The Goodest Cast - Hangout with the Drift Community

Matt Coffman is a pure driver. He lives and breathes drifting. We talk about his experience in Rally racing and his origins. We talk about how he was able to get involved in the sport at such a high level so early and some of the pitfalls of being young in Formula Drift. Matt is an interesting character and his drifting IQ is through the roof. It was great to sit down with him in his shop and real...

Mike Martino is an entrepreneur, designer, drifter, and car builder. Mike is located in Toronto Canada and runs Design Shop React which has done liveries and projects for some major companies and drivers. Beyond that Mike is a pure driver. He pilots his S15 Silvia hard and has been pushing his driving over the last few years. His performance at Adam LZ’s LZ World Tour really shows that. We talk ab...

Ryan Kado is one of the biggest drifting nerds I know. When I met him he was already competing in Formula Drift in his first 350z and I wasn’t even driving yet. Even before being friends and then teammates on Drift Team Animal Style he was super humble and down to earth. He’s always been there for the raw love of the sport. Ryan is one of the most skilled drivers I’ve ever driven with and was alwa...

Aaron Parker is a drifter, stunt driver, mechanic, TV personality, and most importantly a good dude. We talk wiring, working for Mad Mike, and how he’s ended up in all these super cool situations. Aaron also tries to approach these situations with a positive mindset and it seems to be working well for him. We also talk about Hyperdrive and how all that went down. Of course we talk about his origin...

Fatscats is a car club out of Houston Texas that found their way into drifting. They have some of the coolest drift cars in the US and they each have their own style and chassis. Their team is pretty big so we were only able to sit down with Mike, Zach and KC. Hearing their back story it really shows what a drift team should feel like, a family.   Guest: https://www.instagram.com/fatcats_fatcats/...

Artyom and his brother have been making movies most of their lives. Once they found Street Drifting in Russia they went all the way in. They turned their videography business that used to do weddings and commercials into a media factory for underground street drifters all over Russia to be put on display. Their oldest movie they uploaded to youtube was over 12 years ago and they haven’t stopped si...

Rich Whiteman is one of the Grassroots drifting Goats in the US. He drifts a ton and at a wide range of events. From Formula Drift to Final Bout and everything in between Rich can be found with one of his cars and a Shiba. Rich has driven at Ebisu in Japan and all over the US. Rich’s grassroots team Car Shop Karoshi is full of stylish street style drift cars and they throw down in team tandem. He’...

Rhys Conklin is a 16 year drifter who started drifting years ago way before he could even dream of having a driver's license. Thanks to some interesting contacts and a super supportive family he got to chase his dream from an early age. At 16 he’s doing some serious driving with the RTR guys and not only that but handling the business side of things also. We talk about what it takes to deal wi...

Kendal Klein is a certified badass drifter. She drives her 240sx super aggressive on dangerous tracks like AVS (Grange) and runs an all girls drift event called Sparkle Motion. She can weld, work on cars, ride bmx, and she’s super funny. Kendal tows her s13 and drives events all over California also. Kendal has been pushing her driving skill really hard and we wanted to talk to her about where her...

Aaron Leavitt is not only my Drift Team Animal Style team mate but he’s also one of my close friends. We shared an insane month in LA and felt like we had to do a podcast to talk about it. We’ve experienced some crazy things in all these years of drifting but this was definitely one of the craziest months of our lives. Aaron has been on the podcast four times now, and it’s always a good time. Crac...

Benson and Nadine are two west coast drifting legends. They met through Nissan and S Chassis meetups in Southern California in the late 90’s and continued to learn about car style, and drifting together. They went from tuners to professional drifters and parents. Their wedding was covered in Super Street and featured their S13s which is one of the most iconic car wedding shoots in the US. Benson a...

Kazuya Taguchi is one of the very few drifters who have competed in drifting at the top level in multiple countries. He came to the United States from Japan a little over three years ago and had to learn English and a lot more along the way. He came here to win and has been working his way up to being a force in Formula Drift while still making time for building cool cars with the JDM style we lov...

Geoff Stoneback is an east coast OG. He’s been a professional drifter, but decided to make drifting more fun and chase team driving and do demos all over the country. They call him the dad of Front Street because he’s actually a dad and the father to their game. Geoff has some of the coolest cars in the community. Two Silvia s15’s two JZX100’s and a couple of other machines that all get driven har...

