Here's a couple video clips that "Sassy", the owner of the IMSA-styled SA22C RX7 sent to us.

Besides the sights and sounds of the RX7, you can also catch a glimpse of many other Japanese classics running on the famous Suzuka Circuit.

Thanks a lot, Sassy!

-Mike Garrett

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

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.

-Mike Garrett

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?

-Mike Garrett

I just found this video link at James Allen's excellent F1 blog. Abu Dhabi will likely be the scene of the 2009 F1 title showdown and you can get a sense of the track layout in this video of Bruno Senna taking a F1 two seater around the glistening new circuit. Check out that crazy pit lane exit!

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While we were in Imola as guests of the BMW WTCC team last month, we shot a film about former multiple Touring Car World Champion, Andy Priaulx which we'll be releasing shortly. He's also been writing a guest blog for Speedhunters about his twin BMW racing weekends at Imola and Road Atlanta, but right now he's in Australia racing at the Bathurst 1000 kms.

It's one of these marque international events that we'll need to Speedhunt one of these years. In the meantime, here's a great vintage video from Bathurst showing the R32 "Godzilla" showing the competition how it's done!

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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/.

-Mike Garrett

A nice view of the recent JDM All Stars event at Silverstone through the eye of Al Clark.

Plenty of BMW's here to stay on theme as well...

Enjoy!

-Mike Garrett

In case anyone hasn't seen it (this is from well before the YouTube era) here's Guy Ritchie's BMW promo film from the early 2000s featuring Clive Owen, Madonna, and most importantly the E39 M5.

I remember watching this in high school and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world. Maybe it still is.

-Mike Garrett

Here is a video that Ken Block sent me this morning of himself and fellow rally driver Chris Atkinson having some fun in Ken's 1978 Ford Escort. Under the hood sits a 2.4-liter, four-cylinder Millington engine that boasts 280 BHP. It also is setup with WRC-styled paddle shifting and a six-speed sequential gearbox. I think this video does an incredible job of capturing the definition of fun!

-Vaughn Gittin JR