For the next category in the Speedhunters Awards, we have a selection of professional drift cars that made waves this year. Some of these cars were all new for 2011, others were completely rebuilt for the season. Take a look at the nominees we've selected and make your pick for 2011's Pro Drift Car of the Year.
Here are the nominees -
Chris Forsberg's Nissan 370Z
Cole Armstrong's 4-door R34 Skyline
Curt Whittaker's 2JZ R34 Skyline
Dai Yoshihara's S13 Silvia
Daigo Saito's JZX100 Chaser
Darren McNamara's DMac86
Darren McNamara's Saturn Sky
Fredric Aasbo's Euro Supra
Fredric Aasbo's Scion tC
James Deane's LBD PS13
Justin Pawlak's Ford Mustang
Kunny’Z D1 Mark X
Mad Mike's RX-7
Matt Powers' V8 S14
Mike Essa's BMW Z4
RE-Amemiya D1 RX-8
Ryan Tuerck's Chevy Camaro
SATS Cosworth Supra
Tanaka's 2JZ S15 Silvia
Team Orange Laurel
Tyler McQuarrie's 350Z
Make your choice in the poll below and remember that votes in the comments section will NOT be counted.
- Mike Garrett
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wish you guys covered more d1 grand prix.. damn formula d nascars almost have no parts in common with the actual cars anymore... its lame
Very difficult decision, alot of very nice cars in there! But the sound of Mad Mike's RX7 is just second to none for me
LBD PS13 = Beast Mode
Voted for Mad Mikes RX7. Just a beast of a car. Perfect drift car. Super low, powerful, and unique. Definite showstopper. Guaranteed to turn anyone's head while on full throttle! Close second for me was Kumakubo's C33 RB26 Dry-sumped Laurel. Beast of a car and one I've been following on the net since it was first posted. 3rd would be Kunny'z D1 Mark X. Because it's a brand new big dollar car, thought by many to handle like a boat, but if you have been following it in D1GP, you would see it is anything but!!!
how can you chose haha def gota b a nz 123
wooo
Put my vote in for James Deane!
easy. mad mike's rx7 is the sickest car ive ever seen in my life, not to mention he whips the F#$K out of that thing!
Mad Mike, no doubt. the DMAC 86 is second for its purposeful and detailed build. BUT it's only got half (not counting the turbine) the rotors..
Kunny's!!!
Dai Yoshihara's car is NOT a Silvia....Its just a 240sx coupe with a Silvia front end convertion and a rocket bunny kit
best RX 7 in the world
Mad Mike's RX-7. Is there any other choice lol?
Mikey most definitely first and Curt/Cole a very close second and third!!!
MAD MIKE repin n.z all the way chur
Good engine and car combo
Mad Mikes RX-7 , most unique sounding Pro Drift car on the scene! LOW LOUD AND PROUD!!
Rotary all the way! Rotary Powa... Rotary4LiFe! What v8?
Mad Mike - GO NZ!!
tuff and all round awesome drift car (go mad mike)
Gotta love Mike's 7 dude it's the perfect drift car!! and that sound... just amazing, anyway i don't like all the need for speed sponsorships
Rotaries to win
The BEST driver and the MEANEST drift car , !
awesome car . sick as
2much mikey
nz style!
just sounds and looks insane.
i like so mach this fd..
nice cars but mad mikes 7 is just a completly diffrent level of car
gangtapez
the 7. hands down.
No Aussie cars?
No Australian Drifting Grand Prix coverage?
nz repesent!
MAD MIKE ALL THE WAY!!!!
No Driftworks s15 love? weak
Mad Mike's RX7
Definitely DAI!
if you have ever seen..well, heard Mad MIkes 26b pp beast in person the choice would already be made. Its not a drift car its a spectacle in itself.
What else but the MADBULL?
Mad Mike all the way!
No driftworks S15?
Drift inside the wars....
AASBO's supra!
The DMAC 86 is a damn fine machine, and is my second choice. For number 1 I have to give it up for the Madbull RX7. That 3 rotor machine is a sexy beast.
It's got to be the SATS cosworth supra for me the detailing on the car is second to none! And having followed the cars progress over the last couple of seasons they fully deserve the recognition!!
so many drift cars, so hard to choose
Wheres Baggsys Japspeed 1JZ Subaru?
chasers <3
Hard choice aye?
mad mikes rx7 for sure, his car seems one of the last truly fun drift cars. show boating with its flames, the insane noise and how the intake hangs out of the top of the bonnet. cannot get better than that
How could it be anything but the DMac86?!
this has to be the hardest category to vote in, so many great cars
Mad Mikes Madbull hands down. That noise is awesome!
