The second event of the 2010 D1GP season was held over the weekend at Autopolis. Dino had another event, so he couldn't be there to shoot, but it was Masao Suenaga who took the victory after defeating Daigo Saito in the final. The event also included American drivers Sam Hubinette, Pat Mordaunt, and Mike Pollard, who drove JZZ30 Soarers borrowed
Well I'm dead tired and covered in rubber bits, so that must mean that another season of Formula Drift has started. Today was practice and qualifying in Long Beach, and I figured I'd make a quick post highlighting some of the action before tomorrow's main event. With over 50 cars battling for a spot, qualifying would be a long, though process
Just uploaded a high res desktop wallpaper of Forrest Wang's radical S13 from last weekend's XDC event at Irwindale. Head over the Desktops section for widescreen or standard versions. -Mike Garrett
We've featured quite a few reader-owned FC RX7's this month haven't we? Here's one more, owned by George who represents the great state of Arizona. Somehow when I see this car, I get the feeling that if Nakai-san of Rauh Welt had an FC, it'd look something like this. That's never a bad thing. -Mike Garrett
Slava hails from the great state of Colorado and comes to us with a simple request - to help him fire up Colorado's drifting community. In his words - "So the drift scene here in Colorado is starting to die off. Me and a few others are trying to keep people excited about this s___ again so we can all have more than two events a year. A lot
Laurence from Japan sent us this great little film about extending the life of a drift car's bumper. The clip is part of the Phat Sliggity DVD. Enjoy! -Mike Garrett
Andrew from Motive DVD sent us some full-length video clips shot both in Japan and in Australia, and one of my favorites was this one featuring some late night street drift with the infamous Team BURST. Check the clip to see some of Kansai's best tearing it up on snow-lined roads. -Mike Garrett
How many times you have been to a go-kart track and thought to yourself, "man, if I could somehow get my full size car onto this track, that'd be the funnest thing in the world". Well that's just what you can do every Thursday night at Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside, California. Most SoCal people should be familiar with drift
Yesterday we got an email from New Zealand photographer Roo Wills who wanted to share some photos of a drift day held over the weekend at Taupo Motorsport Park. NZ is quickly getting the reputation for having some of the world's best grassroots drift cars, so we couldn't resist the opportunity to post up some of Roo's shots for you guys
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