Yesterday marked the opening day of the 2011 Formula Drift season and GM opened the season up with a bang! Thanks to some fearless driving during qualifying by Conrad Grunewald and his GM Performance Parts-powered Chevy Camaro, GM earned the first qualifying position among the top 32 competitors out on the field. Conrad’s Camaro is powered by a GMPP Crate Engine version of the upcoming supercharged Camaro ZL1 powerplant, so there’s plenty of power to swing the Camaro’s rear end around. We’ll be excited to see just how well those…

This weekend is Round 3 of the Formula Drift season and we’re happy to be able to bring you all of the action LIVE, right here on GMTS all weekend long! The coverage starts tomorrow at 11am and you can watch the whole event for free on our livestream right here. The schedule of this weekend’s events is located on the bottom of the coverage page so you can make sure that you don’t miss any of the qualifying or elimination rounds. Let us know who you’re rooting for in…

Round 3 of the 2010 Formula Drift season is almost upon us and to help grow some on-track support for all of the teams running GM vehicles, Mobil 1 has stepped up to the plate to help GMTS bring one lucky fan and a guest, trackside, VIP-style for the Formula Drift event  on June 4th-5th in Wall, NJ. VIP-style the GMTS way means that you’ll get one-on-one time with GM Sport Compact Racing icon and Gardella Racing team owner Gary Gardella as well as face time with the driver of…

The GMTS crew was out in full force at Formula Drift Long Beach to bring you live video updates and images straight from the track. The event was fantastic, as most FD events are, and the Drifting action was intense as all of the drivers saw their first seat time under competition for the 2010 season. Many drivers had new or reworked rides and it was no different for GM-fan favorite and all around good guy, Gary Gardella, who was sporting a new 2.4L turbocharged ECOtec that was putting out around…

We’ve been ordered to keep this news on the DL for the past couple weeks but we’re excited to announce that Ryan Tuerck, driver of the Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice in the Formula Drift series, has been announced as the latest Red Bull athlete! This is big news for Ryan and helps put him on the world stage with the rest of the Red Bull team. Hit the jump for the official release from Gardella Racing about the partnership.