Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally

Grassroots Upset At The 2011 RallyCar Sno*Drift Rally »

More than living up to its name, Sno*Drift Rally is the only winter rally on ...
Inside The New 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Specs]

Inside The New 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC [Specs] »

Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team recently debuted the Fiesta RS World Rally Car. The ...
Inside The Mini Countryman WRC [SPECS]

Inside The Mini Countryman WRC [SPECS] »

Based on the production Mini Countryman, the MINI WRC is a 1.6-liter turbocharged, all-wheel drive ...
Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger

Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger »

Borg Warner fashions the EFR turbine housing out of cast stainless steel, a material that ...
Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive

Dyno Test – 13whp In A Bottle – RSR RAN UP Oil Additive »

As RSR tells it, nano technology is basically a dispersion of certain elements to a ...
Porsche Debuts 563hp 918 RSR Concept

Porsche Debuts 563hp 918 RSR Concept »

Powering the 918 RSR Concept is an “updated” 563hp, 10,300RPM V8 engine, based on the ...
Articles about “drifting”
Formula DRIFT Announces Driver List for Abu Dhabi Event

Formula DRIFT Announces Driver List for Abu Dhabi Event

A diverse selection of the top drivers from around the globe will showcase world-class drifting to the Middle East.

May 20th, 2011 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

2011 Formula Drift Schedule Announced

2011 Formula Drift Schedule Announced

Formula DRIFT has announced the official 2011 Pro Championship Schedule of Events. Palm Beach International Raceway has been added to the list of venues and will host Round 3 on June 3-4, 2011.

January 20th, 2011 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

BMW M5 Powered Burnout

BMW M5 Powered Burnout

Michael Essa wins the Gymkhana Grid burnout contest with an incredible run in his E60 V10 BMW M5 powered “350R” pro drift car.

December 8th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid – The Paddock

Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid – The Paddock

SCCA and time attack racers were parked next to show vehicles that could barely fit credit cards between their tires and wheel wells.

December 7th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Tanner Foust Wins Drift Packed Gymkhana Grid 2010

Tanner Foust Wins Drift Packed Gymkhana Grid 2010

The all-wheel drive class was led by Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Ford Fiesta and Tanner Foust’s X-Games/Rallycross Ford Fiesta.

December 7th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

2011 Scion tC Turbo at SEMA Tuner Challenge

2011 Scion tC Turbo at SEMA Tuner Challenge

The all-new Scion is one of the first turbocharged models in the US thanks to Descendant Racing (330whp), has big custom Brembo brakes, a full cage..

November 16th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Formula Drift Expands International Events For 2011

Formula Drift Expands International Events For 2011

Abu Dhabi Added To The List of International Events

November 5th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Kyle Mohan’s FC RX-7 at Gymkhana Grid

Kyle Mohan’s FC RX-7 at Gymkhana Grid

We talk with Formula Drift and time attack driver Kyle Mohan at Ken Block’s Gymkhana Grid event. Mohan’s ride is a 400hp turbocharged rotary FC3S Mazda RX-7 racecar that is also used in drift and time attack.

November 2nd, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

On The Attack – Mazdatrix’s Supercharged RX-8 Street Track Car

On The Attack – Mazdatrix’s Supercharged RX-8 Street Track Car

The Mazdatrix crew left the RX-8’s Renesis 13B-MSP internally stock but bolted on the aforementioned ProCharger supercharger kit with a front-mount intercooler and all the requisite plumbing.

October 14th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Slip Angle Assassin – Drift Class FC3S Mazda RX-7 Time Attack Car

Slip Angle Assassin – Drift Class FC3S Mazda RX-7 Time Attack Car

The Wankel is pressurized via a Turbonetics GTK 550 turbo that can support 475 to 625 horsepower. In its current trim, this FC Mazda RX-7 produces 490whp and 339 lb/ft of torque.

October 14th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta At Gymkhana Grid

Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta At Gymkhana Grid

Inside Ken Block’s Gymkhana Three Ford Fiesta during some pre-video release testing at Hollywood Park. Watch as Block gives a ride to Formula Drift star Daijiro Yoshihara.

October 13th, 2010 | Filed under Videos | Read More »

Formula Drift Round 7 – Title Fight

Formula Drift Round 7 – Title Fight

2010 FD Season Drifts To A Stellar Closing At The House Of Drift

October 11th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs, Featured | Read More »

Scion Racing – Driven To Drift – Las Vegas

Scion Racing – Driven To Drift – Las Vegas

Scion Racing and its two Formula Drift sponsored drivers, Tanner Foust and Ken Gushi. Foust drives a NASCAR V8-powered rear-wheel drive Scion tC and Gushi a 3S-GTE-powered tC.

September 17th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Video – In France?

Ken Block’s Gymkhana 3 Video – In France?

For the third video, Block takes on L’Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery in France, which has a distinctively European feel to it and some massive banking. Block even demonstrates the banking’s steep 51-degree incline by standing on his Fiesta at an angle.

September 17th, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Tuned Cars | Read More »

Tyler McQuarrie Wins Formula Drift 2010 Las Vegas In Falken Sweep

Tyler McQuarrie Wins Formula Drift 2010 Las Vegas In Falken Sweep

In the main event, the boiling weekend ultimately came down to a battle of the V8s. Making the final four for his first time, Tony Brakohiapa in the Cooper Tire / BSP Tuskegee Airmen Mustang went up against 2010 season points leader Vaughn Gittin Jr. in the Monster Energy / Falken Tire Ford Mustang for third place.

August 25th, 2010 | Filed under Motorsports | Read More »

Official Top Gear USA Show Trailer

Official Top Gear USA Show Trailer

Let the comment bashing begin. Unlike NBC, History Channel is not backing out of their plans for a US version of the UK Top Gear TV show. They’ve recently released this trailer for the show and the promo shows off the three hosts and a sample challenge that they will be taking part in – moonshine running.

August 16th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

Friday Night Drifts

Friday Night Drifts

Great Local Drift Action at Toyota Speedway In Irwindale

July 26th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

The Real House Of Drift – Crapbox Skidplate Racing

The Real House Of Drift – Crapbox Skidplate Racing

Skidplate racing combines cheap cars with all the fun that can be had with a extended rental insurance policy. This of this as LeMons meets drifting meets Coors Light.

July 15th, 2010 | Filed under Blogs | Read More »

2010 D1GP –Tokyo Drift Odaiba

2010 D1GP –Tokyo Drift Odaiba

Crowds regularly pack the D1GP’s temporary urban and track courses to see the hopped up drift machines go sideways with techniques that show why the Japanese made up this sport in the first place.

June 3rd, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »

World Time Attack 2010 – Tectaloy Drift Challenge

World Time Attack 2010 – Tectaloy Drift Challenge

Opening before the final time attack run sessions of the second day, the drifting competition was an invitation-only heads up battle that promised to feature the best Australian drifters.

June 2nd, 2010 | Filed under Featured, Motorsports | Read More »