Hey Guys and Gals! It’s not often that I write posts on here about anything other than ladies that are kicking some serious ass on the track. However there is something I want to share with you guys that is very close to my heart. I’ve been involved in grassroots drifting for close to eight years, organizing, driving, etc. Drifting in the South began in the great city of Atlanta at Turner field nonetheless. The iconic parking lot has produced many amazing drivers and many great memories shared among friends. That is all about to come to an end thanks to an ordinance being passed by city officials. They are specifically targeting drifting inside city limits be on public or private property.

View the Amendment here. 

Without drifting in Atlanta (inside city limits) I would never have met the amazing friends I have or became a part of a community that is like no other.  I also would never have met my fiance. If these members of the council knew how many lives they are affecting by this I don’t think that they would be trying to pass this. Drifting keeps kids and adults alike out of trouble. We all know that car culture is a different beast and not everyone gets it. Those who do get it understand the passion of watching/driving and know what it would be like if all that was taken away. Yes, there’s other places we could have events outside of city limits. Somewhere this ordinance wouldn’t be enforced but it just wouldn’t be the same. If you could please take time and sign the petition for us, and by us I mean everyone who Atlanta drifting has touched. We would be forever grateful. If you want to please share this with your friends.

Click here to sign the petition. 

From each and everyone of us we thank you for signing this. I don’t need to tell you why, if you signed it you get it.

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Post tags: Drifting, save atlanta

Torrance, CA. – Through much deliberation between Adam and Sarah Burgess and
correspondence to a variety of their sponsors, BMI Racing has made the decision to
retire the RX8 Turbo 4 Rotor and will no longer be racing with Mazda. In 2012, BMI
Racing will have Sarah Burgess piloting a new Ford Mustang with the 5.0L Coyote
Engine, and a 2.9L Whipple Supercharger.

While it was a tough choice to leave Mazda, BMI Racing feels that it has been the right
decision at the right time. With the announcement from Mazda Japan to cut production
of the RX8 and also feedback from many of our sponsors wanting to be involved with a
current model domestic car, the switch to Ford was the right move.(...)
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Post tags: bmi racing, Drifting, ford mustang, mazda rx-8, sarah burgess, XDC, Xtreme Drift CIrcut

Original Article: The Lady and the Chump

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Post tags: Abigail Baker, Drifting, RTR Mustang, vaughn gitten jr., video

I think the opening shot of this girl checking over her R32′s rear tires perfectly represents this past Sunday’s event at Nikko.

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Post tags: Akari Nagasawa, BCNR33, Drifting, er34, female, HCR32, Hiroko-chan, japan, KAZAMA AUTO QUEEN BATTLE AT NIKKO PT.2, Mayumi-chan, Naoko Matsumoto, Rie Shinmi, S13, Team 160Power, woman

I’m not going to bother doing a big event report on this year’s Nikko Queen event, since a lot of the stuff I shot would be more fun as part of a few mini-features, so look forward to those.

Just to get the formalities out of the way though, here are the ladies who placed in the Expert Class competition!

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Post tags: Akari Nagasawa, D1 Street Legal, drift, Drifting, females, girls, Hideyuki Fujino, Kids Heart, Michiko, Naoko Matsumoto, Nikko Queen Event, nori yaro, noriyaro, R34 GT-R, Rie Niimi, S13, S14, Tsuyoshi Tezuka, woman

Cindy McCain doesn’t remember all the details. It might have been six years ago. Maybe seven. But this much, at least, McCain recalls with perfect clarity: She was watching television with her oldest son, Jack, when footage flashed across the screen of race cars skidding sideways as though they were on ice.

Looks kind of cool, McCain thought to herself, but how’d they do that?(...)
Read the rest of Cindy McCain takes the wheel in her own race

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Post tags: 240sx, cindy mccain, drifter, Drifting

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Post tags: Drifting, Hiromi Kajikuma, tracy shayhorn, verena mei, Yoshie Shuyama