INSIDE THE WORLD OF PILOTING A FORMULA DRIFT MUSTANG

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – So how do you explain the appeal of 1,000-plus-horsepower Mustangs ripping across the pavement sideways just inches from each other at high speed while producing massive amounts of thick tire smoke and ear-splitting engine and exhaust noises? You can’t – it’s something you simply have to experience.

If you think it sounds like a good time, you’d be right. But if you’re one of the four Formula Drift Mustang drivers, then this is what you live for. We ventured out to Round Six of the 2019 Formula Drift series just outside of St. Louis to get an inside look at what happens behind the scenes at Formula Drift races with our Ford Performance drivers.

Since its inception in 2003, Formula Drift “FD” has been one of the fastest-growing race series in all of motorsports competition. The founders of FD started out at Irwindale speedway in California, then expanded to Road Atlanta in Georgia. By 2006, they quickly expanded to seven rounds or events around the country, incorporating a total of 32 drivers from all around the world. In 2016, the series added one more round to make eight, where it still stands today.