I would like to vote but its missing Naoki Nakamura S13... sorry guys
Sooo hard to choose! The DMac 86 is so awesome. Such a great build, seems like the perfect combination rotary and 86 and it is beautiful! Mad Mikes Rx7 just the craziest car ever, sounds like an RC car on crack. The Laurel Ohh emm gee that car is a BEAST! I am really having a rough time choosing!
deff a hard one, since im a kiwi i really have to back the kiwi boys...........but diagos jzx100 is an end game for me.........everyone knows tho old mad mike will win hands down ha
Saito's chaser and Kumakubo`s Laurel, gotta love the D1GP turbos.
+1 @ kstyle
if matt powers' s14 wins i will completely lose faith in the followers of this site
I chose James Deane's coupe because it has tons of character, no V8, gangster stance, and he chucks it hard! That car is being revamped for Dan Chapman for 2012!
Fuck Formula D, money hungry pathetic excuse for drifting.
I vote for Walker Wilkerson's S13.
IT'S GOT TO BE KUBAKUBO'S DRY SUMP LAUREL WHAT A BEAST
SECOND DAIGO'S SAITO JZX100..ALL THE OTHER JUST COME LAST
curt for sure, 2j r34 thats been reliable as hell, good effort
It has to be the SATS Cosworth Supra.
Mad Mike for sure. Just the sweetest car I've seen around.
Great to look at, great to watch, awesome to hear, it's just a show stopper.
Kinda wish I had it to be honest, I'm sure a lot of us do. ^.^
churrr
mad mike for the win.
this thing is as sick as they come
The dmac 86 is tempting but its gotta be the madbull!
chur go mad mike nz hard
MAD MIKE!
why are kiwi drift cars so much more raw than american drift cars, there all running mustangs and camaros and shit were running rex's and skylines
4Rotor NA all day!
Wow, an insanely good line-up this year. Ultimately I decided to vote for DMac's 86 as it was an all new build for this season and really just pushed the envelope for what the ageing 86 chassis can be made to do. A modern competitive rendition of a historic chassis, a truly fantastic car.
86 ftw
where is the RTR stang?
Curt is the most talented in drifting
Amazing performance.
Mad mike ftw! Its quite a hard choice though. I like that 86 and black r34 but mikes car takes the icing
Mad mike ftw! Its quite a hard choice though. I like that 86 and black r34 but mikes car takes the icing
Rotary all the way! RotaryPowa! Rotary4LiFe! What v8? V8 killa/Piston killa.
blacked out r34 gtt? yes please, even better with the 2jz in it <3
rx7 lo maximo yo tengo uno
Mad Mike takes it for me, otherwise it would've been any Mark X
Rotaries to win
fuk yea cole!! tauranga hard
MAD MIKE all the way and then the sexy dmac ae86!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my vote is for the 1JZ powered subaru impreza, but it aint there.
Mikeys Fd kills it just needs cup holders for my beers
MADMIKE ALL THE WAY!!!!!
mad mike
Looks great but sounds amazing...
thers only one choice up there and its mad mikes rx7
I wish Walker Wilkerson's car was a choice...
Fanga Dans Commodore is missing
Mike, Kurt, Cole 123.. Dont think anything with a LS should be included, not REAL drift cars, try NASCAR awards section
Curt Whittaker's 2JZ R34 Skyline! Go the underdog! Menacing looking beast, privateer too and it doesn't look like a walking stickerbombed billboard covered in NFS stickers unlike the majority of the other cars
Daigo Saito's JZX100 Chaser
mad mike yo or Darren McNamara
wickedest looking 7 ive seen
mad Mike's FD RX7 oh yeah very nice
Matt powers always
dont like the selection
don't like usa drifting it is shit and your the best sounding car out of all the cars shown
curts stealth r34 looks so menacing hav 2 go with that 1,
yea good 2 c so many nz cars up thea
mad mike ftw!!!!!!!
NZ! MIKE ALL DAY
MM <3
Whittakers murdered out R34, has to been seen in person to appreciate!
NZ REP!!!!!!!!!!!! GO MAD MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mad mike ftw
I chose not to vote because there are so many that I want to vote for. At least the winner will most likely be a car that I'd like to win though...
yeea mike!! rep that kiwi rotang!
why the fk arnt there any e30s up in hurrr?
Mad Mike, by far, in a class of its own.
Curt Whittaker in his black beast, WHITTAKER!!!!!!
