Friends Racing 1000 Horsepower Toyota Aristo Drifting

Friends Racing is a tuning shop in Japan where they complete in the D1 professional drift series with several vehicles. One of the vehicles they use for the D1 Street Legal competition is this 1000 horsepower Toyota Aristo (USA Lexus GS300). Very cool car to watch drifting here at Nikko Circuit.

AE86 vs. Honda Civic Type R

Keiichi Tsuchiya drives his AE86 Trueno against a Honda Civic Type R in a head-to-head 3-lap battle.  

Automotive Events - 2008 GT Awards Ceremony

One lucky vehicle gets the chance each year to become a part of the Gran Turismo racing franchise.  

Automotive Events - Models of the 2008 SEMA Show

Stop thinking about drifting for a second and take a look at the hot women you missed at this past year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas. 

Drift Techniques - Heel-Toe Downshifting

Need to decelerate for that corner, but want to keep your RPMs high? Check out these videos on how to heel-toe downshift.

Drift Techniques - Shift Lock Drift

Keiichi Tsuchiya demonstrates the shift lock drift in his Kei Office S14.

Drift Techniques - Power Over Drift

Keiichi Tsuchiya demonstrates the power over drift in his Kei Office S14.

Drift Techniques - E-Brake Drift

Keiichi Tsuchiya demonstrates the use of the emergency brake (hand brake / side brake) to initiate a drift.

Drift Techniques - Clutch Kick Drift

Former D1 Grand Prix Champion Katsuhiro Ueo mercilessly pounds his clutch to keep the wheels of his AE86 spinning through the corners.

Drift Techniques - Braking Drift

Keiichi Tsuchiya uses the brakes to shift the weight of his vehicle when initiating a drift. 

Drift Techniques - Long Slide Drift

Here's some video footage of Komatsu driving the Signal Auto Drifter X and demonstrating the use of the e-brake for long, linear drifts into a corner. 

NOPI Drift Arizona 2007

The NOPI Drift motorsports series event in Arizona featured 2 Hawaii boys and I Japanese guy taking the podium as Kenji Yamanaka, Forrest Wang, and Alex Pfeiffer take home the win.

Drift Alliance "Bad as Hell" Trailer

Some of the most talented drifters in America, the "Drift Alliance" take you behind the scenes for hardcore drifting and drinking until you vomit action all across the country.

Hawaii Drifters 2003

Homemade mixtape of some of Hawaii's drifters back in 2002-2003. Featuring drivers like Justin "The Ruckus" Kikkawa, Lance Tsubota, "Handsome" Stan Lau, Barry Wong, Johnny "Redondo" Nasu, Denny Cabal, Forrest Wang, Matt "Matto" McQuain, Ross Petty, and Royce Fujimoto.

How to do Donuts

Basic execution of a decent set of vehicular donuts.

VIP Me

Interesting video looking into the style of VIP cars: big, bad-ass, luxury sedans.

Drift Day Chicago 8

The Drift Association team hits the American Midwest, spreading their knowledge of drifting everywhere they go.

2005 Formula D Highlight Video

Season highlights from the 2nd year of Formula Drift competition.

Drift Truck at 2006 US Drift Championship

Not everyone needs a car to drift.

SEMA Show 2006

The annual collection of automotive aftermarket manufacturers in Las Vegas; the Las Vegas private escort industry thanks you for your patronage!

Katsuhiro Ueo w/ In-Car Camera

I'm not sure what track this is, but here's an in-car clip of D1 Grand Prix Champion Katsuhiro Ueo driving his Tomei powered Yukes AE86 hatchback. In the clip, Ueo demonstrates superb control over his vehicle, initiating high-speed manji drifts down a straightaway.

Hatakeyama Drifting Honda Civic

Hatakeyama is one of the only recognized drivers in the world who drifts (or attempts to drift) front wheel drive vehicles.

