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Nov 14 2008, 02:29 PM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 7 comment(s)
I'm going to travel back in time to about two months ago in the middle of September. From my win at Irwindale, my excitement overcame me when writing my last blog and I had to share that with you all, instead of what I should have been writing about - which was a week of real-life Speedhunting. During SEMA 2007, I walked into a sushi place at the Hard Rock hotel when I ran into Shawn Crawford from my sponsor JE Pistons. Shawn introduced me to a gentleman by the name of Karl Fredrickson who is...
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Posted
Oct 31 2008, 02:34 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 14 comment(s)
Most of the members of Team Falken will tell you that 2008 was a pretty tough year for them. Mechanical gremlins and delayed race car builds certainly pushed their stamina limits over the course of the season. None the less, they continue to be one of the most popular teams in Formula Drift. Go to any Formula Drift meeting and you'll find that there's always a big crowd around Team Falken's pit area. There is a real reason for this in my opinion. These guys continually give to the sport of drifting like no other team does. They are a perfect reflection of the true ethos of drift culture....
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Sep 11 2008, 07:17 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 4 comment(s)
This past weekend when most Southern Californians were making their way towards the beach, I went to Downtown Los Angeles to check out a unique event. The day before, I received separate phone calls from fellow Speedhunters Rod and JR, telling me that JR would be drifting on the streets of Downtown LA; and it would be filmed for a special video by Bosch, one of JR's big sponsors. They said JR would be creating "street art" in Downtown LA, and compared it to the work of abstract artist...
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Posted
Sep 09 2008, 06:14 PM
by
Calvin Wan
with 12 comment(s)
After a very eventful 3 days of drifting at Portland International Raceway for the Final Formula D Team Drift Competition of the year, Team Drifting Performance was able to pull off a 1st place finish. It was my first time to this amazing track. The course features very fast and technical corners. The judged portion of the track started with a long right hand triple apex sweeper into a 90-degree left and finished with a tight right hairpin. Very fun track. I was not able to bring my RX-7 to this...
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Posted
Jul 21 2008, 03:06 AM
by
Calvin Wan
with 8 comment(s)
Round 4 of the 2008 Formula D Championship was held in a huge parking lot course at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Now when most people think of a parking lot course, you picture a big, safe wide open lot with a bunch of cones everywhere and nothing to hit. However, when Formula D sets up a parking lot course, they try to make the course as fast, treacherous and exciting as possible . They even made the entry look dangerous, as they had the k-walls narrowing your path which funnels you into the first...
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Posted
Jul 18 2008, 05:30 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 14 comment(s)
Following our Exclusive image last week, we have more details on the new Falken sponsored Ford GT-R, which had a relatively successful debut in the American Le Mans Series last weekend. Drivers, Anthony Lazzaro and Tim Pappas, finishing 8th in highly competitive GT2 class. It didn't set the world alight, but this new car has little development and no factory backing from Ford. In addition, the team only received the car on the morning of practice! The Ford GT-R was born in March 2006 when Oliver...
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Posted
Jul 11 2008, 09:56 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 23 comment(s)
I thought all you Falken fans would be interested in this little bit of news. First practice for the ALMS round at Lime Rock has just taken place and we have an Exclusive first image of the Falken Black Swan Ford GT-R taking to the track. The car is built by Doran Racing and runs in GT2. Keep watching Speedhunters for more on this car! Photo: Marshall Pruett
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Posted
Jul 10 2008, 02:44 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 10 comment(s)
And finally, the last video in our triple ensemble of American Drift beasts: Vaughn Gitten Jr's Falken Tires Ford Mustang. I'm well pleased with how this film has turned out! Make sure you crank your speakers right up when you watch this... We made sure to add extra engine sounds just for you lot. I'm sure you'll agree this is the best Car Tour yet!...
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Posted
Jul 09 2008, 04:30 PM
by
Calvin Wan
with 8 comment(s)
This last Formula D Round was held at a new competition track at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park's roadcourse, in Englishtown, New Jersey. It was my first time I have ever been on that track, but it instantly became my new favorite Formula D track. I love drifting on technical road courses that have fast accelerating, first corner entries and that was exactly what this course was. The course started with a long straighaway, which requires 3 rd or 4 th gear entries into a long, left-hand sweeper...
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Posted
Jun 25 2008, 04:30 AM
by
Vaughn Gittin Jr
with 27 comment(s)
WARNING!!! This should not be read by those with a weak stomach!!! I have been waiting for a long time to publicly tell this story and share this build to the world. Out of respect for my friends at Super Street and unwritten industry laws, I had to wait for the feature to be released before I could spill the beans. For those of you that haven't gotten the July 2008 issue of Super Street, pick it up and check out the story on my S14 - it has a bit happier ending than the following story! I bought...
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Posted
Jun 19 2008, 07:31 PM
by
Calvin Wan
with 13 comment(s)
For this blog entry, I am going to give you guys a little intro about myself, show you some of my past cars I have driven and tell you how I got into this whole drifting craziness. I was born and raised in San Francisco, Ca. Being up in the “Bay Area,” there was only a select few that knew about drifting early on during the mid 90’s. I was always fond of Japanese car tuning and I read a lot of Japanese car magazines and Option videos on a regular basis. That is how I first found...
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Posted
May 26 2008, 04:47 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 6 comment(s)
On the night before the Motoring J Style show in Northern California, my friend Tobin and I drove from Los Angeles to Calvin Wan's house in San Francisco. When we arrived at Calvin's house around 3:00am, we were surprised when we saw the garage lights on, and Calvin greeted us at the garage door, wearing dirty mechanic's gloves and his signature SF hat. He was preparing to ship a rotary engine out to his engine builder, but first he had to play the role of a carpenter, and build a wooden...
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