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Come and watch me tomorrow night as I will be drifting in a 240sx!

Starts at 6pm, at Firebird International Raceway in Chandler. Take the I-10 freeway south until Wild Horse Pass BLVD. (Exit 162), and you are going to hang a left on Maricopa Road.

The entry fee is $10 to spectate.

For the upcoming Need For Speed game, Shift, Electronic Arts (EA) worked very closely with Vaughn Gitten Jr, A Formula D Drifter who is rocking a green/blue 2010 Falken Tire Mustang. For the new Need for Speed: Shift, the drifting mode is being tweaked and tested by Gitten Jr himself.

Here is some in-car video.

Courtesy of Team Top Flight!

I remember the back in the day with the Need For Speed (NFS) Hot Pursuit, the good old school NFS games. Now-a-days NFS went into the tuner scene, but are now trying to go back to their Racing routes.

Taking over the world by storm is the Drift scene. Having been following it, and trying to get into it myself. The Arizona Drifters are a sight to see.

But this mode in NFS Shift, looks promising, better than the other NFS games at least. Working closely with EA, Vaughn Gitten Jr, made sure
that the drifting was closely simulating real-life situations.

Over 70 new cars! Hmm I may have to buy this game.

Need For Speed SHIFT is due out September 22nd.

Reppin’ for the Arizona Drift community fellow ASU student, Roy Dufek, conducted interviews & portrayed a mini-documentary on the art & sport of Drifting for his major in Film.

This was all taken place at the Modified Magazine Tuner Shootout event hosted by Firebird International Raceway.

Having been following the Formula Drift rounds, Will Roegge, has made some exceptional videos recapping some of the Formula Drift rounds that have taken place this Drift Season.

Check them out.

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