Caption Contest: This Week’s Winner!

This pic still cracks me up every time I look at it, so I wasn’t surprised that it netted nearly 400 comments. And while there were plenty of good ones—I got a particular kick out of all the variations on what Ford stands for—there can only be one winner. Of course, it doesn’t involve Polish people, dyslexics, women, or those inane “priceless” commercials, because all of those comments were tasteless. Stay classy, guys. This week’s winner is inner_logic, who came up with; “Yep, there it is. See, I told you if you put the tire under water you’d find the leak.” Bravo man, way to think outside the box. Tune in tomorrow for the next installment of our totally waterproof Caption Contest!

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Formula Drift Seattle Qualifying Video

Formula Drift’s Round Five has officially kicked off at Seattle’s Evergreen Raceway. Ryan Tuerck rode the banks of the bullring with greater speed and angle than the rest of the field to put him in the number one qualifying spot. Other big news surrounded the protest of Tanner Foust’s tC that was broken by our boys at Wrecked Magazine. Hit the jump to see the complete list of qualifying results with video! And we’ll be back with more from tomorrow’s main event at Evergreen including more video coverage.

1. Ryan Tuerck 80.3
2. Ross Petty 79.3
3. Sam Hubinette 77.7
4. Justin Pawlak 77.3
5. Daijiro Yoshihara 74.6
6. Tyler McQuarrie 74.6
7. Chris Forsberg 73
8. Tanner Foust 73
9. Vaughn Gittin Jr. 71.4
10. Darren McNamara 70.8
11. Taka Aono 70.8
12. Tony Brakohiapa 69
13. Eric O’Sullivan 68.1
14. Ken Gushi 67.9
15. Stephan Verdier 67.4
16. Robbie Nishida 67.1
17. Joon Maeng 66.8
18. Michihiro Takatori 63.6
19. Rhys Millen 63.5
20. Kenji Yaminaka 59.4
21. Kyle Mohan 58.7
22. Yasuomi Kondo 57.4
23. Michael Essa 55.6
24. Alex Pfeiffer 53.5
25. Tommy Suell 50.9
26. Calvin Wan 50.6
27. Ron Ewerth 43
28. Ryuji Miki 42
29. Jodin LeJeune 34
30. Patrick Mordaunt 20

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Pics from the Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is not only about cars up the Hill or manufacturers’ stands trying to entice potential customers. In a most agreeable setting on the lawns of Goodwood House there is also the Cartier Style et Luxe Concours d’Elegance. There are a number of categories all vying for the vote of various celebrity judges plus the honour of ‘Best in Show’. Themes for this year included “Alfresco Exotica”, “Serious Wedge”, “100 Years of Bugatti”… Continue reading over at Speedhunters.

By John Brooks

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I first met Vaughn Gittin Jr. in a non-descript Maryland strip mall parking lot on a Wednesday night in September of 2001. He was hanging out at the kickoff party for the old Super Street Tour. He was introduced to me as a “drifter” but I was nonplussed. Keep in mind, at this point I had already been to Japan and witnessed Taniguchi manji the OG HKS S15 at Bihoku Highland. I was already a JDM drift fan boy with no time for a wannabe. Fast forward to last Saturday night and I see JR at a party. He is no longer the fresh-faced kid I remember. Now he walks with a swagger that can only come after running the high bank of Irwindale harder than the world’s best drifters. In this picture he’s riding the wall on the 100 mph first turn at the Red Bull event in his 2008 car, “Betsy”. On this day he would later tag the wall too hard retiring the car. But that’s his style – go big or… you know the rest. This year, poppa JR’s gotta a brand new bag. Hit the jump to see the video. As an added bonus check out the verbal smackdown he lays on Samuel Hubinette at the 1:57 mark.

The best thing about JR is that he’s not a classically trained product of any motorsports academy or a transplant from another form of racing looking to ride the drift wave onto better ride. He’s a pure drifter and his full-throttle driving style suits his 2010 Mustang perfectly. What I like best about JR is no matter how big his skills have taken him he still maintains that same enthusiasm he had in a parking lot in Maryland some eight years back.

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