Drift Pron: Best Drift runs at Goodwood | Festival of Speed 2021 (GoodwoodRoad&Racing)

Drift action from this past weekend at the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed. 

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Dope Vid. #346

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Dope Vid. #177

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Dope Vid. #158

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Dope Vid. #146

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What to watch this Weekend (Aug 6th - Aug 9th)

• IMSA Weathertech Sports Car Championship - From Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Sunday @ 2:30pm - 5:30pm (FS1) live
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) replay 
• Pirelli World Challenge. 2017 GTS racing action from Mid-Ohio. Wednesday @ 7pm - 8pm (CBSSN(HD)) delayed airing from 7/29
• RMD Garage. Wednesday @ 9pm - 10pm (VelocityHD) new

Enjoy your weekends.

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Enthusiast Topic: Wrong36 Diesel Street Drifting - E36 330d (NorbeFilms)

Japanese street drift styling, BMW E36 coupe, tuned 330d swap.


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Enthusiast Topic: The Differences Between Drifting And Powersliding (CarThrottle)

On this enthusiast topic episode we look at drifting and powerslides and the techniques used.


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Enthusiast Topic: How to Get the Perfect Drift Shot With Larry Chen of SPEEDHUNTERS! (TheSmokingTire)

Matt Farah drives Larry Chen, of Speed Hunters, to capture some great drift shots.


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What to watch this Memorial Day Weekend (May 26th - June 1st)

• Formula 1 - Monaco Grand Prix. From Circuit de Monaco. Practice 1. Thursday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD) live
• V8 Supercars. Perth. Thursday @ 8pm - 9pm (CBSSN(HD)) delayed airing from 5/8
• Formula 1 - Monaco Grand Prix. From Circuit de Monaco. Qualifying. Saturday @ 8am - 9:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• Formula 1 - Monaco Grand Prix. From Circuit de Monaco. Race. Sunday @ 7:30am - 10am (NBC(HD)) live
• IndyCar Series - The Indianapolis 500. From Indianapolis Motor Speedway, from Speedway, Indiana. Sunday @ 11am - 3:30pm (ABC(HD)) live 
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 7pm - 7:30pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) replay
• Top Gear America. Tuesday @ 9pm - 10pm (HistoryChannel(HD)) new
• Legendary Motorcar. Tuesday @ 10pm - 10:30pm (VelocityHD) new
• Wheeler Dealers. Wednesday @ 6pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) replays

The first super motorsport weekend of the year is upon us; the 100th Indy 500 runs Sunday at noon on ABC and F1 in picturesque Monaco runs Sunday 7:30am on NBC. Last we left off, there were tears, metal and yellow flags waving as the silver arrows came together on lap 1 of the Grand Prix of Spain. In front of the crowd, in front of the competing manufacturers and in front of the boss of Mercedes-Benz. Afterwards it looked like Red Bull were going to take a 1-2 finish with Ricciardo and newly appointed Verstappen trying to out run the looming Ferrari's of Raikkonen and Vettel, with local favorite Sainz in between. Verstappen hopped right into the Red Bull after being promoted to the main team, running faster than Ricciardo through practice and most of qualy; the kid has got the goods. After a few more laps went by Sainz was out of the picture and it became a Red Bull vs. Ferrari race to see who could make up the most on Petronas AMG Mercedes in this fortunate turn of events for the rest of the field. Tire strategy between Ricciardo and Verstappen changed with about 25 laps left and it turned out to be the overall difference, but before finding out whether Ricciardo was going to work his way onto the podium his rear tire sprung a leak on lap 65/66, forcing him into the pit for a final tire change; he still finished P4 due to the gap on Bottas. The Spanish natives had mixed results; Alonso DNF'd with a power unit failure and Sainz in the Toro Rosso finished P6 much to the delight of the crowd. When the checkered flag dropped, young Max Verstappen held off the nipping advances of Raikkonen to claim his first GP win, the youngest in F1 history (18yrs), followed by both Ferrari's. Current driver standings: Rosberg, Raikkonen (-39), Hamilton (-43), Vettel (-52), Ricciardo (-52), Verstappen (-62). Things have gotten pretty interesting. Thoughts on the Mercedes incident? I think that Nico went pretty far out of his way to push Hamilton wide, who had a run, so he has to be ok with whatever happened after pushing him onto the fairway. It was a racing incident between two drivers than don't want to give an inch to the other. I think the punishment has been done and served on both sides.

When it comes to tracks that don't allow easy passing, Monaco is at the top of the list. Pole qualifying drivers win the majority of the time here and Nico will be looking to keep his home winning streak going. Ferrari is still closing the gap to the Mercs and power doesn't really matter much on this track; it comes down to aero and the driver commitment. Red Bulls are looking strong even being down on power so anything can happen at this point.

Enjoy your Memorial Day weekends and salute a veteran.

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Dope Vid. #82

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Enthusiast Topic: Drift Rod = Saab power + Ford Body: Meet Urchfab (Carfection)

We're car nuts more than anything else. Building a car will always be cool regardless of the components used or their origin.


