Name: Calvin Wan
Location: San Francisco, Ca
Previous Locations: San Mateo, San Jose, Hong Kong
Career Path: Professional Drifter, Stunt Driver, Driving Instructor
Previous Career Paths: Automobile Graphics Designer: GTstickers.com,
Valet Trainer, Wheel and Tire Technician. Most of these jobs were
excuses to drive cars!
Notable Projects/Wins: 1st Import Win in Formula Drift: 2005 Round 4
Infineon Raceway CA, Author of: Calvin Wan's Drifting Performance
Handbook - published by: Motorbooks International, Stunt Driver for
Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift
Car: Drift Comp: Falken Nissan 350Z Roadster, Time Attack / Drift: MD-R Mazda FD3S, Street: S14, Armada
Fav Past Cars: Falken Infiniti G35, Discount Tire / Falken RPS13, SC300, AE86, E30 M3, KP61 Starlet
Next Car: Nissan S14 Silvia RHD with a Nissan VK56 V8 motor. Hot Rodding, Nissan Style.
Car Passions: For as long as I can remember I have always been
passionate about cars. I was into R/C cars and making models a lot when
I was younger. I now collect die cast cars and drifting paraphernalia.
My first type of racing I got into was drag (bracket) racing back in
'96-'98, back when import drags in the west coast was starting up. From
'98-'02, I autocrossed heavily with my AE86's and FD3S. I was into
motorcycles for a few years and rode a lot of track days during
'01-'02. I enjoy driving in the dirt and competed in some rallycross
events in 2002. I want to do more off road racing in the future. I
began road racing in 2003 and raced in the inaugural 25 hour NASA
endurance race at Thunderhill, Ca. I have been road racing in endurance
races and sprint races in both front and rear wheel drive cars ever
since. In 2005, I began competing in Time Attack Racing. I competed in
Super Street's inaugural Time Attack Race and finished 2nd in the Drift
Class with my FD. I plan on racing in more time attack events this year
with my FD. I first got into drifting back in the mid-nineties from
watching Option videos and playing Tokyo Highway Battle on PS1. My
first attempt of drifting was back in 1996 with a front wheel drive
car. From 2002 on, drift events started up in California and have been
drifting full time ever since. I competed in the inaugural D1 Grand
Prix in the US back in 2003 and have been competing in every Formula
Drift round since the conception of the series back in 2004. I have
been passionate about JDM tuning and turbocharged 4 / 6 cylinders and
rotaries engines. This year, I am expanding my automotive horizons and
entering a new realm of performance; V8's.
Personal Style: Urban. I'm into different styles of street wear.
Favourite Band of the Moment: Kanye West
Personal Motto: Live life to the fullest and have fun with what you do.