Drift Indy Street League has sought to bring together some of the best drivers and coolest cars in the midwest to battle it out in a contest of style and skill for several seasons now. With the leaderboard wiped clean for 2024, newcomers and oldheads alike had the opportunity to earn some hardware and, most importantly, bragging rights.

A killer group of drivers, spectators and friends came out this past weekend to help us kick off Drift Indy’s 20th season. Near-perfect weather combined with great driving to give the weekend pretty amazing vibes. The smiles in the stands and the pits bode well for what promises to be our best season yet.

The Drift Indy Virtual crew headed (virtually, of course) to Japan’s legendary Meihan Sportsland for the first round of this season’s competition series. We’ve hosted offseason virtual comps in past seasons, but this year we’ve stepped things up a notch and are proud to have partnered with our friends at Vyral to bring those signature Drift Indy party vibes to the world of sim drifting.

Four seasons ago, a 15-year-old and his dad showed up at one of our clinics with a cool, V8-swapped BMW E28. We weren’t even sure if he was going to be allowed to drive, but they got it figured out and he set off to learn the basics. Today, that same kid is first in this season’s Drift Indy Street League rankings and has been proving his mettle with pro drivers on the Drift Appalachia touges. 

Cash Staub, now 18 and a high school graduate, lives and breathes drifting.

Geoff Donati had a good showing in the heat at Formula Drift ProSpec Round 2 up in New Jersey. After qualifying and advancing through the round of 32, he was knocked out by Kelsey Rowlings in the round of 16.

He and the team are headed to St. Louis this weekend for Round 3 in a better spot than they were in at this point last season.

After tricky weather made most of practice a waste, a tough draw in the top 32 and a super competitive battle that saw him lose to eventual event winner Tommy Lemaire, Geoff Donati is pleased overall with his and his team’s performance at FD Prospec round 1 in Atlanta.

There’s no shortage of analogies to describe what went down at Drift Indy Street League Round 1 this weekend. We shook the etch-a-sketch. We poked the reset button with a mechanical pencil. We deleted our My Player. We prestiged.

Whatever. The point is, it’s a new era for DISL, and the new look is rad as hell.