--- title: "Watch Vaughn Gittin Jr. Drift the Nurburgring in a Ford F-150 Raptor" description: "The Formula D driver trades his usual Mustang RTR for a four-wheel-drive off-road monster before tackling a damp Green Hell." date: "2018-04-25" modified: "2018-04-25" authors: - name: "Will Sabel Courtney" job_title: "Contributor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/20391/watch-vaughn-gittin-jr-drift-the-nurburgring-nordschleife-in-a-ford-f-150-raptor" categories: - "Ford News" - "News" - "News by Brand" - "Watch This" tags: - "Drifting" - "F-150 Raptor" - "Ford" - "Nordschleife" - "Nurburgring" - "Off-Road" - "pickup" - "vaughn gittin jr" --- # Watch Vaughn Gittin Jr. Drift the Nurburgring in a Ford F-150 Raptor ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* These days, if you want to make a stir at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, setting a record lap time may not be the way to do it. With [two of the VW Group's biggest brands]() using their nine-figure budgets [to create cars capable of trading increasingly-brisk sub-seven minute lap times](), it's harder than ever for someone else to break into the record books with a lap of their own. So instead of going for a new record run 'round the 'Ring, [Formula Drift wheelman Vaughn Gittin Jr](). went about lapping the Green Hell in a way more in-tune with his particular set of skills: As sideways as possible. But Gittin didn't perform this feat in his Mustang RTR Spec 5-D drift car, or even one of those street-legal Mustang GT RTRs he helped whip up. No, [Vaughn did it in a vehicle designed for pretty much the opposite of the 12.9-mile race track](): a Ford F-150 Raptor. Though that wasn't the original plan. According to a press release accompanying the video, Gittin was planning on drifting his RTR Spec 5-D at the Nurburgring, but an unexpected bout of soggy German weather wound up putting the kibosh on those plans. So instead, the drift guru grabbed the keys to a black-on-black F-150 Raptor and took the 450-horsepower, three-ton beast out for a few fast laps of the iconic course. The resulting laps don't appear likely to threaten the likes of [the Porsche 911 GT2 RS]() for turbocharged production-car 'Ring lap supremacy...but they sure as hell look pretty fun. You can watch Gittin hoon his way around the Green Hell in the YouTube video below. But be warned: Viewing this may cause you to run out and either buy a ticket to Germany. Or, alternately, plunk down the cash for [a Raptor and take it drifting](). https://youtube.com/embed/rEo6I5ZWalY Oh, and if you dig that, check out the behind-the-scenes photo gallery of Gittin's trip to the 'Ring below. ![message-editor%2F1524670988505-vaughn-ring-7.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671029264-vaughn-ring-1.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671036770-vaughn-ring-11.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671044182-vaughn-ring-3.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671052819-vaughn-ring-16.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671059981-vaughn-ring-6.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671071190-vaughn-ring-4.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671079909-vaughn-ring-8.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671088927-drift-hero.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671098301-vaughn-ring-14.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671106275-vaughn-ring-10.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671114102-vaughn-ring-17.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671122758-vaughn-ring-2.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671130588-vaughn-ring-15.jpg]() *Team RTR* ![message-editor%2F1524671139992-vaughn-ring-18.jpg]() *Team RTR* ## Author Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [Twitter]()