8/19/08
Chris Rado and WORLD Racing round up their fifth consecutive time attack win of the season SUMMIT POINT, W.V., August 16/17, 2008 - Chris Rado and the rest of the WORLD Racing team arrived at the gate of Summit Point Raceway bright and early Saturday morning for Redline Time Attack, ready to get on the Shenandoah track and earn their fifth consecutive time attack win. The team unloaded the WORLD Racing Scion tC and prepped it for the first practice session of the day. |
8/13/08
Another track record, a fourth consecutive 1st place finish, and 2nd overall fastest car at Road Atlanta BRASELTON, Ga., Aug. 9-10, 2008 – Chris Rado and the rest of the WORLD Racing team made their way to Road Atlanta for the Super Street Super Lap Battle and the NASA Hot’lanta Nationals, the biggest NASA southeast event of the year. At this huge event, there was about a combined 450 cars racing at the track – everything from Porsche Cup cars to Corvette Cup cars, full chassis lolas and radicals to sport compacts like Subaru’s, Hondas, and the of course, the deadly and feared WORLD Racing Scion tC. |
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8/7/08
Vaughn Gittin Jr. August Newsletter
7/28/08
Chris Rado and WORLD Racing bring home their third consecutive 1st place finish, plus add a new track record to the books NASHVILLE, T.N., July 26-27, 2008 – Coming off of two consecutive wins, Chris Rado and the WORLD Racing team were very excited to be heading to Nashville Motor Speedway for another Redline Time Attack event. The Nashville Motor Speedway track is a much shorter and tighter course than Chris is used to, which meant he would be using second and third gear coming out of the turns; this is difficult for the tC because it is such a high-horsepower car. But even with knowing that he was definitely going to have his work cut out for him this weekend, Chris was ready for the challenge and had his aim set on another 1st place finish. Read More
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Vaughn Gittin Jr. and the rest of Drift Alliance Invades New Joizey
Chris Rado in September's Modified Magazine! Click to view large version.
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Top honors awarded to Chris Rado and WORLD Racing for Unlimited FWD at FONTANA, CA., July 19-20, 2008 - Chris Rado and WORLD Racing were extremely excited going into their first Redline Time Attack event of the season. Chris was especially excited that he was going to be driving on the huge oval track known as California Speedway. "The team and I were very pumped up to be at this event," says Chris, "especially coming off a win in Willow Springs last weekend." Read More
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7/21/08
Check out this story and video of Vaughn Gittin and his Falken Tire Ford Racing Mustang on Speedhunters.com |
7/21/08
Check out this feature of Chris Rado at LVMS on Speedhunters.com |
Two events, two Scions, a first place finish, and a number one qualifying time equals a great weekend for Chris Rado and WORLD Racing WILLOW SPRINGS, CA, 7-13-08 – Over the weekend, Chris Rado and WORLD Racing traveled to Willow Springs International Raceway for Super Lap Battle. Chris and the WORLD Racing Scion tC always compete in the Unlimited FWD class, but Chris likes to think that they are actually competing with all the classes for the best time of the weekend. “Competing with RWD and AWD cars with extremely talented drivers is very challenging,” says Chris, “and that’s exactly what we are in the business for.” Read More |
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7/9/08
Vaughn Gittin Jr. learns how to rally from Ken Block in his latest blog post on Speedhunters.com. Check it out!
7/9/08
Chris Rado on LVMS.com: Gearing Up for Battle of the Imports at LVMS
7/3/08
Chris Rado and WORLD Racing maintain their podium streak by taking 2nd place at the Battle of the Imports MIR MECHANICSVILLE, MD, 6/28/08 – Chris Rado and the WORLD Racing team commenced the long weekend by testing the PRO FWD WORLD Racing Scion tC at Atco Raceway, in order to verify that the new clutch they installed was working properly. After fighting with the “clutch gremlins” as Chris said, the team finally got everything in working order and was ready to head south, to Maryland International Raceway for Battle of the Imports. Read More
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7/2/08
Vaughn Gittin Jr. on BoschTV Episode 1
7/1/08
Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Chris Rado will be at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Formula Drift and Battle of the Imports!
6/30/08
Chris Rado has a new blog up on Speedhunters.com! Check it out!
6/29/08
Chris Rado and WORLD Racing take second place over the weekend at Battle of the Imports at MIR!!! Check back for the official press release!!!
6/29/08
Vaughn Gittin Jr. brought his practice Falken Tire Ford Racing Mustang to Hyperfest at Summit Point Raceway to wow the crowd!


