With the start of another Formula Drift season, it was once again time to catch up with our friends from Team Falken for the first of several behind the scenes reports. Obviously, it was a solid weekend for the team, with a certain Vaughn Gittin Jr. taking the victory, but there was much more to the story than just JR's win. With this being the

Before the two Falken rigs could even cool off from their Seattle trip, they were reloaded and sent back up the road to Infineon Raceway for the second FD event in as many weeks. With a new car debut and drivers in the hunt for the championship, Sonoma would be an important event for Team Falken. As usual, we used our media partnership with the team

The long weekend in Seattle for Formula Drift Rd. 5 turned out to be a mixed bag for the Falken drift team. Over the course of the two days, the team experienced everything from blown engines and destroyed drift cars to a podium finish. Such ups and downs are what make auto racing exciting, and it was quite an experience observing the team over the

At Formula D New Jersey last month, Team Falken had their most successful drift event of all time. Lead by event winner Darren McNamara, Falken drivers occupied all three spots on the podium. It was a big moment for the Falken drift organization, but the celebration couldn't go on forever. Just after the cars returned to their respective homes in

This past weekend was one of great fruition for the Falken Tire Drift Team. This is the group that got into drifting before D1GP ever graced the shores of America or Formula D was founded. These are the people who have supported North American drifting from day one and have stuck with it through and through. They aren't in it to "try out the

Less than a month after the 2009 Formula Drift season kicked off in Long Beach, Team Falken headed to the green hills of Georgia last weekend for the second round of FD action at Road Atlanta. The unforgiving Long Beach course presented some challenges to the new and improved Falken drift team, but now that the drivers had some seat time and the crews