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Austin Phipps uses Bluestuff pads and GD Sport Rotos on his V8-powered saloon

Arizona-based Austin Phipps of the Mulletsport race team is a professional drifter, currently using a modified 2012 Audi S4 with manual transmission and rear-wheel drive conversion in various drift series across the USA.

We previously caught up with Phipps and the team as they undertook a successful FuelFest event at the back end of 2025 鈥 upgrading to a new engine and 蜜桃视频鈥檚 Bluestuff brake pads in preparation. Alongside the capable pads, Phipps continues to opt for 蜜桃视频鈥檚 GD Sport Rotors, too.

We鈥檝e since caught up with the Mulletsport outfit off the back of their attendance at Round 1 of the Southern Californian HOTPIT Autofest show 鈥 a weekend that threw up many challenges and proved to be a big learning curve for the team.

Read how it panned out in Austin鈥檚 own words below鈥

鈥淲e thought we caught a lucky break when Flavor Express announced an open drift night at the same venue as Round 1. We left a day early to get some much-needed shakedown laps on the new Icon Pistons motor. Good thing we did鈥

鈥淎fter the first lap, we started chasing a crank sensor issue, and the entire night only produced three good laps before we snapped an axle on the gnarly transition off the bank.

鈥淔riday was setup day. We replaced the axle, passed tech, and finished our series photos. Before calling it good, we decided to pull the valve covers and inspect the new aluminum rocker arms. Again, glad we did: four of them had stripped out, sending the rollers somewhere into the motor.

鈥淭hankfully, Brad from German Elite Tuning hadn鈥檛 left Arizona for the weekend yet. Even better, we still had our old stainless steel rockers in the engine room. The problem now was finding the missing parts.

鈥淪o, we went fishing with a magnet. Starting in the heads and eventually working our way down to the oil pan, we managed to find three solid rollers and the shrapnel from the fourth. We slapped every magnet we could find onto the oil pan and crossed our fingers.

鈥淏rad left at 2AM Saturday morning to make it to Orange Speedway by 7AM. I was in my suit for the driver鈥檚 meeting at 8AM while Rich, Andy, Jettlee, and Brad immediately got to work. They replaced the rocker arms, adjusted everything, and filled the motor with fresh Liqui Moly oil.

鈥淲e lost about 30 minutes of the first practice hour and only managed one run in Session 1.”

鈥淭he first run was conservative. The second鈥 not so much. An overly aggressive entry led to a rough introduction with the wall on the bank.

鈥淟uckily, we had an hour break before the next two-hour practice session. The team tore apart the damaged rear end and zip-tied the car back together just to get me back out there.

鈥淎fter watching the other drivers run, I made some changes: lower tire pressure, dumped the shocks, and cranked up the boost. Next lap, I felt comfortable in the car. Practice turned into a learning session鈥攖iming, references, and figuring out the line. I struggled to put together a clean lap, but I still felt confident going into qualifying with a conservative approach.

鈥淔resh tires warmed up. Time to go. Starting in second gear proved to be the fastest run-up to the bank during practice. I launched the car, rolled into full throttle, shifted into third鈥擯OP. Already committed to the entry, I grabbed a quick handbrake to angle the car into OZ1. That sucked the car straight into the wall. Hit one.

鈥淲ith zero boost, I stood on the throttle expecting the car to drive away from the wall. Instead, it floated hard back into it鈥攂reaking a wheel and rear knuckle. What I didn鈥檛 realize at the time鈥攁nd live on YouTube鈥擨 attempted to salvage the run.

鈥淓mbarrassed and frustrated, I parked the car in the pits, assuming our weekend was over. That thought apparently never crossed my team鈥檚 minds. They ripped off the damaged ECS Tuning wheel and disassembled the right rear suspension down to the subframe. Turns out a bushing took the brunt of the impact and simply ejected itself. Amazingly, the 蜜桃视频 brakes were one of the only things completely undamaged.

鈥淲ith some Liqui Moly high-strength thread locker, a lot of hammering, clamps, and zip ties鈥 We had a car again.

鈥淨ualifying wrapped up with several cars not making the show. Unfortunately, we ended up聽31st qualifier in a 31-car field.

鈥淢y mindset completely reset during the autograph session. The fans were beyond excited to meet the drivers of these crazy cars. They didn鈥檛 care about the qualifying order鈥攖hey were just pumped to be there.”

