Episode 86: The Bad News and the Goodin News with Pat Goodin
We are back!! And for our first 2018 episode we have Pat Goodin giving us his updates for his upcoming Formula Drift season ***Spoiler Alert*** which he won't have this year, but he seems positive about what's on schedule for him.
We also get to update you on what's coming for this new Maximum Driftcast season, so check out today's episode for the whole enchilada.
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EPISODE 85 - MAXIMUM Driftcast: Desert Meihan with Fred Lump, George Marstanovic and Chris Soehren
Today we have a very special show with the people who put together Desert Meihan. They call themselves The Track Society and they did an awesome job at putting one of the most amazing grassroot drifting events! George "The Lumberjack" Marstanovic, Formula Drift veteran and Chris Soehren, local pro-am and grassroots drifter together with Josh Ruiz had a vision about drift events made by drifters for drifters, so they rented Bondurant Racing School's skid pad and made a 1:1 replica of Meihan Sportsland in Japan, and then invited a bunch of awesome drivers like Forrest Wang, Trenton Beechum, Caleb Quanbeck and our next guest Fred Lump Lump, who is known for his involvement with Low Style Heroes and his super sweet 4 door 2JZ powered Infiniti Q45 and also his overall nice and positive attitude.
This made Desert Meihan an incredible event full of non stop drifting, insane entries, crazy wall rides and a lot of fiberglass and sheet metal contact into the concrete rails. So check this one out if you want to know more about this individuals.
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EPISODE 84 - MAXIMUM Driftcast: White Walls and Hundred Spokes with Taylor Hull and Rob Parsons
Today our guest is the man who dared to bring a brand that no other man has brought to Formula Drift. Today we have Taylor Hull, the man who is bringing a Cadillac to the 2018 season! Get to know this enigmatic gentleman, his origins, his victories and his failures. All you wanted to know but you were afraid of asking... like: Are you running 24" Dayton thousand spoke wheels?
We also got a sad update from Rob Parsons's unfortunate event while his trailer got broken into over the weekend and a lot of his stuff got stolen :(
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EPISODE 83 - MAXIMUM Driftcast: The 3 P's of Drifting: Passion and Patience with Aaron Losey and Faruk Kugay
Today we have Lone Star Drift's Aaron Losey and Sonoma Drift's Faruk Kugay who also drives Formula Drift Pro. We wanted shed some light over some misunderstandings from previous statements made by Losey which caused a bit of controversy on the internet in hopes of making sure the right message is sent. Also we talk about the difference between grassroots and professional drifting and overall explore more about the future plans for this two drift event organizers.
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EPISODE 82 - MAXIMUM Driftcast: Corvette Drift Tax Incoming with Dirk Stratton
Today we have Mr. DriftVette himself, Dirk Stratton! We talk about his beginnings as an S-Chassis drifter and his progression trough Pro Am and Pro 2, as well as his changes for the upcoming Pro season.
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EPISODE 81 - MAXIMUM Driftcast: Formula Dads with Ryan Sage and Jim Liaw
On today's episode we have Formula Drift's father and father (c'mon, it's 2017) Ryan Sage and Jim Liaw. We talk about the progression of the series, what's new for 2018 on both Pro and Pro 2 and also FD's involvement on Pro Am. Get ready for a road trip with dads on the wheel!
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EPISODE 80 - MAXIMUM Driftcast: The Dai And The Swann with Dai Yoshihara and Nick Swann
On today's episode we get an update from Dai Yoshihara (the oldest) OG drifter from Formula Drift (since Robbie is out of FD). And we also got in a long and somewhat heated and highly emotional conversation with Nick Swann, former operations director for the now gone Midwest Drift Union. Buckle up buckaroos!!!
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EPISODE 79 - MAXIMUM Driftcast: Spittin’ in Hands and Radical Dans: The Spooktacular! with Rad Dan Burkett.
Today we have a very special Halloween episode with Rad Dan Burkett, the Supra slider who is all business in the front and party in the back. We also had special guests ICP (Insane Clown Podcast), Kimono Cowboy and Hackerman!
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EPISODE 78 - MAXIMUM Driftcast: Reattas, Corvettes, Wine and Grass with Danny George and Matt Field
Today we get some updates on Matt Field's upcoming Corvette build and we also get Formula Drift blazing driver Danny George to reveal his possible plans for next year. Possibly drifting a Porsche 911?? Stay tune to learn more!
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Today we have 2013 Formula Drift champion Michael Essa. We talked about what is like to being a champion, BMWs, FIA Drift and we brought back one of our old segments (shittin' on Chevy's).
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EPISODE 76: We Didn't Start the FIAr with Noriyaro and Ryan Lanteigne
Today we have Alexi Smith "Noriyaro" who was the announcer for this weekend's FIA Intercontinental Drift Cup and is very familiar with D1 and their format, and also Ryan Lanteigne, who was a judge at FIA Drift as well but has more experience as a Formula Drift judge. We talked about the pros and cons about this new event and what can be done to make it a better event in the future.
