They say that drifting is a battle between two drivers, but this weekend at the second round of Formula Drift at Road Atlanta, Speedhunters drivers Fredric Aasbø and Vaughn Gittin Jr took that concept to another level. When they came up against each other, things didn’t go quite according to plan for either driver… [...]
Each and every one of the drivers on the Formula Drift grid do it for the love of the sport. They just love being behind the wheel. Then again, are there any professional racing drivers whose sole purpose for driving is for fame and fortune? I’ve thought about it til my brain started to hurt. It really just comes down [...]
It was bound to happen again, and sooner rather than later. Speedhunters’ own Fredric Aasbø once again qualified in 1st place. This is his second time earning top honors on qualifying day. Historically Fredric has always done pretty well at Road Atlanta, the modified road course just seems to suit his ‘full throttle, or nothing’ driving style. I think [...]
Hello Speedhunters! If you don’t follow my Facebook or Instagram you are probably confused right now about the design of my car. That’s not really the point of this drivers blog, but we might as well talk about it a little bit. As you can see, this year we have new sponsorship from Fatlace as [...]
I’ll be honest: when I was a kid, I had absolutely no clue where life would take me. I did have dreams, however, and as I’ve mentioned before I can still remember the first time I watched Days of Thunder back in the ’90s. Fifteen years later, I am driving for multiple and very iconic teams [...]
I had quite a few ‘pinch me, is this real’ moments while in Australia. One of which was when I first watched our very own Fredric Aasbø fire up the Nascar V8-powered ZN6 for the first time. Was I dreaming? Possibly… I might as well have been, since we hit the ground running as soon [...]
Living just a few miles away from the streets where one of the greatest street races in the world is held annually makes me feel pretty spoilt. This past weekend was the 39th running of the Long Beach Grand Prix and my tenth year attending this historic race. In that time I’ve seen Champ Cars give [...]
In my opinion, Daigo Saito exploding onto the Formula Drift scene in 2012 was the greatest thing to happen in the world of drifting in recent years. I have known Saito since 2009, but seeing him school everyone in the art of tandem and smoke out every single FD track across the US was incredible. [...]
There is no doubt that this year we’ll be looking back quite often at what professional drifting has become in North America. This was the eighth running of Formula Drift Long Beach and I am very proud to say that I have been on the front lines for each and every one of them. I’ve [...]
After what’s felt like an age, the professional drift season in North America has officially kicked off with round one of Formula Drift in Long Beach. I’ve come to miss the smell of tire smoke and picking bits and pieces of drift car out of my hair, but I sure got my fill of it [...]
Following up on Dino’s excellent feature of the brand new Team RS-R V8 86, it was clear that the build and the story truly engaged you Speedhunters readers. Going over the comments, many of you seemed to really appreciate the ingenuity and the creativity demonstrated by RS-R, and to others the car is “just another [...]
When I started writing this post I figured it would be a great to include the exact amount of photos I shot this entire year. Well I got halfway and realized that it might as well be one trillion, because that was how many it felt like I had shot. This past year was a growing year [...]
Well guys, this is it, the very last hours of 2012. In fact, some of you will already be reading this in the new year. Very soon the site will return to our usual schedule of awesome feature cars and event coverage, but before we dive into 2013 I wanted to take one last look [...]
Well Speedhunters, two-thousand-twelve is very nearly over and the remaining days on the calendar are few. Fortunately the Armageddon never came and my mind is already looking ahead at how to make 2013 even better, but before I can clear off my plate to focus on the new year there are still two more posts [...]
The Indonesian round of the Formula D Asia series already seems like a distant memory, despite it being only last month. But with the constant new things we cover here at Speedhunters it’s often nice to step back, hit play and relive past events we have attended. That is exactly what I just did this morning, after coming across this awesome video from Ryan Davis at Yaer Productions. Make sure you hit play and check it out!
-Dino Dalle Carbonare
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