I cannot really tell you much about this accident because the image just popped into my Newsfeed without any description titled to the photo. This red S13 looks like it got away from the driver and connected to a light pole. The scene of this accident looks like Harrah’s Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. Judging by the massive amount of tire tracks in the back left corner of the image this happened at some sort of sanctioned event/demo. Regardless that is a tough hit and damage done to a good looking S13 hatchback.

Vegas Drift threw Vegas Drift 022 which took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the day after the 2011 SEMA Show featuring tons of local and western United States talent. The event was part of the North American Festival of Speed and was a great time for drivers all around. Thanks to Nick from Vegas Drift who always runs great events and even let us keep our LS3 powered S13.4 at the event for storage until we could come retrieve it. Here is how the podium ended up for the event:

1st: Brandon Wicknick – Purple 1jz S13 Coupe
2nd: Buckey Laing – Red 13b-t RX-7 FC
3rd: Gary Ganotisi – Rootbeer SR’d S13 Hatch

The Pro Am finals at Irwindale Speedway were an insane one that took place before the big show Final Fight. Several Am guys looked amazing through the weekend like Dave Briggs who ended up spinning in competition. Another ASD Mob driver Brian Peter who ran in the Midwest Drift Union all year took home first place. This is the results:

1. Brian Peter (Midwest Drift Union)
2. Julian Jacobs (Thunder Drift)
3. Pat Goodin (Street Wise Drift)

Photo Credit: Nick Quigley

With the 2011 Formula Drift Season having come to a close, many drivers are sighing with relief and taking some time off to relax. 2011 Rookie of the Year Odi Bakchis however, can’t seemed to be pried away from the steering wheel. Photographer Dustin Thompson was on hand to catch up with Odi who made an appearance at Adams Motorsports Park last night in a RWD Subaru WRX Wagon to make a few sideways passes along Adams’ sweeping turns.

In between runs, Odi made his passes throughout the pits to give pointers and talk suspension with Pro-Am and grassroots drivers. We caught Odi talking suspension with Pro-Am driver Jack Reynolds

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Jack Reynolds pilots a V8 S13 which will be competing in Top Drift in 2012 as Jack campaigns for his Formula Drift license. Best of luck in 2012, Jack!

We for one can’t wait to see more of this Subaru Wagon in action, next time you’re out hooning Odi, give us a ring!

The guys at Clubloose threw the last event of the year at Englishtown called Finishing Moves put a close to the series for the year. Sadly New Jersey has winter coming so drifting is on hold until 2012. Dan Jenkins captured the competition of the amazing weekend with his big lens. Check out the 550+ photos he shot over the Finishing Moves weekend.

Check Out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=267

The southeastern United States just finished up the regional drift series Street-Wise for the 2011 season. The Formula Drift Pro Am series had the last round over the weekend which had Doug Van Den Brink win and Patrick Goodin finish second at VIR. Here is the top three guys to finish up the season:

1. Patrick Goodin
2. Doug Van Den Brink
3. Jeremy Lowe
4. Chris Ward

Here is the 2011 drivers list for the big Round 7 finals in Texas. The event takes off over at Texas Motor Speedway and lacks some of it’s common drivers due to a DMCC conflict this weekend in Montreal. We have our eye on a few specific drivers that we think will do really well over the weekend. Here is who has entered so far:

DougVan Den Brink
Fielding Shredder
Chelsea DeNofa
George Marstanovic
Buckey Laing
Stewart Leask
Vitaly Sopkin
Will Parsons
Nick D’Alessio
Sarah Burgess
James Evans
Nate Hamilton
Steve Angerman
Dan Savage
Joshua Steele
Brad Hettinger
Robert Turnbow
Timothy Smith
Brock White

Some familiar faces stepped up on the podium this weekend at Evergreen Speedway.  Formula Drift driver Roland Gallagher took home first place in his gorgeous S13. Canadian Ian Fournier was the top qualifier and also found his way to the podium for the weekend. Mike who landed third doesn’t seem so happy about his place in the event but at least he is on the box. Here is how they stacked up:

1st – Roland Gallagher
2nd – Ian Fournier
3rd – Mike Phillips

The midwest locals finished up a 2011 series which ended up crowning a well known Am Brian Peter the champion for the year. The final round came to an end this weekend with special guest Fredric Aasbo in attendance with his Team Need for Speed Scion tC. Here is how the championship ended up finishing for the season:

1st- Brian Peter (85 points)
2nd- Bill Cook (83 points)
3rd- Code Tobe (67 points)

The MDU Pro Am Finals are this weekend at Kil-Kare Raceway. Formula D/International star Fredric Aasbo will be performing demo runs in his Team Need for Speed Scion tC all day on September 17th if you come out. Get a chance to see a Formula Drift driver drifting live in the city of Xenia, Ohio. The event carries $5,000 in payouts and feature The Voice of Formula D behind the microphone Jarod DeAnda. The judges are Edgar Sarmineto, Matt Petty, and Mike Schnieder collectively. Come visit Kil-Kare Speedway in Ohio this weekend to see some Formula Drift Pro Am finals from the midwest go down!

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