http://www.drifted.com International Drifting Coverage! News, videos and photos from around the drift-world! From grassroots to pro level, drifted.com has it covered. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:03:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There was definitely a great disturbance in the force this weekend at Pacific Grand Prix Motorsports Park in Kent, Washington. To some Jedi, it may have felt like the voices of hundreds of tires screaming out in pain, as lap after lap drivers were shredding tires, side by side, at the first annual ‘PGP Wars: [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/cole-chalmers/event-pgp-wars-episode-i-the-tandem-menace/3477/ Here in Southern California, locals can practice and refine their drifting skills at Adams Motorsports Park (AMP). They hold weekly drift nights every Thursday from 6-9 p.m. Hundreds of spectators come out to watch grassroots drivers drift their own cars. You can even obtain a pit pass and ride along! AMP has been around since [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/oliver-petalver/grassroots-weekly-drift-nights-adams-motorsports-park/3461/ With the top 16 runners determined and the weather thankfully clearing to present a nice sunny bright sky we were straight back to business. In the above shot Motormaven’s Dan Bridle, Speedhunters’ Paddy McGrath and Drifted’s Will Epps get ready for what looks set to be a promising afternoon’s drifting. Top 16 rundown after the jump…. [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/jordan-butters/event-jdm-allstars-wembley-top-16-to-the-podium-2/3439/ After a little break in the drifting calender in Ireland, drifting made a return in the form of one of Mondello Park’s drift practice days. These drift practice days attract large numbers of participants from a wide range of levels, from the Pro class of Prodrift down to first time drifters with a mix of [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/daniel-o-shea/mondello-practice-day/3067/ After a busy Saturday shooting the qualifying the Drifted team were straight back on it for the main event.  Sunday was sure to be an awesome day. When I ticked the box that said I wanted an alarm call on Sunday morning I didn’t think for one moment they would use the fire alarm!  Myself [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/jordan-butters/event-jdm-allstars-wembley-top-32/3351/ Good day, Drifted readers! My name is Cole Chalmers. I am 22 years old and I’m located up North in sunny Canada, where it’s spring break all year long!  With my first post here on Drifted I feel like I should fill you in with a little about myself and the Okanagan automotive scene that [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/cole-chalmers/intro-how-we-do-it-up-north/3115/ With JDM Allstars Wembley rapped up for another year I’ll share with you one of my favourite aspects of the custom street circuit. Apart from the huge concrete wall that lines the track and the fact that it takes place in the heart of the captial under the legendary Wembley arch, my favourite part of [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/jordan-butters/catching-air/3320/ Hey guys! I wanted to introduce myself as being the ‘new kid on the block.’ My name is Oliver Petalver and I want to thank Drifted.com for allowing me to post my work on the site! I’ve been shooting motorsports for over a year, and my works have been published in Auto Salon Magazine and [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/oliver-petalver/intro-new-kid-on-the-block/3144/ Qualifying from yesterdays action at JDM Wembley! Going for a different approach with these shots. All straight from camera, no level tweaks exposure change or anything, let me know what you think! 10. Walton Smith (Above) 9. Brad McQueen 8. Steve Evans Check the tire flex on the compression after the jump, surprised it stayed [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/will-epps/event-jdm-allstars-wembley-qualifying/3279/ Sup everyone, My name’s Santiago, yet another new face to the Drifted.com crew. I was contacted by Quail to see if I would be interested in joining and I didn’t hesitate to give him an answer. YES! (Thanks dude!) I reside in Toronto, Ontario. I currently drive a 1993 Silvia that I purchased not too [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/santiago-gomez/sup-im-santi/3058/ To start things off, I haven’t posted in a while and I’ve actually missed it quite a lot, so I’m really glad to have a couple things lined up to shoot and to post. We recently received news that sadly, all the local Atlanta drift events were to be cancelled for the year. This was bad as [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/kenny-freeman/drifting-is-not-dead-in-atlanta/3005/ Hey everyone, my name’s Karel Chladek, coming directly from Canadian grounds. As a new Contributor to Drifted, I will dedicate myself to the Canadian drifting culture and supply coverage of wild drifting events and occasional photographic features with individuals. To start off my first post, I will feature the latest drifting event on the east [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/karel-chladek/event-driftmania-canadian-championships-rd4-quebec/2975/ So today, I was lucky enough to go and shoot and interview a local to my area, but a known name, Mike Mancuso. First off, Mikey is one of the coolest dudes you’ll ever meet. He’s a straight up inspiration, in every sense of the word. He works hard, plays harder, and lives life to [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/zach-meister/mike-mancuso-on-jimmyup-and-his-350z/2953/ It’s been a while since I’ve made a post so here’s a few shots I took in Nantwich last week, Adams S14a is an absolute beauty. Spec: Garrat 2871r turbo Z32 maf Nismo 555 injectors Horsham Development Management (around 350bhp) Apexi AVC-R Big ally rad with HKS fan controller Bride seat and super low rail [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/will-epps/photography-white-knight/2925/ I was looking through my shots from this season (the ones I managed to squeeze in between running around like a maniac at events and judging) and came across this shot of Greg Gush’s Protuner Onevia from Round 1 of the BDC 2010. Some things to note here – firstly, the car sits in a [...]]]> http://www.drifted.com/jordan-butters/snapshot-mellow-yellow/2913/