About Sam

Sam is serial entrepreneur and partner/co-owner of Texas Drift Academy. He's a performance driving enthusiast and coach across track, rally, stunt and drifting motorsports.

How to Do a J-turn. Or Moonshiner’s Turn. Or Rockford Turn. Or Reverse 180.

And now for something most of you will (or should) never do in your own car, or on public roads! And this is a stunt move, not a drifting technique. And we don't teach this typically in our drift courses. So with all that out of the way, here's some more info on our most popular video! The J-turn is a clever little driving maneuver in which you spin your car around backwards and continue on facing forward! The J-turn [...]

By |2026-06-27T08:24:27-06:00September 13th, 2022|

How Did Texas Drift Academy Start? Watch these…

It all started with Josh Robinson moving from Australia to the US on a Formula Drift Pro 2 deal. When he got here he saw there were people asking him "Where is a drift class near me?". And Texas Drift Academy was born with two 350zs. See these two news stories to hear the story from Josh on KENS5 and KSAT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKWyrqjejts&t=5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJQdgDjiPow

By |2022-09-13T16:03:50-05:00September 11th, 2022|
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