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2013 Scion FR-S

April 2, 2012 / Featured, Industry News

Scion’s high performance compact rear-wheel drive sports car will be available for sale this spring at a remarkably affordable Canadian manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $25,990. When equipped with a six-speed automatic transmission that features paddle shifters and rev-match technology the MSRP is $27,170. “Scion’s goal was to achieve “Pure Balance” by designing a lightweight sports car with a low centre of gravity that also includes the world’s only boxer engine that uses Toyota’s D-4S direct and port injection system,” [...]

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No Name Heroes – Yura Mode Drift

January 13, 2012 / Events, Featured

Intuned Online's flags were raised for the first time in Japan just as the sun began to rise. The occasion was Yura Mode's No Name Heroes drift event. Drivers from around the area came out to test their skills on the track. Professional Race Driver Manabu Orido was on site to check out all the action and meet with some of his fans. These amateur drivers left everything on the track including most of their tires and some assorted bumpers. [...]

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Street S15

December 29, 2011 / Cars, Featured

The Nissan Silvia is synonymous with drifting and infamous as sports compact. In North America; the underpowered 240sx versions were sold as a pure understatement to the potential of these cars. The turbo powered versions in Japan have become legendary in drifting events and engine swaps all over the world. Our latest voyage brings us back to Hong Kong where we came across an S15 that was built for the street. Prior to our arrival we heard stories about a [...]

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Yura Mode Drift Day – Round 9

December 22, 2011 / Events, Featured

The Yura Mode Shop in Japan has become no stranger to the drifting scene. Specializing in drift products, these car builders also like to host their own drift events. This last round titled 'No Name Heroes' showcased drivers who really pushed their cars to the limit. As an added bonus for this round special guest Manabu 'MAX' Orido (Super GT) was in attendance. With the number of spectators present in addition to the growing number of participants there's no doubt [...]

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First Snowfall 2011

November 24, 2011 / Blogs

Like all of my fellow Montrealers' I woke up today to a blanket of snow covering everything outside marking the very first snowfall of 2011. As I check my email I'm bombarded with Facebook and Twitter updates as traffic is at a standstill and how many drivers aren't prepared with winter tires; the usual total chaos. I'm not going to use this blog to complain about winter in general or winter drivers but it reminds me of some funny stories [...]

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CSCS Season Finale – 2011

September 27, 2011 / Events, Featured

The Final event for CSCS's biggest year ended at the Toronto Motorsports Park. The weather was amazing and the temperture were higher than expected due to the sun. I got to the track at around 10am and got the see the whole venue fill with show cars, spectators, drifters, racers... until everything was packed. Many cars that usually don't show up for these events also came out including some hellaflush lownatics guys, and kurt with the custom 300C. On the [...]

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DMCC Round Six 2011 – Canada vs USA

September 20, 2011 / Events

Labor Day weekend brought out the big guns from Canada and USA for Round 6 of the Drift Mania Canadian Championship. This was the first time the DMCC hosted an International challenge between 2 countries which turned out to be one of the most exciting events of the year. Drivers from both DMCC and XDC squared off at this two day event which had thrills and spills for everybody. Miro Ovcharik took first place followed by Marc Landreville and XDC [...]

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Formula DRIFT Round 6: After Dark Results

August 30, 2011 / Events, Featured

Formula DRIFT returned to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Round 6: After Dark. Rhys Millen in the Red Bull / Hankook Hyundai Genesis Coupe takes his first victory of the season. The chase for the championship tightens up heading in the final event of the season. The results of Round 6: After Dark at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway set-up what will be the most competitive finals in the history of the Series. Five drivers have a chance for [...]

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CSCS Round 3 – Cayuga

August 24, 2011 / Events, Featured

Back at Toronto Motorsports Park, Hyundai Performance hosts the 3rd CSCS event for the 2011 year. I arrived early in the morning with APH to help with their Cyber Evo track car. Just a few weeks ago at the previous CSCS event debuting and testing, it was ready to put down a time at Toronto Motorsports Park. M.Y. Racing brought along quite a few nice VW including a rare R32. The Subaru community also came out in force, taking over [...]

