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Mar 02 2010, 04:08 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 15 comment(s)
After appearing in the '08 Red Bull Drift Championship, and last year's Formula D closer at Irwindale, Norwegian driver Fredric Aasbo is set to return to US competition at FD Long Beach 2010. Fredric will run with the support of a SoCal-based outfit called FSR Motorsports Creations.
There's no word on whether he'll be running the full FD schedule this year, but we're looking forward to seeing his smoke monster Supra again in the LBC next month.
-Mike Garrett...
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Feb 12 2010, 05:27 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 62 comment(s)
Some more big news for Formula Drift today. Falken Tire has just announced the latest addition to their drift team for 2010 - Justin Pawlak. Justin will be driving an ASD-prepped 2010 Ford Mustang similar to Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s - making for two Mustangs on the Falken team. This is huge news for Team Falken, and a big move for JTP, who impressed last season in the Bergenholtz RX8. The 2010 season just keeps sounding better and better... For more info, check out the press release Falken put up...
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Feb 12 2010, 03:32 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 41 comment(s)
The Bergenholtz Racing RX8 is not only getting a new driver for the 2010 Formula Drift season, but a new sponsor and an exterior makeover.
The car was unveiled this morning, as new driver Joon Maeng serenaded the streets of downtown Long Beach to the sounds of race-tuned rotary....
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Feb 03 2010, 05:39 PM
by
Speedhunters
with 5 comment(s)
Our friend, and the 2009 Formula Drift Rookie of the Year, Eric O'Sullivan, has teamed up with his sponsors at DVS Shoes to give one drift fan the chance to win a collection of DVS gear. This is open to anyone worldwide, so if you want to enter the random draw all you need to do is sign up for the Eric O'Sullivan news letter by the end of February. For more information on the contest or Eric, visit http://ericosullivan.com/wordpress/ Best of luck to those who enter! - Speedhunters
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Posted
Jan 28 2010, 01:43 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 27 comment(s)
I just got back from the Formula Drift offices in downtown Long Beach where Bergenholtz Racing announced the new driver of their Mazda RX8 for the 2010 Formula Drift season.
I arrived at the office to find some of my fellow media guys anticipating the big news. Who would be replacing Justin Pawlak in the Bergenholtz RX8 this year?
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Posted
Jan 27 2010, 03:05 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 24 comment(s)
Some cool news announced for the 2010 Formula Drift season today. Our friends at Fatlace will be teaming up with Formula D to host the ONE OF ONE car show series at each event on the 2010 FD schedule.
Here's hoping this will draw some great cars to the Formula D events around the country this year. The first one will be held at the season opener in Long Beach.
For more, check out the official press release.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Jan 18 2010, 12:24 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 9 comment(s)
Relive all the great moments of the 2009 Formula D season through the eyes of the film maker, Joshua Herron! As always, watch it in HD --your eyes will thank you.
-Linhbergh Nguyen
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Posted
Dec 23 2009, 03:31 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 41 comment(s)
Formula Drift Malaysia is the grand finale of Formula Drift’s 2010 Asian tour, which begins with Singapore and Thailand events. The Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang sets the battleground for 53 drifters from Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand and Japan, representing the largest drift event ever in Southeast Asia....
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Posted
Dec 10 2009, 11:08 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
Now to continue the review of the 2009 Formula Drift season where we left off yesterday.
Following the blazing hot Vegas event, the series headed to the great Pacific Northwest for its annual stop at Evergreen Speedway near Seattle. Under the cool gray skies of Washington it was time to dig in for the home stretch of the season....
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Posted
Dec 09 2009, 02:05 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 10 comment(s)
Any way you slice it, 2009 was a huge year for Formula Drift. Among other things, we saw a new champion, new international flavor on the driver roster, plenty of new cars, a strong showing by grassroots drivers, and some of the most intense competition ever.
Now, let's take a look back at the season that was for America's top drift series....
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Posted
Nov 06 2009, 06:25 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 15 comment(s)
Those of you who are "friends" with me on Facebook will know that last week Speedhunter's editor Riley Vigier and I were crunching to finishing up two videos for the 2009 SEMA Show. You've already seen our tribute to the new Formula D champion Chris Forsberg, and here's our second year end video offering: Falkenhunting 2009. A new Speedhunters film which debuted at Falken's SEMA booth on Tuesday. It covers our season long collaboration with the Team Falken drift family....
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Posted
Oct 28 2009, 05:00 AM
by
Linhbergh Nguyen
with 50 comment(s)
Irwindale came, and Irwindale went. The tire smoke has settled and the modern gladiatorial spectacle known as Formula D has ended, but the ink is still drying from the tales written in the FD history books. However, there was one particular gladiator that stuck out from the rest. It was a story of "David and Goliath" proportions, retelling the classic children's book The Little Engine that Could. A student from San Diego California and the only privateer with zero sponsors, Matt Powers...
