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Oct 25 2009, 08:00 PM
by
Dino Dalle Carbonare
with 50 comment(s)
Well here’s a sight you don’t see everyday, even here at Ebisu! Not only was this guy drifting an NSX, “the Japanese super car,” but a modified NSX! The car has a wide body aero kit and engine tuning that includes aftermarket camshafts coupled with remapping via an HKS FconV Pro. The most amazing thing about the day was the way he transported all his drift equipment, including 6 spare wheels! Check it out… The expensive front bumper was removed to protect it from damage...
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Oct 14 2009, 10:52 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 19 comment(s)
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 10 2009, 08:54 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 20 comment(s)
The LEGACY B4 GT300 made its racing debut at Fuji Speedway a few weeks back in Round 7 of the 2009 SUPER GT series, marking a new direction for STi with their first fully-backed GT programme getting underway at the legendary circuit. Subaru is, of course, no stranger to SUPER GT, having given factory support, in particular during the 2008 season, to the CUSCO-backed Impreza that had been campaigned for many years in Japan’s top motorsport category. It hardly needs to be said, but Subaru is...
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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 30 2009, 01:45 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
Hi Speedhunters! My name is Oleg Lozovoy, I’m 22 years old and I live in Moscow, Russia. I’ve been working in Russian Tuning Auto magazine for almost three years. I’m also a great fan of JDM style, drifting and practically everything that reminds me of Japan. But in this month I made an exception to my rules, and here are some interesting BMWs from Russia. Check it out! I think you’ll agree with me, that this white E92 330i is very stylish and nice. It looks simple and at...
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Posted
Sep 28 2009, 03:19 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 13 comment(s)
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 24 2009, 11:31 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
The Targa Trophy Triple Crown Rally consisted of three events this year. The first rally this year took place in Orange County, the second in San Diego, and finally this past weekend in Los Angeles. Due to the wildfires engulfing Southern California some roads on our original route had been closed so in the drivers meeting they announced to us we would be going another way....
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Posted
Sep 14 2009, 02:52 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
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 11 2009, 08:02 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 7 comment(s)
Most drift cars in Europe start their track life having seen a lot of street time, and it needs to be said that not a lot of cars on this side of the pond have seen as much street time or is aa well known as the Polizei drift BMW driven by Alexander Gräff in the Pro class of International Drift Series. ...
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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 02 2009, 11:10 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 18 comment(s)
Hi fellow Speedhunters!
My name is Alok Paleri. I hail from India, but I have been living in Germany for almost six years now. I was a car nut since I was a kid, and coming to Germany only helped the cause. I took my first ever photo in the summer of 2004, and spent the better half of 2006 and 07 visiting the Nürburgring Nordschleife to hitch passenger rides and take photos of the exotics that flock there - until I accidentally had a brush with the drift scene. I've been working in the field since then and am now the official media man for the International Drift Series, the leading and growing series in Germany.
Seen here are some of the drift BMWs that run for gold in the drift scene over here. BMW is the most popular choice among drifters, especially the e30 for their low cost and the plethora of tuning parts as, well as common knowledge about the cars available. ...
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Posted
Aug 31 2009, 09:00 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 22 comment(s)
Few tuners can rival Top Secret’s global popularity. For over a decade, Smoky Nagata and the Top Secret team have rewritten the book on modified car culture by constantly developing cars that are ground-breaking, innovative and inspiring. Indeed, many of the spectators who flood into the annual Tokyo Auto Salon dash straight to Top Secret’s stand to see what insane demo car they’ve come up with this time. While Top Secret’s cars are often synonymous with gold paintwork and...
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Posted
Aug 28 2009, 04:30 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 36 comment(s)
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Kazuhiko “Smoky” Nagata for many years now. Nagata-san is of course the founder of the legendary tuning shop, Top Secret. Going beyond that, he is also a bit of a worldwide motorsports celebrity, in fact he is a rather unique example of a motorsports star. Not many people can claim celebrity driver status while having no professional motorsports affiliation as a driver. To understand the mysterious Nagata-san it may be a bit easier after some background....
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Posted
Aug 06 2009, 10:54 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 31 comment(s)
A lot of people have asked me about the history and story about this car. To some, it’s just an old Corolla that’s not worth more than a few hundred dollars. To those that know and are fans of the Hachi Roku, they understand and appreciate the efforts that go into resurrecting them, building them and most importantly – driving them. Some have speculated that this car was “too showy”, but it was truly designed and meant to be driven. It has seen it’s fair share...
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Posted
Jul 31 2009, 10:53 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 7 comment(s)
I am sure many of you might wonder what it takes to turn a regular, bone stock- as it came from the maker EVO X into a dominating fire breathing Time Attack monster such as our recently unveiled AMS Performance / NOS Energy Drink Time Attack EVO X. Well today Speedhunters has a special treat for you as I am going to take you behind the scenes and show in detail how our time attack evo came to be. So this is in fact our time attack evo as it came to us from Mitsubishi and as shown by the look on Eric’s...
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Posted
Jul 31 2009, 06:00 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 26 comment(s)
What's up everyone! My name is Marc Marquez. Rod was gracious enough to ask me if I wanted to a guest spot on Speedhunters featuring RC Drifting (as they are all AWD cars) and of course I couldn't pass it up! I love the work these guys do and i'm more than honored to contribute! In this short article, i'll give you a small glimpse of what the RC Drift scene has evolved into, hopefully you all like it! Just a short little background on myself, I've been in the RC drift scene for...
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Posted
Jul 31 2009, 04:57 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 20 comment(s)
I grew up in England where, in the early Sixties I had a paper route. Somebody on that route subscribed to Hot Rod Magazine and I'd sit on the kerb under grey skies surrounded by grey cars and read about red and yellow cars under blue, California skies. I so wanted that life. In 1963, two American dragsters owned by Dean Moon and Mickey Thompson, visited England. My dad took me and my friends to see them and I was hooked on "Americarna." It took a long time to figure out how to make...
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Posted
Jul 29 2009, 09:28 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 19 comment(s)
Mark Berry and Russell Newman are the two-man team that has dominated Australia’s time attack scene. You’ve already seen glimpses of their insane Hi-Octane Racing R34 GT-R weapon in previous posts, and courtesy of Auto Salon Magazine here is a closer look at what it’s packing. Previously campaigning an R32 GT-R, Mark Berry and Russell Newman have conquered numerous racing events all over Australia. The R34 GT-R started off as a standard road going version which Mark Berry purchased...
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Posted
Jul 14 2009, 01:36 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 14 comment(s)
It's now starting to hit winter in New Zealand, the weather was pretty poor the day/night before round two of the "NZ Drift Series in association with NAC Insurance ", and when we turned up to Pukekohe Park Raceway, Auckland it was wet. The track dried towards the end of the practice sessions, but there were big puddles on the inside of the sweeper at the start of the judged section. Ordinarily, entry speeds would be in excess of 180kph, but the bitterly cold day and the wet track combined...
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