Drifting Geoffrey Chandler

Ken Gushi’s sCion tC Shakedown

D-rift Battle Ireland

Round 1: 23rd/24th March Kartworld, Watergrasshill
Round 2: 10th/11th May Kiltorcan, Co. Kilkenny
Round 3: 31st May / 1st June TBC
Round 4: 14th / 15th June Kartworld, Watergrasshill
Round 5: 05th/06th July Kiltorcan, Co. Kilkenny
Round 6: 02nd/03rd August Kartworld, Watergrasshill
Round 7: 30th/31st August Kiltorcan, Co. Kilkenny
Round 8: 04th/05th October Kartworld, Watergrasshill

Checkout their website at www.d-rift.ie for more information, and if you are in the neighborhood, your should check ‘em out.

The Do it for the Love

DriftLive Predicts 100% v8 Podium at Formula D Long Beach 2008

2008 is shaping up to be another exciting year. A couple of new faces, a couple new cars. With April rapidly approaching, the time has come once again for DriftLive to make our LBC predictions. Click here for a breakdown of what happened last year.

Although we love Tony’s heritage inspired wankle, and can’t hardly resist the sweet purr if Tanner’s VQ, the staff here at Driftlive is predicting that at Long Beach this season there will be no replacement for displacement.

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David’s Podium:

1. Conrad Grunewald
2. Chris Forsberg
3. Daijiro Yoshihara

David’s Dark Horse pick: Colin Frost

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Geoff’s Podium:

1. Daijiro Yoshihara
2. Chris Forsberg
3. Samuel Hubinette

Geoff’s Dark Horse pick: Internet, Serious Business

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See you on the ground on April 24th on the Streets of Long Beach.

Just Drift 2008 Season Opener

It feels like a million years since we were at the Formula D 2007 season closer at Irwindale watching Dai, Tanner, and Chris fight for the championship title. Just in case anyone out there thought that DriftLive may be done covering drifting, let me lay aside doubt. The folks over at Just Drift are holding their 2008 Top Drift Battle! season opener on Sunday February 24th and DriftLive will be on hand. Much like we did for Irwindale, David and I will be posting a live photo feed from the event. If you plan on attending the event and would like to contribute photos (all you need is a cellphone camera and email ability) find us at the track and let us know.

Get updates on the status or register for the event at www.justdrift.com or contact info@justdrift.com.

Don’t forget, spectators are welcome and encouraged.

Fastest Drift Ever!!

2007 Formula Drift Series Champion, Tanner Foust, drifting with amazing speed at Irwindale Speedway.

Sonoma or Die!!

Your friendly neighborhood drift hooligans as back at it. This time in the golden foothills of Sonoma California. Watch Drift Alliance slide and Destroy.

Drift Crash Video for a Rainy Day

Drift Button Conquers All!

Adding a diff makes a non-working Mustang into a Drifting Mustang. No, it really does. You know how everyone is always saying how drifting is all about coilovers and LSD? They are right, diff makes all the diff.

Rhys Millen to Jump from 2007 into 2008

In non-drifting news, it appears that Rhys Millen has convinced the crazy marketing fellows over at Red Bull to fund a Guinness World Record attempt.

“Maddison, a freestyle motocross star from Australia, will attempt to jump the length of a football field (more than 300 feet) to set a new motorcycle distance jumping world record. Millen, a champion drifter and movie stunt driver hailing from New Zealand, will attempt the first-ever backflip of an off-road racing truck. Representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records will be in attendance to validate each jump.”

A site setup for the event will be launching after 12/13 at www.newyearnolimits.com.

Thanks to our Sponsors and our Readers

2007 has been a great year for DriftLive, we got to see far more events then last year, we built a driftcar, and we got to share drifting with the world. I want to take a minute to thank all of the companies and individuals who made this possible. All of these great companies are a part of what keeps drifting going.

Thanks to our 2007 Sponsors:

I also want to thank the readers, this year, DriftLive.com served up just shy of 1.8 million pages to over 200,000 people and our youtube videos were viewed over 150,000 times.

I am excited to do it all again in 2008.

DriftLive.com, What happened to the Event Scores?

Over the last two years I have come to the realization that the success and growth of drifting is not based on scores and rankings. In fact, a concentration on scores and rankings may cause potential fans of the sport to miss out on what makes it so great.