I'm sitting here in Long Beach right now as the Team NFS booth is being disassembled behind me, and wanted to give you guys a quick update with today's results. Vaughn Gittin Jr. tore things up all day long, and broke in his new Monster Mustang 2010 with a first place finish. This was after a heart-pounding battle with Rhys Millen, who took
Formula D just announced they're hosting the YoParts live stream of all on-track activities at LBC starting Friday the 9th. This will be available from Formula DRIFT's home page, Needforspeed.com as well as through a myriad of support links below. Drift fans will now be able to watch all the drift battles live (or on-demand) throughout the FD
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
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
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. Full Tilt Poker has jumped onboard as a primary sponsor for the team, and
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? Joey Redmond from
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
We're only a few days past the end of the '09 Formula Drift Season and already the offseason news is starting to flow in. Kenji Yamanaka, who's driven for Drift Emporium over the past couple seasons has a new ride for 2010 - sort of. He's actually going back behind the wheel of the old JIC Magic S15 that he drove from 2005-07. The car
Ryan Tuerck may have taken the top honours at Formula D Irwindale this evening, but it was Chris Forsberg who was crowned the new 2009 Champion. Congrats to him and his team from Speedhunters! More stories from Irwindale to follow... :Rod Chong
If you've noticed my lack of activity over the past couple days, that's because I've been busy relocating to my new place in beautiful Southern California. Now that I've got my office sort of set up, it's time to catch up on a few days of Speedhunting. One of the big stories this week has been the news that Conrad Grunewald will