6/24/08
If you read about Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s S14 in Super Street, read about the aftermath!!!
6/18/08
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!! STAY HUNGRY DVD "Second Chance" Premiere in Philly!
If you were one of the unfortunate souls that missed the long-awaited premiere of the best drifting DVD ever made in Atlanta last month, be sure to catch the east coast viewing at the Dock Street Brewery located in West Philly. Doors open and beer festivities at 7:30 PM. Film begins at 8:30 PM. DJ dance party till midnight Join Chris, Tony, JR, Hampshaa, and of course the man behind the madness, producer Andy Laputka, for all the fun! Be there!
Cancelled Event: NOPI Colorado, Utah ATLANTA, Georgia - June 12, 2008 - Effective immediately, NOPI Motorsports is forced to cancel two upcoming NOPI Events located in Colorado (Drag Race and Car Show) previously set for June 21st and 22nd as well as the Utah event (Drag Race, Drift and Car Show) previously set for July 18th and 19th of 2008. NOPI Motorsports has faced extreme weather at their past 8 events, which has affected NOPI events in a great way. Each event the NOPI staff has pushed through these adversities to accommodate all of its sponsors, racers and fans in the best way possible given the circumstances. Many times events have been postponed and made up at a future event due to weather shutting down tracks and making it unsafe to run on... Read more of the offical press release |
6/16/08
Vaughn Gittin Jr. returns to the track that paved way for his drifting career
ENGLISHTOWN, N.J., 6/14/08 – Vaughn Gittin Jr. was excited to return to Englishtown Raceway this past weekend for Formula Drift Round 3 “The Gauntlet”. This event marked the first time that Formula Drift has utilized this track as a part of their nationwide tour. Vaughn was ecstatic to be back at the venue “where it all began” for him; the parking lot of Englishtown Raceway is where most of his practice took place and he competed in some of his first amateur drifting competitions. Read more...

6/1/08
JR's S14 in July's Super Street Magazine
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June 1, 2008
Chris Rado and WORLD Racing take 1st place at Battle of the Imports and in the “Battle of the Energy Drinks”
Chris Rado and the WORLD Racing team had high hopes when returning to their home track of Atco Raceway. The team decided to up the ante by installing a new clutch for the first time this season in the PRO FWD NOS Energy Drink WORLD Racing Scion tC. For the entire last season, the tC had been running a pro-stock style clutch. But as the engine program progressed and the tC became more powerful... Read More
June 1, 2008
Vaughn Gittin Jr. is featured in a video made by K&N Filters remembering how he became one of the world's top drifters.
World Champion Drifter Vaughn Gittin
May 26, 2008
WORLD Racing dominates the Dyno Challenge and takes 1st place in Time Attack for FWD at the annual Modified Ultimate Tuner Challenge
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WORLD Racing made their way to the second annual Modified Ultimate Tuner Challenge which was held May 23rd and 24th at Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. At an event comprised of both road racing, drag racing, and drifting, there was no surprise when a crowd of over 10,000 showed up. “It was a great weekend for sport compact and motorsports in general,” says Chris Rado, driver for and owner of the WORLD Racing team. |
May 25, 2008
Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Chris Rado have new blogs on SpeedHunters.com
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From the Speedhunters.com web site:
"Speedhunters is an car culture blog site from the creators of the Need for Speed video game team. We've hooked up with our favorite automotive writers, photographers and drivers from across the globe to bring you a daily dose of car features, internet stories, HD short films, event galleries and automotive diatribes. Over the course of the year the Speedhunters team will be racking up the air miles; we'll travel the globe to hunt down and highlight what we feel are most relevant and exciting events, street machines and race cars. Watch this space."

May 25, 2008
Vaughn Gittin Jr. heads to Englishtown Raceway in three weeks!
This past Tuesday, Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Ryan Tuerck headed to Englishtown Raceway - venue to Formula Drift Round Three - in order to come up with an awesome track setup for the upcoming event. Watch the video to see the insano course they came up with! Round Three is gonna rock!
Vaughn's on the front of the Round Three flyer. Click on the flyer to visit the Formula D web site.
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May 20, 2008
Check out the full-length Stay Hungry Trailer!
May 16, 2008
Vaughn Gittin Jr. on Riceboy Tv
Formula D Atlanta from RiceBoyTV on Vimeo.
May 12, 2008
Vaughn Gittin Jr. brings the heat to Atlanta with the fastest entry speeds of the weekend
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Vaughn Gittin Jr. was a clear crowd favorite at Road Atlanta this past weekend, with his Falken Tire Ford Racing Mustang ready to rock and working in top-notch shape. Vaughn had amazing practice runs all weekend – the fans jumped out of their seats every time they heard the roar of the Ford Racing five-liter Aluminator engine. He had fiery speed going down the hill into the first entry and kissed all the clipping points with the Mustang’s front bumper. |
April 21, 2008
Vaughn Gittin Jr. and the rest of Drift Alliance take 1st place at the Formula D Team Drift Competition April 20, 2008
April 17, 2008
Vaughn Gittin JR featured in USA Today April 17, 2008
Vaughn Gittin Jr. is featured in the first drifting article ever to grace the pages of USA Today.