In the Pits at the Ferrari Challenge

There isn’t any really any racing in this clip, but the camera man had some great access to the pits, and just getting to see the FXX and some vintage Ferrari F1 machines up close makes it worth watching. Towards the end, one of the techs gives some explanation of the FXX’s diagnostic computer, which I thought was kind of cool. Apparently, if you’re lucky enough to own one of Enzo’s old racing machines, you also wind up stuck with whatever vintage computer they were using back in the day, as they were basically hard-wired into the car. But hey, if getting to drive a Ferrari race car means having to use an ancient DOS machine, I think I could get used to it…

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JBA Dominator Mustang on eBay

Coolest Fox body ever? Check out the eBay auction and you can see a ton more pics at the JBA website.

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Vaughn Gittin Jr and His Superbad Falken Drift 2010 Mustang GT

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.

The best thing about JR is that he’s not a classically trained product of any motorsports academy or a transplant from another form of racing looking to ride the drift wave onto better ride. He’s a pure drifter and his full-throttle driving style suits his 2010 Mustang perfectly. What I like best about JR is no matter how big his skills have taken him he still maintains that same enthusiasm he had in a parking lot in Maryland some eight years back.

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GM Design Camaro Winners

I just got word from Neil Tjin that the GM Design Camaro winners list has been leaked. It’s no big surprise that Neil is on the list. Here it is:

Tjin Edition – Neil Tjin
National Guard – Nick Ashby
Rick Bottom Designs – Rick Bottom
Sound Choice Audio and Performance – Mark Abate
Bomex Aero
DSO Eyewear
Conrad Grunewald
Trent’s Trick Upholstery

Neil is promising to send us his rendering as soon as everything has been finalized, and of course he will document the entire build on CarDomain, right up until the car debuts at SEMA! So stay tuned…

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