Drift Competition in Indianapolis Midwest Drift Union Lucas Oil Raceway The best drifters in the Midwest descended onto Indianapolis this weekend where the Midwest Drift Union was spawned. This year MDU returned to the Lucas Oil Raceway oval track once again! Unfortunately summer is in full swing which meant SUPER HOT temperatures. As soon as…
The Midwest Drift Union kicked off their 2016 season at Gateway Motorsports Park in St. Louis. It was a fitting start to the season seeing as it was the final stop in 2015! It was a great start to the season for the driver seeing as many of them have been participating in the MDU…
In collaboration with Midwest Drift Union
‘We Are The Enthusiast’ is a quasi-documentary following a year in the life with Manji Cartel and the Midwest Drift Union. What started with no planning, no rules, and following only the spirit of adventure, quickly evolved into something more. We became immersed in the world of Pro-Amateur Drifting, follow the journey of hungry drivers as they compete with their roaring cloud machines all over the Midwest, fighting to be crowned Midwest Drift Union Champion and battling for one of three Formula-D Pro Licenses.
Round 1 takes place at Grissom Air Force Base located in Peru, Indiana. Grissom is an active military airport, and our action happens right on the now-unused Cold War bomber staging pads.
Round 2 brings our drivers to the curb-filled street course of Roosevelt Park in the Corktown district of Detroit, Michigan. How do they get permission, and how do we get more cities involved?
Round 3 packs Kil-Kare Raceway in Xenia, Ohio with a Car show, drag race and drift competition. Fast, sweeping banks, walls, and a tight infield were a great battlefield for the night-time finale.
Round 4 sends us to Gateway Motorsports Park on the banks of the Mississippi in Madison, Illinois. Gateway is a classic high-speed track which tests the drivers’ throttle commitment. Wheel-drops, sweeping turns and massive, lingering smoke clouds rounded out the 2015 Season.
Hell of a season it was.
Soundtrack:
¡MAYDAY! – Something In The Air ft. Femi Kuti
Fink – Warm Shadow
James Brown – The Payback
TheFatRat – Windfall
Tony Anderson – Eyes Wide Open
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As we approached the city of Detroit we could see building clouds in the distance. All I could think was please Mother Nature, unleash your fury tonight so that we can have a rad day of Drifting tomorrow. The one event a year that I look forward to the most was upon us: Midwest Drift…
Michigan Central Station | Detroit, Michigan
This was a wild one. For the third year in a row, Midwest Drift Union blocks off the streets of Roosevelt Park in Detroit, Michigan for round 2 of the 2015 season. It gets rowdy in Detroit!
Music:
Jungle – X Ambassadors and Jamie N Commons
Good Times Roll – GRiZ x Big Gigantic
Shoutout to Detroit-local music producer GRiZ, keep making killer tunes.
On the Cameras:
Robert Taylor
Josh Engel
Brandon Reinert
Grissom Air Force Base | Peru, Indiana
Starting the 6th season of Midwest Drift Union, the 2015 Pro-Am season takes off with drivers gathering at Grissom Air Force Base.. With the passing of the cold war, Grissom’s dormant nuclear bomber staging pads play battlefield for our midwest drivers compete for the first round of points.
View MDU’s Round 2 of the 2015 Season Here: Streets Of Detroit [2015]
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Midwest Drift Union Rd 1 Grissom AFB Midwest Drift Union Grissom Air Force Base It’s back baby! The Midwest Drift Union Formula Drift Pro-Am series! We’ve waited all winter for the return of the legendary series. For round one the series returned to its roots on an abandoned section of Grissom Air Force…
Kil-Kare Raceway | Xenia, Ohio
An annual staple for the motorsports crowd, Street Life Tour crowds southwest Ohio Kil-Kare Raceway and comes alive where stanced show cars meet wild drift machines. Here we attend one of my first drift competitions, where Midwest Drift Union hosts a Pro-Amateur drifting competition to win a handful of cash and the bragging rights to Sreet Life Tour.
-Rob