By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Oops! I guess he put it into the wall earlier Friday morning before I got to the track.More pics after the jump, including Samuel Hubinette’s Challenger!

wrecked Viper at Seattle Formula D

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By John Naderi

StreetFire.net

Tonight Hollywood Blvd went up in smoke. No, it wasn’t the premier of the long awaited remake to the Cheech and Chong Classic (see: Express, Pineapple). The smoke enveloping the touristy Hollywood and Highland area was of the spent tire variety from the likes of BFGoodrich, Falken and Nitto. And it was all part of a drift demo produced by Formula Drift. Hit the jump to see how and why FD scorched the Walk of Fame plus some quick videos from the event.

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

A Jalopnik reader scored this raw video of Hubinette testing his new Formula Drift Challenger at Adams Motorsports Park this week. There’s a slightly more produced similar video making the rounds, but it’s tarted up with goofy music that obscures the film’s true soundtrack: the guttural roar of that 800 hp, methanol-injected 410. Accordingly, the raw version below is better. Enjoy! Via Jalopnik.

By John Naderi

StreetFire.net

You are looking at a shot of a 2010 Formula Drift car that almost didn’t happen. Samuel Hubinette, a two-time Formula Drift Champion who finished fourth in points last year had a trying 2009 season to say the least. First was the rather untimely bankruptcy of Chrysler that left his Nuformz Mopar/BFGoodrich team without sponsorship for the majority of last season followed by the tragic death of his team owner, Shaun Carlson just before last year’s FD finals.

But Samuel picked himself up and dusted off the tire bits and is preparing to come back with this 2010 Dodge Challenger that will include sponsorship from his longtime supporters Dodge and BFGoodrich. Samuel will also campaign the car under his newly formed eponymous Samuel Hubinette Racing team. But Samuel won‘t be the only driver on Team SHR as veteran rally ace Andrew Comrie-Picard will drive the team’s iconic Dodge Viper SRT-10. Hit the jump to see more pictures and a rough video of this car, which is very much still a work in progress.

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By John Naderi

StreetFire.net

The 2009 Formula Drift season is in the books and what a wild ride it’s been. At times it even felt out of control, like a Crown Vic careening backwards down a hill with no steering wheel while your hands are tied behind your back (see Wrong for reference). And yet somehow amidst all the chaos and cacophony they created there were the drivers and teams at the center of the storm hanging it all out with reckless abandon. And yet as a hapless spectator I am continually amazed at constant improvement in skill and precision from the entire FD field. Take a jump with me and I’ll show you some of the goings on from Irwindale’s House of Drift.

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By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

The Gallardo might not be the best drift car, but that didn’t stop Samuel Hubinette from getting it sideways, and at the end of the shoot for the Italian Stallion’s promo video, the Crazy Swede apparently wanted to “liberate” one for personal use. To be honest, I wasn’t all that pumped on the finished product—remember that thing about how a Lamborghini would get you girl’s phone numbers?—but watching all the killer camera cars and the logistics behind the production was pretty awesome. And it’s not like there’s a lack of sexy Italian eye-candy either…

By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

While Nads and the StreetFire crew were down in Vegas for Round four of the 2009 Formula D Series, they got a chance to chat with some of the sport’s biggest names about what’s been a—um, how should we say it… —surprising season. Former champ Rhys Millen didn’t even qualify for Vegas, two-time champ Tanner Foust is down in the dumper points wise, and Samuel Hubinette has lost his Mopar sponsorship. So what the hell is going on? Watch now for some insight about this crazy season.

By John Naderi

StreetFire.net

Triple digit temps and a new course configuration lit up the drivers at the fourth round of the 2009 Formula Drift series at Las Vegas. So far this season has been a real wild child. The odds of two-time defending champion Tanner Foust three-peating are greater than getting Megan Fox to wash my car. Here in Vegas Rhys Millen could not even score high enough to qualify. Another shocking DNQ was current points leader Darren McNamara whose Saturn Sky expired it’s V8 engine during practice. In an effort to keep him in the points Falken unceremoniously unseated Calvin Wan from his S15 but DMac couldn’t put a solid qualifying run together. The Falken crew did manage to score a big win after they somehow managed to tape JR Gittin’s Mustang back together in quick fashion after he hit the wall hard in practice. JR rode the wrinkled Ford to a 19th qualifying spot. Take a jump with me to see more from Las Vegas.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This is sad news for fans of Samuel Hübinette and his cool Challenger drift car. Full press release after the jump.

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By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Superstar drifter Samuel Hubinette did the driving for this promotional video recently released by Lamborghini. Have a look–it’ll make you dizzy.