EVENT>>WORLD DRIFT CHALLENGE - FLASH RESULTS

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nanner — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:58:17 GMT

just throwing this out there but don't d1 judges and fd judges score differently for runs? for exaple i think d1 judges give better scores for people who drop tires and fd take points away if a driver drops a tire.

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ridgezero — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:56:28 GMT

although people think the results where kinda fishy u just had to be there. rhys was doing his thing he was pretty much consistent from wat i watched. the last match between dai though coaught me off gaurd, for some reason he spun out. he basicly had it won.

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Cam — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:43:19 GMT

Alex... you dont know nothing...lol

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Section09 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:03:58 GMT

Have to agree, Orido is my fav driver but he never made history. He's just really good. Same goes for Nob and the others.

I always thought Formula D Judging sucked, its the worst ever. I mean people can obviously see who had advantage over who yet these guys seem to flip a coin to decide. Idk how it went down at redbull but people are going crazy over Ueo. What happened? How did he get knocked out? What happened to my main man JR? As for Tsuchiya, I always find it funny how people question his judging, being that he's one of the main reasons pro drifting exists.

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Chris M — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:57:23 GMT

Alex: Exactly what history did Orido make in Japanese motorsport? (Don't get me wrong, he's the man, but dial back the hyperbole) Apart from NOB and Orido (racing commitments) we all know the real reason the top Japanese guys like Nomura/Saito/Imamura didn't show and it wasn't money related (well not in the way you mean). Saito even put one of his cars on a boat, did he not have enough money for petrol once he arrived?

Judges need to be able to make consistent decisions based on a set criteria, they don't need to be top line drivers to do this. I've seen plenty of questionable decisions from Tsuchiya anyway.

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Alex — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:00:15 GMT

What I find amusing are the Formula D judges.....they're NOBODY ! They have hardly any background-references ! (like datruth commented a while back).....they never won major events, but they judge....go figure....

On the other hand....Tsuchiya and Orido are legend in Japan because they made history in Japanese motorsport....

As far as people wondering why not many Japanese drifters didn't show up; most of them actually race in other motorsport- classes (like GT300-500)....and/or have regular job and don't have enough time/ $$$ to ship their cars/ parts/ mechanic and all that jazz to the US. Competing in D1 AND Formula D is not cheap.

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Tommy — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:42:44 GMT

the semi-empty stands were due to the fact everyone was in the redbull club getting hammered for free. so cool.

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mark — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:10:17 GMT

the battle between c. forsberg n s.hubinette was some bs!

shoulda done a omt.

ueo was a monstaaaaa

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Brian Harte — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:49:24 GMT

attn: that other BH isn't me. I would never ask about THAT car.

I left after the UEO/Dai match. I really didn't care to see those other 3 drivers go. No thanks. They killed drifting.

as much as I HATE Millen, the guy drives SO F-ing good. His attitude sucks, his car sucks, everything sucks about him, but the driving is top notch. It wasn't "rigged". come on...

The event was very cool overall and I'd love to see it next year too.

The stands were NOT 100% full which was interesting. I do blame the ASHY air for some of this. I left early Saturday because of it.

I never liked Mad Mike before this, but his continuous drving after smashing into the wall and car made me enjoy it. :) ...now just lose that stupid digi camo crap.

I saw Antonio and I told him I was going to get tacos....... DRIFT.

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AF — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:11:33 GMT

I agree with the posters above. Ueo was by far the strongest driver yet every match he was judged "one more time" and ended up doing twice as many runs as Millen.

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Michael — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:08:09 GMT

I would have thought that if you're going to call it a "World Championship" then yeah, you'd need more competitors from more countries and limit the amount from each. Some sort of run up series inside of each country that dictates who goes to take part.

Seems a strange naming of the event in any case. Much like the baseball "World Series". US Hosted International Drift Invitational would likely be a better title, even if it is a mouthful.

Still, for the most part, looks to have been a successful event so props to those involved in the undertaking of it and also props to the speedhunter chaps for the coverage. Good work guys.

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Mrwallace — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:24:19 GMT

Je suis impatiens de voir les videos, pour avoir une bonne opinion

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Section09 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:12:32 GMT

How do D1 and FD not mix? Its drifting mannnn

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Namakeshi — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:00:57 GMT

XD it's totally false... red bull is the winer of the red bul cahmpionship... ajajaja...

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REXtreme — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:57:34 GMT

D1 and FD don't mix.

Its like Coke and Pepsi.

Too much money in contract NO RIGHTS.

Results Table is here.

formulad.com/.../red_bull_results_2008.php

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matthew clarke — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:50:27 GMT

As much as i would like to agree with Jones. I can't help but think that the feild was abit small in terms of world drifters. i mean alot of the top japs didnt bother to show up. u have something like 10-16 americans and then 1 or 2 from each country. Speaking from a % point if u have 16 Americans you bound to get a american in the top group if not the ultimate winner. in the past we have seen jap vs america and it seems the japs win more. As for the rigged part, don't think it went on in this event. but it does look shady that a red bull sponsered car won and the sponser of the whole entire event was red bull. so the money goes right back in there pocket kinda. meh bottem line more world drivers less american drivers.

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person — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:41:43 GMT

i was being sarcastic if my post didnt make it clear enough

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Section09 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:27:32 GMT

Disco, this wasnt another series. This was a single event so I still dont see why D1 has to ban its drivers from coming. The whole deal was that D1 wanted to film this and turn it into a DVD. According to Jim Liaw, they (formula d) was more than willing to accommodate everything for the D1 people, then D1 canceled at the last minute. Its a real shame because when D1 came here, a lot of the FD guys showed up and competed with them. They should have returned the favor. 3 or 4 druvers aint gonna hurt. Imagine if some team orange guys were here for this?! It wouldve been insane! I'm sure these are management issues more than driver issues, too bad. Hope D1 cleans up their act for '09

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ericc — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:25:48 GMT

any way we can get a full list of final results????

id like to know how alot of the other drivers faired.

like mike.

this was a big event for him i hope he did well.

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Aidan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:21:21 GMT

Some pretty negative comments there... I'm from New Zealand and I now have a lot more respect for the Formula D series drivers. Awesome event