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BEHIND THE SCENES: An S13 & a Barn in The Woods
In these winter months, especially here in Norway, all around our fair country we find lonesome barns and garages where people prepare for the season start. Somewhere north of Oslo in nowhere-woods there’s a garage where a few friends keep all of their projects.
NEWS: Interview with Ryan Sage on FD’s New 2013 Rules
We take a few minutes to catch up with vice president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT, Ryan Sage, to discuss the newly announced rules for 2013 and their impact on the popular series…
VIDEO: Kenneth Nornes RFS Performance
Kenneth Nornes out of RFS Performance in his Nissan Skyline R34. The trusted 2JZ, cranking out 713hk og 967nm where the rubber meets the pavement, sits within this Japanese thoroughbred from the land of the rising sun.
EVENT: Cody’s D1NZ 2013 Round Three
It was hard to find a fault with the plan for Round 3 of the Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship. Held in sunny Tauranga on another technically challenging, custom built circuit it was bound to be a success from the get go. However it was the first time a drift event had been held in Tauranga city and nobody was sure what kind reaction the event would receive.
FEATURE: An Introduction to Exedy
This month we say hello to our newest partner, Exedy! Although Exedy supplies clutches to the OEM market, most of us recognize the brand as supplying high performance clutches for tuned and motorsport applications…
Norway is perhaps the leading country when it comes to drifting Supra’s, and Alvin Lægreid is up there with the best of them.
VIDEO: SuperiorMeet ’12: Memories
Swedish longtime JDM-importer and multi-faceted lifestyle/media company Superior Imports AB arranged its own meet closed for friends, supporters and partners late last summer.
This is the mayhem that ensued, keep an eye on the Superior FB-page for updates leading to Superior Spring Meet 2013 that promises to be even wilder
When Sky Zhao announced early last year that he was building a 350z for the 2013 season of D1NZ, I couldn’t really hide my excitement. Nicknamed the 570z after the choice of engine conversion – the Nissan is now running a 5.7L LS1 along with tons of parts shipped over from the US.
NEWS: The MAXXIS British Drift Championship 2013
We are pleased to announced that once again Drifted will be partnering up with the MAXXIS British Drift Championship as Official Media Partners to cover the 2013 season. The team behind the championship were in full force at the 2013 Autosport International Show at the N.E.C, Birmingham this past weekend, with four high-spec cars on display on the stand and other championship cars dispersed throughout the halls…
COTM: Car of the Month Competition, Now Live!
Enter our Car of the Month competition for your chance to win Drifted merchandise, and to have your ride immortalised on the pages of Drifted.com!
COMPETITION: The Drifted 60K Giveaway!
To celebrate rolling over 60,000 fans on our Facebook page, and to welcome the new year with a bang, we’ve decided to launch our biggest giveaway ever!
STAFF PROJECT: The Life and Death of the Swagger Wagon
Every auto enthusiast has that one car… for some, it’s their first car, for other’s it’s that old ratty pick-up, or any vehicle inbetween. That one car that stands out in your memory as the all time favourite…
INTERVIEW: KERN Racing 8.3 V10 Z4
Engine swaps have been getting a bit of a bad rep recently; it seems as though people are bored of LS swapped S13s & S14s. Saying that, how can you not love a BMW Z4 with a V10 Viper engine!?
EVENT: Cody’s D1NZ 2013 Round Two
It’s been far too long since I last got out amongst some drifting, over half a year in fact. Tuning in to online coverage of overseas events has been great but there’s nothing quite like attending an event yourself and taking in the atmosphere on offer. That’s why I was looking forward to Round 2 of the Cody’s D1NZ Championship held in Whangarei on a new custom built track, with many rebuilt and redesigned cars for the 2012/2013 season.
VIDEO: GIR: Gutten I Røyken – ep. 2 GATEBIL SPESIAL
The second episode of GIR: Gutten i Røyken is from Gatebil September, where Kenneth Groth explains what makes it so special.
STAFF PROJECT: Dan’s Daily-Scraping Miata
This is the story of a 1995 Mazda MX5 with a low-milage 1.6 liter engine, driven by a woman. It’s not a rocket, it has a hairdressers-status amongst the generel public, it’s small, it’s unpractical, so why do you ask, why would I want to buy this? Well, let me make it simple. It has potential. Before turning 16 almost 3 years ago now, at around the same time we are now, I started looking for my first car… Actually, I started that process about ten years ago, as far back as I can even remember
EVENT: KD European Drift Lousada 2012 Part II
After attending the annual Lousada drift event for the past few years you think I’d be prepared for the mental and physical onslaught that is shooting it. Don’t get me wrong, I love drifting but after 18 hours solid of it, followed by four to five hours sleep I was less than ‘chipper’ when the alarm sounded for day two of the event. Come 9:00am I was back at the track, batteries full, memory cards empty, enthusiasm slightly less than brimming….but at least I had coffee.