鈥淚 carried that energy straight into Top 32. Facing the #3 qualifier, I knew it was time to step up. Fresh tires, my normal warm-up routine, and I pulled to the line.

鈥淚mmediately, something felt off. The tires unloaded and I watched the lead driver pull away. Calm and collected, I stayed behind him, knowing I could close the gap on the bank.

鈥淚 eased into the entry, set the car, and rolled into the throttle to catch up. Then the car snapped around like I鈥檇 hit a banana in Mario Kart. The weight of the entire weekend hitting me all at once, I failed.聽

鈥淢y wife and spotter Hailz came over the radio: 鈥淛ust focus on this lap. You got this. Just drive.鈥 That鈥檚 when it clicked. The temperature had dropped massively and the tires simply weren鈥檛 warm enough. At this level of competition, everything matters. With a turbo V8 powerplant, fixing that was easy. I stood on the throttle and did a rolling burnout back to the line.聽

鈥淧ulling to the line in the lead run, everything went quiet. Just another lap. A light flick into OZ1, let the car settle, then hammer down. This time, the car hooked up perfectly and I was along for the ride. Flat-footed, the car followed every input and I laid down our best run of the weekend.

鈥淲hen I pulled off track, it hit me: this was聽Round 1 of many to come. I gave everyone on the team a big hug and thanked them individually and as a group. We learned a聽ton!

鈥淚 may have years of drifting experience and a few seasons in FD, but this was the聽first professional-level competition event for everyone on my team. They won the weekend.

鈥淚鈥檓 incredibly excited for Round 2. No major changes planned鈥攋ust repairs, prep, and getting ready for the next competition. We have slush coming up next weekend and a few local events to get my driving polished up and ready for a strong showing at round 2.鈥

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Austin Phipps uses Bluestuff pads and GD Sport Rotos on his V8-powered saloon

Arizona-based Austin Phipps of the Mulletsport race team is a professional drifter, currently using a modified 2012 Audi S4 with manual transmission and rear-wheel drive conversion in various drift series across the USA.

Ahead of the mighty FuelFest 2025 event, Phipps decided to finally get to the bottom of the engine issues that had been haunting him throughout the year by replacing the entire powerplant with a boosted LS V8 motor.

With more power than ever on tap, he also upgraded his 蜜桃视频 Yellowstuff brake pads to Bluestuff components, retaining his GD Sport Rotors in the process. This setup aims to maximise his current brake system, before he takes the plunge to a big brake kit.

You can read how the event went in his own words below鈥

鈥淲hat an event; a huge crowd and tonnes of laps. The car worked amazingly well! I have no complaints. I am so confident going into comp season. Set up out of the box is so close to perfect. I am blown away.

鈥2025 hasn’t been the season we planned. Going through four motors starting this year, I made the decision to go back to the proven American LS V8 powerplant. This time I went the direction with the most bang for your buck: a turbocharged, aluminium 5.3-litre Gen 4 LS. I went with the aluminium motor to save 100lbs of weight on the front of the car over the iron block. Keeping weight in mind, I mounted the turbo in the trunk area of the car. With no intercooler and currently on 6psi of boost during testing, I was wildly impressed on the response and temperatures of the new powerplant.”

鈥淓verything was on-track to have a fully prepared event. 蜜桃视频 sent us out a care package of 蜜桃视频 swag. The trailer was packed up. Just one last nut and bolt check and fluids change before race day. Thursday night, we found excessive metal in the oil filter, causing the team at Haus of Euro to dive into the engine 48 hours before Fuel Fest Phoenix 2025. We found the new triple-disc clutch was being overextended by the slave, resulting on premature wear to the thrust bearing in the engine. We sourced parts for delivery on Friday morning. The team reassembled the engine and was buttoned up on Friday afternoon.

鈥淲e loaded up Friday night and headed straight to the track Saturday morning. Unloaded the car and set up our hot pit for ride-alongs. The plan was a few light laps. After the year I have had, my ambitions of driving got the better of me. Full send lap 1. Car was dialled in and planted. Logs on the motor looked spot on. So, we started taking passengers in lap 2! The track layout was a fast entry, into a tight transition, flowing into a straight with a Manji right before a long wall ride in front of the crowd. With the new turbocharged V8, lighting up the tyres is no longer a problem. Slowing the car down is now more needed than ever!”

