Hot off the press, current Prodrift Super Series champion Dean 'Karnage' Kearney will compete in the 2010 Formula D championship. Rumours of the move increased when Dean put his championship winning S13 Onevia up for sale mid-week. It's now offficial,check out the links below for more details on the announcement - Paddy Intec Racing Dean
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
Mad Mike Whiddett has been on quite the roll lately. After taking the NZDrift championship in his home country, he traveled to Thailand last weekend for the inaugural Formula Drift event there. Driving his tried and true Madbul RX7, Mad Mike defeated Ryuji Miki to take the top podium spot in Thailand. Veteran driver Tengku Djan took the final podium
Those of you who are "friends" with me on Facebook will know that last week Speedhunter's editor Riley Vigier and I were crunching to finishing up two videos for the 2009 SEMA Show. You've already seen our tribute to the new Formula D champion Chris Forsberg, and here's our second year end video offering: Falkenhunting 2009. A
I have been lucky enough to be involved in Irish drifting from pretty much the beginning. This means that I have been even luckier to watch the rise of some of the best drifters to emerge from this green isle. For drivers month I'm going to be preparing two stories for you all to read. The first of which is the story of a man who surely needs little
Our friends at Formula D just dropped us a note to remind US viewers that TV coverage of the 2009 championship is about to start this Sunday on the Versus channel. Broadcast in HD, the program promises to show all the behind-the-scenes action from what is proving to be an epic season of American professional drifting. The now classic Ueo/Tuerk bunnyhop
Ever wonder what it would be like to ride along with Vaughn Gittin JR in his 2010 Falken Tire Mustang, during Formula D practice? Or better yet... what would it be like to drive his car in a tandem battle against Darren McNamara, at Road Atlanta? With this Speedhunters extended remix of the JR Need for Speed Driver's Experience film we've dumped
Ok let's jump out of the BMW and the Scion into quite a different car now.... the Falken Tire 2010 Ford Mustang as driven by Mr Vaughn Gittin Jr... A young man who needs no introduction. As we virtually ride along with each of these drivers, I'm sure you'll pick up the vibe that drifting the Mustang appears to be a very different discipline