Results tagged with "Canon"
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DESKTOP: Kyle Mohan at Magic Hour
Formula Drift's fourth round at Wall Stadium Speedway in New Jersey has become a must-attend event with many of the series' media shooters for one key reason: magic hour. We present you with an example of this: Kyle Mohan's GT Radial Energy-X Mazdatrix RX-8. Enjoy and treat your desktop to some new bling. -
EVENT: 2014 Maxxis British Drift Championship Round Three: Teesside Autodrome
With the fourth round of the 2014 Maxxis British Drift Championship on the horizon, Ste Trackslide looks back at what went down at round three, Teesside Autodrome... -
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: Qualifying for Formula Drift Wall, NJ
Formula Drift reached the halfway point of the season with Round Four from Wall Stadium Speedway in New Jersey. Going into the weekend, 2009 Champion Chris Forsberg lead the standings, with 2010 ace Vaughen Gittin Jr. only ten points back. It was anybody's game to see which would emerge ahead as the battle rages onward for the 2014 season. -
EVENT: 2014 Maxxis British Drift Championship Round Two: Knockhill
Usually saved for later on in the year, the Maxxis British Drift Championship heads to Knockhill Circuit in Scotland at the start of summer, with optimistic hopes of better weather than usual. How wrong could we have been! Join Ste Trackslide as he goes in search of smoke at BDC round two… -
Chasing Smoke: The Extreme Torque Show 2014 – Nissan Factory
The Extreme Torque Show is a no pressure free for all where novice drivers can go up against some of the best drivers in the country. There is still an element of competitiveness that keeps the level of driving at a high standard, but there is a generally more relaxed atmosphere than some of the other high profile events you can attend. -
EVENT: Formula D ATL Qualifying Highlights
Formula Drift is growing every year, not only in popularity with the fans, but also in attendance for drivers from around the world. Road Atlanta was no exception. Who would make it out ahead in the best of two run battle? Read on to find out. -
EVENT: Pre-Season Testing: Slide Motorsport & Team Lassa
In the last couple weeks leading up to the start of The British Drift Championship season, it's not unusual for drivers and teams to get their freshly built machines to a track for some testing, and this week was no different. We were fortunate enough to be invited to such a test day for Slide Motorsport and Team Lassa at Teesside Autodrome... -
EVENT: Gale Force Drifts – BDC License Day 2014
For many, a British Drift Championship license day marks the beginning of the UK drift season. We try to occupy ourselves with rebuilds and features over the winter months which are great, but nothing quite beats being at a track hearing the screeching tyres, roaring engines and the smell of that awesome unmistakable byproduct of drifting, tyre smoke... -
EVENT: MYWAY Drift School
When an automotive blogger like me gets an event invitation by an established company, it's normally some tech-talk event at a factory or a meet n greet at a convention, so when Dotz Wheels sent me an envelope with an invitation for a weekend in Hungary, I was really excited! -
The Drifthunter JZ46
Markus dropped the potent BMW powerplant from his competition E46 drift car and replaced it with Toyota's venerable 1JZ-GTE. The results are impressive.. -
DRIFT CAR: Progression – Darren Rickaby’s V8 E30
I’ve known Darren for a number of years now and I have watched him progress from a novice driver with not a lot of confidence to a well known competition driver in the UK drift scene. -
Brandon Wicknick’s Godspeed Project 2JZ S13
Continuing our love for Formula D's 2013 rookies, we present you with a few angles of Brandon Wicknick's Godspeed Project Nissan S13 240SX. Under the hood lies a Toyota 2JZ engine putting out over 500hp, and two different sets of Rota wheels are encased in Falken Azenis rubber to provide the machine-made cloud show... -