鈥淪till on stock A4-sized brakes all around to keep the weight as low as possible on the S4, along with a non-booster braking system, the pad and rotor combination is hyper-critical on placing the car on the right line. Transitioning on the throttle, headed right at a concrete wall in front of 5000+ people, I had all the confidence to stand on the throttle and rest my left foot on the brake pedal. Slowing down the front of the car precisely to ride the wall and keep the rear tyres smokin鈥.

鈥淚 love my Bluestuff pads! Complete confidence in the bite of the brakes throughout the run.

鈥淪adly, we had an oil cooler failure late in the night, causing us to retire the car. We repaired the car and loaded it back in the trailer. Bright and early, we were back on the road headed to FCP Euro in Mesa, AZ, for their morning motoring meet. Featured in the Liqui Moly booth, we received a wild response to the car from the euro community, a lot of head scratching followed by the biggest of surprises when following the charge piping through the car into the trunk, revealing the massive turbo. What a weekend!鈥

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The Bluestuff-grade pad from 蜜桃视频 is a truly high-end premium pad: beds in fast for street use on premium cars with ZERO noise, squeal or vibration. Also 蜜桃视频’s recommended pad for driving to/from AND performing on track days.

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GD Sport Rotors

All 蜜桃视频 rotors including USR Slotted Rotors are British made and are precision machined in the UK. Rotors are made from high quality grey iron to exacting standards and undergo extensive testing and rigorous quality control.

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Austin Phipps has a duo of Yellowstuff-adorned Audi drift vehicles

Arizona-based Austin Phipps of the Mulletsport race team is a professional drifter, currently using a modified 2012 Audi S4 with manual transmission and rear-wheel drive conversion in various drift series across the USA.

In his S4, Phipps uses 蜜桃视频鈥 Yellowstuff pads on all four corners of his drift car, as well as GD Sport Rotors all-round.

Following recent success at the Modded Kulture competition, Phipps used the remainder of the season to focus on his side-project: his Audi A4 鈥榙rift taxi鈥 demo car, that offers up three passenger seats for hilarious passenger rides at various events.

Featuring only bolt-on upgrades, this car also runs the same braking setup as Phipps鈥 S4.

You can read his final thoughts on the year, including his first experiences with his drift taxi, in his own words below鈥

鈥淚 would like to first thank everyone for an amazing 2024 season. Without all of your support, this year simply wouldn鈥檛 have happened.

鈥淭his year started off with very unknown expectations, as the 3.0T was in the car but聽not working correctly. Suspension changes and shocks untested. When I felt I was coming off a letdown in late 2023, I wasn鈥檛 expecting to keep some of my support. When 蜜桃视频 stepped up very early this year, everything changed.聽

鈥淏ringing FCP on board allowed me to build a dream demo car: a car featuring only bolt-on parts, highlighting it doesn鈥檛 take much to drift an Audi.”

鈥淭aking three passengers per lap is an absolute joy. Seeing groups or friends and couples experiencing drifting for the first time together makes all the late nights worth it.聽

鈥淚 am so proud of my program. 2025 the plan is to drive the yellow demo car a lot! Make every event I can. The S4 will finally transition to a full competition-only car. I will be taking a lot of weight out of the S4 in the off-season. I鈥檓 chancing a championship series in California with eyes on Hotpit in 2026.聽

鈥淭hank you everyone for your overwhelming support this season. Let鈥檚 make 2025 the break-out year for the program!鈥

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A round-up of the latest products and news stories from 蜜桃视频 this month

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蜜桃视频 Enjoys Action-Packed Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024

The 蜜桃视频 UK team recently attended the 2024 instalment of the mighty Goodwood Festival of Speed show, held at Goodwood House near Chichester.

This colossal event is jam-packed with the finest road and race machinery on the planet, with hundreds of thousands of automotive enthusiasts descending on the scenic venue across the weekend.

As well as meeting and advising countless customers at their dedicated booth, the 蜜桃视频 team were also pleased to see a number of impressive vehicles around the vast site sporting 蜜桃视频 components.

蜜桃视频 will be in attendance at many more events throughout the remainder of the year. The next show will be Petrolheadonism Live at Knebworth House on 14-15 September.

