Drifting Video

Hubinette and Foust: Long Beach Battle

A short video of Tanner Foust (AEM 350z) and Sam Hubinette (Mopar Viper) tandem drifting during a practice session at the Need for Speed Formula Drift Round 1 in Long Beach, California.

Hubinette and Gittin: Long Beach Battle

Constant rivals, Samuel Hubinette and Vaughn Gitten Jr, go head to head in a practice session at the 2006 Need for Speed Formula Drift season opener on the streets of Long Beach. These two drivers are always exciting to watch in tandem battle.

Just Drift: Top Drift Battle #1 - Top 16

The Top 16 drivers from Round 1 of Just Drift’s Top Drift Battle 2006. These events are held at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond California, and are open to all for a $10 entry fee at the gate.

Just Drift: Top Drift Battle #1 - Tandem Battle

A short video of the Tandem portion of Round 1 of Just Drift’s Top Drift Battle 2006. The two Toyota Corolla’s put on the best show and ended up winning the tandem competition.

Just Drift: Top Drift Battle #1 - Top 8

The Top 8 drivers from Just Drift’s Top Drift Battle Round 1 2006. The Top Drift Battle event was held on the oval at Willow Springs Raceway.

Nobishigue Kumakubo Qualifying Runs

Japanese D1GP driver Nobishige Kumakubo’s qualifying runs at the 2005 USA vs JAPAN “All Star” event at Irwindale Speedway. Nobishige’s driving as well as his RWD converted Subaru are crowd favorites at D1GP events.

D1 GP “All Star” - Ken Nomura Crashes

Even the best find the walls at Irwindale

During the top 32 qualifying session Ken Nomura hit the wall and is out of the competition. His earlier runs, however, earned him the second qualifying position. He emerged from his car shortly after the impact and entertained the crowd with some moonwalking.

Papadakis - Rides the Wall at Irwindale

After putting together some stellar runs in yesterdays Driver Search and today in D1 GP Qualifying, Stephan found the wall that so many have found before him this weekend at Irwindale Speedway.

Nobushige Kumakubo vs Calvin Wan

Near the end of the day on Friday at Irwindale during the seeded driver practice session several American and Japanese drivers were practicing tandem on the bank. Nobushige Kumakubo shows off his impressive tandem abilities as he follows Calvin Wan on the bank at Irwindale Speedway. Calvin is driving the RX-7 and Nobushige is in […]

Taka Aono - D1 GP Drivers Search

Drift Day sponsored Taka Aono is a constant crowd favorite behind the wheel of this Toyota Corolla. In this video Taka is drifting the Irwindale oval during the drivers search portion of the D1GP “All Star” event. Taka qualified for the event and received his D1 License.

Stephan Papadakis - D1 GP Drivers Search

Drag Racer turned Drifter, Stephan Papadakis has qualified for his D1 License and is now eligible to compete in future D1 events. This is a short video of his license earning runs.

Tony Brakohiapa of Team X - Crash

During the last run of the 2005 D1 GP Driver Search Tony Brakohiapa had the misfortune of facing off with some of Irwindale Speedway’s famous K-rail. Tony emerged from the accident shaken, but not seriously harmed.