Name– Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Age – 30
Height – 6’ 2”
Weight – 215
Nickname – JR
Car Number – 25 
Years drifting – 10
Years Pro – 8
Hometown – Joppa, Maryland
Car: 2011 Monster Energy/ Falken Tire Ford Mustang 
Tires: Falken Azenis RT615-K 255/40R18 Front, 295/40R18 Rear 
Engine: Ford Racing 5.0L V8
Filtration: K&N Air, Oil & Breather Filters
Clutch: Exedy Twin Plate
Hp/Torque: 650 horsepower, 600 ft.lbs of torque
Team: Falken Tire Motorsports, Drift Alliance 
Crew: Ian Stewart, Dean Steele
Sponsors: Monster Energy, Falken Tires, Ford Racing, K&N, Bosch, Exedy, Alpinestars, Electric, HRE Wheels, Wilwood, Tein, ASD Motorsports, Drift Alliance, RTR 
Personal Cars – 2011 Ford Mustang RTR, 2010 Ford Mustang RTR-C, '69 Mustang RTR-X, 2004 Ford F150

Career Results

2010
1st place overall in Formula Drift Series, Formula Drift Champion
1st place winner at Formula D Round 1, Streets of Long Beach
1st place winner at Formula D Round 6, Infineon Raceway
Placed 2nd at Formula D Round 2, Road Atlanta
Placed 2nd at Formula D Round 3, Wall Stadium
Placed 2nd at Formula D Round 7, Irwindale Speedway
Placed 3rd at Formula D Round 5, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

2009
Placed 2nd at Formula D Round 3, Wall Stadium
Finished 5th overall in Formula Drift Series 

2008
1st place winner at Formula D Round 7, Irwindale Speedway
Placed 6th at Red Bull Drifting World Championship
Finished 8th overall in Formula Drift Series

2007
1st place winner at D1 Grand Prix USA All-Star World Championship, Irwindale Speedway
Placed 2nd at Formula D Round 5, Sonoma Speedway
Placed 2nd at Formula D Round 4, Evergreen Speedway
Finished 7th overall in Formula Drift Series

2006
Finished 4th place overall in the Formula Drift series
Winner of the Formula Drift Hardest Charger Award for 2006

2005
1st place winner in the D1 Grand Prix America vs. Japan Competition
Placed 3rd at Formula D Round 5, Infineon Speedway
Finished 4th place overall in the Formula Drift series
Winner of the Formula Drift Hardest Charger award for 2005

2004
Finished 10th place overall in the Formula D series

2011 has been a very crazy year!  From the insane competition that is Formula Drift, to the opportunity to travel the world and perform in front of hundreds of thousands of new fans and just in general taking the fun level up to 11. Check out this video summarizing most all of the fun we had in 2011. Thank you all for the continued support, 2012 here we come!!!

- Vaughn Gittin Jr. 

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to visit Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a guest of Ford Middle East to perform in a demo as part of the Action Ha race weekend at of Al Reem Circuit. I didn’t know exactly what to expect heading to the Middle East, but I'm always down for new experiences and adventures. Once I arrived I was completely blown away by the love of motorsports, and even more specifically, the love for drifting by the locals. Everyone I met, from Princes, to other professional drivers, to swarms of fans, treated me with amazing hospitality and kindness. It was an incredible experience that I will never forget and I look forward to coming back to the K.S.A!

After the event I stayed a couple days extra to film ‘Drifting in the K.S.A’. Thanks to the kindness of the entire Al Reem Circuit team, they let me get crazy throughout the entire motorsports complex. Nothing was off-limits and I had a blast linking one track to the next through the parking lots and garages and into storage areas basically doing whatever came to mind that would be fun and challenging. Aside from drifting the entire complex, one of my most memorable parts of the whole trip was after we finished shooting and we were hot, dusty, and dead-tired, we ended up putting on a impromptu drift-day with some of the locals that came to spectate the shoot. I was teaching them how to drift, change tires, different driving techniques, and they were so pumped up. While there were no pro’s to show us the ropes back in the day, it reminded me of when I first started; that smile that stays when you link your first drift and the genuine passion to get better and conquer the challenges. I had a blast hanging out and enjoying what drifting is all about!

- Vaughn Gittin Jr.  

Here is my Atlanta recap video I wanted to share with everyone. Atlanta is always a blast and I had some good battles and started clawing my way up in the points! I have got to take Dai down at least once this year!!!

- Vaughn Gittin Jr.

After one year, a lot of hard work by some amazing people, and a few curveballs, the Team Need for Speed RTR-X is officially ALIVE!!! The Twins Turbo crew buttoned up all of the tedious final assembly, MoTeC put some finishing touches on the engine wiring side of things, and Shane T. came and worked his tuning magic to take control of this Ford 5.0L Boss 302 motor, controlling all four cams individually with the MoTeC M800 and getting it to rev so clean and sound like the beast you hear in the video! I am very impressed with the 401 HP and 378 FT/LBS TQ to the rear wheels he was able to make safe enough for my foot on 91 octane fuel. It should be amazing to drive as it is, and pretty insane with race fuel/E85 and a set of cams (in the future).

I will be testing the car for the first time at the end of the month and needless to say, I can't wait! I am looking forward to sharing the results with everyone. Huge thanks to everyone that worked so hard to make this dream build come to reality, and thanks to everyone for being so involved from the beginning, especially the Speedhunters readers.

- Vaughn Gittin Jr. 

Check out this super funny video from Ken and the Gymkhana Grid team. I guess this means that the cat's out of the bag and you all know that I will in fact be driving at this event. I won't be driving my trusty Monster Energy Falken Tire Ford Mustang, but I did get an awesome opportunity to drive something that I think you all will like! Check back tomorrow to find out what car I will be blasting around Irwindale Speedway in!

- Vaughn Gittin Jr.

This whole amazing season led up to the final round at Irwindale Speedway. I hope you enjoy this video of Part One of my final fight of the year that led me to the Championship. Part Two coming soon...

- Vaughn Gittin Jr. 

Here is a fun video that gives you a great feel of my battles at Sonoma. Better late then never right?

- Vaughn Gittin Jr.