Speedhunters » Drifting http://www.speedhunters.com Global Car Culture Since 2008 Sat, 15 Jul 2023 08:01:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gatebil Is Here. Welcome To The Madness http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/06/gatebil-welcome-madness/ http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/06/gatebil-welcome-madness/#comments Thu, 22 Jun 2023 05:30:07 +0000 http://www.speedhunters.com/?p=604791 There are two major events on the Gatebil summer calendar – Mantorp Park in June and Rudskogen in July. The second event in Norway is the bigger of the two, and in just a couple of weeks’ time I’ll be heading there to catch all the action. With that in mind, I only spent one day at […]

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]]> http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/06/gatebil-welcome-madness/feed/ 11 The Next Level Of Ultrace http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/06/next-level-ultrace/ http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/06/next-level-ultrace/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2023 05:30:19 +0000 http://www.speedhunters.com/?p=603849 Now, what if said there’s a show where project cars spend two full days moving. But they’re not simply driving about; they’re entering a chicane at 80mph, backwards, in front of an audience of about 2,000 people… underneath 1,400 show cars parked up around a stadium. Ultrace really is the gift that keeps on giving. Just when […]

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]]> http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/06/next-level-ultrace/feed/ 15 The Organised Chaos That Is Dori Dore http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/05/the-organised-chaos-that-is-dori-dore/ http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/05/the-organised-chaos-that-is-dori-dore/#comments Sun, 14 May 2023 05:30:58 +0000 http://www.speedhunters.com/?p=599692 First let’s set the scene. Dori Dore happens just few times a year, but only once at the iconic Okuibuki Motor Park. This year it happened to be the day after Wekfest Japan, which is just a few hours’ drive away. I always see post-event coverage and wish I went, so while I was in Nagoya […]

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]]> http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/05/the-organised-chaos-that-is-dori-dore/feed/ 11 The Golden Age Of JDM Street Style Is Now For This S15 http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/05/the-golden-age-of-jdm-street-style-is-now-for-this-s15/ http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/05/the-golden-age-of-jdm-street-style-is-now-for-this-s15/#comments Wed, 10 May 2023 05:30:45 +0000 http://www.speedhunters.com/?p=597878 The story really starts in 2009; Dan was only nine years old and his dad organised a boys day out at Lydden Hill Race Circuit. Dan’s father didn’t take him to see touring cars or open seat racers, though. The boys were in for a day of drift car action at the JDM Allstars RD2 event. Just like that, […]

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]]> http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/05/the-golden-age-of-jdm-street-style-is-now-for-this-s15/feed/ 12 Ready To Rip: Daddy Motor Works’ GR-Powered AE86 http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/04/daddy-motor-works-gr-powered-ae86/ http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/04/daddy-motor-works-gr-powered-ae86/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2023 23:30:53 +0000 http://www.speedhunters.com?p=593604&preview_id=593604 That visit filled me – and many of you – with a lot of excitement. The GR Yaris was pretty much brand new, and here was a guy already swapping its three-cylinder turbo G16E-GTS engine into Toyota’s iconic ’80s AE86 chassis. In the time since, we’ve seen the car a few times at events including the Tokyo Auto Salon and Nostalgic 2Days […]

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]]> http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/04/daddy-motor-works-gr-powered-ae86/feed/ 14 Bangin’ Doors On A Budget: An Icelandic Drift Cressida http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/03/bangin-doors-on-a-budget-an-icelandic-drift-cressida/ http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/03/bangin-doors-on-a-budget-an-icelandic-drift-cressida/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:30:49 +0000 http://www.speedhunters.com/?p=593299 For the last couple of years, I’ve unintentionally managed to coincide visits back home with local drifting events. So the last time I travelled to Iceland, I made sure to take my camera gear with me. Drifting doesn’t have a huge following in Iceland, but those who compete are a passionate bunch. Rear-wheel drive BMWs are […]

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]]> http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/03/bangin-doors-on-a-budget-an-icelandic-drift-cressida/feed/ 15 The Gripped Up MX-5s http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/03/the-gripped-up-mx-5s/ http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/03/the-gripped-up-mx-5s/#comments Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:30:42 +0000 http://www.speedhunters.com/?p=591377 Our story starts in 2017, with a young Ben Rowlands. With an itch to go drifting, Ben made his way into an MX-5, and, as you do, started to gel with various friends who shared his hobby. From 2017 to 2020, Ben learned about his hobby more and more, and as his understanding of the craft […]

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]]> http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/02/a-jzx100-cresta-late-night-triple-shot/feed/ 12 An American Drift Car That Beats With A Japanese Heart, In Europe http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/02/american-drift-car-beats-japanese-heart-europe/ http://www.speedhunters.com/2023/02/american-drift-car-beats-japanese-heart-europe/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2023 01:00:48 +0000 http://www.speedhunters.com/?p=588858 Bodykits, lowered stance, wide wheels; these changes are all largely cosmetic in the first instance, with performance benefits (if any) secondary. The days of only Japanese cars being found at a drift event are long gone. BMWs have taken the crown as the most affordable drift chassis, and with S-bodies and Chasers becoming more and […]

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