Just got a quick note from another drifting friend of the ‘fiends, Vaughn Gittin Jr, or JR as he’s known to his buddies. JR is teaming up with one of his sponsors, Bosch, to create some appropriately termed “performance art” with the Falken tires on his Falken sponsored Ford Mustang using the rumored 700 naturally aspirated horsepower that it spits to its wheels. Apparently he gets to drift around and around some closed off downtown Los Angeles streets this coming Saturday morning until he’s happy with the pretty picture his rubber has left. Sounds like a ton of fun to us. And you’re invited to watch too. Full details on the official PR after the jump.

Drifting World Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Bosch Spark Plugs have teamed up to stage an exciting one-of-a-kind event in downtown Los Angeles next Saturday.  Titled “Performance Art”, Vaughn will be using his high-powered Ford Mustang as his “brush”, Falken tires as his “paint”, and the pavement as his “canvas”.  Vaughn will drift through the streets to create unique pattern of tire marks until he feels his masterpiece is complete.

“I am very excited that Bosch has looked at drifting further then just the competitive element. Drifting like many action sports is truly an expression of personality and style, and to many considered a form of art; leave it to Bosch to take the initiative to highlight these facts on such a large scale. I am looking forward to expressing my style and personality while leaving my mark on the downtown streets of LA.”

This exciting event has been described as a “Jackson Pollack on pavement” and “taking art to the streets.” 

Join us as Vaughn leaves drifting’s mark on the art world as he creates a unique, fast and extremely powerful display of performance art. 

When: Saturday, September 6, 2008 

Time:  9:00 a.m.-???????   

Where: Grand and 3rd, downtown Los Angeles