---
title: "Watch Mad Mike Drift His 4-Rotor MX-5 at Goodwood"
description: "The wild Kiwi marks its territory with a pair of longs black streaks left on the road."
date: "2017-07-03"
modified: "2017-07-03"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy.md"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12114/watch-mad-mike-drift-his-4-rotor-mx-5-at-goodwood"
categories:
  - "Mazda News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "compact"
  - "Coupe"
  - "Drift Cars"
  - "Goodwood Festival of Speed"
  - "mazda"
  - "mx-5"
  - "rotary engine"
  - "sports car"
  - "The Grand Tour"
---

# Watch Mad Mike Drift His 4-Rotor MX-5 at Goodwood

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His real name may be Michael Whiddett, but everyone today just knows him as Mad Mike, the crazy drifting New Zealander with a penchant for rotary engines. He made himself an automotive internet icon with his antics in his [26B-swapped, twin turbo FD RX-7](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZmUkA5rGQ>), known as the MADBUL, and since then, he has taken the car's successor, the HUMBUL, to [a Formula Drift win in Japan](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2i58TI7WME&spfreload=10>), at Ebisu. He has not restricted himself to RX-7s, however, as he brought his "RADBUL Gen2" to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, to compete in their [new drifting showcase](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10619/goodwood-festival-of-speed-introducing-first-ever-drift-competition.md>), held for the first time this year.

The [RADBUL Gen2](<https://artofgears.com/2016/02/27/this-is-mad-mike-whiddetts-radbul-gen2-headed-for-long-beach/>) is a third-generation Mazda MX-5, but fitted with current fourth-generation bodywork, and rather than the factory-equipped 1.8 liter naturally aspirated four cylinder engine, it has a twin turbo, quad rotor replica of Mazda's 26B race engine, made iconic by the [787B](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxXtpMngivM&spfreload=10>) endurance racing car, which won the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans, making the company the first, and so far, the only Japanese marque to have won the esteemed race. [Try as Toyota might](<https://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/11631/the-drive-presents-24-hours-of-le-blog.md>), they just haven't yet managed to join Mazda in the history books at Le Mans.

For more coverage of this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, one need only find the [Goodwood Road & Racing](<https://www.youtube.com/user/GoodwoodTV/videos?spfreload=10>) YouTube channel. They have uploaded most of the event's finest moments, from the run of the [new Porsche 911 GT2 RS](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/12052/porsche-finally-officially-unveils-their-new-700-horsepower-911-gt2-rs-at-goodwood-festival-of-speed.md>) to the winning run of the Jaguar XJR-12D, or the NASCAR Truck time set by current test driver for Amazon's *The Grand Tour*, Mike Skinner, known only as "The American."

Or, instead, because the odds are good that the type of person to click on a drifting story just wants more drifting, Goodwood has uploaded [a collection of videos](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inSyXG8DpIM&spfreload=10>) from the drift showcase only. Enjoy.

https://youtube.com/embed/chOXzizDG2w

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)

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