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17-year-old drifter gets his own web-based reality show
The new website encompassing all things sport compact, RiceBoyTV.com, has put together a web-based reality series following 17-year-old drifter Patrick Mordaunt. The video content follows Mordaunt through the trials and tribulations of his rookie season as a driver in the Formula Drift series. The show is currently on the second webisode, with the third waiting in the wings and many more to come as the season progresses. Patrick Mordaunt may not already be a name with which most casual drift fans are familiar, but he is certainly working hard to make sure things don't stay that way for long. His story is one of interest, as the talented young driver has a lot of heart.
Those in the sport compact industry first came to know Patrick Mordaunt when he was hardly a teenager. The avid Japanese Option video watcher was a regular attendee at any and all Southern California events remotely related to drifting. Patrick then began hitting the local test events with his '85 Toyota Corolla before he could even legally drive on the street. His thirst to learn quickly earned him immense respect in the pits, while his passion and tenacity stood out, causing industry insiders to take notice. Add in his uncanny ability to rack up the professional drifting licenses, with three in all, and It's no surprise that many folks, such as the crew at RiceBoyTV.com, want to help the guy achieve his dreams.
You can find Patrick's first webisode here and the second here. Keep checking back for updates throughout the 2008 Formula Drift season.
[Source: RiceBoyTV.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Michael 12:10PM (6/08/2008)
Good luck to him.
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Brent 12:35PM (6/08/2008)
That is one ugly kid.
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XGM 12:40PM (6/08/2008)
Now if only he kept the helmet on...
apu 2:53PM (6/08/2008)
But he has a "lot of heart."
why not the LS2LS7? 12:54PM (6/08/2008)
uncanny ability to rack up "professional drifting licenses"
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Stu L Tissimus 1:20PM (6/08/2008)
Oh my god, is that Pedobear under his helmet?!
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RxMadness 6:51PM (6/08/2008)
LMAO! IT IS!
Brent 11:13PM (6/08/2008)
LOL!! OMG, nice find!
dave0mary 1:25PM (6/08/2008)
I remember when a drifter was a bad word - negative conotation. I'm old.
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rouse42 1:27PM (6/08/2008)
anybody else want a reality show?
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phil 1:38PM (6/08/2008)
@Stu
hahahah looks like it!
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MajorGeek 1:59PM (6/08/2008)
Im so bored at seeing untalented, uninteresting people on TV as well, so I am not turning to the web for even less interesting people. Silly website no one has heard of before ranked at around 36,000.
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John D 3:07PM (6/08/2008)
Really? Who would want to see a soulless pig-faced ginger tool around in a lame little yellow car anyway?
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Robert 4:31PM (6/08/2008)
NICK HOGAN would be proud!!!!!
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glitched 5:25PM (6/08/2008)
When i read the headline thats who i immediately thought of.
vwboyaf1 6:38PM (6/08/2008)
Could somebody please tell him that the drifting fad died before it even came to the states. Is there even a network that carries drifting anymore? Tell him to get his SCCA road course licenses and set his sites on something with a future.
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epilonious 7:03PM (6/08/2008)
Wow, it seems the presence of a talented kid planning to rack up tons of track time applying his obvious talents for controlling a track car has infuriated several of Autoblog's best keyboard racers.
If you don't think the show is going to be that good than don't watch it... but really? "He's ugly! hurrrr, and drifting's not real!" is usually the litany of the people who have gotten their late model McSedan up to 60 on an onramp and thought it was professional grade cornering.
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Random Task 7:09PM (6/08/2008)
I thought drifting's 15 minutes were long over. Along with that Fast and the Furious junk.
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Mal Fuller 7:12PM (6/08/2008)
Are all the drifters cars Nick Hogan Yellow?
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mxrz 7:49PM (6/08/2008)
RiceBoyTV.com... lol how appropriate.
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