The Drift Extreme Team

Here's a clip of the infamous "Drift Extreme" team of Kumakubo, Kazama, Izumida, Nomura, Asamoto, and Takaka. For the past several years now, they've been featured at an annual extreme sports event at Ebisu Circuit called "Big X." The Big X show combines elements of drifting, motorcross, and exhibition driving into a daylong festival. These guys are a bunch of nuts. I love their 6+ car manji drifts as well as the drifting with motorcross guys jumping over them while they drift.

Drifting Altezza

Here's a quick clip of Manabu Orido drifting a Lexus IS300 (Toyota Altezza) around what looks like Nikko Circuit in Japan. The Altezza has been modified by D1 Grand Prix driver Takahiro Ueno's company Vertex. Scroll down for a list of recommended aftermarket parts for the Toyota Altezza / Lexus IS300.

S13 Drifting Crash

I can't tell exactly where this happened, other than it looks like Japan, but it seems that the second S13 in this clip was trying to make maximum use of the momentum generated by a feint technique in order to get his car pitched as far sideways as possible. Based on the track layout, I think that he had more than enough momentum to get his car sideways and carry himself through the corner, without having to feint left to right like that.

Drifting Crash Megamix

This is a fan made compilation video of drifting crashes from Japan. Looks like a lot of the crashes took place at some of the older Drift Club and Ikaten type "team-drift" competitions around Japan.

Tokyo Auto Salon Girls 2007

Here's a clip from the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon in Makuhari, Japan. For those of you that missed it, the Tokyo Auto Salon is the largest automotive event in Japan held annually on the second weekend of January at the Makuhari Messe convention center. Car manufacturers, parts manufacturers, tuners, shops, racers, and enthusiasts alike gather for 3 days of cars, girls, and parties. Just like in America, cars and girls are definitely intertwined as hundreds of car show models (or "campaign girls") deck out and ready themselves for the thousands of amateur and professional photographers that flock to the Auto Salon.

Wangan Midnight Episode 2

Tired of watching Initial D, Wangan Midnight takes to the Shuto Expressway.

Wangan Midnight Episode 1

Tired of watching Initial D, Wangan Midnight takes to the Shuto Expressway.

Tokyo Auto Salon 2008

Check out the hottest cars and newest products at the 2008 Tokyo Auto Salon. The D1 Grand Prix also put on a drifting demonstration that you won't want to miss.

February 2008 Drifting Videos

Some highlights from the D1 Grand Prix at Fuji Circuit in Japan.

January 2007 Drifting Videos

Videos from the Drift Session 2007 Awards Banquet. Compilation video with music from the Twin Pow Stars.

March 2006 Drifting Videos

Drifting competition and open practice videos. Featuring music by Zoundbox.

February 2006 Drifting Videos

Drifting competition and open practice videos. Featuring music by Zoundbox.

VIP Style

This would probably be a very informative video... if you speak Japanese. Looks like they're going over some basics of VIP style like big wheels, impressive wheel offsets, lowered suspension, body kits, and most importantly, luxury vehicles. People have different opinions of what kinds of cars can be VIP, but overall VIP cars are high end, Japanese luxury cars. You can apply VIP style to cheaper, non-luxury vehicles, but you'll be sure to draw some scrutiny from the VIP enthusiast.

January 2006 Drifting Videos

Drifting competition and open practice videos. Featuring ska music by the Golfkart Rebellion.

December 2005 Drifting Videos

Drifting competition and open practice videos. Featuring music by Second-Hand Sin.

November 2005 Drifting Videos

Drifting competition and open practice videos. Featuring music by The Crud.

October 2005 Drifting Videos

Drifting competition and open practice videos. Featuring music by Absence of Void.

September 2005 Drifting Videos

Drifting competition and open practice videos. Featuring music by Pacifica.

August 2005 Drifting Videos

Drifting competition and open practice videos.

Miscellaneous Japan Videos

Since drifting is originally from Japan, here are some interesting videos dealing with different aspects of Japanese life, sports, and entertainment. Mostly Japanese cultural video clips

The Music of Initial D

Haha, not everyone is a fan of the anime that supposedly "brought drifting to the masses" but hey, you can only go around quoting noobie fanboy stuff for so long. Check out the songs that Avex Trax produces, some of them are pretty catchy.