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Oct 26 2009, 04:42 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 10 comment(s)
What`s up everyone, my name is Robbie Nishida. I drive the Hankook Tire/Gruppe S 350Z in the Formula Drift series. Normally I am the manager of a garage on a military base called Yokota located in Tokyo, Japan. My father is half american and japanese, which makes me a quarter. I have been drifting for over 10 years. I never ever thought back then that I would be traveling every month to the states to drive professionally. It all first started by accidently going to a touge nearby where there were guys drifting. I'd seen drifting before on videos, but not in real life. It`s just like going to a concert or even a ball game. Seeing it live was really exciting. I knew right away that this was what I wanted to do....
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Oct 26 2009, 10:42 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 16 comment(s)
What’s up Speedhunters, my name is Justin Pawlak, or better known as “JTP”. I’m the Formula D driver of the Bergenholtz Racing/Nitto Tires Mazda RX8. I would say most people know me from my ever changing FC RX7. I got into drifting in late 2005 at the Drift Day Industry Drift 1. I had recently moved to California to work at AEM and had bought my FC in hopes of becoming a professional drifter. Surprisingly enough I had driven that same car until this past year when I stepped into the 2009 Mazda RX8....
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Posted
Oct 25 2009, 01:00 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 7 comment(s)
Yo Speedhunters! I’m Tyler McQuarrie, driver of the Falken Tire Nissan 350Z. I just wrapped up my first season with Team Falken and ended up getting my best finish in the Formula D Championship since I started drifting back in 2004. I’ve driven for many teams and tire manufactures but none of them come close to Team Falken. I am honored to call myself a Team Falken driver...
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Posted
Oct 24 2009, 03:35 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 27 comment(s)
Hi. I’m Joon Maeng. I was born in Seoul, S. Korea in 1982 and immigrated to the US of A when I was nine years old. Ever since I can remember, I have had a fascination with cars. Not just any cars, of course, but import performance cars. After obtaining my driver’s license, somehow I came across drift competition clips from Japan and I got hooked. It felt like my calling, like I had an epiphany. I began physically experimenting with the concept of drifting shortly thereafter with my 85...
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Posted
Oct 23 2009, 02:15 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 7 comment(s)
Hello Everyone – my name is Darren McNamara and I drive the Falken Tire/Sears Auto Centre Saturn Sky in Formula Drift. I am one of those lucky people who gets to live out their dream job every month. I first raced a car when I was 11 years old, it was an 850cc Mini. It was actually a 12-16 year one make old oval racing class, but my dad got me in because of his previous racing reputation. I finished second on my first day out but it did take me a while to become successful. Once I won the appropriately named “Ministox” championship in 1999. I quickly moved up to the “Production saloons” a class for 1000cc Euro size hatchbacks....
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Posted
Oct 23 2009, 10:42 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 11 comment(s)
What’s up everybody? My name is Ryan Tuerck, I'm a 25 year old who competes in the premiere drifting series in the US, Formula D. I have been in some form of racing for the better part of my life. I grew up racing Motocross with my two brothers. I raced for 10 years starting as a novice on someone’s old used equipment and finishing as a pro on a brand new bike. Motocross taught me a lot of useful skills that have carried their way into drifting, making the transition to cars very natural.
I drive the Gardella racing Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice. I started with Gardella racing in 2008 with a mostly production based car. We finished the season with a career high 6th place in the Formula D championship. This year 2009, Gardella racing pulled out all the stops, leaving no bolt untouched and built a drift car with the hopes of winning the '09 Formula D championship. ...
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Posted
Oct 22 2009, 10:20 PM
by
Rod Chong
with 11 comment(s)
I suppose some people might call me a bit of a workaholic as I very rarely stop working. This past weekend though I had a little too much on my plate. I had two camera operators shooting 2 different drift films, was collaborating with our team of Speedhunters photographers, was helping to organize the Royal Purple video game contest and was also following five different drifters around for their Speedhunters guest blogs. Ack!... So the weekend was perhaps a bit pressurized for my own taste, but that’s...
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Posted
Oct 22 2009, 12:33 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 8 comment(s)
Have you guys had enough Irwindale coverage yet? Hopefully not, because here's some more photos from last weekend's Formula D season finale. Up above we have Ross Petty's S15 looking as cool as ever while smoking up his Falkens through infield bank. By the way, we're trying to schedule a visit to Garage Boso as part of our Driver's Month features. Keep an eye out for it soon....
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