Mad mike the best out
Go DAI GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
WoW Amazing drift .!!!!
iv got a sore neck
I agree the selection of picks is a bit disappointing but I have to give my vote to Mad Mike. Its the only car that my first impression when I saw it was "Thats a cool looking car."
WHITTTTTAKERRRRR!!!!
MATT POWERRRRZZ! S14
madmikes RX7 sick as F&#K!!! RepN NZ!!
mad mike has got this in the bag
go kiwi!!!
Mike's RX7 Drift car for car of the year!
Madmikes mean but curt whittakers 34 is just awesome. Awesome win on d1nz
Has to be Mad Mike's FD. Hands down.
THIS IS F*CKING THE HARDEST OF ALL AYE! BUT MADMIKE FTW!!! XD
Pawel Trela's 2JZ Nissan 200SX S13.5
Mad mikes seven is the fucking business
The Japspeed Scooby
Oh hang on - Its not there.
darrens 86, mad mike fd and forsberg VK 56 370
Mike YALLA Essa's is different and challenging. My VOTE is for the BMW BRO!
chaser
Mad Mike quad rotor for sureeeeee
Toughie but I had top go for the Madbull.
Some of these cars don't even belong in the running cause there isn't anything that stands out or any different than any other drift car so with that said mad mike all the way for 2 reasons.rotary power runs thru my veins and always will. Last but not least its not ur ordinary drift car with the engineering and styling AND IT TURNS ROTARY HATERS INTO BELIEVERS THAT'S RIGHT HATERS BOW DOWN TO THE ROTARY GOT FELIX BWAHAHA
hey is that Team Orange Laurel is that a nissan laurel right?
cant get enough of saito's chaser , truly amazing
1000 bhp Cosworth Supra, what more needs to be said
How come MATT FIELDS car won best looking or styled car of 2011 in FD then fails to get even mentioned here.....i know this is a speedhunters list but still, the list is good but it isnt comprehensive enough if these are considered the BEST looking cars of 2011. just my 2cents.
ps - i think matt fields car looks crap and think Mad Mikes car is a drift car personified hence my vote.
Not even a competition. Mad Mikes RX7 all the way. Anything with a 4 rotor autimatically wins in my book.
Mad Mike all damn day!!
Mad Mike's 4rotor FD no doubt, other cars dont stand a chance
Great pictures! I voted for my Miata!!!
ohh come-on! where is Rhys Millens Genesis coupe?!
Of course the BMW Z4 its the only one that has not SOLD out to the Overused V8. GO Turbo S54 Power baby
Voted for Mike's RX7, just a savage car!
On another note, how tragic do most of the US cars looks compared to the Nissans and such??
MADBUL
my votes gotta go for MTP but its was close choice between that and mad mikes RADtastic FD.
GARDELLA RACING CAMARO
I voted for James deanes ps13. Saw it last year and this year at jdm alstars at wembley and it just kicks
ass. Looks awesome.
my votes for the d1gp ra28... wait
well then nakamuras s15... no wrong again it seems
hibinos corolla?
kawabatas 180sx?
walkers 240sx?
fd fatlace s14?
this list is a tad empty
Aasbo's Supra for sure, that thing is a weapon sent to destroy all of the above...
I dont like madza,but those is really cool
Shame you missed Paul Cheshires G35... Now that's a savage build for Team Falken UK...
too many formula d cars. not enough everything else.
Dai Yoshihara's the best!
NZ represent Curt Whittaker, Mad Mike and Cole Armstrong in that order.. Bring in Fanga Dan's Commodore, Gaz Whiter's S14.. NZ vz the world.. bring it on.
tough choice but had to go with mad mikes rx
fredrick aasbø the supra is epick car i love the supra and the tc
Madbul - reppin the rotors!
Go the kiwi boys, NZ rep!
totally agree with the first comment, nascar is boring. Mad mikes RX7 is truly unique
There is Ryan Tuerck's Camaro, but no Conrad Grunewald Camaro. I'm wonder why... This car definately deserve to be in that list. And I'm agree with some others guys about this list is tooooo short and suffer from lack of D1 cars (no Kawabata RPS13????)
two words Madmike
Very hard choice, but the legend AE86 really makes me to choose it.
Voted for the FD. No questions asked.
voted for the z4 because who drifts a bmw i dig
The car is so beutiful
No Naoki Nakamura?
Then i vote for the Laurel of Kumakubo, just for the awesome paint and RB26DETT 800 or 1000 HP!
You really needed to throw the driftworks cars in and the japspeed subaru,
I voted for the only decent UK car, and that's the LBD S13, car is absolutely boss... kills it all day everyday.
