FD Road Atlanta Video Round Up

So racefriv is heading down to FD Palm Beach today but before we ride Jet Ski's all the way down the coast  Ill leave you with all the videos for FD Road Atlanta!






Click read more for all the Road Atlanta Drifting videos you could watch on your 8 hour shift!

FY Friday: Tony Angelo Waving to the Crowd.

This past FD when Angelo came down the hill his hatch flung right open, lol's ensued and I knew before he even came to the top I was going to make a gif out of what happened in the horse shoe. Here is that awesome Gif!!! Fuck Yes indeed.

Formula Drift @ Road Atlanta!!!

The first ever Formula Drift event was at Road Atlanta way back in 2004 and since then Ive never missed a single one, I was there on the first event, I was there when Taka Aono and Sam Hubinette went one more time about 10 times in a row in an AE86 and a Dodge Viper, Ive seen it all; but this years Formula Drift at Road Atlanta was truly one of a kind, not for the crashes and major upsets but for the fact that this year I was going as media. Thanks to the guys at Fitted.Life we were able to get a few media passes and after all these years I could finally walk inside the fence, hang out at the grid, and generally look way more important than I really am. This is our story of Formula Drift Round 2 "Road to the Championship"

How to Photograph Drifting

Phil here.  I've noticed a trend of spectators coming to drift events with nice DSLRs hoping to take pictures.  I've also seen several less than optimum submissions on various social networking sites so I thought that maybe a tutorial would be useful.  Let me add that I am far from the worlds best drift photographer - lets just get on with it shall we?

Internet Love: The Keep Drifting Fun Movie

Racefriv was there to see this on the big screen at Midtown. It was awesome to see a drift video in a movie theater but what was really awesome was sitting next to the guys who filmed it and the legendary driviers in it like Chris Forsberg. If you missed out on the sneak peak showing here is your chance to watch all 30 minutes of this glorious drift video. Enjoy!!! (also don't forget to cheer when they get to Atlanta!)

T-Shirts in the Store now! ---------------->

The team racefriv shirt got such a huge response at Formula Drift that we are putting them up for sale!! This is the ONLY place you can get these shirts they are the originals!  Donnie Dunlap over at skylineprints.com hooked me up on these so don't forget to hit him up for all your screen printing needs. So for every one that wanted a shirt and couldn't get one at FD here's your chance!!!! Thanks for the support everyone and stay tuned for some amazing Formula Drift coverage!

Save Drifting In Atlanta!!!

So I don't normal do this kind of stuff here on racefriv, but this effects all of the racefriv community so I thought it needed to be posted. A local group condo owners have somehow convinced the Atlanta city council to ban drifting in Atlanta Georgia without even hearing from the many people who support this great sport. They are singling out drifting and trying to cancel any event that would be in the Atlanta region. Of course this will lead to drifters taking to the streets which is exactly what the drifting community doesn't want. So drifting is being cancelled in Atlanta and our fellow drifters are in need, what can I do? Well I'm glad you asked. First go join the facebook group here.Click on docs and email the mayor.  Then go sign the petition over at change.org here. Mayor Reed can still veto the amendment, so thats the plan for now. Thanks to everyone for the help. This is a battle that we must not lose.

UPDATE: Just wanted to thank everyone who has signed the petition, we are fighting the good fight, there is close to 5000 signatures on the petition at the time and over 7000 people in the group. For a movement that started 2 days ago that's damn impressive!!! The numbers on this site have even jumped a little from people googleing it, which has brought us over 30,000 views since we started racefriv a little over a year ago. FD is this weekend, FittedLife.com has us shooting under them now which gives us the amazing opportunity to shoot the event on track this time. THANKS FittedLife! Its been a crazy week, KDF movie tommorrow night, FD Thursday and Friday, AMS drifting on Sunday for us and since this whole Turner Field thing came out where going to cut our drift day in half to go show support!!!Thats 4 strait days of drifting and I cant wait!.

UPDATE: Now with video!!!!




UPDATE: Sadly the council passed the  amendment today and basically killed organized drifting inside the perimeter. Drifting will never die in Atlanta though, it will continue on, we will find new places to drift and give our money to another venue. Its so sad that a small group of people can ruin a good time for 1000's of people. We will carry on, drifting isn't dead, actually its probably stronger now. Turner was awesome, but the next place will be even better.

S2 Drift Event & Import Alliance Video!!!!!

