Here in Florida, you can tell when the weather is steadily approaching the end of summer:  it gets hot.  Damn hot.  It’s like summer becomes a beast in its death-throes and in one final attempt to survive, it beats you down with the kind of sweltering heat guaranteed to overheat oil pans and brain pans alike.  It really puts a damper on outdoor activities, like our beloved drifting.  I mean, who wants to be out there on a sun-scorched track, in a drift-missile – sans air conditioning – for hours? Well, when you’ve got the twin powers of NOS Energy and the Central Florida Racing Complex watching your back, we do.

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Formula Drift launched an “Insider” weekly video podcast a la Drift Zone version 2.0 (for you old timers) this week. The first episode has Ryan Sage talking about the first 5 rounds of the series. Then Justin Pawlak visits for a minute to tell us about his broken clutch in Seattle and how he is ready for Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a few weeks. All of this bundled with a closing from a brunette named Marcella wrapped up the first episode. We will keep you posted on these if when they come out and talk about any topics they break for the sport.

Watch Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YeKSj6RDVw&feature=player_embedded

Nate Deck’s latest video from Seattle features Matt Powers paying a visit to Monroe Washington’s famous Cowgirls Espresso lingerie coffee drive-thru, car crashes, and some drifting. Titled “Mullets in Monroe”, Nate follows Matt during his stay in Seattle for Formula Drift round 5 at Evergreen Speedway. A classic soundtrack and plenty of onboard footage courtesy of RePlay XD cameras make this an awesome video.

Check it out here: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/mullets-in-monroe-matt-powers-in-seattle

Drift Mania Round 3 Webisode by Expose.tv

Watch the new Drift Mania webisode from Expose.tv. Warning it is in French but they do have a blonde host the whole thing and talk to all the drivers (in French). Victoriaville seemed like a much better event than Circuit ICAR the round before. In case you missed our gallery we have a great one shot by Jeremy Glover from Victoriaville which you can find here. Otherwise, sit back and enjoy some Canadian drifting.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/drift-mania-round-3-webisode-by-exposetv

Behind the Smoke Ep 10: MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car Championship – Dai Yoshihara Formula D 2011

Dai Yoshihara drove his way to quite the victory in a Nissan Sentra. In his spare time apparently he hit on chicks he couldn’t remember who got upset in the Moto IQ paddock. Where are these girls at a Time Attack event? We have no idea…. our staff has never claimed to see girls walking around the paddock looking for love? Dai does think one of them might be the one however.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/behind-the-smoke-ep-10-motoiq-pacific-tuner-c

Here is Rhys Millen sliding a yellow Lexus LFA at El Toro Field around a girl in a yellow bikini. This will be run in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue that is coming out soon. Back in 2009 Sports Illustrated teamed up with the Drift Alliance in some Nissan 370z’s to promote the issue which came with video which can be seen here. The new piece looks really cool and the PR company even sent us a behind the scenes video link that shows Rhys Millen talking about the stunt and the model Rianne Ten Haken talking about how it felt to have a Lexus LFA sliding around her.

Go Behind the Scenes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0rSz8r-m58

Today at the Ford Motor Company Booth (#22200) at the 2010 SEMA show a rather large group of people gathered around to see the unveiling of the Mustang RTR-X. This is a project led by Vaughn Gittin Jr. and will be heading on a huge tour to follow this weekend at SEMA. Vaughn did announce the car will be available to drive in one of the up and coming Need for Speed video games. Here are some snapshots we captured of the first look at the RTR-X. The car cover was removed by DJ Miki Taka and Vanessa James from Need for Speed.

It looks like Need for Speed Hot Pursuit is gearing up the marketing machine over in Europe and they have called on Hankook Tire driver Eric O’Sullivan to wrap his car for the new video game being released this holiday season. Unlike Gran Tursimo 5 who has pushed back a release date sometime in 2012 we know that Need for Speed will actually have a game for us to play this holiday season. The new game is a cops versus speeders style like some of the classic Need for Speed titles. Cannot wait to see if we get some footage of Eric O’Sullivan chasing cars down while sliding.

Check out Melyssa Grace on the cover of the new Import Tuner Magazine. Miss Formula Drift graces the cover with this gorgeous teal S13. The issue also features Formula Drift diaries along with other drifting content. You can see Melyssa Grace at Formula Drift Irwindale this weekend if you happen to be around the track. You can also get a free Slide America DVD by heading over to ACT’s Facebook Page and printing a coupon under the contest tab.

It looks like Youichi Imamura has taken home another win this season in the D1 Grand Prix series. The M7 Boss SGC / Dunlop Tire S15 took home it’s second victory this season. He also won Round 1 (Tokyo Drift – Odaiba) of D1GP giving him a first place position in the championship.

Results
1. Youichi Imamura
2. Ken Nomura
3. Masato Kawabata