I know a lot of our American readers are probably staring at the clock right now, counting down the minutes until the start of the holiday weekend. To help pass the time a little faster, here's my final bit of coverage from the Formula Drift Pro Am Nationals at Irwindale. Up above you can see Texan Stewart Leask preparing for a run in his LS1-powered

Now to continue where I left off yesterday with some more coverage from the Formula Drift Pro Am Nationals, held over the weekend at Irwindale Speedway. In the opening shot we see Washington's Nikolay Konstantinov and midwest driver Derek King performing one of the day's closest tandem runs during morning practice. Typically the cars in pro

On Saturday some of the best amateur drifters in North America gathered at Irwindale Speedway for the Formula Drift Pro Am Nationals. With prize money, free parts, and the chance for an FD Pro license on the line, the competition would be fierce, yet the atmosphere was still that of care-free grassroots event. In total there were 24 drivers who had

Some more photos for the Speedhunters readers interested in females... the girl gazing out the passenger window of the Need for Speed/Shelby Terlingua Mustang is Need for Speed model Michelle. Look out for more of her on future Speedhunters updates. Thanks to Dan Vanitcha for the great photo of her. I don't know what looks hotter... Taka's AE86

More from Formula D Irwindale... here's a shot of the crowd in the fully packed grandstands at Irwindale. Just look at how many people are in the stands, not to mention the VIP suites above! The Formula D Finale was a big event! From the grid... Taka Aono prepares to do a burnout before his Top 16 run, as Falken race queen Eri Moriyama holds her

Digging through my photos from the past weekend at Irwindale Speedway, I thought I'd put together another one of my lifestyle galleries, so Speedhunters readers who didn't get a chance to experience the event in person could get a feeling of what it was like to be there. My good friend Andy Sapp from Atlanta GA seems to love these lifestyle