Car buying - the James May way

Phil Ball here.  You might remember some time ago I posted about how I couldnt find my ideal daily driver.  Well It still doesnt exist - sorry to dissapoint.  So I decided to get a bit more serious about making a compromise.  Then things got a bit James May...

The WRX did very well in this calculator whipping session

Clipping Point Rd 5 Still photos

Round 5 of The Clipping Point. You've seen the video, here are some stills from the event.  We may have more to show with time but this is whats up right now.

Classical Music and Drifting Were Meant for Each Other.

So the racefriv @ clipping point video just hit our blog shelves better pick it up while its still hot.Its crazy sick thanks to our James May body double Phil Ball.Wow .....just wow.....



Clipping Point rd 5. from racefriv on Vimeo.

Internet Love: Stephen Brooks

Every once and a while I come buy a video I cant just cant stop watching and I cant resist posting it up. Stephen Brooks is a small film maker for drift films in the UK and every video I've seen of his are simply stunning. So here is a few videos I've embedded for your enjoyment, hit read more for two other videos by a man whos simply at the top of his game.



THE HILL - Maxxis Tyres British Drift Championship Round 4 from Stephen Brooks on Vimeo.

Advocare 500 coverage

You might be forgiven for thinking that racefriv only caters to an audience of drift enthusiasts but that's really just a small piece of the very delicious pie we are baking here.  Friend of racefriv Julion Bush recently had the pleasure (I am so totes jelly too) of shooting the recent NASCAR race with the official Atlanta Motor Speedway photographer.  He didn't squander this opportunity either which you will see below.  Julion owns these photo's, so please don't copy them or use them.  If you would like to contact Julion for licensing requests drop us a line at racefriv@gmail.com or contact him directly at julionbush@yahoo.com.  Also take a look at his flickr set to see some others.

10000 Views! Woot!

So we hit a small milestone for us... 10000 views in less than one year!!!!! We know its not a lot, but its something to be proud of for us. So if you click read more I put a little compilation of some of my favorite photos from racefriv's past.

Go ahead and click it, you know you want to. 

Turner Field We Missed You, Glad You're Back

Finally our pictures exhumed themselves from the tomb of Russel's hard drive and have come back as drifting pics worth printing out and putting on your next resume. Turner Field holds a special place in my heart and I'm sure a lot of other people, when it comes to drifting. It was gone but not forgotten and now it has returned to the grassroots homeland of drifting in GA. So lets get to it, Turner Field by S2, Round 1!!!

Euro Snaps - Cars Spotted in Europe

A friend of the RaceFriv community took a trip to Europe and while he was out and about he saw some fun cars and took pictures for us.  So lets 'ave a butchers at 'em (thats my English slang showing through) and thanks to Bryan for passing these on to us.

Some Star Cars!

So I recently hit up Dragon Con 2011, it was insane as always. I checked out the parade to see what would come by and to my surprise there were some pretty sick cars in it. My friend Audet  took a few pics so I stole a few from his camera and figured I'd show to everyone on here. Enjoy!

Random Snap: Red Supra

This guy came out to Watermelon Speedway for the last Clipping Point. I have to say...thats a pretty sweet ride.

Snake charming a GT500 Shelby Mustang

We dont usually feature cars that are totally bone stock, but when we do its because they are bat gauno insane.  We took a look at a C6 Z06, here is Fords Orange to the Corvettes Apple, The Mustang GT500.  The mustang is a different kind of animal from the vette, and not just for having 2 more seats in the back.  This is more of a muscle car than a sports car, and in most respects a more practical and comfortable car too.  However having 550hp on tap from the factory and the ability to turn the boost up and make totally ridiculous power with Ford approved parts makes this car popular with the bang/buck crowd.

Click read more to see our photos and impressions.



It rained on us really hard when the owner Robert arrived.  We had to do some drying before we got down to business.



Pursuit of Happiness

If you read here often you know that recently we went on a massive road trip from Washington (the state) to Georgia driving down the 101 then past Reno, through the Rockies, to the great plains and across the Mississippi to home. Sometime when your driving for four straight days you get a little board so I took some video here and there. Also the song playing is that one song you remember from that trip, you know what I'm talking about. That one song that seemed to define the trip you went on. This song seemed to play every 15min and I never got tired of it.

If you missed the post check them here, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

Some are built for comfort, but these were built for speed.

Some cars are built for laptimes, some for gas mileage, some for practicality, but few cars are built for pure joy. Click read more if you would like to peer into the soul of a pair of one of the greatest Japanese sports cars ever built. 

Random Snap...911's in Savannah.

There were quite a few 911's down for a meet in Savannah last week. Didnt get a lot of pictures of the many that were down there. But here are a couple, seeing them all week added from a  cool to have list, to a must have list, especially the GT3 RS we saw. Sick! Heres a couple I got close too.

3500 Miles, One S2000, 12 States, 4 days..... One Epic Road Trip Part.4

So its taken me quite a while to get to this last part with racefriv being busy with other projects lately, but better late than never, here you are, the final chapter in our great american road trip.

The racefriv at Clipping Point Video

OMG OMG OMG...... Our big hairy hipster robot (Phil Ball) finally pooped out the Clipping Point video and wow. Just watch its sick!



The Clipping Point from racefriv on Vimeo.

Clipping Point Drift Practice. Drift Flu

So Racefriv.com made it out again to Clipping Points drift practice round. As always we had an awesome time. This was one of those events that just had a great vibe from beginning to end despite the pouring down rain. Honestly the rain made it a whole lot better between the rain drifting and the "other" distractions it was truly an event like no no other.

State of the Tuning

Read a post on speedhunters.com today and it was one of the better post Ive ever read on there (and I love them all). I added to the comments, realizing I went on a bit of a rant, I decided to copy it here with a few photos of home made awesomeness, because the people they interviewed seemed pretty negative about the community and I disagreed.

Awesome Video of the Clear to Drift event.

Clear to Drift from Kevin Wilson on Vimeo.

3500 Miles, One S2000, 12 States, 4 days..... One Epic Road Trip Part.3

So we have driven the epic US101 down the coast, ate breakfast at a casino, and played with trash in the great salt flats. Its time to move from the flat desert land into the great Rocky Mountain Range. The journey has been long and hard so far, but we had no idea what was coming for us next. If you want to check out the past two posts,  part one is here and part two is here. If you like squirrels and discount tire then read below.