Vaughn Gittin Jr. has brought out his own Ford Mustang that is Ready to Rock literally in the RTR Ford Mustang. Check out this debut video we got our hands of featuring his Ford Mustang riding around Red Rock Canyon and other areas of Nevada. The car he has featured is looking fantastic in kona blue. The car should be visiting Ford dealerships pretty soon.
Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/mustang-rtr-has-arrived-
Interview with Doug Van Den Brink at SEMA 2009
Ford Mustang drifter Doug Van Den Brink was grabbed by the Belltech team for a great interview on his racing career and performance in drifting. He talks about how his car is built, where he is going and his level of competition moving forward into the 2010 series. His SEMA revamp of the car looked fantastic with the two tone style paint job. His car was in a pristine location right by the media center for everyone at SEMA to check out.
Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/interview-with-doug-van-den-brink-at-sema-200
Here are some photos of the Hankook Nissan GT-R that was unveiled at the Hankook Tires SEMA booth. Robbie Nishida has been confirmed as the driver for the car in 2010. Here is a closer look at it and sadly not a closer look at the Hankook Tire girls. They wanted nothing to do with us since clearly they are turned the wrong way. Lisa Kim Fleming and Ashley Sarto even threw plastic chickens at us when we were in the booth, I swear!
The Big 3 your thinking of are already sliding around in drifting but this is the new Big 3, the energy drink three. The biggest buzz at the 2009 SEMA show is the entry of the second largest energy drink into drifting. While they have no driver they have been taking lots of meetings. I would love to see them come on board next year with a team/driver and really bring the excitement level up in drift.
They need to join Redbull and Rockstar out in the drifting field for 2010. If they market and activate in drift like they do in power sports they will dominate the sport in no time. I met some staff on the Gumball 3000 and they were just great people. Now we just have to sit around and wait to see if it gets leaked to who will be driving for them in 2010.
Here is all the information from the 2009 SEMA Formula Drift Press Conference.
-15-20% fan growth at all tracks
-Irwindale 2009 Sellout was Largest even in track history and Formula D history
-200 to 300 million homes for International Television
-NOS Energy Drink will be the new official energy drink replacing Redbull
-Urbanracer is doing 2010 Fan Guide
-2010 Formula D Pro Am Finals will be at Irwindale in conjunction with Formula D event
-2010 will have a World Drifting Championship
-January 16th-17th – Panama Drifting Demo
Tentative 2010 Schedule:
-April 8th-9th: Long Beach, California
-May 7th-8th: Road Atlanta, Georgia
-June 4th-5th: Wall Speedway, New Jersey
-July 9th-10th: Evergreen Speedway, Washington
-August 20th-21st: Las Vegas Speedway, Nevada
-September (No day, my guess is waiting on IRL schedule): Infineon Raceway, California
-October 8th-9th: Irwindale Speedway, California
The voice of Formula Drift Jarod DeAnda will be live streaming all day from 9:00am PST – 5:00pm PST on the website. Follow them as they walk through the SEMA show today to keep your work productivity at an all time low.
Check out the SEMA Live Stream: http://www.streetfire.net/semalive
SEMA Day 1 flew by like always this year. Our photo gallery covered about half of the Performance Hall from the event. You can see Tanner Foust’s Scion tC in the AEM booth, the RM450 Hyundai Genesis, and tons of pics from Conrad Grunewald’s Camaro SS including the trunk and interior.
Check out the gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=147
Well this is a plaque I found today sitting in front of the GTR so I guess that answers that question. Yes, it’s a drift car and yes Robbie Nishida will be driving it.
If you swing by the Ford booth you will see one of the most amazing 2010 Ford Mustang’s built to date. It’s the RTR-C Ford Mustang built by the man Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his team. Less than a dozen of these will be ever made from what I understand so make sure you soak it in here at the SEMA show. The car is made out of carbon fiber but fits together and functions like an OEM fit. The fiber lines up on all the body panels (including the roof line) like a Zonda. Vaughn Gittin hopefully will let us hop behind the wheel of this Mustang soon but I won’t be holding my breath……It’s sitting in the center almost of the Ford booth so don’t miss it.
I didn’t see this car on the SEMA show floor today but I’ve seen some pictures floating around of it. While this could be a time attack or drift machine from Hankook we sure hope it’s a drift car. I’ve heard rumors of a big announcement at the Hankook Motorsports press conference and this must be it.
Assuming this is a drift car we know that Conrad won’t be in it since he has the 2010 Camaro and I doubt it will be driven by Tanner Foust since he is locked up with Scion. So that really leaves Eric O’Sullivan, Ryuji Miki, and Robbie Nishida. A few sponsor logos on the car push me to believe either Robbie Nishida or Eric O’Sullivan in the car for some reason. Hopefully we can find out by the end of the week!
