This is the best how-to book on drifting, one of the hottest new motorsports in America. Written by a member of the original group of professional American drifters, it expertly covers car preparation, driving techniques, competition rules, and much more. Drawing on an extensive storehouse of knowledge and using full-color photography, diagrams, and charts to support his text, Calvin Wan explains the theories behind every aspect of the sport. For those who want to do it, those who like to watch, and those who simply seek to understand, this is the quintessential guide to drifting.

27-year-old Calvin Wan has been driving professionally for twelve years. Although a professional drifter since 2003, he started his motorsports career as a roadracer. Calvin lives in San Francisco, CA.

Drifting started as a niche motorsport among Japanese-American Californians, but has quickly evolved into a full-fledged competitive motorsport involving everyone from kids in the Midwest to a 55-year-old World Rally Championship Driver.

This is the first how-to book to focus on both how to properly prepare a car to compete in drifting events, and how to drive it effectively in those events.Written by one of the original American drifters, it expertly covers car preparation, driving techniques, competition rules, and much more.

Drawing on an extensive storehouse of knowledge and using full-color photography, diagrams, and charts to support his text, Calvin Wan explains the theories behind every aspect of the sport. For those who want to do it, those who like to watch, and those who simply seek to understand, this is the quintessential guide to drifting.

Calvin Wan’s: Drifting Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop)

Drifting: Sideways From Japan to America

Grassroots Motorsports, August 2006

Antonio Alvendia has been our designated drift photographer for quite some time, and he is about to release a book on the subject. Drifting: Sideways from Japan to America covers the evolution of drifting here in the States. Its like the Dogtown and Z-Boys documentary, Alvendia explains, although this isnt a movie and doesnt cover skateboarding.

Hot4s.com (AUS), December 2006 (visits per month unavailable)

If you need a healthy dose of drifting culture, youll find it in this title, which really delves a little deeper than most, drawing you into the faces and atmosphere of the scene. The book largely focuses on the arrival of drifting in the US and its impact on ol Uncle Sam. There are large color photos spread over 127-odd pages, along with thoughtful, engaging captions. Of course, for some reason we ended up in the back of the book at the Umbrella Girls in Drifting section, though theres a huge historical background provided on the sport towards the front, followed by the series of races that heralded the sports arrival in the States.

Dreamed up by drivers trying to outdo each other on the mountain passes of Japan, the art of the sideways descent of a switchbackwhat Wired described as the fishtailing ballet of burning rubber called driftinghas made it to the United States in a big way. What began as a new kind of daredevil driving among teens has, over two decades, become a sanctioned sport, making its way across the Pacific through video games and magazines, anime and the Internet, to take root in Californias fertile underground racing culture.
Drifting: Sideways From Japan to America