Meh. Drifting.

Axellerate.


Roads?

Where we’re going we don’t need… roads.


Suck on THIS.


DAMN!


Go Dennis!!!


If it don’t start with CHEVY, and end in AMERICA…

I ain’t listenin.

Austin Lawless rubberin’ it out in an IROC.
Awesome.


rad builds. we do that.

’87 Plymouth Gran Fury? yea. spindles, 4 spds and other weird domestic stuff I dont understand. check. Tony keeps making progress on this so maybe it’ll be on track in 2010.

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Happy Thanksgiving and such.

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We actually DID the drifting.

We already covered the all important jump shot and the requisite photo shop of it but we actually did the drifting. Motorsport Nationals gave us a huge lot to play in and the good people at ADVAN gave us the premium rubber to thrash on. The demo was a bit of a bust on Saturday due to the non stop rain. Knee deep puddles kept us in the paddock most of the day. Sunday dried up enough for the guys to put on a proper show before the rain rolled back in. Late in the day we were able to get in another demonstration but the track was still very slippery and greasy with puddles but we made the best of it tearing it up for the fans. The drivers all reported that the ADVAN tires held up extremely well and performed flawlessly under the entire range of surface conditions encountered during the weekend. We’d like to thank ADVAN, Motorsport Nationals, Gran Turismo East, and Southeast Drift for their support and all the drifting fans for coming out to the show.

Friday practice full gallery

Saturday & Sunday full gallery

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Andy Sapp in his E46 BMW.

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Erin Sanford in his LS1 powered S13.

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David “Doctor” Jones in the Mustang GT

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Dan Willie in the SR powered S14

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Drift Mechaniks x Slide Style Demo T’s for sale. Available in sizes S-XXL. Shirts are super comfortable. Perfect to go under your Slide Style hoodie this fall.

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dM x VIR

Some of the Drift Mechaniks made the trek to VIR for US Drift’s “Civil War” event July 25th.  I came along to shoot some film and hang out since I wasn’t able to trailer my car up to participate.  These are just a few.  See the rest here.

Dennis Mertzanis’s sc vq s14.5 waiting on the top 8 to get under way.

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Dennis laying down a winning run in the early initiation contest on the back straight of the Patriot course.  I shot this from the corner workers tower that was halfway to the corner.

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Matt Foerst driving hard.

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Kangaroooo.

FILLERUP.

Found this old picture coming back from St. Louis in 2007. Good times.


All DriftMechaniks Podium at Elite Summer Nationals

1st – Dennis Mertzanis
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mmmmmmmm supercharged VQ

2nd – David Jones

mmmmmmmm V8

3rd – Sammy Tiger

mmmmmmmm zombie car

thanks to Howard for the pics


Look at me…I’m blogging!

sup ya’ll, my name is Byron Hill.  I met the dM guys back when theyre wasn’t an Atlanta drift “scene” and have been hanging out ever since.  I drive in most of the southeast region events and do event flyers and other odds and ends for Southeast Drift.

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I have zero music skills.

I drive a na ka s14.  I like to think its fast.  most would disagree.  I paid too much for it in ’04.  I keep adding stuff and it keeps falling off.  I need paint, power, and wheels. and a cage.  man for wasting all my money it sure does still need a lot.

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dM is Atlanta drifting.


hello!!!

My name is Matt Foerst, i run a drift prep company for only the elite of the elite drifters in the southeast. need not apply we find you.

A few shots of the beast getting ready for civil war at VIR.

the hair dryer

the hair dryer

i new little mod, hope it can feed the small motor

a new little mod, hope it can feed the motor

cleaned preped and ready to go

cleaned prepped and ready to go

how i hope it comes together at the track

how i hope it comes together at the track


Good Morrow Gentlemen.

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Salutations ladies and gentlemen. I’m Alex and I’m new to the Driftmechaniks family. This is my lady.

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I’ve been living in the colonies for 4 years and have just completed my degree in Graphic Design. One thing I’ve noticed is that it’s amazing how much cheaper it is to run/own /insure cars is out here, which his how I’ve found myself in the highly accessible motorsport culture.

In 2006, I started with this.

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It’s still a lot of fun owning a police car. People slow down for the most part and that searchlight comes in handy. While I was heading downtown one day, I passed Turner Field. I heard tires screeching so I looked over the bridge and witnessed grassroots drifting for the first time. Little did I know, 2 years later, I’d be in their position. Driving the Interceptor was getting boring, so in 2008, I picked up this.

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Driving this in the mountains is a blast. But I still hungered for drifting and didn’t want to damage this. January 27th 2009, I got my drift beater.

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Fast foward 6 months.

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5 events later and I think I’m getting the hang of it.

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I really like my new family.

Cheers.


Very Safety

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I believe I knew your mother, son

Hi. I’m Cody, and I figured it was finally time to make an introduction post on the classy new dM blog. I guess I’ll start with a little about me…

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I like posing for strange pictures in showers, eating biscuits, riding my fixed gear bike, shooting guns, playing guitar, taking pictures, and a bunch of other random stuff. I co-own and design S3 Magazine here in Atlanta, check us out and buy a subscription if you haven’t already.

I’ve been drifting for almost 5 years  and had a 95 SR-swapped S14 from 2004 until earlier this year. This car got me started in the sport and eventually led me all across the country competeing in the NOPI Pro Drift series in 2007.

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It had a good run, but following a certain top secret drift event held in November of 2008, the entire car was pretty much destroyed (blown motor, destroyed wiring harness, slightly bent frame, etc). Here’s a shot of it during it’s final day of action though.