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EPISODE 75: The Gross Champion Meets The Nofa with Nick Gross and Chelsea DeNofa
Today we have Southwest Drift ProAm champion Nick Gross who is a great example of how to consistently run a ProAm program and come up victorious, and also his second favorite pro drifter Chelsea DeNofa, who gave us an update on his RTR Mustang experience and what he's got planned for next year.
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EPISODE 74: Garret's Nuts And Doing It For Dale with Garret Nikolich and Matt Dale
Today we have a very special panel. Forrest Wang's former crew chief Garret Nikolich who not only won Crew Chief of the year at Formula Drift, but also knows pretty much every technical aspect of drifting. And also Matt Dale, Southwest Drift Round 4 champion and 2JZ enthusiast who pretty much put a clinic on how to properly do and win a Pro Am round this past weekend.
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EPISODE 73: Lost In The Smoke with Kevin Lawrence and Dean Kearney.
Today we have Formula Drift Pro 2 Champion Kevin Lawrence who literally stole the 1st place on the last round after being on 5th position. And we also got a surprise visit from Dean Kearney who helped us give Kevin some Pro tips and insights.
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EPISODE 72: Getting Effed Up and Loving People with James Deane
Today we finally manage to get James Deane on the show who has been trolling us all this time giving us a wrong phone number and pretending Ireland has bad internet connection, but today we caught him in Texas and we cornered him to ask him everything you wanted to know about the possible next Formula Drift Champion.
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EPISODE 71 - Hillin' Dews and Costin' Eagle with Dylan Hughes and Austin Kregle
Today we have the Southwest Drift ProAm Round 3 champion Austin Kregle. A soft spoken but hard driving guy who is consistently moving up to the top. We also talk to Grilife's very own Chris Stewart who gave us a quick call to make sure we are already packed and ready to leave to GridLife South in Atlanta this weekend. Finally we got Dylan Hughes who just debuted as a professional drifter at Seattle Pro 2 and got all the way to the 2nd place after having all the "one more time" battles a driver could ever have. He and Austin exchanged some tips and overall we hanged out and had fun as usual.
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EPISODE 70 - The Liaw Of The Land with Jim Liaw
On today's very special episode we sit down with Formula Drift co-founder Jim Liaw. He takes us trough the history of FD and some of its members, discuss the recent alliance with Irish/British Drift Championship and of course we couldn't leave without asking him about his thoughts on the FIA deal.
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Here's a bonus for you!! We have Laurette Nicoll and Paco from the pits of Formula Drift Seattle after the event was over and the drivers were finally relaxing, eating and getting ready to party. Laurette and Paco give you the inside word of how things develop after hours.
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EPISODE 69 - Hot Judge Sundae with Bryan and Ryan
Today we have a very special episode with Ryan Lanteigne and Brian Eggert, Formula Drift judges. We talked about Formula Drift Seattle, Sponsors, Prizes, and much more!
EPISODE 68 - Frenemies: The Ballad of Daddy Dingus with Matt Field and Odi Bakchis
On Today's episode we have the Frenemies, the Falken Team drivers Matt Field and Odi Bakchis. We talked about their misfortune at FD Canada and how they "cheer" each other up while going under the competitive pressure of being teammates but still compete against each other. We also got some of their dirty laundry out for you to laugh at.
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EPISODE 67 - Kristap Hitting Yourself with Kristaps Blušs
On today's episode we have the Latvian Lover Kristaps Blušs, who is part of the Formula Drift European takeover by sitting at 3rd place so far... and it's not looking like he is slowing down.
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EPISODE 66 - Three Times The King In The North with Fredric Aasbo
On Today's episode we have once again, Formula Drift Canada's champion Fredric Aasbo, who not only managed to win this round for the third time in a row, but also became the driver with the most wins in Formula Drift (10 wins to be correct). Also we apologize for the quality, we ran trough some technical issues which we are fixing as you read this, but thanks for staying with us during the live streaming and please enjoys this episode!
EPISODE 65 - Fifty Shades of Fame with Ryan Tuerck and Matt Madrigali
On Today's episode Sam is riding shotgun with Ryan Tuerck after a weekend of shooting Ferrari powered GT86 videos and we also have Pro licensed driver Matt Madrigali, who tells us about the struggle of trying to move up from Pro 2. He also made a very sick sign for our new studio, so big thanks Matt!
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EPISODE 64 - FIA, D1GP and FD Japan with Noriyaro
Today we have Alexi Smith aka Noriyaro, giving us a bit of an insight about the FIA recognizing drifting as a motorsport and they award of their first FIA Drift event to Sunpros/D1GP, we also talk about the last D1 round, Formula Drift Japan and of course YouTube.
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