International

The new owners of the Drift Mania championship are G1 Tour. They are also the owners of the St. Croix racetrack in Quebec currently. On Facebook today they announced that driver fees will be waived for the complete 2013 season making the series a better deal than seasons before. Just in case you weren’t already in Canadian drift overload they have also announced a complete rework of Victoriaville looking to make it longer and faster. Who is liking all these changes for the 2013 Drift Mania season?

Posted in Drift Mania, International, Major Announcements, Marc Landreville, Pat Cyr | 8 Comments »

Yas Marina Circuit went up in smoke as Abdo Feghali busted the Guinness World Record for the longest drift in Abu Dhabi completing 43 laps of a set course for a total time of 14.18 minutes. The new record stands at 11,180 meters (36,679.8 feet) for the Redbull Athlete. “It was a great challenge for me, as I always wanted to attempt breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest drift on a vehicle, “ admits Adbdo Feghali.

Source: http://biser3a.com/

Posted in International, Major Announcements | 21 Comments »

Check out a new video highlighting the road to a Drift Mania championship with Marc Landerville and his LacroixTuning.com sponsored S14. This video follows his triumph to a 2012 championship produced by QDM Productions. In-car, close tandems, and lifting the big Canadian trophy is all covered inside this film.

Watch the video: http://vimeo.com/60337586#at=0

Posted in Drift Mania, International, Marc Landreville, Video | 4 Comments »

We have now created a second YouTube page called “DriftingArchive” which is meant to take our terabytes of archived drifting content over the past 5 years and make it browsable on YouTube. We have already put up almost 100 videos from past events such as NOPI Drift and Spring Matsuri. To celebrate and introduce our new page our intern Eddie Luchembe mixed some 2009 Matsuri footage together and made the video above.

Subscribe to our new archived Youtube channel DriftingArchive: http://www.youtube.com/driftingarchive 

Posted in Chris Forsberg, Daigo Saito, International, Japanese, Video | 3 Comments »

Xtreme Drift Circuit took to Facebook to let everyone know that soon the world will be coming to those who wish to run the XDC series. Soon they are releasing a official television partnership with a major network, a new competition format along with judging, a global ladder ranking points system with 20 worldwide drift leagues, seasoned industry pro-drift staff coming on board (the whole 2012 staff quit which you can read here), multiple feeder leagues, sponsored driver registration program, as well as opportunities for drivers to compete internationally.

For starters I am not really sure why we need to send a press release about the press releases coming out for these events. I probably wouldn’t hold your breath on most of these promises but we will sit around waiting for official word on all of these related items. What do you think of the announcement?

Posted in International, Major Announcements, Nate Hamilton, XDC | 20 Comments »

A new Toyota Chaser JZX90 is currently being put together for Formula Drift 2013 by  Mats Baribeau in the 2013 season. The car is hitting the paint shop right now and we hop to have more updates soon! Mats Baribeau has come into Formula Drift in the past but now it seems like this will be a completely prepped and purpose built car to keep up with the advancements of the series.

Source: http://www.facebook.com/MatsBaribeau?fref=ts

Posted in Formula D, International, Major Announcements | 16 Comments »

Fredric Aasbo today Instagrammed his Formula Drift Asia Australia round beast which happens to be a TRD NASCAR powered V8 engine shoved into a Scion FRS (Toyota 86). The car will do mixed duty between Max Orido and Fredric Aasbo in Formula Drift Asia. The NASCAR engine provides 700hp. Below are some additional views of the

Instagram Sources: Fredric Aasbo and Speedhunters Dino Dalle Carbonare 

Posted in Formula D, Formula D Asia, Fredric Aasbo, International, Major Announcements, Max Orido | 10 Comments »

Canada is a place that is so unimaginable cold to a Southern California resident I couldn’t imagine driving over a frozen lake or even being outside when it was -22 degrees Celsius (-7.6 degres Fahrenheit). Jeff Laflamme didn’t seem to care about the weather or his drift car and hit the lake in his Drift Mania Lexus IS300. He put 175 studs per tire on the Lexus and hit the frozen lake. He pulled his crew from a couch, almost ran over some ice fisherman, and just was a hoonigan across Canada and we like it!

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Today is just full of scheduling news! In addition to the XDC and FD schedule news today, Irish Drifting Championships have announced their calendar. Although the majority of the schedule had previously been announced, the dates for the 4th event in Cork have been updated. This series essentially replaces ProDrift in Ireland, and should feature many of the same top tier talent that ProDrift has enjoyed for the past several years including James Deane, Shane O’Sullivan, Brendan Stone, and others.

• Round 1 – Mondello Park, Co. Kildare – April 19th-21st
• Round 2 – Punchestown Racecourse, Co. Kildare – May 24th-26th
• Round 3 – Ennis, Co. Clare – June 29th/30th
• Round 4 – Corrin Event Centre, Fermoy, Co. Cork – July 27th-28th
• Round 5 – Mondello Park, Co. Kildare – September 6th-8th

The rulebook for the 2013 IDC can be downloaded here. Questions, particularly about rules or driver inquiries, can be emailed to irishdriftchampionship@gmail.com

Posted in International, James Deane, Pro Drift, Schedule | 7 Comments »

We are stacking up drift events for the 2013 season on our Find An Event tab over at Wrecked Magazine. With great series from all over the world added into our calendar such as Formula Drift, Formula Drift Asia, D1GP, D1SL, BDC, EEDC, Drift All-Stars and the Russian Drift Series for the new year. If you see any grassroots or professional series we are missing at Wrecked feel free to submit it to us through the contact form.

Enjoy Find An Event for 2013: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/find-a-drift-event/

Posted in D1GP, Formula D, Formula D Pro Am, Free Stuff, Grassroots, International, Japanese, Major Announcements, Pro Drift | 2 Comments »