MadMike's rx7 for sure! I can't find the right words for that unbelievable awesome sound.
Madmike's 7 for sure. For it's sheer ridiculousness. Which is the point of drifting, no? And yes, it's sound is tantilising
it's hard to vote when you have so much awesome drift cars. there is lovely dmac86, daigo saito monster, aasbo's supra which makes a lot of smoke, but the hardest drift machine in this time is mad mike's 4rotor rx7 (fireballs at sydneyconvinced me
)
Drift of DIA!
Should be called formula D car of the year. Where is XDC? Chelsea Denofas car would kill these.
Gotta go for the old school Laurel, one of the cars that kickstarted drifting in NZ
Mad-Bull all the way
savage yoke
Daigo Saito's JZX100 Chaser
Mad Mike will win for sure, so I voted for the SATS Cosworth Supra.
They probably should have included John Russakoffs '86 in there too, k24 is a sick swap.
MAD MIKE FOR THE WIN!
Can I vote for the guy behind matt powers' car
C33 Laurel all the way baby
AINT NO1 ELSE ON THERE I WOULD VOTE FOR EXCEPT THE MAN HIMSELF MIKE WHIDDETT THE ROTA DRIFT KING INSPIRATION FOR ALL AND A TOP BLOKE
MasMike all the way srry this hard but i saw the Madbull Maori boyyss all the way NZ rep booyy
SATS Supra - 900hp tyre destroyer
D-Mac's Crazy 86, The work and perfection into this machince is somewhat unreal, credit to all involved at MCN Sport And To Darrens Brain for pulling out the stops on this design!
Because I'am a big fan of AE-86s, my choice is DMac86.
dmac86 all the way that thing is bonkers on a whole new level
DMAC86 without a doubt
Probably half the budget MM's 7 was and all custom build by DMACs crowd.
Plus it's the greatest known drift car with one of the best type of engines
rootin for dmacs 86 gorges irish car!!
im with kstyle!
No Viper or Genesis?
go mad mike fuk all you othr cunts
Mikes RX-7
Has to be D-Mac.
Formula d = NASCAR for drifting
D1nz & d1gp = awesome!!!!!
Cole, curt, mike!!
Mike has shown the world his skills and a 4 rota can be done for drifting i give it a perfect 10/10
I PICK ALL OF THEM!!!!!
The voting won't even be close...I'd vote for a quad rotor in an ugly car, the fact that the best looking car has the sexiest drivetrain almost isn't even fair.
PROPS TO MIKE FOR KEEPING IT LOWW
Quad rotor all the way i has to be Mad Mike's RX-7
Curt Whittaker's 2JZ R34 Skyline all the way go the the night rider car HARD!!!!!!!! NZ PROUD
Oh and also i can not say how proud to say i hear his rx7 rev the few days out the week at work
COLE ARMSTRONG !!!!!!!
They might as well have just posted up madmike's car on its own for the vote its obviously gonna win...
"Nick said:
Dai Yoshihara's car is NOT a Silvia....Its just a 240sx coupe with a Silvia front end convertion and a rocket bunny kit"
Its a silvia.. 240/180 has a lift back.
Cole Armstrong R34 4 door a TRUE Nissan Skyline RB30 block RB26 head built in 7 weeks magnificent!
Cole Armstrongs smoke machine!!!!
mad mikes rx7 is the best drift car i have ever seen
You fogot Vaughn Gittin Jr.
God Curt's R34, and Aasbo's Supra are rad. I am partial - HAD to vote for Mad Mike because that car has always been sick.
If Aasbo's Supra had Meister's i'd have to rock paper scissors between the 2 almost...
Red Bull sponsored Mad Bull!!!!!!!!!!!!
wheres the driftworks s15?????
mikes 7 all the way beuatifull car all round and he drives it like a champ the mad bull is the best no doubt nz reps good luck mikey
To xD you are an idiot mad Mikes rx7 is a quad rota. quad means 4 every true mad mike fan knows this
MOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ya.
None of these .....ross petty rosta s15 ftw
What about Walker Wilkerson?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!?!?!?!? wth.......................
In the absence of the JPP GC8 Skybaru, Mad Mike gets my vote!
Come on u rock we all know that
Awesome
Mad Mike kills it.
Have you submitted your vote for all the categories in our 2011 Speedhunters Awards? The voting for all car categories will end tomorrow, December 23rd at 10:00am Pacific so we can begin to prepare the nominees for 2011's Car of the Year award. That