Formula DRIFT, world’s top drifters set to take on Connecticut’s legendary short track June 18–20
(Stafford Springs, CT)—Formula DRIFT, North America’s premier professional drifting championship, is bringing its high-horsepower spectacle to Stafford Motor Speedway for the first time ever. The event, scheduled for June 18-20, 2026, will feature both the Formula DRIFT PRO and Link ECU PROSPEC Championships as part of the series’ expanded 2026 national schedule.
After drifting on roads from Canada to Japan, Bethel-local heads back to Lime Rock Park for a weekend that blends motorsport, lifestyle and car culture.LAKEVILLE, CONN. (8 August 2025)- Lime Rock Park has spent more than six decades as the most iconic road course in New England. It’s hosted legends like Paul Newman, Sam Posey, Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, even legendary newscaster Walter Cronkite, and has echoed with the sounds of nearly every type of racing engine built in the last century.
While honoring its tradition, Lime Rock is also writing a new chapter.
2-time World Rally Champion Kalle Rovanperä celebrates his passion for Japanese culture by battling local car culture icons through a series of challenges to face his idol – Initial D – on a winding mountain road in Japan. (more…)
On a hybrid track designed to suit several racing disciplines, we pit four racecars against each other for a head-to-head race on the Ultimate Racetrack.
The RB7 Formula One car, a McLaren drift hypercar, a rallycross car, and an off-road Pro4 truck meet on a purposefully modified racetrack to showcase their unique features and impressive abilities.
The track is fitted with joker lanes to level the playing field amongst the vehicles and give each a fighting chance at reaching the checkered flag first. (more…)
INDIANAPOLIS (December 8, 2022) – Royal Purple® continues its partnership with Formula DRIFT for 2023 & 2024 as the Official Engine Oil. The partnership was announced at this year’s Performance Racing Industry Tradeshow (PRI) in Indianapolis. Known as the “Synthetic Expert,” Royal Purple® focuses exclusively on developing products that significantly outperform other synthetic and mineral-based oils, and puts them to the test in high-performance and high-profile motorsports series such as Formula DRIFT.
A master of transition who successfully went from two wheels to four in the Dakar Rally, Poland’s Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygoński will now show his versatility once again as he takes aim at the Drift Masters European Championship title in 2022. Here is all you need to know:
– After finishing sixth in the 2022 Dakar Rally car category, Przygoński has signed on for a full DMEC season while continuing his off-road career in the newly formed FIA World Rally Raid Championship. (more…)
