Inside Formula Drift with Mike Kojima
Flashback to December 2004 when motorsports enthusiasts attended the only JGTC event ever in the US showcasing the skill of Japan’s Super GT “All Star” drivers on American soil. Some…
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The Holley LS Fest West 2023 Tire Streets Drift Challenge
This year’s Holley LS Fest West was the largest one to date. Holley Performance’s multifaceted Motorsports festival saw a dramatic increase in spectators as well as participants and the action-packed…
Anyone Can Learn To Drift Part 2
I had previously written about a great way to learn how to drift the right way by documenting my Daughter Christa’s experiences as a total beginner at Taka Aono and…
Holley LS Fest West 2022 Drift Challenge
Every year Vegas Drift holds a drift competition at Holley’s LS Fest West. We really like this event because it attracts all different levels of drivers from Pro to Local…
Building a Drift Kart Sort Of
So when Googling around for good prices for kart racing slicks my daughter Christa saw an ad for kart drift tires from Monster Scooters and thinking it would be fun,…
LS Fest West Drift Challenge 2021
After a one-year hiatus, due to the Covid pandemic, Holley LS Fest West was back in Las Vegas for 2021 bigger than ever! Sick of being cooped up for a…
Inside Michael Essa’s 1000hp Formula Drift BMW E46 M3!
Renaissance man noun The definition of a Renaissance man or woman is a person who is well educated and sophisticated and who has talent and knowledge in many different fields…
The Drift League 2020: Bigger & Better
Photos and words by: Juan Estrada This year, there is a cash bonus for the top three drivers for Round One. First place wins $1,500, second place wins $1,000, and…
Return of The Drift League: Past & Present
It is the beginning of a new year and there are many exciting things happening – New Years Resolutions being made (and broken by now), consecutive days of rare boost…
BEST OF 2019: The Amazing 10,000 RPM Turbo 3-Rotor 20B Mazda MX-5! Kyle Mohan’s American Ethanol/Mazdatrix Formula Drift Monster
In sea of V8 swapped cars in the pro drifting world, the Mazda MX-5 of Kyle Mohan stands out as a bold statement of uniqueness and technical innovation. It is…
Turn Up the Heat: The Drift League Round 3
The Drift League (TDL) Round 3 Presented by Milestar Tires and MotoIQ, was definitely one for the books. This was arguably one of the more important events for many of…
The Drift League 2019: Round 2
In hindsight, my wishes for a less wet Round 2 at the ending of The Drift League’s Season 2, Round 1 article were going to be twisted. And twisted they…
Apex Pro: Trust the Lights!
While racing on track for the fastest lap time, it’s extremely helpful to have instant feedback on where one is losing time. The APEX Pro has discovered a way to…
LS Fest West 2019 – Drift Challenge Recap
LS Fest West’s Lucas Oil Drift Challenge has been a highlight for many drift competitors across the nation (and Canada) for the last few years. Making its debut in 2017,…
The Journey to FormulaDRIFT PRO2: The Drift League Season Opener
By Nick Weycker When one thinks of Southern California, they think of palm trees, golden beaches, blue skies, and warm weather. On a certain Saturday at the ever-beloved Irwindale Speedway,…
SlipAngle Podcast /// Rathyna Gomer talks Drifting, The Drift League, and shares stories about Mike
Austin and Mike hang out with Rathyna Gomer to talk 350Z drift cars, MotoIQ’s The Drift League, and some stories about Mike that we’ve never heard before. Rathyna runs…
Rapid Designing and Testing Suspension With 3D Printing Part 2
In our last story, we were redesigning the steering knuckle/upright for the 2019 season on Dai Yoshihara’s Turn 14 Formula Drift BR-Z. Our design goals were to keep the tires…
Holley LS Fest West – 2019 MotoIQ Preview
The largest get together of all things LS on the west coast is about to go down once again at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in just a couple weeks. 2019…
SlipAngle Podcast /// Formula Drift Judge – Andy Yen
Mike and Austin sit down with Formula Drift Judge Andy Yen. We chat about his love of the 86 Chassis, Track Days, and of course….drifting. From the early days as…
King Bearings Long Term Extreme Use Torture Test!
We have been using King Bearings almost exclusively in our engine builds for the past several years and have been getting extremely good results with them. So we wanted to…
Dai Yoshihara and Eneos Oil
I have been working with Dai Yoshihara for 10 years now on an adventure that has taken me all over the world and has gotten me involved in winning stuff as…
Designing Suspension with 3D Printing
Drift cars with their extreme steering angles are pretty difficult to design suspension for. A lot of things must be considered because geometry that works well on a regular car…
The Drift League: 2018 Season Finale
By: Nick Weycker Another monthly Friday night, another day of The Drift League. Until this one, that is. Round 4 is unique in that its the season finale. All the…
Anyone Can Drift (That Means You Too!)
Driting for a lot of us is very difficult. I know for myself, despite being an ex-successful road racer and being involved in Pro Drifting and having a lot of famous drifter…
The Drift League Round 3 Coverage – Irwindale
By: Nick Weycker Round 3 of The Drift League, a Formula DRIFT ProAm series returns to Irwindale Speedway an exciting event! Drifting is arguably one of the most difficult forms…
We Visit Gridlife Midwest!
We took a break from Summer Race season to be tourists at Gridlife’s Midwest event at Gingerman Raceway last month compliments of our generous hosts at Falken Tire. We had…
ProAm Drifters Compete for their FD PRO2 Licenses at Rd. 2 of The Drift League
The Drift League (TDL) Presented by MotoIQ is California’s newest Formula Drift PRO2 Licensing ProAm competitive drift series. If you want to find out more about how you can be…
LS Fest West’s Drift Challenge Brings out Talent from Across the West Coast
Holley Performance’s LS Fest has been one of the country’s premier motorsports events that includes drag racing, autocross, and drift. The popular event originated in Bowling Green, KY and last…
ProAm Drifting Returns to Irwindale Speedway – The Drift League Round 1 Recap
ProAm Drifting Returns to Irwindale Speedway – The Drift League Round 1 Recap By Rathyna Gomer Just in case you’ve been living in a cave, MotoIQ has ventured into the…
Holley LS Fest West 2018 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Holley LS Fest West 2018 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Holley LS Fest has become the go-to event for fans of GM’s high performance do-it-all LS engine platform. For…
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild
Dai Yoshihara’s 2018 Formula Drift Rebuild by Mike Kojima After 3 years of Formula Drift competition, our team had pretty much developed the BRZ chassis to where we were satisfied with…
Revenge of the Nerd – Power Wars
Revenge of the Nerd – Power Wars by Mike Kojima It’s been quite a while since I had the time to write my supposedly “monthly” column. Since we started MotoIQ…