So I hope you have you aviators on for this mash up of the S2 Drift event and Import Alliance meet at Turner Field over the past weekend. If you have the need, the need for speed, then this video is for you! If you like great balls of fire then negative ghost rider the pattern is full. Ok, I think I'm done now. Just watch the video, its the perfect thing if you've lost that loving feeling......



Turner field S2 Drifting and Import Alliance spring meet 2012 from racefriv on Vimeo.

If your on a mobile you can watch the youtube version here!!!

S2 Drift @ Tuner Field Round 2!

Racefriv headed out to the second S2 Drift Turner Field this year and as always had a blast. Turner is always fun and its my favorite local track to drift these days. The best part about the S2 events is that they go out of their way to make different track layouts every time, which keeps it fresh and fun. Click read more for a TON of pics from the event and stay tuned to the racefriv channel because were releasing a video of the event in the near future!

FY Friday: Retterer is Betterer

Our good friend Christian Retterer managed to get his Z06 in this months SportsCar! A true fuck yes indeed. Congrats Christian! There is a new class in Auto-X with new rules on what you can change, Christian just happens to be awesome so they picked him for the article shot! Also Jake is watching you.....

Check out more pics here!

You can check the magazine here. Although you may need a membership to view it. Its associated with the SCCA which you can check out here. 

ImportAlliance Panoramic

So Phil created a HUGE panoramic of the Import Alliance meet and its too cool to not post it on here. Check it out and scroll around maybe you can find yourself! See if you can find some of the easter eggs we put in there. Just zoom in with your mouse wheel and move the cursor around kind of like its google maps. Have fun!

FY Friday: FD Long Beach Video Round Up

Heres all the videos Ive run into for the first event of the season. This year is going to be amazing!! Especially for racefriv but more on that later. For now watch a few of these videos and remind yourself that drifting really is the best sport on the planet. 2012 is really shaping up to be a great year! Click read more for like 5 more videos!!!!!!!

From 1KIND


The hug between Justin and Dai really bring it home that this sport really is all about fun. Even at the top level.

Random Snap: Everyday Is a Good Day In a FD.

Our good friend Kevin was stretching his photography legs and wanted to share this shot of Parkers FD. Not bad for one hand on the wheel and one hand on the camera. 

Check his Flickr page here!

Project Scrap Metal: Update 4!

Project Scrap Metal is finally put together. Its purple and its proud, its come a long way since it was a pile of metal when I first got it and now its finally moving on its own. Let's take a look at a few pictures I randomly snapped today to show you how she's coming along.

FY Friday

I typed  Targa Tasmania into google image, this is what I got. Turns out this is not a pic of the car at Targa Tasmania its just going to be there at some point. I think its from San Remo rally in 1981. Doesn't matter, this is an awesome picture from somewhere.  If you have never heard of Targa Tasmania you need to click here  right away. 100% worth a fuck yes especially for these guys...

Photo from here.

The dude in the mask cracks me up...not a fuck given.

The F-RS Commercial.

Its like they called me and asked "What kind of commercial would it take to get you into one of these?"


Scion FR-S Testing at Laguna Seca from Scion Racing on Vimeo.

All the Formula Drift 2012 News I Could Find!

I've been reading a lot about FD 2012 cars this year, and I can't wait to see what happens! Click more to see about every link to everything I can find!!

Technical Corner - Keeping It Wheel

Wheels.  Whats all the fuss about?  Like many things in life wheels are one of those things that people obsess over.  Wheels are an intense source of debate and a place where form and function meet and have bloody duels often resulting in shenanigans.  They do of course have an important job to do, something to do with rolling. Click past the break for a brief history of the wheel you know and love today.

Rotaform NUE

FY Friday

Sometimes cars just give you an emotional stir you cant really comprehend. If your on this site I imagine you already know exactly what Im talking about. The image below is the ST185 Celica in the last* WRC Safari Rally. It won this rally right before Toyota  was ask to and left the WRC for good. The Safari Rally in these years were a true testament of man and machine vs. the elements.  

Pic via speedhunters.com

*not really the last  Safari Rally, but the last good one. 

Wekfest 2012: California Dreamin Part.2

 Before you guys go further to read the show coverage, I just want to say that I had an amazing time out in Cali. For all you people that wonder whether it's worth it to fly out to the west coast to attend "just" a car show. Well for one, Wekfest is definitely not "just" a car show and I am going to tell you right now that it is 100 percent worth it. Going out to Cali for me was more than seeing the cars though. It was hanging out with friends, meeting new friends, eating amazing food, and enjoying the beautiful city of San Francisco.