Here is a bad photo of Vaughn Gittin Jr’s new Ford Mustang. This is not the final wrap for the new Formula Drift season yet but I have it on pretty good authority that when the car is done it will look like what it did here: Fantasy Factory 2011 Mustang [SPYSHOTS]. So this snapshot is the best looking you will see this car since that black/white Falken style livery just doesn’t look good. Man this car looks tough in this photo right here though…… and so strange to see Justin Pawlak in the traditional Mustang just behind this one.

Thanks for the tip Case182.

The guys at Team Falken are out at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina getting some practice time in before the new season gets underway. A quick glance at the snapshot you might not notice anything out of place but over too the far right is Darren McNamara’s car in what appears to be a non Sears Auto Center wrap. Just from this snapshot I can tell you that it’s the best looking we have seen this Saturn Sky to date. Good luck with the testing Team Falken!

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One of our resident blogging machines Matt Petty just posted up a video of U-God from Wu Tang Clan getting a drifting ride-along from Vaughn Gittin. Vaughn was taking people for rides in his personal 2010 Ford Mustang GT over the weekend and U-God grabbed one of them. Jarod DeAnda is also featured in the video before he goes for his first drifting run. A hilarious three minute video you don’t want to miss!

Watch the video on Matt Petty’s Blog: http://wreckedmagazine.com/mattpetty/

As you can tell by the cover of Issue 14 it is the best issue we have made to date. A Mazda Rx-7 driven by a bunny rabbit brings Fantasy Drift to the fans forever. TO celebrate our debut of Fantasy Drift we allowed some of your favorite drifters to embrace their inner fantasy. Also inside the issue is a full Nissan 370z review where Chris Forsberg and Joey Redmond square off in a tandem review of the new ride. Joon Maeng also rolled out a great new diary from his adventures in Panama for Xtreme Drift. This is the largest issue we have created to date! Make sure you grab some popcorn and have no one at work paying attention so you can read the issue cover to cover.

Stories Inside Issue 14:
-Track Spotlight: Englishtown Raceway
-Joey Redmond Editorial: Welcome to 2010
-New Wrecked Lifestyle Products
-Fantasy Drift Explained
-Joon Maeng Diary
-Nissan 370z Review with Chris Forsberg and Joey Redmond
-In Focus: Flashback to 2005 Formula Drift
-Project 350z Gets KW Suspension Variant 3 coilovers, Falken FK452 tires, and HRE wheels

Read the Issue Now: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/issues/issue14/issue14.html

Wrecked Magazine wanted to offer a little flashback to the 2006 Formula Drift season. This was the first ever event on the Streets of Long Beach and it went off as a huge success. So successful that Formula Drift has come back every year since this event. As you can see by some snapshots we posted things looked quite different back then with the series. You have the first photo with Ross Petty and his Rotary Power Mazda Rx-7. The second photo features Rhys Millen and his old Redbull Pontiac GTO. The third photo features Vaughn Gittin Jr. in his classic Ford Mustang. The fourth photo features Rod Millen and Tanner Foust in a tandem battle. The last photo is Sam Hubinette’s Dodge Viper in a wrap that only lasted for the 2006 Long Beach event. With all that the gallery features 245 photos from this great event from the past. Enjoy the look back into the past and remember 2010 Long Beach is just around the corner.

Check out the gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=152

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Everyone at the office this morning helped me come up with the ten biggest announcements that have come in seen Irwindale Speedway 2009.  While the Hankook cars rolled out first at SEMA the announcements for 2010 have practically been rolling in constantly. We have made our picks and placed our votes so let us know what story you think is the biggest of 2010.

I got a link today from the guys at Formula Drift which features a 30 minute+ recap of the 2009 season minus Irwindale Speedway. Some great behind the scenes content, announcing mix ups, and umbrella girls set the tone for this great thirty minute season review. Instead of hosting this thirty minute flick on Wrecked Magazine we figured we could shoot you over to the Vimeo page of the Formula Drift. Grab some popcorn and a cold beer because this one won’t be over anytime soon.

Watch the video: http://www.vimeo.com/9336620

The results from Horse Thief Mile yesterday were staggering for everyone involved in our virtual versus reality project. I sat on the track scared for my life as we battled it out for virtual reality and reality. Vaughn had never driven HTM at the time or driven the Shelby GT500 on a track until yesterday. I had never raced the Shelby GT500 at HTM on Need  for Speed SHIFT until we arrived at the track as well.

When Vaughn wasn’t busy melting the tires we had some really awesome battles in our respective machines. A huge thanks to the guys at Go Pro Camera who brought us 10+ HD Motorsports Hero car cameras to really capture the event with video. We are going to get putting all this footage and data together as soon as we can. Stay tuned for when we release it all in one of the upcoming issues of Wrecked Magazine,

The challenge was issued by Wrecked Magazine to Ford and Vaughn Gittin Jr. sometime ago called Vaughn Gittin Jr. It’s Time for a Callout where we wanted to see if a pro gamer could beat a pro racer with the same variables. Pending the sky doesn’t fall in tomorrow we are going to have an all out Shelby Cobra GT500 battle at the track.  Vaughn Gittin will have a grabber blue with white stripe GT500 roaring at the track you see above. I will be sitting track side in my virtual GT500 racing around the same track in a Shelby GT500. Let’s see who will win, virtual world or reality. Let’s let our machines weigh in.

Vaughn Gittin Jr. – Pro Driver Since: 2004 – Car: 2010 Shelby GT500

Weight: 3,924 lbs.
Horsepower: 540hp
Gearbox: 6 Speed
Engine: 5.4L Supercharged

MSRP: $46,725
Length: 188.2 inches
Width: 73.9 inches
Wheelbase: 107.1 in.

Height: 6′2
Handed: Right
Job: Formula D Driver

VERSUS

Joey Redmond – Gamer Since: 1996 – Car: 2010 Shelby GT500

Weight: 392 lbs.
Horsepower: 540hp
Gearbox: 6 Speed
Engine: Playstation 3

MSRP: $2,571
Length: 92.8 inches
Width: 38 inches
Wheelbase: 107.1 inches

Height: 5′11
Handed: Right
Job: Editor of Wrecked Magazine

Here are the details for tomorrow’s race, stay tuned for more details!

Here is the set of the new Fantasy Factory season on MTV where Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his Ford Mustang are attempting to grind their way across this long rail with what looks like a jump at the end from some other pictures. Episode will air sometime this summer and I’m interested to see how this one is going to go down.

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