News & Features
Everything we've published, from track-side reporting to slow Sunday reads.
Dodge Gave the Six-Cylinder Charger a Clutch Pedal. It Took a Drift Build to Do It.
Two 750-horsepower Chargers built with Hemmings in 60 days are the first manually shifted SIXPACK cars Dodge has shown — and one of them is a four-door built to carry passengers sideways.
At 14, Camren Sorensen Becomes Formula Drift's Youngest-Ever Winner in Indianapolis
Sorensen topped the PROSPEC podium at Indianapolis Raceway Park, beating his own sister in the Top 8 along the way, on a weekend the PRO main event was wiped out by flooding.
Paweł Korpuliński Wins Drift Masters Round 5 in Riga, Extends Championship Lead
The Polish driver beat breakout finalist Kevin Piskolty at Bikernieku Trase to open a 52-point gap atop the 2026 Drift Masters European Championship standings.
Formula Drift's Indianapolis Debut Ends Early — Storms Cancel the PRO Round for the First Time in Series History
Round 5 was supposed to be Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park's first taste of Formula Drift competition. Instead, severe storms, lightning, and flooding forced a grandstand evacuation and, after five hours of trying to save the track, the first PRO Championship cancellation in the series' 23-year history.
Wekfest's Pacific Northwest Stop Filled the Seattle Convention Center for One Day Only
Roughly 300 hand-picked builds and 20 vendors packed the Arch building on July 26 as Wekfest's touring show returned to Seattle — the same week a separate, first-of-its-kind live RWB double build drew its own crowd across town.
Formula Drift Brings Its Tour to Indianapolis for the First Time Ever
Round 5 of the 2026 PRO Championship lands at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on July 30-August 1 — one of three brand-new venues on this year's schedule, and a track with zero prior drift setup data for any team to lean on.
The First RWB Porsche Wasn't a Business Plan — It Was a Wrecked 930
Every widened, low-slung RWB Porsche on the road today traces back to one damaged car that came into a Tokyo body shop in the late 1990s, and one mechanic who decided to rebuild it into the shape he'd always pictured.
James Deane Learned Car Control Doing Donuts in an Irish Field
No factory academy, no karting pedigree — just a farm kid, a €200 Ford Sierra, and a mountain pass mentality that turned into five Formula Drift championships.
The Road to Final Bout 9: Inside Mack Geggie and Cardiac Arrest's Season-Long Chase
Only five teams punch a ticket to Final Bout 9 this September. Photographer Mack Geggie and Cardiac Arrest have spent the season chasing something no one's finished before: every Special Stage on the calendar.
Wekfest San Jose 2026 Packed the Convention Center With Liberty Walk, RWB, and VIP Builds
The tour's home-turf Bay Area stop drew a curated floor spanning GT-Rs, widebody Supras, time-attack cars, and full VIP sedans on June 28.
James Deane Wins Formula DRIFT Round 4 in the First All-Irish Podium in Series History
Deane, Jack Shanahan, and Conor Shanahan swept the podium at Stafford Motor Speedway — and Deane now leads the championship.
Wekfest Japan Draws 500 Curated Cars to Nagoya for Golden Week
From a widebody FD RX-7 to an ADRO-kitted A90 Supra, this year's show reinforced why Wekfest's Japan stop still matters to a scene it helped export.
Formula DRIFT Launches Its Own In-House Content Studio
FD Studios signed Larry Chen Photography — the series' official photographer since 2012 — as its first outside creator partner.