Vaughn Gittin Jr.

Pro driver Vaughn Gittin Jr. has spent quite a bit of time behind the wheel of the sixth-generation Ford Bronco over the past year and a half or so, much of it off-road. That included testing out the SUV’s manual transmission in the sand, showing off its new Trail Turn Assist feature, and most recently, wheeling a Bronco First Edition with all of its body panels removed on some of Moab’s toughest terrain. Now, Gittin Jr. is back behind the wheel – this time of the Ford Bronco RTR that debuted at last year’s SEMA Show in two-door form – in Moab, once again.

Vaughn Gittin Jr. is again earning his RTR title of chief fun-haver in the latest video from Ford Performance. The new short film features Gittin Jr. on the Faroe Islands northwest of Scotland in the best thing he's ever built, the 1,400-hp Mustang Mach-E 1400, obviously based on the Ford Mustang Mach-E EV.

Ever on the lookout for cool spots to film his drifting videos, two-time Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. took his Mustang Mach-E 1400 to the Faroe Islands. The Mach-E 1400 is so named because it makes 1400 hp. The power can be routed to the front, rear, or all four wheels. They chose RWD for this application.

2010 and 2020 Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. posted a video to Facebook on Thursday titled, “!!BIG NEWS!!”. “What’s up friends? For the past 20 years, competitive drift has been a huge part of my life. And with that, I’m announcing today is that we have decided to step back from competitive drifting for a little while,” he wrote. “This is not a retirement. This is not a goodbye. It’s see you later. I’m still going to be continuing to drift.”

Since 2004, Vaughn Gittin Jr. has been deeply involved with the sport of drifting, becoming one of the sport's household names and popular even beyond it thanks to his work with Ford. Now, he looks to step back from competitive drifting and focus back on the industry and sport he loves and his recent passion of off-roading. In this exclusive interview, we find out why Gittin has chosen this moment to step away, why he's doing it, and if he expects to ever come back.

Vaughn Gittin Jr. is best known for burning rubber in his modified Ford Mustang RTR and the insane 1,400-hp Mustang Mach-E 1400. Given his close relationship with Ford, the two-time Formula Drift champion was granted the opportunity to buy a Ford GT. Unlike John Cena, he didn't break the contract...

Make no mistake, Sean Evans and Vaughn Gittin Jr. are two very different people. Evans hosts the YouTube show Hot Ones, interviewing guests while eating increasingly spicy chicken wings, while Vaughn’s day job involves hooning some of the craziest cars on the planet. Ford Performance recently posted a video where the duo tries to capture the essence of the Mustang Mach-E 1400 in a hot sauce.

Vaughn Gittin Jr. is a two-time Formula Drift champion, but he prefers to go by the title of Professional Fun-Haver. And he lives up to it. Gittin and his RTR Motorsports team took a couple of Ford Mustang drift racing cars and Ultra4 off-road racing Ford Broncos to the Panthera Training center in West Virginia to fool around on the tactical driving courses used my military and protective services to film a precision driving video and things got interesting.

We've watched drifting champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. slide across all 13 miles of the Nurburgring and go power sliding in the insane 1,400-hp electric Ford Mustang Mach-E 1400. In his latest automotive adventure, Vaughn Gittin Jr. teamed up with racing drivers Leron Healy and Chelsea Denofa to stage some awesome car stunts, using the Panthera Tactical Training Center in West Virginia as their playground.

Vaughn Gittin Jr. and the Team RTR crew have an explosive new video where they unleash drift-prepped Ford Mustangs and Ultra4 off-road buggies through the Panthera Tactical Training Facility in West Virginia. The site usually specializes in offering combat lessons, so there's an opportunity to create huge fireballs. Things start...