International

If you happen to be one of the 43,000,000 homes that picks up MAV TV which includes a ton of great motorsports programming then set your DVR to record today at 5:00pm EST or Saturday again at 12:0pm EST to record The Racing Insiders. Our head editor Joey Redmond joins the cast to talk about the state of drifting in Japan and the United States. The cast mentions going to spec cars and where can you practice to become a pro in America? All these questions and more answered on The Racing Insiders today!

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A brand new year for Simon Schaffner in Canada is going to be led by this SR20 powered 240sx. The car is a nice grey with teal accents and prepares Simon to compete in the 2013 season. If you aren’t familiar with the French Canadian driver here is a look at his all teal 240sx from last season before an engine overhaul. The Drift Mania season kicks off in just at two weeks time at Montmagny!

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The second day of Matsuri was even more wild than the first one. We got sync’d up with large groups of drivers running courses all day and put to use our video camera and photographs to document a great day of drifting. We traveled all the courses over the course of the day capturing D1GP drivers in action and tons of forgeigners banging their beater bought missiles from www.powervehicles.com around anywhere Ebisu has to offer. Here is a Monday gallery of the action as it went down!

Check out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=337

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Just one of the awesome clips we captured at the Spring Matsuri Drift Heaven week at Ebisu Circuit was this group of drivers mounting tires by hand. This one drifter we captured on film could mount a whole tire ready for air in 56 seconds using his hands, feet, and a crowbar. Sit back and watch this awesome feat.

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Sadly we are a little late to the party with this awesome video showing Mad Mike Whiddett tearing up Crown Range in New Zealand which involves  47 corners, 1076 metres elevation, 10.4km lon (6.5 miles for us Americans). The road is the highest paved road in New Zealand elevation wise and shows Mad Mike putting on a talent show. Sit back and enjoy watching this one or playing it again as its by far one of the best produced drift videos of 2013.

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Sunday kicked off the Matsuri weekend with a near perfect day at Ebisu Circuit where we took in the sights, sounds, and tire smoke of almost 400 registered cars banging doors, fenders, and walls around all the tracks available at Ebisu. Thanks to our partners Replay XD and Enjuku Racing we sent out a team of three to Japan to take it all in with tons of video footage and some photo galleries to boot! Day 1 was the calmer start to the weekend with tons of drivers taking on north and school course through the day and well into the middle of the morning.

Check out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=336

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The G1GP series for those who are not familiar is a fun series for foreigners to compete in from all over the world where drifting started in Japan. The series found 50+ drivers for yesterdays event at Ebisu Circuit. The qualifying sessions are done in a similar Formula 1 style. The event is split into four run groups and each run group goes out on the track at one time to qualify and the judges then pick the top drivers to advance into a Top 16. During one of the last run groups this happened to shut down the track for a few minutes. Both drivers got out just fine but one car is going to be retired for the weekend of Matusri we believe after this hit. Huge thanks to Enjuku Racing for helping us make the trek out to Japan for G1GP and Matsuri weekend!

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James Deane found success at the first round of the Irish Drifting Championships, and today he pushed out a video which documented the weekend. Although he found success, it wasn’t without some trials and tribulations. Some bent and broken parts in the process and some tricky weather made it far from a walk in the park, but Deane was able to pull through and take home the top spot on the podium.

Watch the video: HERE

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While we covered the ADGP exhibition round with Andrew Hawkins he also stayed for the Formula Drift Asia Round 1 in Melbourne, Australia. The event saw Robbie Nishida, Fredric Aasbo, Daigo Saito, and Mad Mike just to name a few familiar faces in the series. Here is a complete gallery of the action showing Daigo Saito dismiss everyone resulting in another win which keeps his win streak alive. Follow the link below to see all the action.

Check out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=333

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The MSC series is well known for its team tandem competitions and less corporate/political vibe than other professional series around the world. Here is a video from TriangleXhamadajyuku showing off team tandem clips and some insane first turn entries by various cars. This one flat black S15 with the largest rear wing I have ever seen on a drift car performs a few entries that are impressive including the one at the closing of the video.

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