Julian Jacobs is a drifting veteran at this point, but he’s been dealing with some roadblocks lately. He’s been drifting a stock 350z for a couple years because it’s been accessible and reliable. We recorded this episode to talk about why. We get into what’s taking so long with the Silvia K24 build, and what’s going on with the animal castle. At least I could drive home after this one haha. Guests...

Matt Field has been a professional drifter for over a decade. His journey started long before that and we talk about his origins, current struggles, and his future. Matt started like most of us in the early days, with a Nissan, you’ll see which one. Matt is an example of what it looks like to go from having fun as a kid to creating a legacy in drifting. He has progressed not only his driving but h...

Alexi Smith AKA Nori Yaro has been bringing us the coolest drifting and car culture from japan for almost two decades. Everything from low riders and dodge van racing to underground car culture Alexi has been around it all. Alexi also has been drifting for almost two decades as well and having someone who has drifted a ton of different cars from JZXs to R32’s to S15s means they really know their s...

Diego has been drifting his BMW E30 since he started driving. He’s based in ATL and has a unique style with his car builds. Him and his team have been pushing their driving to get close and drive fast. We talk about T Pain hanging at local events, street drifting stuff, and all kinds of other tangents. Guests: https://www.instagram.com/emporeruno/ Sponsor: https://tirestreets.com/ "goodest651" for...

Aaron Wong has been drifting since the mid 2000’s. He got his start in an MKIII Supra in high school but soon switched to a 240sx drift car. He’s been a 240sx hatch guy ever since. Aaron has built a ton of cars including Naoki Nakamura’s Super D Matsuri Nissan Silvia. We recorded this podcast at his new shop Pandora Motorsports in Oakland California. Guests: https://www.instagram.com/aaronspandora...

Milky Diamonds is a hyper dedicated drifter who has been chasing the perfect technique. He got on a plane as a teenager to learn to drive a manual drift car at Ebisu. He would fly from the UK just to drift and did not drift in the UK. He is a man with a plan and he is executing. After this episode was filmed he has moved to New Zealand where he will continue to put out drifting content and keep us...

Jordan Tweedie has been living in Japan for years now and has drifted some of the coolest tracks it has to offer. He is a part of GOGO! The infamous drift team. Jordan also runs Tweed Auto Garage which exports parts and vehicles from Japan. Guests: https://www.instagram.com/jordogogo/ Sponsor: https://tirestreets.com/ "goodest651" for 20% off Accelera 651sGoodest Co: goodestco.comHost: @palmer_snd...

Angry Earl is a rotary drift OG, between his FD3S and his famous FC3S, he’s built some of the west coast’s most iconic drift cars. Earl has been pushing himself in the sport with some new driving inspiration. We talk about drifting techniques in detail and what we learned from other things outside of drifting that relate to the sport. We also get philosophical about drifting and tribes. Guests: ht...

PJ has been drifting for over 10 years. He’s part of the Bosstown Car Club and has been to Japan to drift with Tomoya of Sexy Style Knights. PJ and his team have some very cool s13’s along with his imported FC and some other impressive vehicles. PJ is looking to build a car that he can push his driving style with. With this focus on drifting closer and more aggressively than ever before. PJ is loc...

 BLVCKMOON is a drift team from the Bay Area who's known for their signature black cars on chrome. Specifically Work VSKF's (sorry Max) but not so much anymore. They shipped their cars to the very first Final Bout to compete. Sam has been drifting since he got his License and Mel has been involved in drifting since it's origins in Northern California. Sam Drives an S14 with a nicely tuned SR20DET...

Mark Hutchinson has been pioneering grassroots drifting in the US for over 25 years. He has even worked at JUN Auto Mechanic in Japan. Mark is also featured in some of the very first drifting related magazine articles in the US. In his S13 he also competed in the original D1 USA driver search. Mark and his teammate Dave moved to Japan and got to live our dreams. They got to experience late 90's ea...

 Front Street Drift Club is a large group of drifters mainly located in Staten Island New York. The focus on aggressive driving style and they mostly drive Nissan S Chassis' with SR20DETs. Josh has even drifted an s15 at Meihan. They have also shipped their cars across the country to drive at Grange for Super D Matsuri. We talk their origins and street drifting in New York. This one goes off the r...