustang had regained some of what made the original cars great with the introduction of the famous Fox body 5.0. The 5.0 'Stangs became the car to have in the '80s, and the potential of the EFI 5.0 engines made them one of the most popular "tuner" cars ever. The original 5.0 Mustangs are now over 20 years old, but they continue to be one of the best "bang for the buck" vehicles on the used car market in the USA. The 5.0 has already been established as a great platform for drag racing and even road racing, but what about drifting?...
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Posted
Sep 16 2008, 08:00 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 44 comment(s)
Yeah, that's right, I said it. It had to be said. I wasn't the only one who noticed it... just maybe the only one who outspoken enough to say what's really on my mind. As we watched the tandem battles in the Formula D Top 16 eliminations at Infineon Raceway this past weekend, the lead car brake checking the following car seemed like the new fad in Formula D - almost everyone was doing it. If you're not familiar with the term brake checking , it's when the lead car in a tandem...
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