BEHIND THE SCENES: Other Observations from Formula D Wall, NJ
Round four of the 2013 Formula Drift Pro Championship is in the books. Having recapped the Top 32 competition, let's now turn the spotlight over to some of the off-track antics from Wall Stadium... -
EVENT: King of Europe Round 5: Roadtrip to Romania
The fifth round of the 2013 King of Europe series sees the championship head to Romania. We sent along Martin Aeppli to experience the thrills, spills and interesting culture of this beautiful country… -
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: Practice and Qualifying from Formula D Wall, NJ 2013
For the fourth stop on the 2013 Formula Drift calendar, the series headed to Wall Stadium in New Jersey. This race traditionally finishes the East Coast run of the season before the competition shifts back West for the second half. Unlike past years, the track map had been changed by the organizers to more of a snail's shell layout, vs. the figure eight that was done previously. Read on to find out how practice and qualifying went down on Friday with this new route. -
EVENT: FD Atlanta 2013’s Main Competition
With qualifying finished, Saturday was all about Formula Drift's main competition at Road Atlanta. -
EVENT: FD Road Atlanta 2013 – Practice and Qualifying
After a wild start to the 2013 Formula Drift Pro Championship in Long Beach, CA the series headed down for the second round of competition at Road Atlanta. This was the 10th year for Atlanta to play host to a Formula Drift event, and the entire grid wanted to write their names into the next chapter of history, aiming high for the podium from the first practice session... -
DESKTOP: Daigo Saito slides into Road Atlanta
You must have known this was coming sooner or later. We couldn't leave you guys hanging any longer, so here it is, your very own desktop of the 2012 Formula Drift champion Daigo Saito... -
EVENT: King of Europe Round 1: Austria
Every year, I especially looking forward to the first big competition drift events, because that's when many new builds that were completed over the winter get revealed and properly drifted in anger for the first time. One such project that didn't only take one but actually two whole winters (plus the bit in between) was the S14a of Philippe "Dirt Drop Phil" Guillod. It was with him and two more drifters of the Driftteam Switzerland, Florian Zimmermann and Patrick Gafner, that I made the trip to Greinbach in Austria for this year's King of Europe (KoE) Round 1… -
EVENT: Chasing Smoke: 2013 Maxxis British Drift Championship Round One: Lydden Hill
After what seems like an eternity, it's finally that time of year, the 2013 MAXXIS British Drift Championship is upon us. We take a look at all of the action from round one of the championship at the awesome Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Kent, England… -
DESKTOP: Vaughn Gittin Jr. + Opposite Lock
In honor of Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s win at Round 4 of the Formula Drift 2012 Pro Championship we wanted to offer up this desktop wallpaper to you guys... -
DESKTOP: Grunewald Three-Wheelin’ in Atlanta
We're excited to kick off our coverage from Round 2 of this year's Formula Drift Pro Championship with a little desktop action. Enjoy this shot of Conrad Grunewald kicking up the front right wheel of his Hankook Tires Chevrolet Camaro SS as he transitioned into the horseshoe during Friday's practice. -
FEATURE: 2011 In Pictures: Fabian Linder
We continue our look back at 2011 with Germany's Fabian Linder as he recaps on a great year for the IDS series and an indication of a promising future for drifting in mainland Europe with less of the politics and more of the fun! -
EVENT: European Drift Championship: The Fight: Part I
For three years the Nürburgring has played host to the European Drift Championship the first weekend in October. The expectations for this years edition were big, already a week before, the weather forecast told us that the whole weekend will be sunny and dry, it couldn´t start any better. -
EVENT: IDS Round 6: buon giorno monza!
