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VIDEO: Best Drift Ever? Reverse-entry slide has JDM judges all aflutter

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/other_sports/Best_Drift_Ever_Reverse_entry_slide_has_judges_aflutter'; You know the famous soccer announcer (football to you internationals), Andrés Cantor, who screams "Goooooaaaallllll" after a score? A bit of performance genius has had some Japanese drift announcers overcome in similar ecstasy. When M. Kawabata launched his Nissan S13 (a 240 SX to us Yanks) into the corner, he threw the car around so quickly the rear end enters the turn first -- and then he kept it under control. It's being called ... Read more →

Formula Drift 2009 season wraps up in Irwindale, California Merritt Johnson

The sixth season of the Formula Drift series wound to a close in Irwindale, California this weekend, and the finale certainly lived up to the host venue's 'House of Drift' reputation. The high ...

VIDEO: Smart car drifting not only possible, but fun to watch Chris Shunk

There are some images that don't fit into Newton's laws of physics. In nature, flying pigs and twinkle-toed Grizzly Bears come to mind. On the track, we can't think of many things more odd-looking ...

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 ...

Racecar fabricator and NuFormz owner Shaun Carlson dead at 35 Merritt Johnson

In the late hours of October 4th 2009, the world lost an innovator in sport compact racing, Shaun Carlson. The NuFormz owner and fabricator extraordinaire had a genetic heart condition – ...

2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS comes to Formula D 1 month ago on Autoblog

One thing we've always loved about drifting in general -- and Formula D in particular -- is the mix of cars. Where else can you see a Dodge Viper going head to head with a Toyota AE86 Corolla? What about a Ford Mustang taking on an R33 Skyline? A Pontiac Solstice against a RX-7? A NASCAR engined ...

VIDEO: Gymkhana 2.1 - Electric Boogaloo: Block vs. Dyrdek 2 months ago on Autoblog

Driftmeister Extraordinaire Ken Block is at it again, only this time, with a bit more of a sense of humor on display. The tire-immolating Subaru WRX STI rally driver has teamed up with pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek for a "Me and My Shadow" video extravaganza dubbed Gymkhana 2.1. While we have to ...

Formula Drift, Las Vegas: A sideways primer 3 months ago on Autoblog

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 appear to be reason enough, until we realized we didn't have the faintest clue what drifting is ...

VIDEO: Teaching the kids opposite lock - Big Wheel drifting 5 months ago on Autoblog

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, especially when it's seen in a slow motion video. A bunch of guys with access to some beautiful twisting ...

First round of 2009 Formula Drift season in the books 6 months ago on Autoblog

While many forms of motorsports are cutting back with less sponsorship money and fewer teams, Formula Drift actually grew this year with a bigger list of entrants and plenty of brand new cars. For the opening event in Long Beach, CA, Rhys Millen brought out his Hyundai Genesis Coupe, Tanner Foust ...

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 ...

Rhys Millen victorious at inaugural Red Bull Drifting World Championship 11 months ago on Autoblog

Like Ferrari winning the Italian Grand Prix or a Mazda atop the podium at Laguna Seca, Rhys Millen scored a fitting victory in his Red Bull Pontiac Solstice GXP at the very first Red Bull Drifting World Championship over the weekend. The event featured the top thirty-two drifters from around the ...

Tanner Foust captures second straight Formula Drift championship 1 year ago on Autoblog

Our never-ending interest in the upcoming U.S. Top Gear has us usually thinking of Tanner Foust as a television host, so we often forget that he has another day job sliding a Nissan 350Z around racetracks in the Formula Drift series. Tanner came into the final round this weekend at Irwindale ...

NASCAR Dads? How about Formula-D First Lady? 1 year ago on Autoblog

It won't do anything to bolster her "green" credentials, but the fact that Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, can hold her 240SX in a glorious sideways slide as long as you please strikes us not only as surprising, but, well, a little off the hook. It seems the ...

VIDEO: Sam Hubinette cuts it real close 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to witness Hubinette's drifting skills We know Sam Hubinette has incredible drifting skills. The Crazy Swede is a two-time champion in Formula Drift and makes a living doing stunt driving, but that still doesn't mean we would put our life in his hands. Streetfire.net's Creative Director ...

Formula Drift announces World Championship of drifting 1 year ago on Autoblog

It always seems a bit presumptuous when a "world champion" is declared for a sporting event played in America. After all, other countries have leagues for baseball, basketball, football, etc. Formula Drift, the most well known drifting association in the United States, isn't about to declare world ...

