Well we have been on somewhat of a Japanese content kick but I couldn’t pass posting this video up. Laurence  from Ziptied hooked us up with this amazing video he shot somewhere undisclosed in Osaka! The video is eight minutes of some insane tandem action around the hills of Osaka, Japan! This video is an oldie but goodie for sure.

Watch the video: Osaka Night Drifting Video

CQeNS productions strikes again with another quality production from Englishtown’s Ziptied All-Star Bash. Don’t miss this great video reel, don’t go away until the end to see some wild multi car tandem runs!

All Star Bash East Coast

You think you have done ASB before…well your wrong! You haven’t seen a Ziptied Bash until you hit up one in Dirty Jersey! We have over 650 pics from this weekend’s east coast bash at Englishtown Raceway. Dan Jenkins made the trek from his crash pad in Pennsylvania and risked life and limb by visiting the state of New Jersey. Make sure you visit the gallery by clicking here.

Make sure to visit the Ziptied East Coast All-Star Bash Gallery by clicking here now!

As the Drift Alliance continues to grow here in 2008 it seems they have added 5 new official members of the team here for the new season. Here is the list of five drivers and brief descriptions of them in case your not familiar with the names. Here we go in no particular order.

New Drift Alliance Ace Number 1- Brian Wilkerson “MA Brian”

This guy drove like all over the world in 2007. I saw him at Drift Mania in Toronto and a few months later at Willow Springs in California. Wrecked even saw him ripping it in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With that being said Brian is probably stacked on frequent flyer points and ready to roll in 2008. He has already graced the pages of Wrecked Magazine in Issue 1 and 2 and he can also be seen in two of our podcasts including some good killer on car footage in the Ziptied All Star Bash piece.

New Drift Alliance Ace Number 2- Joon Maeng

If you don’t know Joon Maeng than you must be living under a rock! He took home the 2007 Spirit of Formula D award at the end of year banquet and laid down some sick runs through the year. Most noted, he started the season completely unsponsored but manged to score some support from the likes of Maxxis Tires and others. He also has been seen drifting in the Drift Day Evo at several events outside of Formula D. He is a nice addition to the Drift Alliance team and the only Ace to actively drive in Formula D in 2007.

New Drift Alliance Ace Number 3- Justin Pawlak “JTP”

Justin Pawlak has to be one of the hottest up and coming drivers in all of Drifting right now. His Mazda Rx-7 is recognizable and gorgeous. It makes one of the most vicious sounds to ever come out of a drift mobile as well. Justin Pawlak is a perfect addition to the DA Ace’s and we hope to see him at more pro events in 2008. He did gain his D1 license last year along with his Formula D license. So he should be gearing up for a killer season.

New Drift Alliance Ace Number 4- Ameen Rizvi

I am going to have to call Ameen my favorite of the new DA Aces. Maybe it’s because a long time ago before he moved to Texas we went to the same high school and both drove beater Honda’s with some stellar modifications? I think that’s it. Don’t let the fact that he went to high school with me discredit him though, he is a serious driver. You saw him in Slide America murdering it in the Houston section with all his Houston240sx.com peeps. He now also runs a garage with his brother called 786 Motoring. He made the cover of Issue 2 with his 50/50 wall grind at Laughlin. He didn’t get a Formula D license at the Pro Am but we do expect to see him driving at some NOPI Drift events this year.

New Drift Alliance Ace Number 5- Aaron Suarez

You might not know this guy but he has been around for a minute. Some quick research and you can find him listed at the 2004 D1 Driver Search at California Speedway. Aaron is also a member of Pink Godzira which has to be one of the coolest names for a drift team in the world.

Wrecked Magazine has returned with Issue 2. We made it all about the Am guys. John Yim sits down to chat about making the transition from the grassroots Drifting scene into the pro Formula D scene. We wrote about Pro Am hopefully Jerry Farabee who was unable to secure his FD license and smashed up his Nissan 240sx. We then covered the Formula D Pro Am and introduced you to the 20 new licensed drivers of Formula D for 2008. We also kept you up to date with a review of SEMA 2007 and a visit to Ziptied All Star Bash 2.

Go check out our podcast on Itunes keyword: wrecked magazine for video or you can catch this one on our myspace at myspace.com/driftingmagazine in our videos. The event was wild and the track is very very unforgiving. Just Drift and Ziptied hosted a great event and we look forward to more action today (starts in like 3 hours) so keep posted for Sunday videos and updates! Who will survive the Zip Tied All Star Bash II weekend? Not many…
Forest Wang took home the gold today in the Top Drift Round 5 Finals. Just for driving like a gangster all day we figured Forest deserved some love on the blog.