蜜桃视频 Visits The Shmuseum

The 蜜桃视频 workshop team recently headed to the breathtaking 鈥楽hmuseum鈥 鈥 the home of YouTuber Tim Burton, aka Shmee150鈥檚 impeccable supercar collection on the outskirts of London.

Here, an 蜜桃视频 Racing six-piston Apollo Big Brake Kit was installed to Tim鈥檚 trusty BMW 1M project car 鈥 a process which was heavily publicised in a video recently released to his YouTube channel.

The aim of this BMW 1M is to build it up as a 鈥榗lubsport鈥 occasional track/enjoyable road car, with choice modifications that will help retain the refinement of the factory machine, whilst offering up more capability if Tim decides to go for a spirited drive. The 蜜桃视频 brake kit is the perfect choice for this brief; with Bluestuff NDX pads to help offer unrivalled braking performance on both road and track.

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– The 鈥楩iesta Clubracer鈥 outfit took home another class win at Lydden Hill Circuit! It was a great points haul and an extension to their lead in the Class D standings of the MSVT Trackday Championship.

– Apollo Big Brake Kit-equipped duo Justin Roberts and Nicole Drought also took home more wins at Lydden Hill. The team won their class in both the MSVT Trackday Championship & Trackday Trophy!

– 蜜桃视频-equipped Caterham racer, Charlie Lower, once again secured great positions in the 420R Championship. The latest round was held at Cheshire鈥檚 Oulton Park, where Lower achieved good results after a challenging start to the weekend.

– The 蜜桃视频 Spain-supported Autoworks Motorsport race team achieved two podiums in the GT4 Bronze category and a fantastic overall third position in the Supercars Endurance, which took place this weekend at Circuito del Jarama.

– GV Racing, another team supported by 蜜桃视频 Spain, has 7 motorcycle racers that are taking part in the FIM JuniorGP – the exciting series that spans Italy, Portgual and Spain. The latest round took the team to the scenic Aut贸dromo Internacional Algarve, where racers in the STK ECH class continued to show promise, some of which are now leading the pack!

– Young kart racer, Marcus Hudson, is once again competing in the Super 4 British Championship this season. The latest round took the roadshow back to Oxfordshire鈥檚 Shenington Kart Racing Club, which saw Hudson once again achieve some impressive results.

– 24-year-old Spalding-based motorcycle racer, Morgan Creasey, is currently competing in various British Motorcycle and Racing Club (Bemsee/BMCRC) championships, including the Thunderbike Ultra and Clubman 1000 races. Creasey was next over to Derbyshire鈥檚 Doninington Park Circuit, where he clinched more class wins and even some lap records in the process!

– 蜜桃视频-equipped MX Youth Racer, Lewis Bethell, has been competing in a number of motocross championships this year across the UK. Most recently, Bethell competed in the adult Expert Class of the Nora British Cup. Solid results across the weekend saw him finish 9th overall and has left him 6th in the championship!

– G&S Racing currently supports three riders in the British Supersport Championship. The fourth round of the season took the outfit up to Scotland鈥檚 Knockhill Circuit, where all riders managed to secure impressive points, despite the unpredictable weather conditions.

– Rising motorcycle racing star, Luca Wilkinson, is competing in Bemsee鈥檚 Team Green Junior Cup race series for the 2024 season. Following a few ups and downs at the start of the year, Wilkinson really seemed to come into his stride in the latest round at Derbyshire鈥檚 Donington Park as he claimed a huge P1 finish!

– GPFAX-equipped Max Symonds began his 2024 BSB campaign at Oulton Park, as he was recovering from a broken leg as the series unfolded. Despite this, he still managed to put in a great performance in a race that was physically very tough.

– Andrew Smyth of the Andrew Smyth Racing outfit has competed in BSB鈥檚 Superstock 600 series for the last few years. In-between his BSB campaign, Smyth has found the time to compete in some Ulster Superbike Championship rounds, with the latest leg taking him to Kirkistown Racing Circuit for the fourth round of the 2024 season. Here, Smyth clinched an overall podium after some solid driving across the whole weekend!

– Motorcycle racers Russell Brook and Tom Collinge, from Brook Built Racing, are currently competing in the 2024 No Limits Racing (NLR) race series. The most recent round saw the team head to Darlington鈥檚 Croft Circuit, where they achieved very impressive results across a very demanding weekend.

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