Behind the Smoke Ep 21: X-Games & Discount Tire Event – Dai Yoshihara Formula Drift 2011 Season

After climbing to the top of the podium at Formula D Seattle, Dai visits his former rival Tanner Foust at X Games 17 in Los Angeles to get some tips. He also hangs out in Lake Tahoe at a Discount Tire corporate retreat and gives a speech, speech, speech!Behind the Smoke gives a look into the real life of professional Formula Drift driver, Daijiro Yoshihara. GTChannel’s cameras will follow Dai throughout the 2011 FD season both on and off the track giving current and new drifting fans an exclusive look into what it’s really like to compete in the top drifting series of N.America. Behind the Smoke is produced by GTChannel in association with Discount Tire/America’s Tire and supported by Falken Tire and GoPro.
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727 Cubic Inches and Australian Tire Smoke! – Roadkill Episode 10

On this episode of Roadkill, there’s endless burnouts and powerskids as David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan of HOT ROD magazine are on the loose in Australia with 727ci of Sonny Leonard hemi-headed madness. The massive big-block makes 1275 horsepower between the fenders of a 2006 Holden HSV VE Clubsport R8. In American, that’s like a Pontiac G8. This display of overkill is the product of “Gup,” the promoter of the Powercruise series of events in Australia, New Zealand, and Minnesota (USA) where tire smoke is the rule. On the show, you’ll see tire fire from Gup’s infamous “Elvis” ’74 Holden HQ, from his 727ci Clubbie, from a 1500ci diesel semi truck, and from Downunder’s most throttle-happy petrolheads on both coasts. The miracle is that Freiburger and Finnegan aren’t still in an Aussie jail. Of course, that might have been less punishing than the 30-hour flight home. Roadkill appears every fourth Friday on the new Motor Trend channel. www.youtube.com Subscribe now to make sure you’re in on all the action! www.youtube.com Facebook – facebook.com & facebook.com Twitter – twitter.com Google+ – plus.google.com Website – www.motortrend.com & http

Behind the Smoke 2 – Ep 4: Discount Tire S13 Formula D Champion Drift Car Feature

www.facebook.com We dissect Dai’s Formula D 2011 championship Discount Tire/Falken Tire S13 drift car in detail before heading out to Round 2 in Atlanta. www.netflix.com for a free 30 day trial. Behind the Smoke gives a look into the real life of 2011 Formula Drift champion, Daijiro Yoshihara. GTChannel’s cameras follow Dai throughout the 2012 FD season both on and off the track giving drifting fans an exclusive look into what it takes to compete in the top professional drifting series of N.America. Behind the Smoke is produced by GTChannel in association with Discount Tire/America’s Tire and supported by Falken Tire, GoPro and Netflix. Episode 4: Music: “Hmm…” by Kekernon Available at Jamendo.com