http://dvanz.com DV's weblog for team updates. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:09:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good news for all you Mustang owners out there, it looks like AIT Racing will soon be releasing the Doug Van Den Brink “signature” New-Edge Widebody kit for 99-04 Mustangs. Some of you may know that drawings were done ... http://dvanz.com/bodywork-update/ 2009 has been one heck of a year and I would be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to say thank you to everyone that I have worked/played/partied/slaved/hung-out with. For a year that has been so financially challenging for many of us (and still is I might add) there ... http://dvanz.com/dvs-thanksgiving-thoughts/ Just as the leaves are starting to change colors and a cool breeze begins to blow in the East, Doug Van Den Brink and the DVM crew were high-tailing it out West to have a little more fun before Old Man Winter got a hold of them. After a couple ... http://dvanz.com/with-fall-comes-more-fun-out-west/ There are times in life when you just have to stop and think, “Boy, it doesn’t get any better than this”. That’s the best way to describe the month of July for our man from North Carolina. While there were no trains involved, there ... http://dvanz.com/july-a-month-full-of-old-new/ Just when you think there’s no light at the end of the tunnel, somebody shows-up with a spotlight…  With only 1 week before the New Jersey round of the Formula Drift championship, things weren’t lookin’ too good for the DVM crew. Then out of nowhere comes a call from a ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-heads-back-to-nj-for-formula-drift-round-3-with-a-new-look/ Continuing on the “multi-part” theme, we pick-up the season as the team prepped itself for Atlanta, Georgia….After the test at VIR the DVM Mustang was back in the shop where the boys completed the updates needed for their next event, which would be the second round of the Formula D ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-catches-up-on-season-activities-pt-2/ To date, 2009 has been a blur for Doug Van Den Brink and his D’Vanz Motorsports crew. It’s only May, but already they’ve had their turbocharged Mustang out of its stall 5 times this year at various events. The car has a new ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-catches-up-on-season-activities-pt-1/ The 2008 drifting season has finally come to a close and we’re happy to announce D’Vanz Motorsports finished on a high note. The event, billed as “The Red Bull Drifting World Championship”, was the biggest of it’s kind in which there were two events in one massive weekend. One portion ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-finishes-the-season-strong-at-red-bull-pro-am/ The Specialty Equipment Market Association show more commonly known as SEMA has become an annual “staple” for anyone in the worldwide automotive aftermarket industry. Held every fall in Las Vegas, Nevada, this annual 4-day event attracts parts and equipment manufactures, specialty car builders, tuning/hot rod shops, race teams and car ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-makes-their-sema-debut/ Falken Tire drivers Doug Van Den Brink and Vaughn Gittin, Jr. were at it again “slide’n” their Mustangs around The Barrett-Jackson Auto Sale this time in Las Vegas, NV. The drifting demo event was held in conjunction with Ford Performance Parts marketing group and Falken Tire. From Vegas, Doug was on his way ... http://dvanz.com/drift-demos-and-competitions-make-for-a-busy-month/ Falken Tire drivers Doug Van Den Brink and Vaughn Gitten, Jr. made their way to Dearborn, Michigan, just outside of Detroit, to do a little “slide’n” on behalf of Ford Performance Parts last week. The drifting demo/ride-along event was part of an “employee appreciation day” that Ford’s marketing group put together in conjunction ... http://dvanz.com/van-den-brink-heads-to-detroit-for-ford-drift-demo/ Last season, when D’Vanz Motorsports rolled into South Carolina for the Elite Summer Nationals everything went nice and smooth right up to the time to start the tandem elimination rounds. Their bright red Ford Mustang overpowered its clutch and on a day that had started off with such high expectations was over in ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-get%e2%80%99s-back-one-that-got-away-last-year/ In a month full of adversary, DVM scored their best finish to date in this past weekends Formula Drift event at New Jersey’s Englishtown Raceway. “What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger.” If that saying is even a little bit true, then DVM’s driver Doug Van Den Brink must feel a bit like ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-get%e2%80%99s-back-on-track-with-career-best-finish-in-new-jersey/   For anyone who’s not ever been to the “winter car selling fest” known as the Barrett- Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona you only need to hear one word; GO! Without question, it is one of the most exciting and spectacular events ever witnessed. The cars are absolutely amazing and the spectators ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-and-falken-tire-add-heat-to-the-arizona-winter/ What do you get when you combine 1300 collector vehicles sitting on nearly 70 sundrenched Arizona acres, a pavilion covering over 322,000 square feet, over 4,800 Bidders from all 50 States and 14 Countries with a combined buying power exceeding $1 Billion, over 250,000 “live” spectators and 10.6M more enthusiasts at home watching ... http://dvanz.com/dvm-is-headed-to-barrett-jackson/ http://dvanz.com/dvm-smokes-up-st-petersburg/