fortune favors the brave

DF Drift Day on Friday. East Coast Bash Saturday and Sunday. 

Once again filmed and edited by Michael Lafleur. Thrash.

heart attack

Footage from DriftFaction 2011 Kickoff Event.

Big thanks to Sir Jeremy White, all other media, drivers, and attendants. 

DF is hosting five more of these for 2011. Come get you some!

DF does D1

D1 made their stop at E-Town earlier this month.
DriftFaction was there.

The event was supposed to be in Philly, but got changed like four times and

 ended up back at E-Town like the last stop in 2007.   This time, the bunk-ass parking lot

was used for just that, and the new road course was utilized for the weekend. 

Obviously the J drivers made a mockery of the course and stomped all over it from the get-go.

especially this feller here:

i'm pretty sure he was drunk at the night-practice session the night before the main event. 

i know i was.

The unfortunate and untimely demise of this season's second SR for DriftFaction Dave meant

there was no way he could try to snag that D1 license this year. bummer.

looks fast. sounds like a train crash.

DriftFaction Joe had the only other car in the lineup with a cage that

satisfied D1's rulebook,  so we went down and watched him put his license to use,

and show off his new exterior setup.

sexy front, sexy sides, vertex rear. clears up front, all reds out back.

dig it.

Joe qualified. Congrats!

I think we were the only New Englanders driving the event.

Due to some wiring issues, and having a huge power disadvantage, Joe decided

to not give D1 another $250 to drive the following day.

We packed up the car, drinking ensued, much money was spent, and many lessons learned.

Like Times Square looks very different at 50mph.

Manhattan 56th and 9th has the best chicken and rice bowls I've ever eaten.

A line of 50 people at 4:30am agree with me.

When operating a motor vehicle, police on horseback are more intimidating than those in cruisers.

Strip clubs in NY don't serve alchohol...... so byob. 

Like I said, many lessons learned.

We caught about an hour of sleep at Carlos Doria's place, who gets the MVP award

for the weekend for letting us all crash for free, and for snaking me on the drunkest chick ever.

After that, it was back to the track to check on the truck/trailer/car, and enjoy the show.

None of us had half a mind to bring the camera, but the parking lot had the best cars of the entire show. 
There were a couple cool ones on display though.

got a chance to meet Waldo and peep his immaculate Supermade setup

some local guys that frequent DriftFaction events were there too.

as for driving, the event got pretty dragged out because of some sketchy driftbox issues,

and then a bunch of wasted time on judging. as the announcer, Ernie Fixmer made bad jokes

and was generally trying to kill way too much time, so it got annoying.

however the saviors of D1's technical difficulties and rough work on the site deserve a nod. 
Matt Petty did a fine job judging, and Tim aka walkietalkieman

was doing his best to keep things running smooth.

Good closing shot of Petty being a rockstar and Tim still getting the girl.

perfect

burn out, not fade away

it was short and sweet

DriftFaction Kyle

man entry

CRASH! girlfriend in the car

those bumps he hit that straightened him out were so bad,

that we were all getting air over them.

not to mention they're right on the entry going 50 straight at 6 tons of concrete wall.

DriftFaction Mike demonstrates

aftermath

heavy.

we salute you, white car

on to bigger and better things

true story

so DriftFaction's August 14th drift event was cancelled
due to catastrophic flooding at the race track.

stupid nature.

but then i came across this last night on a friend's blog

and it made it all better for just a minute.

 

http://srsbzns.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/horrible-news/

that may or may not be shia lebouf. not sure.

WRECKED Mag snaps

some serious keepers from the guys at WRECKED


DriftFaction Joe

DriftFaction Mike

240SXMOTORING Jay

DF does ECB

some DriftFaction dudes made the trek down to jersey for some road course action at East Coast Bash.

there was a ton of media there.

like this crazy cat

DriftFaction Mike

Group A vent, Cusco cage, SR with a/c blowing cold, double-din DVD playing porn with full interor

white on white like a bowl of rice and a rail of coke on a paper plate with a glass of milk in a snowstorm

DriftFaction Joe

URAS aero, pearl white Gravity Gullflames, fresh paint, caged and gutted track car/paperweight

DriftFaction Steve

Origin aero, eye-searing highlighter Battles, beat to shit chassis

DriftFaction Jon

hammered-and-floored chassic, SR, XXR, up-and-coming star

very soon moving to bigger and better things. keep an eye on this guy.

DRIFTFACTION FRIENDS

THE BILLDOZER

representing IslandSlide

BIG JAY

representing 240SXMOTORING

should be lots more pictures and videos surfacing soon.

keep an eye peeled

DriftFaction is on the blagosphere

check back here for updates on the events we host, the cars we break, and the lives we waste.

also if you're anywhere in new england, you've probably seen one of these flyers floating around. 
i think i printed 3000? on highlighter paper that explodes your retinas on contact. so you know it's good.

be there