RETROSPECTIVE>> DRIFTING AT IRWINDALE SINCE 2003, PT.1

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cubes — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:06:26 GMT

im in norcal and socal is where its at.... been going to d1 once the beginning and it jsut wont stop... from the BAY TO LA we does this ***

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Antonio Alvendia — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:41:34 GMT

AWESOME Naoki. Such a great story man!!! And I'm so glad you guys did it!

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Drift Day Naoki — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:12:13 GMT

Let me add more to the Irwindale story. Back in 2000 when Moto and I had an idea of doing a drift event together, I started looking for a venue for us to do a little Drift clinic for the people on Club4ag. I started looking around Southern California until I Found Irwindale Speedway. I remember calling Irwindale Speedway in 2001 and I asked Chris Morgan (who was in charge of rentals at that time) if we can do a drift event on their parking lot. His first reaction was "What's Drifting?". I had to explain to him what drifting was and he decided to take a chance with us and allow us to host our first "official" event there. Remember, no one ever heard of drifting, including the insurance companies. It took us almost 8 months just to convince a company to supply us with an insurance certificate.

I remember the night before our first event, it was me (computer graphics designer), Moto (restaurant owner) and Taka (Medical student) setting up the night before the event till 1am. Since this was the first event of its kind, I remembered that is took us 6 hours just to set up the courses. I remember going home to get 2 hours of sleep and going back in the morning by 6 am. It was March 16, 2002 when everything changed at Irwindale Speedway with Drift Day 1.

Ahh.. memories....

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Stray — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:31:29 GMT

Ah man, Andy en's old car.... awesome. What ever happened to it? I think Drift & RWD sport did a feature on it in one of the last issues.

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Andy Sapp — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:11:55 GMT

MORE. MORE. MORE.

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BlueSlug — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:52:27 GMT

lol come on they remind me of stock Starion wheels! :D

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Antonio Alvendia — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:21:29 GMT

LOL lindsay, that's awesome. i didnt even notice it until you pointed it out. we should bring back those puka shell necklaces hahaha. and the long socks with shorts! now lindsay is the man with crazy aggressive wheels, so he can rock puka shells all he wants...

Blueslug: i cant believe you like Supra stock wheels. LOL

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Brian Harte — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:06:12 GMT

"lol" at Lindsay rushing the Gushis.

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eight2178 — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:48:46 GMT

I was pretty sure that was Lindsay, with the trucker hat and puka shells...hahaha

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VROCSone — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:37:48 GMT

gah, this makes me feel old. i still remember back when in 95 CYBER, Tony Fuchs, R-Version, RedLine, Kosoku and all the OG crews were out battling for the bragging rights in the drag racing scene not trophies. I never really thought about it but i have been around for almost all the historical events to happen in the import industry. Tony Fuchs all motor integ, First turbo civic/crx, first turboB series, Adam Saruwatari's 10sec RX7, then 9sec and then 8sec i remember at one point he was still driving the rx7 on the streets after running at the drag events....and now this...first D1GP,First JGTC event in the USA, D1GP drivers search, the opening of Formula D. awesome...whats next? =D

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Peter of A. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:20:04 GMT

Yaaa ! Epic shot ! I love this brown AE86 since ages ! But I didn't know it was owned by Andy Yen.

Btw, to Antonio, sweet Mango :) Hope you've more pictures of it, what's about a post about this TE27, these cars are so sweet !

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hechtspeed — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:25:18 GMT

More! I really like the photos that capture the behind the scenes moments for drivers and their cars. Those are the times the drivers remember, fixing cars, dealing with issues, etc. Bring it!

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dousan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:24:32 GMT

haha i remember that day

i was probbaly a few feet behind you hahaha

good times those were. what a day too

oh thats lindsay in the red shirt dressed like a douchebag, btw

hahaha

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bill — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:56:37 GMT

olllder stuff.

lol.

more of it.

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Pat Daly — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:17:49 GMT

That lead shot is money my friend. Well done!

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BlueSlug — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:59:13 GMT

what they said, more ;D

i really like the rims on the brown hachiroku

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Artur Carrasco — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:41:19 GMT

give us some more!

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Cam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:40:04 GMT

more more more

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joe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:46:55 GMT

i'd love to see some more..good memories

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Johnathan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:38:14 GMT

More!!!!! More!!!!