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Inside the World of Professional Drifting & High-Speed Racing | Amanda Sorensen DSH #1220
Wed, 05 Mar 2025
🔥 Amanda Sorensen on Breaking Barriers in Drifting, Racing Extreme E & Making History 🚀 In this high-energy episode, we sit down with Amanda Sorensen, a professional drifter, off-road racer, and motorsports trailblazer, to discuss her journey to the top, competing in Formula Drift, Extreme E, and making history as the first female podium finisher in Formula Drift Pro Spec. Topics Covered: ✅ The intense world of professional drifting & what it takes to win ✅ Breaking barriers as a female in motorsports ✅ Competing in Extreme E & racing in Saudi Arabia ✅ How she built her own racing team & manages sponsorships ✅ The future of motorsports – from electric racing to hydrogen cars This episode is packed with adrenaline, strategy, and behind-the-scenes insights into one of the fastest-growing sports in the world! 📲 Follow Amanda Sorensen & Learn More: 🔗 Instagram: @Amanda.Sorensen12 🔗 YouTube: Amanda Sorensen 🔗 Website: AmandaSorensen.com ⏱ CHAPTERS ⏳ 00:00 – What It’s Like to Drift Inches Away from Competitors ⏳ 03:15 – The Mental & Physical Preparation for Drifting ⏳ 07:30 – The High Costs & Risks of Competitive Drifting ⏳ 12:10 – Making History: First Female Podium in Formula Drift Pro Spec ⏳ 17:40 – The Challenges of Competing in a Male-Dominated Sport ⏳ 23:50 – Competing in Extreme E & Racing in Saudi Arabia ⏳ 30:25 – The Future of Motorsports: Hydrogen & Electric Racing ⏳ 36:10 – Running Her Own Racing Team & Managing Sponsorships ⏳ 42:00 – The Rise of Drifting & Its International Popularity ⏳ 50:15 – Skydiving with the Air Force & Other Wild Adventures ⏳ 55:30 – What’s Next for Amanda Sorensen & Her Racing Career 🔥 Apply to Be on the Podcast & Business Inquiries: 🎙 APPLY TO BE ON THE PODCAST: https://www.digitalsocialhour.com/application 📩 BUSINESS INQUIRIES/SPONSORS: [email protected]
Chapter 1: What is professional drifting like up close?
Are accidents pretty common in this?
Yeah, we are driving within inches of each other. So, like, typically we have a brand new, like, paint scheme on the car, like, for the first round. And by not even 10, 20 minutes into your first practice session, you have, like, tire marks on your door. We're driving, like, so close to each other that it's, like, you're rubbing, like, the tires on, like, the front fenders.
Or, like, you're getting your rear bumpers close to the wall. And they call it, like, you know, you ride the wall and you leave the paint mark on the white concrete barrier.
That's insane. Your heart must be racing.
yeah we uh we go through a lot of taillights oh my gosh a lot of bumpers there's like definitely not like bumper budget is like another thing all right guys we got amanda on today professional drifter thanks for coming on yeah thanks for having me absolutely um i do not know much about drifting so i'd love to just hear the basics how you got into this and everything
Yeah, drifting is actually a very unique sport because it's more like a competition style. It's not like who is the first person to cross the finish line with like typical racing. There's a lot of like mentality training that goes into it because you really just have one shot or you go home. But it's kind of like surfing or similar to like ice skating. There's three judges.
You have a line, angle, style. And we're driving on these tracks that are about like A quarter of a mile. And we're driving on the NASCAR tracks typically or like a road racing track like Atlanta. So these are like same tracks that like a lot of the IMSA circuit goes on or NASCAR. And they'll put out these clipping points like an outside zone, an inside zone.
And like the goal is you basically we get up to speed. So speeds anywhere from like 80 to 120 going in a straight line where you have full traction. And then you break traction and go sideways.
Holy crap.
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Chapter 2: How does Amanda Sorensen prepare mentally for drifting?
That's impressive. I've had Danica on here, I think.
Oh, really?
Was she the first for NASCAR female pros?
I don't know about, like, first, but she definitely was, like, an icon.
Yeah, I remember watching her on ESPN as a kid.
Yeah, she's awesome.
Yeah, she was a legend. Yeah, it amazes me how people like her and you are, like, there's not many female competitors, right, in this scene at all.
Yeah, we have one other female in my division. Internationally, there's about... I would say at a higher level, kind of like similar to my level, there's only about like five or six females.
Damn.
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