Digital Social Hour
Inside the World of Professional Drifting & High-Speed Racing | Amanda Sorensen DSH #1241
16 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] SPONSORS: SPECIALIZED RECRUITING GROUP: https://www.srgpros.com/ LISTEN ON: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-social-hour/id1676846015 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Jn7LXarRlI8Hc0GtTn759 Sean Kelly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmikekelly/
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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 doors. 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. So, yeah.
saying your heart must be racing yeah we uh we go through a lot of taillights um 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 of 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 line, angle, style. And we're driving on these tracks that are about like...
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 so I can outside zone and inside zone and like the goal is you basically we get up to speed so speeds anywhere from like 80 to 120 going a straight line where you have full traction and
And then you break traction and go sideways. Holy crap. That sounds scary. You have to fill these zones. So outside zones, getting your rear bumper as close to the wall as possible. Damn.
Or your front bumper, like, as close to the clipping point as possible while maintaining your line, angle, and then style, which is broken down into, like, fluidity and commitment. Like, how committed are you? How good does it look? Is it graceful? Is it choppy? Like...
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