Who's the best Formula Drift driver?

[180sxmaniac]

Who's the top driver on the FD Circuit?

4 me it's Daigo or Gittin seems like they're
always in the top 5 leading up to Irwindale.
Here's the current standings>>>Formula DRIFT - Standings - 2013 Standings (http://formulad.com/standings/2013.php)

[lflkajfj12123]

satan is definitely the best drift driver

[Corbic]

Dale Earhart JR.

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[delado]

Tanner Foust :hide:

[ghoti]

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[xoxide]

Forrest Wang. Why? Because his car is fucking amazing.

Matt Powers. Why? Because he is a super cool dude in person.

Daigo Saito. Why? Because he is awesome to watch. So smooth.

[180sxmaniac]

Tanner Foust :hide:

Tanner was pretty dope b4 he left for GRC his interior was by far the cleanest I've ever seen on a drift car at least in person it was

[Matej]

Dale Earhart JR.
Dear Mr. America,
Why did Mr. Gittin feel the need to do an 'illegal modification' to his Mustang's suspension?
Vaughn Gittin Jr. Fined 30 Championship Points and $5,000 for Illegal Suspension Modification : Breaking Drift News (http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/2013/09/05/vaughn-gittin-jr-fined-30-championship-points-and-5000-for-illegal-suspension-modification/)

I am genuinely semi-curious.

[brndck]

Ugh. Opinion threads are the lamest thing.
Everyone knows cole trickle is the best racer of all time.

[wild7driftboy]

Daigo rookie year took the championship and everyone down

[zerodameaon]

Daigo rookie year took the championship and everyone down

If you think Daigo is a rookie you must be on some strong drugs, definitely nothing OTC.


Ugh. Opinion threads are the lamest thing.
Everyone knows cole trickle is the best racer of all time.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sosLS22OHmg/T4oWBV2agZI/AAAAAAAAAJY/PbDUsaP8GS4/s400/DoT+1.jpg

Mello Yello FTW.

[Corbic]

Dear Mr. America,
Why did Mr. Gittin feel the need to do an 'illegal modification' to his Mustang's suspension?
Vaughn Gittin Jr. Fined 30 Championship Points and $5,000 for Illegal Suspension Modification : Breaking Drift News (http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/2013/09/05/vaughn-gittin-jr-fined-30-championship-points-and-5000-for-illegal-suspension-modification/)

I am genuinely semi-curious.

So RWD Scion TCs had unmodified suspension.....mkay.


FD is a joke bro.

[onehundredoctane]

Rhys Millen.


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[K_style]

Ross Petty. Why? because he is Ross Petty.

[EnemyS15]

All amateurs..... Ricky bobby is the best!

[zooopreme]

Rhys Millen.


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Now here's a name I rarely hear these days, you'll have to excuse my ignorance as I'm not up to date with FD these days but he's still competing? Dang, lol

I remember meeting him back in 2005 (I think this is the year he took the championship), he was pretty cool then and it's cool if he's still going at it these days.

[Nissan_Noob]

I really like Ryan Tuerck, I also like saito
Edit: I forgot dai yoshihara (spelling?)

[BossHogg]

FD is a joke bro.


Since day 1. I have seen it maybe three times ever on tv. That's more times than ive seen the fast n furious. I barely made it through the first. Half of the second and none of the rest lol.

Oh well

[lflkajfj12123]

I remember when rhys milllen called BH to tell him hes mad at him for saying his car is ugly on the internet hahaha

[brndck]

I remember when rhys milllen called BH to tell him hes mad at him for saying his car is ugly on the internet hahaha

True story.

[Matej]

So RWD Scion TCs had unmodified suspension.....mkay.


FD is a joke bro.
So the Mustang had to be modified to stay competitive with RWD-converted Scion TC's?

[Corbic]

So the Mustang had to be modified to stay competitive with RWD-converted Scion TC's?

I must have missed that in the article.

Are you also saying the Mustang is no longer competitive? The link didn't even state what the modification was, other than illegal.

And let me get this out of the way.


OH MY FUCKING GOD!
SOMEONE IN RACING CHEATED!!!
WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TOO!!!!
SAY IT'S NOT SO!!!!!

[Corbic]

Dear Mr. America,
Why did Mr. Gittin feel the need to do an 'illegal modification' to his Mustang's suspension?
Vaughn Gittin Jr. Fined 30 Championship Points and $5,000 for Illegal Suspension Modification : Breaking Drift News (http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/2013/09/05/vaughn-gittin-jr-fined-30-championship-points-and-5000-for-illegal-suspension-modification/)

I am genuinely semi-curious.

After reading some of the comments it sounds like IRS cars are aloud to modify and change their subframes... this rule only applies to SLA and is rarely enforced... wtf. It's also Falken that has been complaining even though 4 years ago their where guilty as shit for doing it... now their bumped ahead of him points wise.

[!Zar!]

Who's the best Formula-D driver?

Depends on who's better friends with the judges.

[Cheesy Doriftos]

whoever has the coolest looking car

[drftfan]

Who cares? I won't watch a sport that has turned into nascar going sideways.

[singlecamslam]

Ricky Bobby

[Maikeru5]

I always had a soft spot for Dai. And Daigo. Because both go hard.


But personally, I don't really like FD, I always liked D1 more.

[Corbic]

Who cares? I won't watch a sport that has turned into nascar going sideways.

How the fuck is FD "NASCAR going sideways"?

[drftfan]

V8 swapped Japanese cars is how it has turned into NASCAR. While I get it... It kills the entire sport for me. Not too hard to shift into second then feather the throttle to get your tires spinning.
This is strictly my opinion. It has just made the entire American sport of drifting for lack of a better way of saying it... Rednecky...

[Agentsmith]

I agree. Too many v8s.

[!Zar!]

What difference does it make?
Some people are running Japanese v8's, some inline 6, and a few 4cyl.

You all make it sound so easy.

[Brian]

Rhys Millen.

The king.

[brndck]

Who's the best Formula-D driver?

Depends on who's better friends with the judges.
Yeah it really seemed like for a while who ever was sponsored by the title sponsor (falken) was guaranteed podium spots.

whoever has the coolest looking car

Bullshit. Otherwise forest wang would win everything.

[Cheesy Doriftos]

Bullshit. Otherwise forest wang would win everything.

forest wang wins the internet

[driftsucky]

JR, Chris Forseberg, and Ken Gushi.

For everyone that complains about FD and V8's and Mustangs, I'm curious if any of these people follow or followed D1 in Japan. While Mustangs and V8's weren't present, the exact same issues were present if not moreso. There were rumors for YEARS about who was funding D1 series and judge payoffs and the like. Many drivers stopped running because of the politics behind the scenes. We even lost key judges in that series because of it. Before we talk about the mainstream American drift series, we should probably take a look at the MadJdmy0 jAPanese series. Furthermore, there's NUMEROUS competitions that are less corporate and more grassroots (because that seems to be the complaint). Follow XDC if you don't like FD. Hop on to the European drift scene if you're tired of V8's. I mean, there's options.

[zerodameaon]

Yeah it really seemed like for a while who ever was sponsored by the title sponsor (falken) was guaranteed podium spots.


Now it seems like Ford is fitting that pattern. 3 out of 5 events have a Ford on the podium. Got two more events to see if that keeps up.

[Corbic]

Does FD stand for Falken Drift?