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Has the Artsy Drift Montage Jumped the Shark?

| пятница, 21 августа 2009 г.


Before I begin you should know that as the executive editor of StreetFire.net I love me some drift montage videos. And it should be noted that I did not ask the question presented in the title of this entry – believe it not, it was one of the filmmakers who produced these videos. I will protect his identity to spare him from the potential of a beat down with a sock full of P2 cards, some pursuit bars from a fixie, or whatever it is these artistic types use to submit beat downs.

With all of this in mind allow me to present the first (and potentially only) StreetFire Fab Friday Formula D Film Festival. I have three short form videos all from the some of the biggest names in drift video filmmaking (these guys are bigger than ever, its the monitors that got smaller!). All were shot at the latest FD Seattle stop. Our first submission is from Will “Cheesecake” Roegge, arguably the Quentin T of this genre. He also gets to go first because we worked together and he knows where the bodies are buried. Hit the jump to see a couple more deep and moody clips from FD Seattle and vote for your favorite in the comments. Or you can just tell us you hate these kinds of videos.

Skylar “No Known Nickname” Smith has been rockin’ the cam and Final Cut for Falken this season and he’s quickly come into his own. You can see more of Skylar’s sexy videos on Falken’s StreetFire user profile.

Last but certainly not least is Ross Fairfield, the Dead Pirate. I used pull Dead Sailors on my MXB with aplomb and I can only assume a Dead Pirate is a cooler version. Or it could be a Turd Word that I don’t know about. BTW, one of the Fab Four FD filmmakers is MIA. With apologies to Josh “Hobo” Herron, but he lagged and didn’t get his edit up in time for this post. Maybe he’s not in “the mood” to edit a clip. You know how temperamental these artsy types can be.



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Formula Drift Vegas: Goin’ Big and Crappin’ Out

| среда, 22 июля 2009 г.


Triple digit temps and a new course configuration lit up the drivers at the fourth round of the 2009 Formula Drift series at Las Vegas. So far this season has been a real wild child. The odds of two-time defending champion Tanner Foust three-peating are greater than getting Megan Fox to wash my car. Here in Vegas Rhys Millen could not even score high enough to qualify. Another shocking DNQ was current points leader Darren McNamara whose Saturn Sky expired it’s V8 engine during practice. In an effort to keep him in the points Falken unceremoniously unseated Calvin Wan from his S15 but DMac couldn’t put a solid qualifying run together. The Falken crew did manage to score a big win after they somehow managed to tape JR Gittin’s Mustang back together in quick fashion after he hit the wall hard in practice. JR rode the wrinkled Ford to a 19th qualifying spot. Take a jump with me to see more from Las Vegas.

Vaughn Gittin JR. 2010 Mustang GT

Coming into Vegas Samuel Hubinette is fourth in points. Couple his sixth place qualifying run with the DNQ from points leader DMac and the Toxic Swede looks to be in good shape. Except for one thing. He has no sponsor. Hubinette, a two-time FD champion lost his Mopar money in the wake of the Chrysler carnage. While it’s not what he wanted I think his Viper’s new body in white has a sort of pure and purposeful vibe. Let’s hope he finds some support. But then if guys like Patrick Mordaunt (21st on the grid) and Joon Maeng (29th) can do it, maybe Samuel, Shaun Carlson and the Nuformz crew can bootstrap the rest of the season as well.

Samuel Hubinette Dodge Viper

While all of this drama was unfolding Robbie Nishida quietly stole the spotlight in Hankook 350Z topping all others with his 96 point score. Hatchi hero Katsuhiro Ueo followed in the Drift Speed S15 and Justin “JTP” Pawlak took third in his Bergenholtz Racing RX-8. Check out the Wrecked Magazine blog for more news from Vegas and we’ll have our full video up on StreetFire.net next week. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to continue hydrating before heading back to the track for tonight’s finals.

Robbie Nishida Nissan 350Z



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