Tony Stewart Drifting

Here is another look at the promotion that lead to Tony Stewart drifting Tyler McQuarrie's Camaro.

NASCAR's Tony Stewart Drifts Tyler McQuarrie's Camaro

From the Mobil1 online poll, here is a video of Tony Stewart drifting the Mobil1 Camaro.  I think they should have let Tyler drift Tony's stockcar too...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Goes Drifting

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. spends a day drifting at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Formula DRIFT Las Vegas - Results

The next-to-last round of the 2012 Formula DRIFT season ended with Rhys Millen back on top of the podium, which he shared with Frederic Aasbo and Vaughn Gittin Jr, who defeated Robbie Nishida for 3rd place.

Justin Pawlak was again knocked out in the Top 32 round, this time by Tyler McQuarrie, and Daigo Saito was brought down in the Great 8 round by Rhys Millen.

Currently the points show Gittin leading Saito by 25.5 points, followed by Rhys Millen (-44.75), Justin Pawlak (-70), and Daijiro Yoshihara (-71.5).

The next round will be at Irwindale to decide the championship winner.

Behind the Smoke - Season 2 Episode 17

Behind the Smoke Season 2 Episode 17 follows Dai Yoshihara through his battles at Seattle.

Formula DRIFT Insider - Episode 9

This episode of Formula DRIFT Insider looks at the current championship rundown and has a look at FD Rookie, Jeremy Lowe.

Drift vs Grip - Mustang RTR at Summit Point

Formula DRIFT Champ Vaughn Gittin and American Iron Champ Chris Corbetto bring the grip vs. drift debate back with their Mustang RTR cars in a shootout at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia.

Formula DRIFT Vegas Layout Change

Wrecked Magazine got a hold of a memo regarding a new track layout for the Las Vegas round of Formula DRIFT.

Since this is state that it is an exclusive, I will just say to go here for the information, as to not steal their information.

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Behind the Smoke - Season 2 Episode 16 - Formula DRIFT Seattle

With title hopes riding on a good finish at Evergreen, Dai faces some hurdles qualifying for the Evergreen Speedway round of Formula DRIFT.

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V8 vs Turbo 4/6 Debate - Part 2

Here is part two of the Formula DRIFT drivers take on the V8 vs Turbo 4/6 Debate.

FD Seattle 2012: V8 vs. Turbo Part 2 from Ryan Davis on Vimeo.

Drift Is Your Own Style - W.T.A.C.

Came across this video on Vimeo, thought it was nicely done...

Drift Is Your Own Style - W.T.A.C - 2012 from Mez on Vimeo.

Formula DRIFT Insider Episode 8

Explanations to the judging at the Evergreen round of Formula DRIFT and a look at a video produced in Singapore by Ryan Davis.

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V8 vs Turbo 4/6 Debate

There has been a lot of debate in recent years regarding the use of a V8 over an Inline 4, Inline 6, or even a V6 engine that has been turbo charged.  This video looks to be the start of a series where different drivers at the Formula DRIFT level give their take on the trend.





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Not Drifting But...

This post has nothing to do with drifting, but I have to say, it was one hell of a ride.

My wife contacted her and my parents regarding my 30th birthday.  Her idea was for everyone to pitch in toward something we had talked about around Christmas for me, which was a Ride-along at Pocono International Raceway with the Stockcar Racing Experience (877stockcar.com).

On Monday, August 6th, after a rain shortened Pocono 400.  We pulled up to the track and came through the tunnel under turn 2 and into the infield.

Photo courtesy of my loving wife, Katie

After checking in at the S.R.E. registration trailer, I headed over to pit lane and suited up.

Photo courtesy of my loving wife, Katie

And climbed into the #90 car, which looks to be a NASCAR Car of Tomorrow Ford Fusion chassis.

Photo courtesy of my loving wife, Katie

Then the driver, Chris, fired up the engine and I instantly got a bigger smile as we started driving off of pit road and into the first turn.

Photo courtesy of my loving wife, Katie

Photo courtesy of my loving wife, Katie

As the driver shifted into fourth gear coming off of pit lane and floored the accelerator, I felt myself being pushed back into the seat of the car and then toward the side of the car as we rounded the turn.

The engine screamed as we flew down the backstretch mere inches from the "safer-barrier" walls around the raceway.

Photo courtesy of my loving wife, Katie

I could feel the power of the engine and the heat building from the combination of the engine and track at my feet.  For three laps, I got to experience the speeds that the NASCAR drivers I grew up watching and continue to watch see each weekend.

Like all things, the ride eventually had to end, and my wife (who rode down to the track with me and took pictures) snapped this shot of me, claiming that she doesn't think I smiled that big when we got married.

Photo courtesy of my loving wife, Katie

It was certainly one of the most memorable experiences of my lifetime...and I look forward to coming back to Pocono again to hopefully participate in the Stockcar Racing Experience driving program.

I would recommend anyone that is a fan of NASCAR, stock cars, racing, or cars in general, should look into either program.

Scion Racing - Driven to Drift - Season 4 Episode 4

This latest installment of Driven to Drift gives an inside look at the Scion Racing Drift Team during the Formula DRIFT New Jersey event, which, unfortunately, led to early endings for all three drivers.