2011 Falken Formula Drift Test

Coming off a dominating 2010 season in which Team Falken driver Vaughn Gittin, Jr.¸ competing in the Monster Energy/Falken Tire 2011 Ford Mustang, became the Formula Drift Champion, the high performance tire manufacturer will be gunning for a repeat performance of last year. Falken’s ultimate goal is to have one of its five factory drivers again claiming the top rung of the Formula D ladder, and each team member will have the horsepower to do it. All drivers plan on fielding a new or improved vehicle with more power, which the sport has demanded. The cars will be unveiled this weekend on the streets of Long Beach for the opening event of the 2011 Formula Drift season. Gittin, Jr., will be aboard a Ford Mustang 5.4-liter, its motor built by Ford Racing and Huffaker Engineering, while Daijiro (“Dai”) Yoshihara, who placed fourth in the standings last year, returns in his re-engineered Nissan 240SX (Silvia S13). Finishing fifth in 2010, Darren McNamara also returns this year, running a new Saturn Sky built by Autosport Dynamics in Charlotte, NC, losing the convertible for a hardtop which adds an aggressive stance to the car. Tyler McQuarrie also recognized the value of a fully enclosed coupe, choosing a new hardtop Nissan 350Z, which allows for a significant change in weight distribution, making the Z a far more competitive vehicle. Finally, Justin Pawlak, returning for his second year with Falken, will again field a Ford Mustang, with an engine built by Ford Racing/Roush

The golden era of rallying being revived in this years edition of the Eifel Rallye Festival. Further Information on this event: www.eifel-rallye-festival.de
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  4. anyone know what wheels are on Dai’s car in this video? keep seeing them around and i saw them on an S13 at the FD Slammed Society show today…

  5. they use ls engines cuz they produce the power, are Cheaper to maintain, parts readily available and quite simply bad ass.

  6. If you can drag the tail around with the handbrake as well as a RWD or AWD drifts, then I’m sure you’ll get plenty of respect ;)

  7. No it is a saturn sky. Look at the dymamograph contour of the allihandro valve. Sky for sure.

  8. The track they are at in charlotte used to be a old dirt track metrolina speedway

  9. Once there was a time when real cars thundered down the roads of this old world,… now, pls sing along with me: “FIA killed the rally stars,…”

  10. Original rally Quattros didn’t have central diffs… They couldn’t use handbrake. And also understeer as hell.

  11. I just don’t understand FIA regulations. In 1986 they banned group B, but driving same cars 20 later by worse driver is ok? They should re-introduce them, and also create a RWD class. FWD and underpowered WRC kills ralling.

  12. Ja ja die wunderschöne Eifel!
    Wer durch die Eifel will muss verteufelt gut fahren

  13. Could you add identifications for the cars, please? There were some I could not identify.

  14. one came to cars and coffee.near where i live, it was green.. coooooool car. love them.

  15. I saw one the other day on the highway, same year as the one in this vid and MINT. Couldnt help but smile and give the driver a thumbs up.

  16. i love old minis . i like the new mini too really, almost bought one, but the one i wanted was too much.

  17. a mate of mine, has a non turbo quattro coupe, that he rallycrosses with us. its cool, not fast, but it sounds good and looks good.

  18. Es gibt nur einen wahren Motor……Audi 5 Zylinder.und Quattro…….Wer etwas anderes behauptet ist selber schuld!!!!!!!

  19. oh man i’m in love with the blow off valve of the S1, :) )) cool video ;) i love historic cars

  20. Historic rallying is for fun they are not trying to get tight times just have fun

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