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Drifting Inside a Former Soviet Missile Base Is Mocking Communism with 2,500 HP

From three-year-olds trying their hand at doing donuts to the Toyota Prius commercial involving sliding scenes, drifting risk going mainstream these days. So the pros who have been at it for years must make serious efforts to stay ahead of the sideways pack and we're here to give you the freshest example of such a stunt.
Drifting Inside a Former Soviet Missile Base in Latvia 10 photos
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Drifting in a former Soviet military base sound like a good way to kick off such an adventure, simply because, as we mentioned in the title, it's an awesome way to laugh at the kind of issues that threatened the planet in the Cold War days - the action takes place in Latvia.

And when that drifting involves a trio of professional drivers going at it together, you can expect insane stunts, from 360-degree spins to... smoking tires right past a massive Lenin bust.

The list of hydraulic handbrake actors featured here kicks off with Kristaps Bluss, a Latvian-born athlete who came up with the idea of the project and used an E46 BMW M3 (a classic, right?) animated by a blown LS V8.

Then we have Ryan Tuerck, who apparently took some time off from his Ferrari-engined Toyota GT 86 project to drift in an E92 BMW M3 also packing supercharged LS V8 heart.

Last, but certainly not least (in pure communist style, all three sliders are considered equal here), Matt Powers kept the Nissan 350Z spirit alive, albeit with the help of another LS V8, this time packing a twin-turbo setup.

Together, the three GM V8-powered animals used here have an output of around 2,500 ponies. And since the location made the sliding extra spicy, we've added a behind-the-scenes pic at the end of the image gallery to show you just how difficult putting the whole thing together was.

P.S.: Many YouTube commentators wondered how the drift video would feel without its soundtrack, but we went over their chat in a rush, so we might have misunderstood their wish, hence the second video below.

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