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I started parting out that car late last year and eventually got rid of the shell a few months back. My plan had been to pick up something a bit newer (35oZ or Genesis Coupe), but due to last minute budget restraints I was forced to find something a bit cheaper. Luckily, a friend of mine was selling a super nice S13 hatch for cheap  so I grabbed it up and got to work making a few tasteful additions.

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The car still needs a few things to get it up to my liking (bigger turbo, a cage, and maybe a few other sets of wheels), but it’s fun for now.

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I guess that’s about it for now, but hopefully I’ll have some new pics and stories to ramble about before too long. Thanks for reading!


BIG MAN CLUB

Hello internet, my name is Marlow and I’m a large man that drives a corolla

I met Andy and the rest of the dM family waaay back in 2003 or 2004 at Atlanta’s first drift event held at some drag strip parking lot that we destroyed and they had to repave after the event

Since then I drove at events around Atlanta, Nashville, and throughout the southeast

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But for some reason I decided to leave my car and friends behind, move to Alabama,  and go to pharmacy school in Auburn for the past 3 years

I haven’t driven my car in about 1 year 🙁

On the bright side I only have <1 more year of school (for 9 total years, yikes!) and then ill be making the big bucks and hopefully building awesome cars

I am also an amateur photographer that has been taking pictures around the southeast since the beginning, so be looking for updates sometimes, but again school has slowed this down for me too

An example of my awesome work:

But hang in there guys, ill be updating with cool cars from around the interwebs until I can get the hell out of Alabama and back to Nashville and start driving again

Also check out the other blag I post boring stuff on: Team Rowdy (on the friends list to the right)


shawn shawn till the break of dawn!

I tried to think up an original intro w/ lots of impact to start this off…       but all I have is Hi I am Shawn.

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I have been drifting since about 03′ but have been a fanboy since 01′. I drive this thing.

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xoxo:.


Hi, This is Revel.

Hello. My real name is Tyler, but i go by revel on most forums. Been living in atlanta since 1998. Came to atlanta for the Atlanta College of Art which sadly is no more since SCAD bought it up. Started drifting in late 2006 with my first nissan 240sx, a 1991 240sx coupe that was already swapped with a stock SR20DET. From there I started attending DG Trials and SouthEastDrift events. My first 240 was a complete rustbucket, but the motor was stout and handled the abuse well. After a year of constantly worrying that the rusty shell would fall apart on me i picked a nicer 1992 240sx coupe shell void of motor, tranny, and most of the interior. That shell lasted just under a year and now I am on my third 240 shell. Went with another 1992 coupe. Just made things easier since everything would transfer over without much work. I guess thats the basic intro so heres some pics:

S13 Version 1 was purchased in March of 2006. Near stock when i brought it home.

Near stock. Had an SR20DET, ebay FMIC, custom intake, Greddy RS bov, and rust for days

The basic engine bay shot

S13 Version1 Engine bay

This is probably the best pic of my first 240. Bigger FMIC, Sportmax wheels (when i knew nothing of good offset)

This is probably the best pic of my first 240. Bigger FMIC, Sportmax wheels (when i knew nothing of good offset).

This was the second shell the day I brought it home November 2007. No motor, no tranny, and no interior

This was the second shell the day I brought it home. No motor, no tranny, and no interior

This was the second shells first event. Moved up to 17×9+15s and added a Silvia front

This was the second shells first event. Moved up to 17x9+15s and added a Silvia front

Painted suby silver, added Origin front bumper, replica skirts and rear bumper, and some 18×10 fronts and 18×12 rears

Painted suby silver, added Origin front bumper, replica skirts and rear bumper, and some 18x10 fronts and 18x12 rears

This is my favorite pic. If you look closely Andy’s BMW is hiding in the smoke trails

God I love this pic. If you look closely Andy's BMW is hiding in the smoke trails.

This is how Version2 met its end, by way of a pole. Still dont know how i walked away from it unscathed. Lucky I guess. The driver door protruded about 2ft into the car and the Sparco seat was all of 4inches wide after the wreck. Somehow I was still sitting in it. Not comfortably tho. Oddly enough it still drove straight…hell it was still drivable! Even the wheels made it out without a scratch and the suspension was fine

This is how Version2 met its end, by way of a pole. Still dont know how i walked away from it unscathed. Lucky I guess. The driver door protruded about 2ft into the car and the Sparco seat was all of 4inches wide after the wreck. Somehow I was still sitting in it. Not comfortably tho. Oddly enough it still drove straight...hell it was still drivable! Even the wheels made it out without a scratch and the suspension was fine.

This is the Version3 shell after trailering it home. It was simply a rolling shell at that point

This is the Version3 shell after trailering it home. It was simply a rolling shell at that point.

V3 at its shakedown at a SED event in Nashville. Matt Foerst of Foerst Motorwerks and I, with the help of all the DriftMechaniks, made quick work of swapping everything from S13 Ver2 into the Ver3 shell. Took about 3months to get it to this point. I have to give a huge thanks to everyone for their help. I love you guys and cant thank you all enough for the help

V3 at its shakedown at a SED event in Nashville. Matt Foerst of Foerst Motorwerks and I, with the help of all the DriftMechaniks, made quick work of swapping everything from S13 Ver2 into the Ver3 shell. Took about 3months to get it to this point. I have to give a huge thanks to everyone for their help. I love you guys and cant thank you all enough for the help.

S13 Ver3 chilling at SED TripleThreat2 event in Atlanta

S13 Ver3 chilling at SED TripleThreat2 event in Atlanta

Still trying to get the hang of the new shell with a full cage and door bars…..and get over hitting the pole

Still trying to get the hang of the new shell with a full cage and door bars.....and get over hitting the pole.

More to come………………………I have been told that I am not allowed to paint the car…..ever, just add more multi color-ness.

so the multi just keeps coming:
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