final touches with the bodywork

in the last few weeks i did a lot of bodywork - its more work than i expected to be honest. But slowly it´s coming to an end.

the rocket bunny wing fits perfect. I was not shure about it, but now im loving it :)

a ne C/F hood and some new windows should be here within the next 2 weeks, and then im getting the car ready for its new colour in may. Its not gonna be the colour i have choosen first, because there are already too many cars in this colour around so im gonna go for something different.

project frankfurt ;)

it became quiet about the build of my new drift car since i came back from the states. The reason is simple, i moved to Frankfurt to start a new job.

The decition was done pretty spontanious and took a while to get it all sorted. Most of the work is done already and now i can start working on the new drift car again - but only on the weekends ;)



Frankfurt is awesome, too bad i can´t take all my cars with me right now.

i miss ´murrica

i hope you guys also had a good start in 2011!
Currently im pretty busy moving to frankfurt into a new flat right in the middle of the city *stoked*

My drift car is still sitting and waiting for light weight parts wich i have ordered 4 month ago :/

meanwhile i cant stop watching Alex´ supercool video of last years Driftoberfest @ Nashville super speedway. miss you guys ;)

TND Driftoberfest from Alexander Grant on Vimeo.

merry X-mas and a happy new year

2010 was a crazy year, and im kinda happy that it´s over soon.

A special thanks to Bernd @ Seifert Performance for the awesome support this year. And of course a big thanks to my family and my friends.

I wish all you guys a very happy christmas and a mega new year - 2011 rock on!

- Martin

what a FUN weekend @ the Int. Motor Show Luxembourg

Yves Faber, the 2010 IDS Champ invited Patrick "Patze" Ritzmann to the international motor show in Luxembourg.

I went with Patze and had a fun weekend, with some of the dutch drivers, i have´nt seen for a while and with no one less than Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his fiance Abigail.


The Show was totally different to the Car Shows in germany. Way more race car related and less fancy tuning cars. The Drift Show was very entertaining and the party on saturday night was simply mindblowing. Thanks to Yves for his hospitality and the invitation.

I definitely will be back ;)


the fun crew

new colour is sorted :)

but how to get it on the car?
wrap it in foil or get it painted?

if you have any ideas or tips please let me know.

the more southern part :)

on our 1000 miles trip we both got a bit sick of the air condition in our mercury grand marquis ls. so we decited to take a brake in a small hotel near charlotte after we drove thru the sehnandoah skyline drive.




the next day we arrived at Andy Sapp´s house. Still a bit exhausted but the weather in Atlanta was awesome - around 25°C.

Andy took us to Nashville Super Speedway for the Driftoberfest and the see some more of the crazy Team Rowdy guys.

I felt really bad at nashville, we had no sleep because we were driving thru the night and just arrived 1 hour before the gates opened. Still having a massiv flu i decited not to drive Andys car in this condition i was in.




thanks again to all the guys of Team Rowdy and especially to Andy and Lieze for their hospitality and for make us having an awesome time in Atlanta!

trip to our friends in the States

Axel a very good german Drifter and me decited to hit the east coast for some drift action.

On my birthday we took a plane to NYC. The next day we joined the D-UP! event wich was held by one of our friends at the awesome Monticello Motor Club. What a nice track, and what an awesome event.

some nice cars, some of them went sideways too ;)


drivers briefing





After this brilliant event we hit the City and startet our route to Altanta, Georgia.

Thanks to Andrew for his hospitality, we really enjoyed it.

judging at IDS Hockenheim

The heads of the IDS (international drift series) asked me to judge their Pro and Street class round at Hockenheim Oct. 2nd and 3rd.

With me was Harry Müller, a well known instructor. We designed a small but nice track in the paddocks of the Hockenheimring. The track was not that fast, but due to a very bumpy surface pretty technical.



I had good fun judging the event, even tho some drivers went crazy because of our decitions. But missunderstanding happens, when you miss the drivers briefing or half of it.

Like usual we had some discussions afterwards, but most of the drivers were happy with their score. Drifting is a judged sport, if you dont get what the judges asked for in the briefing, its hard to get a good result.

All in all the feedback was very good, and i was asked to do this again. And to the drivers who still think they get better results by complaining: stop complaining, and start drifting!

touch down

now im waiting for some more parts but the biggest part is done. just some coolers, body parts are missing.