SPEED HERO Blog — drift

DQ and I had the opportunity to head up island for an impromptu drift day organized by Speed Hero regular Dugwillis. Unfortunately Dug and drift assassin Grant "Gpenny" Kozier were called in to work and that left a small group of us to our own devices. We had to stop and pick up one of our two car posse on the way to the track. The FC is being kept alive by nothing...

Phase two begins. Long ago, in a distant past where many moons were fighting over who was king, an idea was born in the myst of the mountains. Sending off a weak signal in search of heros around the world, I happened to be struck while fishing a piece of bacon out of the toaster with a fork. Since then I've known what I have to do, create a vessel for people to enjoy car culture, challenge their assumed responsibilities, and realize life is pointless and meaningless....

This is the reason I prefer D1SL over D1GP. Simply because it's back to the roots of organized Japanese drifting. For those of you who don't know D1 Grand Prix is a drifting series out of Japan, professionals work their way to qualify and earn a D1GP license so that they can compete. It used to be very grass roots, meaning that people with small budgets were competing evenly with those with big budgets. However, at some point D1GP moved away from the smaller, slower multi-corner track layouts, to the larger, single corner track layouts. Many of the slower, low...

I have a strange passion for vinyl work. It's wicked to watch someone commit to doing it all by hand.

The first Capital Drift practice of 2010 and what an explosive start. With at least 17 cars in attendance there was a huge variety of cars, power and skill level. The morning air was cool and the track was still wet. This worked out for those who are still new to the sport but offered some interesting challenges as it started to dry in patches throughout the day. These practices offer such a relaxed and...