---
title: "This Double Amputee Drifts Better With His Feet Than Most People Do With Their Arms"
description: "In Poland, Hoonigan gets a ride with Bartosz Ostałowski, who has to drift with his feet."
date: "2018-09-15"
modified: "2020-03-15"
authors:
  - name: "Danny Korecki"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/danny-korecki"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/23600/this-double-amputee-drifts-better-with-his-feet-than-most-people-do-with-their-arms"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Racing"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Culture"
  - "Drifting"
  - "Hoonigan"
  - "motorsport"
---

# This Double Amputee Drifts Better With His Feet Than Most People Do With Their Arms

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While traveling through Poland, the [Hoonigan](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21540/take-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-hoonigans-hq-the-donut-garage>) crew stumbled upon Bartosz Ostalowski—a double amputee drifting aficionado who pilots his Nissan Skyline with only his feet.

After losing both of his arms in a motorcycle accident, Ostalowski quickly adapted. He wears a race shoe on his right foot, while his left foot operates more like a hand. In order to drift, his purpose-built R34 is fitted with an emergency brake pedal above the accelerator in lieu of a hand-controlled lever. He changes gear via a shoulder paddle shifter, and due to using his feet to drift, he sits visibly farther back in the car.

Highlighting the slide-crazed European, Hoonigan's Eugene Jr. is joined by "Danger" Dan Sommer in a recent episode of the team's *Field Trip* video series. They meet up with [Ostałowski](<https://www.instagram.com/bartosz_ostalowski>) while at the Polish Drift Masters competition, shooting video of the miracle worker on-track.

"He's doing with one foot what we can't do with two hands," said Sommer.

Ostalowski's perseverance is undoubtedly respectable and worth a second look. He joins the ranks of [Alex Zanardi](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/1977/alex-zanardi-amputee-racing-driver-will-beat-you-all>), the two-time CART Series champion, who lost his legs in a major crash during the early 2000s. Zanardi is back to competitive action and recently took part in [a one-off DTM appearance](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/22937/double-amputee-alex-zanardi-will-race-in-dtm-without-prosthetic-legs>) with plans to race [in the 2019 Daytona 24 Hours](<https://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/17029/alex-zanardi-will-race-modified-bmw-m8-gte-at-daytona-24-in-2019>) behind the wheel of a BMW M8 GTE.

To get all the details on Bartosz and the rest of Hoonigan's Polish excursion, check out the full clip below.

https://youtube.com/embed/0CNu98QcG_Q

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