VIDEO: World's longest unofficial drift set in stock 2010 Ford Mustang GT
As the saying goes, records are meant to be broken. For Vaughn Gittin Jr., that record was the world's longest drift. This past December, Gittin and 0-60 Magazine took a road trip across the United States in a 2010 Ford Mustang GT that also included a stop at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to break the record. The previous milestone was 4,137 feet, but Gittin believed he could surpass that and went about seeing how long his set of Falken Azenis ST-155 tires could withstand constant opposite lock. As it turns out, they lasted a little over two minutes before completely running out of tread, resulting in a run of 6,285 feet, or 1.19 miles. While the results are still pending with Guinness, we'll go ahead and crown Gittin as the record holder. Hit the jump to watch the video. Thanks for the tip, Alan!
[Source: 0-60 Magazine]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
z-man 8:34PM (3/02/2009)
daaayyymmmnnn
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RJ 12:26AM (3/03/2009)
This guy needs some super-mileage grand-touring tires with 800 wear ratings next time!
chungdaniels 11:48AM (3/03/2009)
is it just me... or are american cars realllly realllllllly good when it comes to making counter clockwise circles.
z-man 10:06PM (3/03/2009)
@ chungdaniels
apparently so.
erdero 8:35PM (3/02/2009)
what about this?
http://axisofoversteer.blogspot.com/2009/02/world-record-drift-2-hours-29-minutes.html
that's over 28 miles!
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jinsei888 8:39PM (3/02/2009)
wet, it doesn't count
stealthebeatles 8:44PM (3/02/2009)
I guess this is the dry record.
Kumail 8:45PM (3/02/2009)
Very impressive, but I wonder how the Genesis Coupe will fare...
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Torrent 1:04AM (3/03/2009)
ROFLMAO
Torrent 1:05AM (3/03/2009)
You sir, have the Comment of the Day.
paul 8:46PM (3/02/2009)
this is the dry record. on a speedway. talk about tire eating pavement. that isnt made to be slid across, its meant to provide grip.
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HotRodzNKustoms 8:57PM (3/02/2009)
Ok I'm dizzy now
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Mr K 9:00PM (3/02/2009)
Hmm, well hat's off to him, it's something I don't think I could do. However having said that ... he moans that the LAST drift record was basically someone doing big donuts.
Umm, forgive me if I'm wrong but doesn't the video above show him simply doing big donuts? I don't see him as he said going on to a straight and flicking it sideways .. and "drifting" down the straight ... grr
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Someone on the Internet 9:40PM (3/02/2009)
I believe his whole point was that anyone can drift, if drifting just doing a big donut over and over again, even with a stock car that has a weight distribution of something like 54-46.
rotarymandan 4:25AM (3/03/2009)
My thoughts exactly...
Felipe 10:48AM (3/03/2009)
exactly. i thought the guy was gonna at least do some drifting on a turn, then drift on a straightway, and then continue the drift down a turn like on a track. what he does is basically like the guy he explained where he just went in a big doughnut..
Alex 9:00PM (3/02/2009)
he complained the other guy just drove in circles for the longest time. isnt he doing the same thing?
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adrenalnjunky 11:11PM (3/02/2009)
I think he meant that that wasn't a "real" way to set a drift record, but since it was there he was gonna go destroy it. which he did.
then I think he intended to go do a new record for on long straight-ish drift like he mentioned - but I don't see any video for that.
REDBLIND 9:02PM (3/02/2009)
I guess that's cool.
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Kattleox 9:15PM (3/02/2009)
I can hear the yen being spent already. ;)
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