Suzuki Carry drifter: it's O-KEI! 1 year ago on Autoblog

As Autoblog's resident kei car fanboy, I like to share news and links about the diminutive forbidden-fruit rides whenever something interesting pops on the radar, like yesterday. Today, it's just a photo, courtesy of the gang at Speedhunters. The tiny kei pickup is a Suzuki Carry, which, in the ...

Drifters upset with Formula D rule book 1 year ago on Autoblog

Professional drifting series, Formula D, is trying to quickly win over fans and competitors in order to become one of the top forms of motorsport in the United States. As folks have learned in the markets this past year, though, rapid growth does not come without some giant bumps in the road. It ...

VIDEO: Sam Hubinette in Formula D action 1 year ago on Autoblog

When you're winging a vehicle as expensive and powerful as a purpose-built Dodge Viper drift car, being fearful will only lead to a bad ending. Sam Hubinette doesn't have any such compunctions while sliding sideways at 90 miles per hour. Should he inadvertently hit the wall, whoops. Fretting over ...

17-year-old drifter gets his own web-based reality show 1 year ago on Autoblog

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 ...

Sam Hubinette filming Gallardo drifting commercial for Lamborghini 1 year ago on Autoblog

He usually spends his time behind the wheel of a Dodge Charger, but recently Samuel Hübinette made an exchange for something with a lower roofline. Lamborghini asked him to take a seat in a 2009 Gallardo for the filming of a European-market commercial set on the streets of Los Angeles and Palm ...

VIDEO: Dodge Challenger gets its drift on 1 year ago on Autoblog

View video after jump We're not exactly sure why this Dodge Challenger is drifting around this empty parking lot, but we don't really care. Any time someone has no regard for the longevity of rear tire tread in the name of smokey fun is fine with us. Follow the jump to watch the Challenger amuse ...

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 ...

VIDEO: "Flip a bitch" picks up where drifting leaves off 1 year ago on Autoblog

Face it. Drifting is passé and drag racing is so 1996. So what's the next big thing to hit the import scene? Flip A Bitch. You know the move. You did it with your Big Wheel when you were eight. Head straight, yank the wheel, grab the e-brake and pull a perfect 180 into a designated spot. ...

2008 GReddy Garage Sale and Performance Festival 1 year ago on Autoblog

***UPDATE: Video link added*** Click image above for high-res gallery of festival pics When a friend mentioned that he was heading out to El Toro Marine Base for a day of tuner fun courtesy of GReddy, we decided to tag along and check it out for ourselves. The 2008 GReddy Garage Sale and ...

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 ...

Get your drift on with the AMG Winter Challenge 1 year ago on Autoblog

Last year we told you about an online game developed by AMG in which you could drift a CL63 in the snow called AMG Wintersporting Drift Competition. Well, they've come up with our new favorite way of procrastinating at work with an updated version of the game called the AMG Drift Revolution Winter ...

D1 Grand Prix: USA versus Japan 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the above picture for a high-res image. Over this past weekend Japan's D1 Grand Prix Professional Drift series was back in town at Irwindale Speedway in California. One of the events on the schedule pitted a five car team of driver's from Japan against a five car team of drivers from the ...

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 ...

That looks like fun! BF Goodrich's drift commercial 2 years ago on Autoblog

The spot's months old, but that doesn't make it any less entertaining. It shows Team Mopar's Samuel Hubinette piloting the Charger drift car into, through, and out of an airplane hangar. What's particularly cool is that you can follow the tire marks on the ground from previous takes and/or practice ...

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 ...

Reinventing the wheel: Momo develops a steering wheel just for drifting 2 years ago on Autoblog

Momo, that Italian house of motoring delights, has created a set of steering wheels and harness pads especially for drifting. The steering wheels come in two versions: a 330-mm diameter, suede-covered wheel with anthracite spokes and yellow trim for drifting, and a 350-mm diameter, leather-covered ...

VIDEO: Drifting's biggest crashes from Japan 2 years ago on Autoblog

Here's a reason to dislike drifting - mass carnage of beloved vintage or near-vintage RWD Japanese cars, many of them coupes. There's lots of AE86 Toyota two doors, I lost count of Nissan 240SXs, and when a 3rd generation RX-7 did its impression of an empty soda can, I nearly shed a tear. Were it ...

VIDEO: Heavy duty double feature -- drifting semi, loader wheelie 2 years ago on Autoblog

Growing up in the Midwest with sprint cars and other forms of dirt track racing, I have to admit that the current variety of drift racing hasn't really done much for me. (As opposed to car chases and The Fast and the Furious, which is illegal in real life and I would never recommend it, but I ...

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