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Drifting (motorsport) Steve Moore drifting his Nissan Silvia (S14) around Lydden Hill at King of Europe Round 3 (2014) Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner or a turn. The technique causes the rear slip ...
Championship titles. 2018. Formula Drift Japan Series. Michael Brandon Whiddett[1] (born 10 January 1981) [2] also known as "Mad Mike", is a New Zealand drifting racer. [3] He is sponsored by Red Bull. [4][5][6][7][8][9] Whiddett has also raced motocross from the age of six and placed second at the New Zealand 1997 Pro junior 85cc Motocross Champs.
Glossary of motorsport terms. The following is a glossary of terminology used in motorsport, along with explanations of their meanings. When two vehicles from the same team finish first and second in a race. Can be extended to 1–2–3 or 1–2–3–4, etc. depending on a combination of racing series and team size. Often used in Formula One ...
Motorsport in the United States. The start of the 2015 Daytona 500, the biggest race in NASCAR. Motor sports are widely popular in the United States, but Americans generally ignore major international series, such as Formula One and MotoGP, in favor of home-grown racing series. Road racing has generally waned, though an extensive, albeit ...
The D1 Grand Prix (D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri), abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift, is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of Option magazine and Tokyo Auto Salon, and drifting legend, Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting contest in 1999 and 2000 to feed on the ever ...
Oman International Drift Championship. Drift Masters. FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup. James Deane (born 14 October 1991) is an Irish professional drift driver. He is a 4 time Formula D, Drift Allstars and Oman IDC Champion. He has also won multiple National and European titles. He is widely regarded as the greatest drift driver of all time.
Formula DRIFT (also known as Formula D or 'FD') is an American drifting series, and was co-founded by Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage in 2003 as a sister company to Slipstream Global Marketing, the same partnership that introduced D1 Grand Prix to the United States. The new entity would solely own, operate and launch the first official drifting series ...
Auto racing. Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, [1] or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non-racing disciplines. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile.