By John Naderi

StreetFire.net

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.

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

This car was all blue for the 2010 Mustang unveil, and we showed you some detailed pics of it last week. Well now here it is in the full Falken livery! Via Speedhunters

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

We showed you the video of Vaughn drifting his new car at the Mustang unveil at the LA Auto Show last month. Well, here are a bunch of pics of his car from Speedhunters. The new Mustang is growing on me a bit, but I definitely prefer the 2005 – 2008 car, which looks more brutish. Still, Vaughn has a pretty sweet new ride, and it’s 500 pounds lighter than his last car. More pics after the jump!

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