THE NAME OF THE GAME

THE NAMEOF THE GAME

This book you’ re reading containsmoments of the 2012 driftwarsseason as captured by the lens ofAntonis Volakakis for screamingtyres.com But more than this, carries the passion and the feeling from a true celebration of drift.

This book is also dedicated to the Driftclub.gr, the website where all drift lovin figures found a

place to communicate, to share,

a place to be.

DRIF

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George Sarafis

DenisKarakitsos

THE JUDGESA hard job but someone has to do it.With the driftwars drivers level being so high, these men have a really hard work to do. The outcome hangs from

small details which they seeking between smoke and tyre screams.

MEETSTAVRO GRILLIS

The 9 year old kid who shaken the world with his drifting skills.

Stavros Grillis

Stavros Grillis is an 11 year old kid from the island of Kos. Although, in his every day life he appears to be a normal kid that goes to school, does his homework and is being nagged at by his mom because he won't eat all his food sometimes.

The reason Stavros is somewhat special though, is because he is said to be the world's youngest drifter. What's more surprising, is that Stavros has been drifting for 3 years now.

Last year, he followed the whole championship of Driftwars traveling around Greece and impressing the crowds by executing runs that could be easily be compared to those of some of the top Driftwars drivers.

This year, with the help of his sponsors Motul, Momo, Tountas Garage, DTA Taxopoulos service he is hoping to follow the Driftwars championship as well as visit some other races abroad.

Guys from National Geographic filming the impossible. A nine year old kid in a racing car, is not learning the basics in driving, but giving a show drifting. Forget the classic picture of a children giving it’s teacher an apple, we re talking about weight transitions, clutch kicks, and spooling turbos.

THEDRIFTWARS CREW

These are the guys behind the scenes. The guys that set the pace

startshereeverything

InterviewsStory telling

Live feedwhen the mic is on, an

interesting story is about to heard

THE DRIFTWARS VOICE

Dimitris ParaskevopoulosA.K.A. MTS

It doesn’t matter if its winning or losing, in dr iftwars , fun factor above all.

Michallis Grillis Hercules LeondisSTATHIS PAPARGIROPOULOS

nothing is a straight line

LOCATION Barazza club Thessaloniki

Driftwars boys night out before the second round of north series.

FILMINGD r i f t w a r s i s a challenging procedureThe video crew must always find different tr icks to extract as more excitement as it gets.

LOCATION kartmania track PatrasCAR Mazda RX8

ENGINE 13B MSP RenesisDRIVER Chrysopoulos Nickos

LOCATION kartmania track Patras CAR BMW E30ENGINE BMW BMW S38/B36 Turbo

DRIVER Nickos Zilibinakis

LOCATION Kartodromo AfidnesCAR BMW E30ENGINE BMW V8DRIVER Harkas Tasos

Driversgetting ready

for actiondgetting ready for war

LOCATION ALEZ track Lithakia Zakinthos

EVENT Driftwars final round

Stathis Papargiropoulos

Driftwars of Greece Champion

Stathis Papargiropoulos

Lambros KoltoukisDriftwars of Greece 2nd overall place

Lambros Koltoukis

Themis Marinakis

DRIFTWARS OF GREECE 3rd overall place

petrolheads galore

In every driftwars event the whole place is filled with automotive diamonds. From beautiful Italian ladies to

Jap’s legendary punks. A petrolhead’s galore.

TOYOTA AE 86One of the hottest representative of the Japanese automotive culture and a true legend of drift. Toyota’s AE86 a.k.a. the Hachirocku, could not be

missing from driftwars.

Driver Takis KonstandarasEngine    3SGE BEAMS SXE-10

Driver Nickos KouroupisEngine SR20 DET

Driver Vasilis Kaderis Engine SR20 DET

Lambros Koltoukis

Mazda RX7 fcLoukas Kostaras support truck

Tasos Harkas BMW E30

Fun

in

thedetails

Lambros Koltoukis

Mazda RX7 FC

Cosworth YB

engine

TAKIS KONSTANDARAS

TOYOTA COROLLA AE86

3SGE BEAMS SXE-10engine

Loukas KostarasNissan Silvia S14SR 20 DET

TOUNTASGARAGE

FORDESCORT

DRIVEN BYSTATHISPAPARGIROPOULOS

ENGINE COSWORTH YB

HARKAS

BMW E30

V8

TASOS

the heatThe heat

Behind the battles there is an electrified world. This is the teams pit area.

smokeproduction

IT’S PART OF THE GAME

A pure drifting cloud is released into the atmosphere during every

driftwars event.

This smoke along with the smell of burning tyre are significant pieces

of the drifting puzzle.

tyresabout to be killedabout to be smokedabout to screamWe dedicate this one to the tyres that sucrificed their compound to the tarmac during battles.

There is a moment where fun drops her pretty white dress , puts a l e a t h e r out f i t a n d becomes a nasty bitch.A time where all drivers are unleashing the most ancient feeling man has ever felt. There is the fighting moment.The battle begins.bat

tles

straight from the streets

STREET LEGAL SERIESDRIFTWARS

Because keep in it real doesn’t always require a roll cage...

This is dedicated to all those keepin the rear wheel drive game

alive and kicking

wot.gr

screamingtyres.com