19/02/2026
Very keen for this one, not long now! 🤙🏼
MEET THE DRIFT COLLECTIVE DRIVERS
Beau Gagliardi, South Australia 👋
Car: Black Toyota Cressida
Beau is part of Madhouse Drift Team, which becomes very obvious the moment you watch him drive. Aggressive, calculated and relentlessly committed, he brings big energy every time he hits the track. We love seeing Beau line up not just because he’s wildly competitive, but because he does it with a cheeky grin and zero fear of sending a very large car exactly where it probably shouldn’t fit.
Beau describes drifting as quite possibly the most fun you can have in a car while being completely in control and completely out of control at the same time. That philosophy suits the Cressida perfectly. It’s a big girl, but Beau drives it like size is just a suggestion.
Something people might not expect is that before drifting, Beau competed in Muay Thai. It explains a lot. The discipline, the focus, and the ability to stay calm while everything around him is chaos. If you ask his wife, it might also explain his stubbornness and refusal to back down once he’s set his mind on something.
One of Beau’s proudest drifting moments so far was winning the 2022 Hi-Tec Pro-Am Championship. The hunger hasn’t faded since.
When asked why drifting is better watched live, Beau said it best. Cameras never do it justice. There’s nothing like hearing, smelling and seeing cars blast past you at over 100 km/h while you’re standing just metres away.
Catch Beau throwing around the big Cressida at Drift Collective, The Bend on 7 March.
Tickets: DriftingSA.com.au/tickets