Formula DRIFT kicks-off the 8th championship season on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Street Course. 2011 will be Formula DRIFT’s 6th consecutive year at the famous Street Course. The expanded 2-day event will again be one week prior to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.Round 1: Streets of Long Beach will kick-off the 2011 Championship season in style with new cars, new drivers, and all the sideways excitement that Formula DRIFT is known for. Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. will be back to defend his title against all competitors including Ryan Tuerck, Dai Yoshihara, Chris Forsberg, Rhys Millen, and the rest of the talented pool of drivers.

The E-brake (also known as handbrake) technique has its roots in rally driving whereby drivers used the handbrake to slide the rear end of the car to negotiate a tight bend that they could not conventionally turn around due to not having enough steering lock, or it simply being a quicker way of getting the car to “pivot” around a tight corner. The same can be applied to drifting, and everyone usually starts out using this method in drifting and most professional drifters continue to use it. Keiichi Tsuchiya takes us through the technique that should have you getting slideways in no time!

Go to gtchannel.com for more car videos and content. [English Narration & Subtitles] Drift King decides to have an RX-8 drift contest with Orido, Wakisaka and Iida who are all Super GT GT500 drivers. Can Orido prove his drifting skills over the super GT champions?