If you haven’t checked out Issue 5 then what have you been doing? This video was shot at Formula D Singapore as a local put his car into the tire barrier hard and spun a 360 in the air before landing back on the track! This has been one of the craziest wrecks we have seen here at Wrecked Magazine aside from our debut cover accident with Chris Cook! If for some reason you haven’t seen Issue 5 yet this is a peak of what’s inside. If you have, then just enjoy this amazing crash one more time!
So we kind of unveiled Wrecked v.2.0 in the middle of the night yesterday. We wanted to push some more hype with the launch but our old server was getting tapped out on resources and we wanted to make a quick move to avoid downtime. Please leave any feedback and be sure to visit the new section we added called The Drivers Lounge where you can find some of your favorite drivers with their own personal blog space. We broke our all time bandwidth record today with the new launch so that is cause for some excessive celebration.
The e-shelf is now full with an all new issue of Wrecked Magazine. In case you have missed any of our old issues they are also available on the main page of the website! Issue 5 is packed full of content, here is an overview of the Table of Contents.
- The Phrase that Pays with Jarod DeAnda
-10 Tips for Drifting Fans
-City Spotlight: Seattle, Washington
-Formula D International: The Sellout in Singapore
-Ryuji Miki: Driver Spotlight
-Formula D 2008: First Half Season Overview
-Japan 101: Gajin Guide to the Far East
-Industry Insider: Jasper Watts of Rogue Status
-In Focus with Spec Clutch
-In the Pits with Chris Forsberg Racing
Enjoy your fourth of July where ever you may find yourself (which is hopefully a place you can buy fireworks legally) and rest up! Wrecked Magazine will have a present for you (new issue) Monday when you arrive at work!
Oh man, the movie exceeded all expectations that I think any of us had when we sat down for this one. Stay Hungry puts the last film somewhere in the past and entertains and enlightens any Drifting fan on things such as Hook and Slide! How can you miss great information like that? Andy did an AMAZING job and so did the whole DA crew. Daijiro Yoshihara, Tanner Foust, and many other FD drivers joined the mix to enjoy the event at the MAC.
Check out the Drift Alliance unplugged and censored as they talk about the new film coming out this weekend called Stay Hungry! New Blood checks out a local from Nashville, Tennessee Adam who has a uniquely sprayed S14 240sx and just recently acquired a NOPI license. You can also view all the new cars in Formula D that debuted at Round 1 in Long Beach, California. We event went all the way out east to visit J land and cover D1’s Fuji Speedway event in our In Focus section. Don’t miss this issue and keep coming back for more!
We got this courtesy of our friends at 7Tune JDM Magazine! This is truly insane for a Drifting accident. First we will let the video tell you the story of what went down.
The image 7Tune was able to capture was pretty wild as well. The course they call YZ circuit out of Japan which I am not very familiar with myself. They have a brief description on the site here; “The circuit itself has been operating since 1997 and was originally a motorcycle track but these days anything with wheels can use it. Nowadays the majority of traffic is cars, with about 60% of the track’s use made up of ‘grip’ sessions and the other 40% for drift sessions. The circuit is open seven days a week and frequently holds a variety of competitions for different skill levels and anyone with a valid driver’s license or international driving permit can use the track.”
Here is what 7Tune gave as a review of the accident.
“Here were only a few teams participating in the challenge and the team I was looking forward to seeing most was the three ‘hachi rokus’ (AE86s). They put on a good show during the practice session, and let’s face it, the angry buzz of a couple of ‘hachis’ (hachi also means bee in Japanese) is music to any drift enthusiast’s ears.
Getting in close to the action is what it’s all about and I had a prime location to snap away from my position on the apex of the second corner but a few spin-outs by the AE86s only a few meters from where a few of us were standing had some of us searching for higher ground. It was from this new location that I was happily chatting away to another guy with a video camera when it happened. One of the teams came hammering into corner one with a red 180sx in the lead, a white S14 Silvia following close behind and a ‘Onevia’ bringing up the rear. The 180 drifted wide and had already hit the tire wall once by the time I had lifted my camera into position and was heading back into the tires by the time I pushed down the shutter release button. No time to zoom, just shoot away and hope I’d get a clean shot. The white S14 Silvia was so close the driver had no chance of avoiding what was to come next, things were happening all too quickly. The 180’s nose slammed into the tire wall and was thrown, twisting 270 degrees, into the air, all the while threatening to roll onto its roof. Half way through the twist it smashed into the side of the Silvia, right behind the door. The impact lifted both cars into the air and sent tires and shards of glass soaring in all directions.
Luckily, both drivers walked away from the crash with nothing injured but perhaps their pride and certainly their pride and joys. It might be a steep price to pay for an afternoon’s fun but as they say, that’s the price of drift.”
The Drift Alliance is our cover story with their new movie right around the corner called Stay Hungry! The issue went out just minutes ago to all of our subscribers as an exclusive early glance at the new issue. You can join our subscription list at the end of our issues or on the right side of the homepage under subscribe! The issue will be available to the public on Monday. Get ready, this is our best issue yet!
Check out the new DSport Magazine featuring Chris Forsberg and his NOS Energy Drink Maxxis Nissan 350z on the cover. The cover model seen above is Kim Lee as well! Looks like it should be a great one, go pick it up when it hits newsstands soon!
One of our friends at Source sent us a photo of the Scion tC in shoot from for the Import Tuner cover! We know you have seen some pictures floating around but here she is in all her glory. This was for the Import Tuner cover shoot here, the car is looking good and next week we get to see Ken Gushi in Team Scion Drifting.
The Scion tC is being unveiled to the “public” and media this Thursday just before Formula D Long Beach at Smooth’s in Long Beach.