EVENT: KD European Drift Lousada 2012
Once a year the small Portuguese municipality of Lousada acts as a Mecca for those drivers wanting to see out the drift season in style. Throw in a steel-lined technical track and run late into the night and you have a recipe for some truly amazing drifting…
EVENT: Cody’s D1NZ 2013 Round One
The Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship is back! Round 1 kicked off the new season last weekend at Manfield Park Raceway, located in Fielding, New Zealand. It was an action packed beginning to the series and thankfully the weather was on our side, two days in a row of sun in unusual for New Zealand at the moment…
EVENT: Formula Drift Championship Finale
At the beginning of the season, motorsport fans were shocked to hear that the “House of Drift” was no longer going to host any events for the 2012 season. Thankfully, things worked out and fans were treated to the season finale of the Formula Drift pro championship.
LIVESTREAM: Formula Drift 2012: Round 7: Title Fight
Watch live video from driftstream on www.justin.tv It All Comes Down to the TITLE FIGHT for the Formula DRIFT Championship The Irwindale Speedway is known as the “House of Drift.” The legendary drifting venue gave drifting in the U.S it’s roots and is often referred [View]
Ever watched a video and thought, “Man, they must have cameras EVERYWHERE”? Sometimes that’s not far from the truth. Filming drifting has become pretty serious business as of late, and even at grassroots events you can find photographers and videographers cruising around with some pretty serious gear. I took this opportunity to buck the trend and shoot 1 Camera / 1 Drift Day. Enjoy!
VIDEO: GIR – Gutten i Røyken Ep.1
The first of many episodes to come, where we follow Kenneth Groth through his drifting experiences. He drives the AutoMester S13, 450bhp SR20 and is a madman behind the wheel. This episode consists of the mad-dash to rebuild a new car after a crash, in less than two weeks before the main event of the season, Gatebil Rudskogen, in July.
NEWS: Falken Drift Team Sets World Record
Falken Drift Team driver Lars Verbraeken has become a Guinness World Record holder after achieving a new speed record for drifting. Driving his 503ps BMW E30 on Falken tyres, the Dutchman set the new record, achieving a speed of 111.59mph whilst keeping the car at a 45° angle for a distance of over 50 metres….
NEWS: Falken Drift Team Sets World Record
Falken Drift Team driver Lars Verbraeken has become a Guinness World Record holder after achieving a new speed record for drifting. Driving his 503ps BMW E30 on Falken tyres, the Dutchman set the new record, achieving a speed of 111.59mph whilst keeping the car at a 45° angle for a distance of over 50 metres….
EVENT: Prodrift: Japfest: The End of an Era
This may be possibly the last ever Prodrift event as we know it, next year the Irish series is to be branded as the Irish Drift Championship as we can only assume the Prodrift brand may be taking a new step in broadening it’s status abroad, for that I’m not sure, either way a part of me felt compelled to to give the icon that is Prodrift the send off it deserves…
EVENT: Crazy Karpacz Touge, Poland
or those who don’t know, Touge is the Japanese word for a winding mountain road. That is where the drifting started. It is currently the fastest growing motorsport and certainly every fan of drifting would love to see a competition on winding mountain roads. Surely this is the same thing that inspired organizers of the Polish Drifting Championship (DMP) last year, who decided to do a round in Karpacz, the small town located in the Polish mountains…
EVENT: EEDC 2012 x Drift Allstars: Mariapocs
I have to admit, going to Hungary I’ve had split feelings – on one hand we had an opportunity to see how our (EEDC) drivers look going against “Drift AllStars” , probably the best drivers in Europe, a Hungarian drift culture which always had a lot of sexual content within it, and a worrisome night stage on a track which from videos looked slow and narrow… I was not sure what to expect.
EVENT: EEDC 2012 x Drift Allstars: Mariapocs
I have to admit, going to Hungary I’ve had split feelings – on one hand we had an opportunity to see how our (EEDC) drivers look going against “Drift AllStars” , probably the best drivers in Europe, a Hungarian drift culture which always had a lot of sexual content within it, and a worrisome night stage on a track which from videos looked slow and narrow… I was not sure what to expect.
A short promo shot for the new Swedish drifting team Superior Drift at Tierp Arena in Sweden. This is their first year, with freshly built cars, one is an ex-Red Bull FD car. Check it out!
EVENT: 2012 British Drift Championship: Round Five Super Pro: Trax Silverstone
Trax is a show that caters for all aspects of the car scene and only has time slots for a Super Pro Top 16 – but its by no means a display. The points gained here today count for the 2012 championship and with only one more round to go after this opportunities to up your points quota are running out.
DESKTOP: Team Falken 1JZ S14.5
While we finish up our British Drift Championship Silverstone coverage have a lovely new desktop, on us! We accompanied our partners at Team Falken today as they were filming for a segment on the Fifth Gear TV show in the UK. Some of the footage the guys got is unreal and we can’t wait to see it when the show airs!