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What to watch this Weekend (Nov 13th - Nov 17th)

• Formula 1 - Brazilian Grand Prix; from Cicuito Carlos Pace-Interlagos, San Paolo, Brazil. Practice #1. Friday @ 11am - 12:30am (NBCSN(HD)) live
• WRC. Wales Rally. Saturday @ 4:30am - 5:30am (MAVTV) live
• Formula 1 - Brazilian Grand Prix; from Cicuito Carlos Pace-Interlagos, San Paolo, Brazil. Qualifying. Saturday @ 11am - 12:30pm (CNBC(HD)) live; replay @ 6:30pm
• WRC. Wales Rally. Sunday @ 7am - 8am (MAVTV) live
• Formula 1 - Brazilian Grand Prix; from Cicuito Carlos Pace-Interlagos, San Paolo, Brazil.  Race. Sunday @ 10:30am - 1pm (NBCSN(HD)) live; replay Sunday @ 10pm 
• Top Gear (UK). Marathon of past episodes. Monday @ 2pm - 11pm (BBCAmerica(HD)) great replays
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 4pm - 5pm (VelocityHD)
• Motorweek. Tuesday @ 7:30pm - 8pm (VelocityHD) 
• Chasing Classic Cars. Tuesday @ 10pm - 11pm (VelocityHD)

We're a race away from the F1 season finale. This second to last event, that's before us, is in Brazil. Picking up where we left off, in F1's return to Mexico, we had some major headlines. Gutierrez and Grosjean will make up the Haas F1 driver lineup in '16. Also, both Ferrari's DNF'd; this had pretty big implications as Rosberg is on his game and took pole, during a wet qualifying, and took the checkered flag in Mexico. Nico is now in 2nd place in the Driver's Championship standings, gaining 25pts on Vettel. Also, before Vettel retired he was driving in a manner unfamiliar to those who have seen him race since the day's of Red Bull's junior team through now; he was chasing it, pushing way to hard and falling victim to some of the trickier corners on the circuit, specifically turn 7. He was caught out by this turn multiple times, with the last time being the finishing blow, sliding into the barrier all 4 locked up. Kimi on the other hand, who ruined Botas chance a finishing the race in Russia, destroyed his own rear suspension with a dangerous passing attempt over Botas, as if it was karma. Botas emerged from the tread on tread impact unscathed and finished in 3rd, which allowed him to put 15pts on Raikkonnen. Kvyat and Ricciardo finished 4th and 5th, respectively and Red Bull is showing their mighty competitive in these later races despite Mexico having the fastest straight on the calendar. Red Bull is still determining an engine supplier for '16; Merc, Ferrari and Honda are off the table per last reports. With the smoke cleared the driver standings are as follows: Hamilton (WDC), Rosberg (-73), Vettel (-94), Botas (-219), Raikkonen (-222), Massa (-228).

This weekend in Brazil should be another good one; Hams is looking to close out strong and crush Nico's spirit, Nico is trying to show he's worthy of challenging for the WDC next year and beat Vettel, Ferrari is trying to show strength as #2 in the Constructors Championship with Williams Martini trying to finish as close as possible (Massa is creeping on Kimi in the WDC). Force India looks to do their best attempt in chasing down Red Bull, but more realistically they want to finish strong to build upon their position for next season, separating further from Lotus. Vestappen and the young Toro Rosso boys are running well and look to pass Lotus in the Constructors. McLaren, the DNF kings of 2015, are looking to not finish behind Sauber (but it doesn't look good). We'll have to see what shakes out.

Enjoy your weekends.

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Motorsport Pron: Motorhead Hill Climb Sponsored by Recaro (Motorhead.jp)

What better than having track-spec'd race cars running up the most infamous mountains of Japan with no enforced speed limits. Welcome to the 2014 Motorhead Hill Climb on Hakone Mountain.


Video courtesy of JapanMotorHead.

Car Pron: Killing Tires With a Ferrari F12 (CHOC)

Not a bad way to start off the week.

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Car Pron: BMW 435i on Road and Track (CHOC)

Chris gets an early crack at the new BMW 435i. I'm not sure when the F3x front end is going to grow on me.

Video courtesy of Drive.

Hillclimb Pron: BMW Drift special at Swiss Hillclimb 2012 E30 M3 325 (MPZRaceVideo)

The MPZRaceVideo crew brings us another great one from the hills of Switzerland. This brotha may need to invest in a roll cage.

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Car Pron: KA-TUN 964 Drift

Gettin' it.


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Car Pron: Black Smoke Racing - W123 Drift

Some dude posted this video on a forum the other day and as soon as I saw it, I knew it more than made the cut. My parents had a grey W123 300TD estate that I drove through the end of high school. As it aged it got much slower. I always said it needed a kick in the pants so merging into traffic wasn't so scary, but I digress. Meet the Mercedes W123 estate drift-car for Black Smoke Racing; a drifting team/tuning outfit based out of Finland. Currently world-wide known with a feature in Top Gear Magazine. Enjoy the action on this lovely Labor Day Holiday.


Video courtesy of LatvianDrift on YouTube. Check out Black Smoke Racings YouTube channel here.