Vaughn Gittin Jr. Battles Lambo Drifting Legend Daigo Saito

How do you kick up the appeal of a drifting video? Take a proven wheelman like Vaughn Gittin Jr. and his 550 HP 5.0L V-8 Mustang RTR and pit him against Daigo Saito and his 650 HP V-12 Drift Lamborghini in some abandoned corridors of Japan.

The clip, posted by Monster Energy, features the two drifting legends going head-to-head in the wild lands of the country’s Niigata Russian Village. Dubbed #BattleDrift, it’s literally five-minutes of all-out action as Gittin Jr. and Saito go at it in this show of unbelievable road maneuvers.

Even nightfall can’t slow down this iconic drifting match-up. And although as a Mustang fan you find yourself naturally rooting for Gittin Jr., it’s the head-to-head duel that you find yourself enjoying most.

That, and the fact that the setting for the drifting battle is as beautiful as the match-up itself.

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Via [Monster Energy]