Drifting World Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Bosch Spark Plugs have teamed up to stage an exciting one-of-a-kind event in downtown Los Angeles next Saturday. Titled “Performance Art”, Vaughn will be using his high-powered Ford Mustang as his “brush”, Falken tires as his “paint”, and the pavement as his “canvas”. Vaughn will drift through the streets to create unique pattern of tire marks until he feels his masterpiece is complete.
“I am very excited that Bosch has looked at drifting further then just the competitive element. Drifting like many action sports is truly an expression of personality and style, and to many considered a form of art; leave it to Bosch to take the initiative to highlight these facts on such a large scale. I am looking forward to expressing my style and personality while leaving my mark on the downtown streets of LA.”
This exciting event has been described as a “Jackson Pollack on pavement” and “taking art to the streets.”
Join us as Vaughn leaves drifting’s mark on the art world as he creates a unique, fast and extremely powerful display of performance art.
It appears our buddy Vaughn Gittin Jr. recently gave the guys over at Jalopnik.com a spin in his Mustang and they seemed to enjoy it. View the quick story and photos they posted on the blog today about their adventure in Detroit with Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his awesome AV8er demo Ford Mustang.
Ok no more teaser posts or taunts…..here she is in all her perfection. Thanks to the WHOLE Wrecked Staff/Team to help get this thing out over the virtual universe.
Here comes Issue 6 of Wrecked Magazine onto our e-newsstand.
Don’t miss:
-Tanner Foust - He talks about Top Gear, X-Games, and FD
-General Motors: An American Icon
-Formula D Recap- The points race and the chase to win
-Industry Insider- with sports agent Jacob Agajanian
-Great new ads from S-MAX and Disc Brakes Australia
-Redbull World Challenge: Explained
-Much more inside!
Monterrey, Mexico was something to remember as it was Formula D’s second time outside the United States in it’s history. The culture of Mexico brought many new things to this Drifting event including the biggest spider we have ever seen in person (not at a zoo) in Henry Schelly’s pit garage. Click here for a full gallery from the Formula D Mexico Saturday Event
Check out this video NOS TV released featuring Chris Forsberg and some of his season highlights from Round 2 in Atlanta to Round 5 in Seattle. The in car footage is awesome from Round 2 at Road Atlanta as he goes flying down the big hill.
Even with the rain in Seattle last weekend the event kept going through the top 16. Check out our 2 minute recap video from Evergreen Speedway. Congrats to Rhys Millen for taking home another win in his Redbull/Bridgestone Pontiac Solstice.
Formula D got a little crazy in Monroe, Washington as the rain came pouring down during the second runs of qualifying. Vaughn Gittin Jr. felt the affects of the rain after making an error on his first run and then spun out in the rain for his second resulting in not making the top 16.
1. Sam Hubinette (Mopar Parts Dodge Viper) 96.75
2. Tanner Foust (AEM/Rockstar Energy Drink Nissan 350z) 96.58
3. Kazu Hayashida (R34 Nissan Signal Skyline) 96.08
4. Robbie Nashida (Hankook Tires Nissan 350z) 94.75
5. Daijiro Yoshihara (Bridgestone Tires Pontiac GTO) 94.33
6. Michihio Takatori (Super Autobacs Nissan Skyline) 94.25
7. Darren McNamara (Falken Tires Saturn Sky) 94.25
8. Ryuji Miki (APEXi Mazda Rx-7) 94.08
9. Chris Forsberg (NOS Energy Drink Nissan 350z) 94.08
10. Conrad Grunewald (Nitto Tires Chevrolet Corvette) 93.17
11. Tony Angelo (Maxxis Tires Mazda Rx-8) 92.83
12. Ryan Tureck (Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice) 92.42
13. Justin Pawlak (National Wave Mazda Rx-7) 92.42
14. Rhys Millen (Redbull Pontiac Solstice) 92.08
15. Kyle Mohan (Mazda Rx-7) 91.58
16. Ken Gushi (RSR/Mobil1/Rogue Status Scion tC) 91.33
Wrecked Magazine has brought you an exclusive Formula D New Jersey video. An exclusive Drift Alliance production following the biggest team in American Drifting known as Drift Alliance. See Ryan Tureck, Tony Angelo, Vaughn Gittin Jr., and Chris Forsberg in action. Stay tuned for more episodes coming soon!
Slide America just cut it’s DVD price by 50% on it’s online store! The movie that travels to 19 cities in 30 days documenting Drifting wants to help you score a copy before the summer is over. We currently have partnered with Slide America on Wrecked v2.0 coming soon as well so stay tuned for some nice bonuses!