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Formula DRIFT Round 5: Throwdown Results

July 25, 2011 / Events, Featured

Formula DRIFT returned to Evergreen Speedway for Round 5: Throwdown. Daijiro Yoshihara in the Discount Tire / Falken Nissan S13 takes the victory and the lead in the overall Pro Championship points standings. Attendance records were broken as the event reached capacity for the venue. Round 5: Throwdown reached capacity as fans came in droves to Evergreen Speedway. Attendance was up over 10% from last season continuing the increase in numbers for the Series. Fans were treated to an exciting [...]

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CSCS Round 2 – Mosport

July 22, 2011 / Events, Featured

Round 2 of the Canadian Sport Compact Series took place at Mosport Speedway in Bowmanville, ON on July 17th. The hot event and even hotter weather attracted spectators of all kinds for the Show, Drifting and Time Attack events. The competition was stiff for the second round of the series across all events as the CSCS team prepares for Round 3 on August 21st Results: Drifting 1st – Lucas Johnson 2nd – Cody Loughead 3rd - Ryan Stock Time Attack [...]

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DMCC Round Three 2011 – Victoriaville

July 13, 2011 / Events, Featured

Photos and Recap by JAG Imaging The 3rd round of the DMCC series hit up Victoriaville QC this past weekend. This round was a little different as it was not held at a race track but instead the whole track..grand stands and everything was set up in a snow dump of all places.. It seemed like a great combo..the location was cool, the track that was created was awesome and the grand stands were jam packed with people... The entire [...]

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Nitto Tire Drifts Atlanta

July 8, 2011 / Videos

Nitto Tire takes on Road Atlanta with drivers Joon Maeng in the Nitto Tire Mazda RX-8, Michael Essa in the GSR Autosport BMW Z4, Matt Powers in the Need for Speed Nissan S14, Eric O'Sullivan in the Gardella Racing, Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice, Ryan Tuerck in the RedBull Mobil 1 Chevrolet Camaro and Charles Ng in the Evasive Motorsports Mazda RX-7. Big thanks for Studio MTN for the awesome video.

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DMCC Round Two 2011 – Mirabel

June 25, 2011 / Events

Release Courtesy of DMCC Photos by JAG Imaging The second round was at Circuit ICAR, in Mirabel. Mother nature can play nasty tricks in bad moments; the drivers, who had to deal with showers and slippery circuit, were still very good! La deuxième manche avait lieu au Circuit ICAR, à Mirabel. Mère nature peut jouer de vilains tours à de biens mauvais moments; les pilotes, qui ont dû composer avec des averses et une chaussée glissante, ont tout de même [...]

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DMCC – Pre-Season: Drift 4 Cash

May 31, 2011 / Events, Featured

The DMCC Season kicked off earlier than usual on may 22nd this year with an all new pre-season event called Drift 4 Cash. The unique event featured an all new track layout while it also marked the first time that both Pro and Pro-AM drivers competed on the same course at the same time

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Maple Leaf Bash Coming This July

May 24, 2011 / Events, Featured

History will be made this summer and drifting in Canada will never be the same! Maple Leaf Bash is Canadaʼs first large-scale grassroot drift event where the objective is not to compete and win but to KEEP DRIFTING FUN. Drifting originally began as casual entertainment, with people getting together to slide their cars around for amusement. It has now become a world-recognized motorsport, costing thousands of dollars to participate at the top-most levels and consequently causing drifting to have lost [...]

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Mats Baribeau’s MARK II

December 18, 2010 / Cars, Featured

Drifting is an immensely popular form of motor racing in Japan that has only begun to reach a similar status in North America. Drifting a fast moving vehicle requires a tremendous amount of skill as complex driving techniques are used to induce a controlled loss in traction of the rear wheels. There is definitely something special about pushing a car to its absolute limits of traction while meticulously controlling the steering and throttle in perfect harmony while being sideways. It [...]

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