The sixth Round of this year's IDS season is also a premiere: First time in Italy! -
EXCLUSIVE: D1GP Stars Open Practice at Ebisu Circuit
Imagine you are in Japan and your friend, a former D1GP team mechanic, asks if you want to head up to Ebisu Circuit for the day to see some open practice. What do you reply? Hell yeah! Read on to find out what happened on this Drifted exclusive adventure to one of Japan's coolest tracks. -
EVENT: IDS Round 5: The Ring: Part II
With the Street Class settled it's time to take a look at the Pro Class at the IDS Series Round 5 at the Green Hell. -
EVENT: XS Carnight Drift Demo
My friend Markus Bruhn invited me to come to Dresden former east Germany, where he and the "Clutchkillers" team were invited to do a drift demo at one of the biggest tuning meetings in Germany. -
DRIFT CAR: Drift Kitty
The owner of this Hello Kitty themed S15 is Tasha, a 28 year old German, living in Swabia, the region around Stuttgart. When shes not working on her car, she works in a video store and as a hostess for Alpine Audio... -
VIDEO: British Drift Championship R3: RETURN TO THE THUNDERDROME
The Maxxis British Drift Championship returns to the legendary Teesside Autodrome for Round 3 of the 2011 championship. -
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 Round 4 Qualifying Results
Qualifying for Round Four of the 2011 Formula Drift Pro Championship pitted a field of 35 drivers against Wall Stadium's unforgiving figure eight. Find out who made it through, and who was left sidelined. -
EVENT: Into the Oval at Formula DRIFT Round 4
The Formula Drift circus made its final East Coast stop at the short oval track known as Wall Speedway for Round Four of the 2011 Pro Championship. Let's kick off the weekend's coverage with a stroll through the paddock and coverage of Friday practice. -
VIDEO: Drifting the Gauntlet: Gardella Racing
Following on from my BEHIND THE SCENES post yesterday, Formula Drift is the pinnacle of professional drifting, following the Gardella Racing team at Wall Speedway New Jersey for Round 4 of the series, this film hopefully portrays what its like to be at a Formula D event. -
EVENT: Sportauto Driftchallenge Hockenheim (D)
Sportauto Magazine is one of Germany's biggest car magazines. They've hosted the Driftchallenge since 2004, at the Hockenheimring. Since its beginnings, the Driftchallenge was the drift event with the most spectators in Germany and one of the most high profile... -
DESKTOP: Fredric Aasbo Hangs It Out In Jersey
It's Wednesday so that means a new desktop! Andrew Jennings brings us this awesome shot of Need For Speed's Fredric Aasbo riding the bank at Formula Drift The Gaunlet, Wall, NJ. -
EVENT: FD Atlanta – Behind the Scenes Extras
The book is now closed on the second round of the 2011 Formula Drift season. What to do with the photos left over in the hopper? Being the generous types at Drifted, we wanted to pull out some of our favorites to share with you guys. Follow the jump to see more from the weekend in Hot-lanta. -
VIDEO: Driver Films – MAXXIS Tyres British Drift Championship Round Two
Not one, but two FILMS from BDC Round 2! This time we talk to the drivers who make the championship what it is. -
VIDEO: Into The Arena – MAXXIS Tyres British Drift Championship Round Two
When gladiators go into battle, champions will be crowned. Into the Arena, the first of two films from the British Drift Championship Round 2. -
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. -
EVENT: Kicking Off Formula DRIFT from Road Atlanta
You've seen a teaser from Zak Kerbelis, and a sweet mix from Dan Cyr, but now it's time to get into the real details and see what made this year's Formula Drift event from Road Atlanta truly special. -
GRASSROOTS: Drift What Ya Brung 2nd May
The sun was out, I had a free day off work, and Santa pod had drifting on. Perfect way to spend a bank holiday Monday. -
VIDEO: IGNITION TV Show Pilot
This is a short teaser for a motoring show we're trying to put together. The show will be based here in the Philippines. We already have a network planned but we still need sponsors. So please let us know what you think. -
VIDEO: Wreck ‘Em Winton Drift Matsuri
For those not located in Australia, the Vic Drift crew recently held a Drift Matsuri at Winton. Old schoolers and new schoolers from all over Australia made the effort to come out which saw a massive turn out over the two days! Check out the video.... -
GRASSROOTS: Santa Pod DWYB
Santa Pod holds regular DWYB (Drift What Ya Brung) days throughout the year. The idea behind these days are simple, you pay your money, turn up with you RWD car and have loads of fun. -
VIDEO: Streetwise Drift
What’s up everyone, my name is Zak Kerbelis. You guys may or may not know about the awesome scene based in Charlotte, NC, I live about 2 hours away in Augusta, GA. The guys over at Streetwise Drift put on a really great drift series every year and make the two hour drive worth it every event. Check out the video.... -
VIDEO: The Art & Soul of BDC
This is my last film covering the British Drift Championship , shot throughout the 2010 season I hope it portrays just how special this series is. I'd like to say thanks to Paul McCallum and Mark Buckle for allowing me to shoot the championship over the past couple of years and giving me complete creative freedom to do... -
Photo Highlights 2010 – BDC Rd 4
Over the winter months I am going to share photo highlights of the drift year. Usually when I am writing my reports you don’t always get to see my best photos from the day. I tend to write my report first while the information is fresh in my head, and then pick photos that split the writing up nicely.