Results tagged with "Aasbo"
-
DESKTOP: Kearney v. Aasbo In The Wet
As a sport, drifting is often defined by how much smoke one can burn from their rear tires in a sideways slide. A wet track makes the sideways part a lot easier, but seriously negates the drama of puffy white clouds emitting from the car's ass-end. How then to capture the emotion and tension during a battle under rainy conditions? -
VIDEO: Gatebil | Punch Above Your Weight
As we all know, Gatebil is the place where lunatics from across the world go to bring their cars to party. Here's a video to give you a little taste of what a typical day at Gatebil is like, but nothing compares to being there for real... -
EVENT: Stars Rise in Formula D NJ’s Main Competition
Formula Drift‘s competition from Wall Township, NJ has always been a deciding round of the championship, even when it falls in the middle of the season. Round… -
EVENT: Going sideways along the Arctic Circle at Sommertreff
Far far away, under the midnight sun, there is a racetrack. Hidden between snowy mountains and tall green woods. Just shy of the border to the arctic we find Arctic Circle Raceway. The track hosted an annual event on the last weekend of June called Sommertreff. -
ADGP 2013/14 Season Review
Our man down under, Luke Hobbs, recaps the goings on in the ever-growing Australian drift scene. Beautiful weather, beautiful girls and some of Formula Drift's finest judging and competing – the Australians know how to do it right… -
EVENT: Formula Drift Asia Round 3: Bangkok, Thailand
The final stop of the 2013 Formula Drift Asia tour saw the drifting roadshow arrive in Thailand. More precisely, Pathumthani Speedway in northern Bangkok. With the best Thai talent in attendance, along with a smattering of Formula Drift international stars, the pressure was on for the locals to put up a fight and the stars to put on a show… -
EVENT: Drift Allstars Europe Round Two 2013 – Drift GP of Sweden
For round two of the 2013 season, Drift Allstars would land in Scandinavia, and what a venue to kick it off at – Sturup Raceway in Sweden. Sturup has been used once before for a major international event and some would say this was the place where Fredric Aasbø and Eric O'Sullivan both launched their careers. Could this event see the arrival of a new international name? -
VIDEO: GIR: Gutten I Røyken – ep. 6 GATEBIL – ISN’T THIS AWESOME?
Drifted's Daniel Hovdahl follows the adventures of Kenneth Groth as he visits the legendary annual Gatebil festival at Rudskogen to share the track with the likes of Vaughn Gittin Jr, Mad Mike Whiddett and Fredric Aasbø…check out the video within! -
EVENT: Formula D Wall, NJ 2013 – Main Competition
The 2013 Formula Drift season has been full of controversy and questionable calls. Road Atlanta was more like a demolition derby, and Palm Beach saw the first legal overtakes in years. Would the fourth round of competition from Wall, NJ continue this trend, or would the sport return to its pure essence of inch-close tandem sliding? Sunny skies and a hungry field of veterans in the top 32 were the recipe for the main course. Read on after the jump to see how it all went down. -
EVENT: FD Atlanta 2013’s Main Competition
With qualifying finished, Saturday was all about Formula Drift's main competition at Road Atlanta. -
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. -
VIDEO: GATEBIL – The Game Changer
Gatebil, as ever, is the go-to event of the year. 50 000 car-crazed people from all over the world join together to make the biggest and baddest car event on this side of the hemisphere. This year, was absolutely no different. New Zealand, England, Germany, Russia, Italy, Finland, USA, just some of the countries represented out on the track that weekend. Alongside the 'regulars' from Norway and Sweden. What does all that mean? Absolute and utter pandemonium out on the track... And off track. -
BEHIND THE SCENES: Details from Formula Drift Atlanta
Formula Drift's second round of the 2012 season has now concluded, but that doesn't mean the stories are over. With plenty of new cars on this year's grid, let's take a closer look at some of the new ways each team is making their own mark on the sport. Read on.... -
EVENT: Formula Drift Round 2: The Road to the Championship
The first round of the 2012 Formula Drift season had shown that last season's form was no fluke when Justin Pawlak powered to the top of the podium. How would he do in Round 2, at a track that has historically not favored those who did well in Long Beach. Would no. 1 qualifier Mike Essa step up to the challenge, or would Daijiro Yoshihara go for the three-peat after coming through victorious in 2010 and 2011? Read on to find out. -
VIDEO: Gatebil On Ice
Everybody probably knows or have heard of the phenomenom called Gatebil. Well, there is one event that Gatebil holds every year that differs from the usual all-weekend-tarmac-mayhem and that is Gatebil On Ice. It's held on a frozen lake in Sigdal, where you run rally-spec studded tyres to give you maximum traction for some fun on the ice. -
FEATURE: 2011 in Pictures: Damien O’Connor
With Ireland's Prodrift series going from strength to strength in 2011 and the Irish building and importing some of the finest cars on this side of the planet, Drifted's Damien O'Connor had his work cut out covering the Emerald Isle by himself! It's time to check out his 2011 in Pictures! -
EVENT: Prodrift 2011 Finale
It's hard to believe we are here again, staring down the barrel of an ever closer cold dark winter. Another fast paced drift season in Ireland draws to a close in spectacular fashion, as International drivers draw record crowds to Kildare's Mondello Park...
-
VIDEO: Monkeys and Bananas – Gatebil
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 -
EVENT: FD Wall’s Main Competition: Good Things Come To Those Who Wait
Wall Speedway's main competition was an all-out brawl. Round Four was the halfway mark of the season, and Justin Pawlak came into the event with a comfortable lead in the 2011 Formula Drift standings. Could anyone chase him down and close the gap? Follow the jump to find out! -
EVENT: FD Atlanta’s Main Competition: Only the Strong Survive
Road Atlanta never fails to provide a night to remember, and Round 2 of the 2011 Formula Drift series had it all. With suspense, disappointment, fires, big V8s and turbo fours, the competition featured all of the tire burning excitement that drifting fans dream about.
