Forza 2 Drifting Sucks at Drifting

May 30th, 2007 | By: David Padron - 55 Comments » | Editorial
forza 2

Turn 10’s multi-million dollar franchise got plenty right but, fails to deliver a driving experience that is enjoyable for noobs OR veterans and completely falls on it’s face when it’s time to get your slide on.

Haruguchi Headed for a Second Win at Road Atlanta?

May 12th, 2007 | By: David Padron - 2 Comments » | Editorial
David Ponders Madness

During the Top 16 Haruguchi will first face off against Bill Sherman. No longer sand bagging, Haruguchi shows Bill how he qualified in 1st and moves onto the Top 8.

Vaughn Gittin Jr, Captain Corolla!

May 8th, 2007 | By: Geoffrey Chandler - 1 Comment » | Editorial
Vaughn Gittin Jr kicks it East Coast Style

Between the D1GP event at Englishtown and Formula D at Road Atlanta, I had a change to talk with Vaughn Gittin Jr about the Englishtown event, as well as his thoughts heading into Formula D Round 2.

Seigo Yamamoto: New for Whip 2k7

April 18th, 2007 | By: Geoffrey Chandler - No Comments » | Editorial
SMP

The team at Speed Machine Performance built a Mazda RX-8 drift car for Falken driver, Seigo Yamamoto. Seigo will be campaining the car in both the 2007 Formula D and D1GP professional Drift Series.

The D1 Business Model: Bad for Drifting in America

March 12th, 2007 | By: Geoffrey Chandler - 51 Comments » | Editorial
Drift Racing Drifting

The rapidly approaching 2007 professional drifting season promises to change the face of drifting here in the United States. Several sanctioning bodies involved with drifting have begun to make announcements for the 2007 season. Formula D is pairing up ESPN to air their series, NOPI will has a full drift schedule with their first event rapidly approaching, and D1, despite canceling the Irwindale opener, will have a full US series.

2007 Formula Drift Preview

March 11th, 2007 | By: Geoffrey Chandler - 4 Comments » | Editorial
Formula D

I am eagerly anticipating the opening of the 2007 Formula D season, and look forward to seeing all the new cars out on the Streets of Long Beach. It appears that there may be a bit less carnage at Long Beach this season, but I’m sure that the course will still be tight enough to keep the fans interested.

Project AE86: Event Report

November 1st, 2006 | By: David Padron - 1 Comment » | Editorial
Project AE86 visits Irwindale Speedway

The Project AE86 heads to Irwindale Speedway “the house of drift” for the Final Western Region Pro-Am event.

What’s Next for NASCAR and Drifting in America?

October 6th, 2006 | By: Geoffrey Chandler - 2 Comments » | Editorial
Nascar enters Drifting?

Imagine drivers getting paid just for making the field. Sponsors getting their products shown on ESPN, SpeedTV, or Fox Sports. Stock car racing in the United States is huge, NASCAR could be just the shot in the arm that drifting needs.

Project AE86: Event Report

September 26th, 2006 | By: David Padron - 1 Comment » | Editorial

Our project AE86 heads to Willow Springs for Top Drift Battle Round 4 and we bury a bumper.

Heading into 2006 Formula D Championship

September 10th, 2006 | By: Geoffrey Chandler - 16 Comments » | Editorial
Sam Leads Heading into Championship

As we head into the final event of 2006 at Irwindale Speedway on October 14th Samuel Hubinette (544) leads Rhys Millen (508) by 36 points, following in 3rd and 4th are Tanner Foust (464) and Vaughn Gittin, Jr. (398).

NASCAR Meets Drifting

September 1st, 2006 | By: David Padron - 16 Comments » | Editorial, Results
NASCAR Meets Drifting

Take half a dozen NASCAR drivers, mix in 12 top Drifters, add some Falken Drift Cars and what do you get? A stadium full of Drifting & NASCAR fans cheering on their feet.

‘The Fast and Furious’ Game Preview

August 11th, 2006 | By: David Padron - 5 Comments » | Editorial
Fast and Furious Game PS2

DriftLive was invited to speak to the producers of the upcoming ‘The Fast and Furious’ video game. Drifting will be a major game play component in ‘The Fast and the Furious’ but, the producers made it clear that this game does not follow the story line of any of the ‘Fast and Furious’ movie titles. […]

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