Ahead of a Formula Drift competition, Amanda Sorsensen prefers to be distracted. She’s a bit of an overthinker, she admits, so she keeps herself occupied. Until the helmet goes on, that is, and she ...

In motorsports, drag racing is the 100-meter sprint, NASCAR is middle distance, Le Mans is the marathon, and drifting is gymnastics. You can't argue that it's easy to slide a car sideways, tires ...

The first words you come across reading Amanda Sorensen’s personal Instagram profile reads “Athlete. Motorsport, Fitness, Fashion.” As a pro drift driver in the Formula Drift series, the motorsport ...

Lanky Irishman James Deane was never certain he’d actually win his fourth Formula Drift championship, even though all he had to do in the final round last weekend at Irwindale was just basically show ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm based in Chicago and have written for ESPN and Rolling Stone. When driver Amanda Sorensen made her first moves into drifting ...