Daniel Hovdahl
Does anybody remember this car? It might look a bit gloomy where it sits now, but this is Ueo’s Ex-Formula D RedBull Drifting World Championship car, held back in 2008 in California. It has also run in D1 in Japan and Formula D Stateside. It is now owned by Thomas ‘Thompa’ Pettersson, who is currently rebuilding it for the coming season. It will be a part of some big moves on the Swedish drifting scene, with the JDM-importer and media outlet Superior Imports, getting involved bigtime.
A short film made by Neffi Photography from this years Gatebil. “Here it is. The Gatebil Experience. The longtime expected video finally done after months of waiting, planning, filming, editing, teasering, sorting…”
Two go into battle, only one emerges, battered and wounded but victorious none the less. An awesome Drifted Desktop all the way from Norway courtesy of Daniel Hovdahl.
The last Gatebil of this year has ended! Here’s the video from it, enjoy!
Upcoming DriftMonkey video from the last Gatebil event of the year. Coming soon on a computer screen near you!
Whilst I was over in the UK for Awesomefest 2011 I got the chance to hang with Drifted’s newest affiliates, the guys over at Touge Speed Shop. Check out this short film showing a bit more about the business they do at Touge.
It was a rainy and a rather boring Sunday afternoon when I got a call from a friend of mine who was also equally bored. He came to pick me up so we could drive around and see if we couldn’t find something to do. That’s when we met Kenneth Groth, the owner of this S13.
We Scandinavians are spoilt creatures, we have multiple Gatebil events during the year, and Gatebil has been the event to be at for many years now. On this side of the planet. Not anymore, now Awesomefest is in the mix and a true contender.
The DriftMonkey crew, myself included have been waiting for this Gatebil event all year. Rudskogen has been completely rebuilt, it’s twice as long and infinitely more exciting. Long swooping corners, tight hairpins, elevation differences and high speed straights proved to be a challange even for the more experienced drivers
The main event of Gatebil, at the freshly built Rudskogen is due in a few days! Check out the schedule for the 3 days…
Gatebil migrated over the border to the fantastic Mantorp Park in Sweden. DriftMonkey was there to put on a show! Video after the jump…
Reidar Andresen pulling his signature move: The famous backwards entry. No, he did not spin! I give you my word on that.
On the first round of Powerdrift a few weeks ago (better late than never, hey) I took a closer look on this very good looking AE86 standing in the paddock. More on this car after the jump!
You guys asked for it over on our Facebook page so here it is! One massive dirt drop for your desktop consumption!
