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VIDEO: Formula D Judgment Day 2009

Two weeks ago was Formula D's big season finale and 2009 Championship, AKA Judgment Day. While we (sadly) couldn't be there, we did get a little preview of the event when Tanner Foust took us drifting in his ferret-on-linoleum-out-of-hell stock car-engined Scion. Anyhow, in this video all the usual trouble makers and tire killers are present, including Vaugn Gitten Jr., Samuel Hubinette, Tanner Foust and Joon Maeng -- plus the 2009 season winner, Chris Forsberg. Also -- you're going to like new host Kerryann De La Cruz. Still, wish we could ... Read more →

Autoblog goes drifting with Tanner Foust in NASCAR-powered Scion tC! Jonny Lieberman

"It feels like I'm down on power!" yells Tanner Foust in the general direction of the gathered throngs containing both his crew and assorted media. Tanner and myself are currently five-point ...

Formula Drift, Las Vegas: A sideways primer Jonathon Ramsey

There needs to be a good reason for us to stand in 117-degree heat ingesting particulate rubber and inhaling the tangy stench of tire smoke. An invite to the Las Vegas round of Formula Drift didn't ...

VIDEO: Teaching the kids opposite lock - Big Wheel drifting Chris Shunk

Drifting isn't nearly as easy as it looks. It takes keen hand-eye coordination and an almost spiritual connection with one's vehicle. One payoff for drifting is that it looks really cool, ...

VIDEO: 0-60 gets a Hyundai Genesis Coupe to tune and track Chris Shunk

As we showed you earlier today, the Hyundai Genesis Coupe is proof that the South Koreans know how to have fun. In the hands of the right tuner, Hyundai's rear-wheel drive rocket can go from a ...

VIDEO: Drifting on a budget the Chang'an Motors way 7 months ago on Autoblog

A few years ago, drifting took the motorsports world by storm... and while its momentum seems to have cooled a bit, virtually everyone can appreciate the knife-edged balance of throttle and steering needed to execute a yawning slide. That appreciation has extended all the way to China, where a ...

VIDEO: Hyundai Genesis Coupe gets pre-Super Bowl workout 9 months ago on Autoblog

We love the undulating flume of asphalt that is Road Atlanta, and any excuse to lay rubber on its storied curves is usually good enough for us. But Hyundai is going at least one better with its forthcoming Super Bowl ad featuring the new Genesis Coupe. The Korean automaker enlisted the help of ...

VIDEO: Drifting now family-friendly, thanks to Toyota Estima 1 year ago on Autoblog

Video after the jump Think drifting's just for the kids? Silly grown-up, didn't you know that it's also something you can do with your kids? At least that's the impression we get from this vid, which features an older-gen Toyota Estima (that's "Previa" in USDM English) out shaking a tail feather ...

U.S. D1 Grand Prix cancelled for 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog

Photo: OriginLab.com For those of you following the D1 Grand Prix here in the States, bad news came in the form of a press release from the drifting organization earlier this week. The D1 Grand Prix USA has been canceled for 2008 after challenges continued to rear their ugly heads from the series' ...

VIDEO: Drifting a Porsche Carrera GT in the Alps 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above to view video Drifting a supercar takes a certain amount of fortitude in the trouser department. All the more so on narrow mountain roads. And even more so when the car you're drifting is the Porsche Carrera GT, which aside from being worth a good half-a-mill easy, is also reputed to ...

Rumormill: Hyundai headed into Formula D? 1 year ago on Autoblog

A factory-backed Hyundai drift team? It doesn't sound so fanciful after last week's introduction of the Genesis Coupe. Everyone who looks at the Concept Genesis has the same reaction, whether the powerplant referenced is a turbocharged four or a torquey V6 - "what a perfect drift car that would ...

Birth of Pro Street debuting on Spike TV Saturday night 1 year ago on Autoblog

The always affable Antonio Alvendia -- photographer extraordinaire and scribe of Drifting: Sideways from Japan to America -- has teamed up with EA Sports to produce a documentary on the transition many racers have made from the street to the track. Birth of Pro Street is a promotion that coincides ...

