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The DUB Edition Ford Fiesta

Karan Singh — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:01:26 +0000

Vaughn Gittin Jr. shows us around the DUB Edition Ford Fiesta that turned up at X-Games 16. Nice!

2011 DUB Edition Ford Fiesta shows its stuff at X Games 16

Battle by the Bay

Speedhunters — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:36:54 +0000

Here is a fun video that gives you a great feel of my battles at Sonoma. Better late then never right?

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Monster Drift: On Board With Vaughn Gittin Jr.

Karan Singh — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:45:21 +0000

Ride along with Vaughn Gittin Jr. for Round 6 of Formula Drift at Infineon Raceway!

MONSTER DRIFT>> Vaughn Gittin Jr.: Battle by the bay

Monster Throwdown

Speedhunters — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:51:09 +0000

Here is a sweet video Monster put together for me after Seattle. Don’t miss the crash’em-up fun of me vs. Aasbo. I hope you all enjoy!

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Help Pick the RTR-X Livery

Rob Einaudi — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:38:58 +0000

Vaughn Gittin Jr. needs your help. He’s trying to pick the livery for the awesome new RTR-X and has narrowed it down to five designs. Check out the five options and leave a comment at Speedhunters to let him know which one you like best!

Road Monster

Speedhunters — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:16:22 +0000

Check out this video from Formula Drift Round 2 at Road Atlanta that Monster Energy put together for me. What an awesome event! The “Gator” is my name for the rumble strips on the inside of our “Turn 1″. I hope you enjoy!

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StreetFire at Round One of Formula D 2010

John Coyle — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:41:08 +0000

At this year’s Formula D opener in Long Beach, Vaughn Gittin Jr. proved that you can hit the track in a brand new car and wind up on the top of the podium. It probably helps if said car is a 2011 Mustang 5.0, but it’s still a really impressive feat for his team. In this video, Nads talks to Gitten Jr. about the new Pony and also gets some face time with third-place finisher Tanner Foust.

Formula D 2010: Round One, Long Beach

Vaughn Gittin JR and His 2011 Ford Mustang GT Are Ready to Rock

John Naderi — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:42:45 +0000

Was it all a dream or possibly a fantasy perhaps? We just got back from a star-studded Hollywood-style premiere. But the star attraction was not some coked out, starved-for-attention starlet (not that there’s anything wrong with that) but one of our favorite drifters introducing his all-new competition car for the 2010 Formula Drift series. Hit the jump to see more up skirt shots of this sexy beast.

Our host for the evening was none other than Rob Dyrdek who held court at his Fantasy Factory. It was cool to see drifters and skaters rubbing sleeved elbows with each other.

But the car was the star on this night and the center of attention was Vaughn Gittin JR’s 2011 Monster Energy Falken Tire
Ford Mustang GT. Much like Vaughn’s 2010 Mustang, which he campaigned last year and will be driven by Justin Pawlak this season, this car was built by ASD Motorsports. This Charlotte-based motorsports shop is responsible for all of Falken’s drift cars.

According to Vaughn, “ASD is unbelievable. This [2011 Mustang] is probably one of the most engineered, well-built drift cars of 2010. We learned a lot from the old car.”

Some of those lessons must have been in weight reduction as the ‘Stang’s feathery 2,600lb weight can partially be attributed to the full carbon fiber body. The ASD crew also managed to move four percent of the weight to the back of the car.

The powerplant is a 5.0L Ford Racing supercharged V-8 laying down some 680hp.

Here we see JR with his much better half, Abigail Baker and SR as in Vaughn Gittin Sr., JR’s proud papa. Between our frequent trips to the open bar we had a quick moment to pose a few questions to JR. Here’s what we managed to scribble on our cocktail napkin. In terms of build quality, the car JR most respects is that of his Falken Tire teammate, Tyler McQuarrie’s 350Z, which coincidentally was also fabbed up by ASD. The driver JR respects the most is his Drift Alliance brother and 2009 Formula Drift Champion, Chris Forsberg. And finally the person he cannot wait to tandem against is Samuel Hubinette. JR told us that he wants to put his bumper up on the door of Samuel’s Challenger in a repeat of their contact at Long Beach last year.

Speaking of Long Beach, it is the site of the 2010 Formula Drift season opener coming up on April 10-11. And we can’t wait to see JR’s pony run.

0-60 Deputy Editor Shoots Off Mouth, Gets Challenged

John Coyle — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:57:51 +0000

0-60 Deputy Editor Matt Tuccillo recently shot off his mouth and bragged that on any given day, he could drive 9/10ths as well as Vaughn Gittin Jr. Understandably, Vaughn wasn’t intimidated—and neither was his girlfriend Abby. So they grabbed his 2010 Mustang and headed out to a parking lot to figure out who was better at drifting, Matt or Abby. So who was on top to when the tire smoke cleared? Anybody remember this episode of the Brady Bunch?

[0-60] Mustang Drifting Battle of the Sexes Featuring Vaughn Gittin Jr

Ryan Tuerck’s Off Season

Speedhunters — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:48:48 +0000

Here is a sweet video of Ryan Tuerck tearing it up in his street car I wanted to share. It was shot and edited by Andy Laputka. That is one huge snapping turtle!!!

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off seasons from Drift Alliance on Vimeo.