Lexus returns the favor to Audi in new ads 2 years ago on Autoblog

Oh, what fun, a luxury sport sedan advertising smackdown. Lexus has returned a volley after Audi made a shot across their bow with a TV spot swiping at Lexus and implying that a self-parking car is for non-driving drivers. Like that kid in class who never knew quite how to shoot back a response, ...

Smoke 'em if you got 'em: Hankook Porsche 993 GT2 drifter struts its stuff 2 years ago on Autoblog

click image above to view video of the drifting Porsche in action While the mere mention of drifting usually brings about a chorus of ridicule from many directions around here, I have to admit that I enjoy watching the pro guys do their thing. I say this because I know that if asked to go out and ...

Welcome back to the rumormill: Toyota developing cheap RWD coupe 2 years ago on Autoblog

Back in March, Winding Road floated the idea that Toyota may be in the process of developing a rear-wheel drive vehicle in the same vein as the Corolla AE86 of the 80s. At the time, it was easy to pass it off as pure speculation. Now, the GTChannel says that its sources in the Land of the Rising Sun ...

Millen set to run Solstice GXP up Pike's Peak 2 years ago on Autoblog

The organizers of this year's Pike's Peak Hill Climb have added a new Time Attack class to the event, and one of our personal heroes is returning to beat the mountain into submission. Rhys Millen, the pilot of the 550 HP Pontiac Solstice GXP drift car, Pike's Peak veteran, renowned rally racer and ...

The end is nigh: Hankook Tires debuts Porsche 993 drift car 2 years ago on Autoblog

We imagine those brave souls who first turned oversteer into an art form on the dangerous twisties of Japan's mountain passes never imagined what would become of their beloved motorsport on American soil. Samuel Hubinette now drives a four-door Dodge Charger, Rhys Millen will pilot a Solstice GXP ...

How not to drift, Vol. II 3 years ago on Autoblog

Previously, we learned that it's a bad idea to drift in areas populated with curbs. In this installment of Autoblog's Please Don't Act Like a Dufus lessons, the class will learn that other real-world obstructions can also cause significant damage. In this particular case, the unfortunate driver of ...

NASCAR drivers take on pro drifters at Irwindale 3 years ago on Autoblog

NASCAR drivers don't usually like to experience extreme oversteer in their racecars because it usually means they're spinning out of control and about to hit the wall. Tomorrow, however, a brave group of NASCAR Nextel Cup drivers will fight their instincts in a drift battle against some of the top ...

World's First: Lexus LS460 gets loose 3 years ago on Autoblog

click on image to enlarge Upon perusing our October 2006 issue of Motor Trend, we ran across the mag's review of the new 2007 Lexus LS460 and a pair of pictures caught our eye. Before us on the printed page was a bright silver LS sedan doing a burnout and... (gulp) drifting! The Japanese luxury ...

VIDEO: How not to drift 3 years ago on Autoblog

Some hardcore racing fans might tell you that the best way to drift is not to do it all. The driver in this video will likely never try drifting again, but not because it's slower around a track than driving a tight line. No, he's not going to drift again because he learned the hard way that ...

Dodge's drifting Charger debuts 3 years ago on Autoblog

Amidst the hoopla surrounding the release of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Universal Studios held a Drift Party in its parking lot where Dodge quietly parked its Mopar-powered Charger drift car that will eventually be driven in the Formula D professional drift series by Samuel Hubinette. ...

VIDEO: Perfecting the powerslide 3 years ago on Autoblog

Whether you call it drifting and do it with a Nissan Silvia or powersliding and perform it in a Corvette Z06, maintaining control of your car in a state of extreme oversteer is not an easy thing to do. Miguel sent us a link to this YouTube video in which Tiff Needell, ex-host of the BBC's Top Gear ...

Pontiac unveils Red Bull Solstice GXP drifter to replace GTO 3 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: GM RELEASED PICS FINALLY (click for high rez) With the Goat about to go bye-bye again, Pontiac needed to cough up another car for its championship drifter Ryhs Millen to pilot in this year’s Formula D circuit. Fortunately the 2007 Pontiac GXP makes a perfect choice thanks to its RWD ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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