Formula D @ Irwindale

[adrians_s13]

Just reminding you guys and girls, August 28th is coming up! Formula D at Irwindale Speedway. I know I'm going. Save yourself a couple bux by buying presale tix. http://www.formulad.com/tickets.php

[TheSquidd]

^_^ Look for me in the brightly colored Press Vest

[rokmplutonium]

Final Round - Irwindale Speedway
Irwindale (SoCal) , CA
DATE: Saturday, August 27th 2005

It says 27th. not the 28th.

[S14-vietusmc]

ill be there in a banana suit. just look for a Marine...

[A Spec Products]

We'll be there, stop by the A Spec Booth!

There'll be the A Spec Evo VIII (post revision: caged, new motor, titanium urrthang, wide fenders, etc.) as well as a JDM Manufacturer's car (its a secret, shhh) as well!

Stop by to get free stickers & lanyards as usual! Bring some cash, there will be some show specials as well!

[blaze1]

^_^ Look for me in the brightly colored Press Vest


lucky ass, do you know if i can still be staff at D1 in December?

[TheSquidd]

I have no idea, I'm just gonna be a photographer for JR in the Mustang. I know nothing of D1

[Maeda]

I'll be there. Somehow.

[S14-vietusmc]

any hook ups for zilvians?

[leftyteck]

i sure as hell will be there... buuut weird the site says 27th but i though it was the 28th as well? whatever im going by the site

[TK]

i'll be there, probly working the enkei wheels booth

[Brian]

You can find me in the BATTLE GARAGE booth

[Flybert]

I'll be the guy in the crowd throwing paper airplanes over the fence and hitting people in the back of the head with whatever I can find.

[sideview_180sx]

shoot just let me carpool and i'll be alrite haha. BH you gonna show up with a special custom shirt??

[Var]

I'll be the guy in the crowd throwing paper airplanes over the fence and hitting people in the back of the head with whatever I can find.


cool. i'm gonna fly down and sit in front of you

[Flybert]

Have our selves a good old D1...scratch that...Fomula D brawl out in the stands.

[sideview_180sx]

chris who else is rolling down. i know i want to meet up with matt(enjuku) and collin(NGA) shoot have a few beer and parties afterward.

-aaron

[Var]

Have our selves a good old D1...scratch that...Fomula D brawl out in the stands.


I was right next to the brawl @ Fontana. It was hilarious. Someone got it on video and he kept playing it for us. Dude got knockedTFO.

[Flybert]

I was right next to the brawl @ Fontana. It was hilarious. Someone got it on video and he kept playing it for us. Dude got knockedTFO.

No shit? I was right there as well. I was hoping that the guy who taped it would post the video up on the internet like he said he would. Never saw it though. AHahahha, that young guy was like "I'll give you five seconds to sit down. 5 4 3 2 1" and then *POW* (batman style). Shit was hilarious.

[S13 Charlie]

Shit, Aaron I'm with you, where's the after-party going to be? Can't let a good saturday night go to waste, right?!
:w00t:

[SlideStyle180]

Just look for me in a "DRIFT MY RIDE" shirt... "DRIFT KING" or... "DRIFTING 101" shirt... that was a joke for most that can't take a hint...

[BOMEX180]

I'll be there ;)

[irax]

i was there sunday practicing with every one.. it was kick ass...

[cfrost]

You can find me in the BATTLE GARAGE booth


:naughty: import model?

[sideview_180sx]

cfrost you saw BH sporting that green shirt at the july D-day rite, hit me back on myspace i wanna at least help out, especially seeing modified coming out in 3 cars totally awesome. nothing better then a volunteer, i hope thao comes out too.......

[breakindrifts]

So what did you guys think? Taka Aona rolling his 86 was crazy

[BOMEX180]

i got burnt even with sun block on :(

[xka24detx]

^^ lol... your car was there right? breakindrifts said it was yours but i didnt really notice..

[A Spec Products]

ha, BH was weak sauce, he rocked a normal gray tee, no green

battle garage is hot like summer!

thanks to those that stopped by the booth!

[em0eric]

the drift before..
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0086.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0087.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0088.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0089.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0090.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0091.jpg
the aftermath..
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0107.jpg


theres alot more pictures at www.putphoto.com/em0eric/

[xka24detx]

^^ you were sitting in the sun huh? we were sitting in the shade and i couldnt get that close up pics of the crash... but damn still cant believe he flipped over lol

[Meister_S14]

Anyone see Alex Pfeiffer's s2000?

[em0eric]

actually i was sitting uptop in the shade up until the final 8. i just brought along my dads crazy camera with super zoom and shit. and yeah i was hoping that he would make it to the top 16 at least. being the only rolla out there and all.

alex's s2000
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0043.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0044.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0045.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0046.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/sleepy180/100_0047.jpg

[xka24detx]

what pisses me off is the damn mopar viper.. f*ck mopar! lol... it shouldnt even be allowed to compete, gushi should have won.. lol i didnt find out i was standing right next to Verena Mei till later on.. i was like checking out this chick wearing nice racing shoes, a nismo lanyard.. and i was like damn.. then later on see her drive by me in her red 240... then i realize who she was...

[kognition]

I have to agree about the Mopar thing. What is the motivation? Nobody in this sport has nor will ever probably buy a Viper to go drifting with it. Its odd marketing considering they have the SRT that would be a little more respected rather than that ridiculously overpowered behemoth. If they had a single marketing brain cell, all you would see would be SRT's and pushing those like crazy. Selling cars, like Ford is trying to do with the new albeit ugly ass Mustang.

[xka24detx]

^^ yeah.. gushi did decent in his stang though lol..

[kognition]

That Mustang does kick ass. I just hope somebody can come up with a decent body kit that will get rid of those incredibly ugly school bus style headlites. :bash:

[Maeda]

^^ yeah.. gushi did decent in his stang though lol..

I'm so glad I got to see the gush brake check the hell out of that mopar viper.


On a side note: BH was rocking it hard. Didn't see the humpty hump logan?
Dorito slut almost gave me away at the DA booth.
Dousan was being a pansy, and I thought you couldn't be a vagina with an awsome 70's prono mexi-fro...although he did do a good job STEALING MY CUSHION and HOGGING MY UMBRELLA.

Congrat's to Forusbaggu on the win! and not burning our house to the ground!

[max_misawa]

I have to agree about the Mopar thing. What is the motivation? Nobody in this sport has nor will ever probably buy a Viper to go drifting with it. Its odd marketing considering they have the SRT that would be a little more respected rather than that ridiculously overpowered behemoth. If they had a single marketing brain cell, all you would see would be SRT's and pushing those like crazy. Selling cars, like Ford is trying to do with the new albeit ugly ass Mustang.


hmmm you can get a viper for 25K if you look hard enough
that is still cheaper than a new 350Z, G35, S2K, Mustang
so yes eventually regular guys will be trying to drift vipers

Max

[kognition]

Its not the price that will keep guys from buying a Viper. Even if it is cheaper than a Z. The Viper is not a heritaged drift car, it is certainly a respected car for what it is. It will however never hit popularity status among drifters because its not a Japanese car. Thats just fact. And the Mustang..... I could probably count on all 10 fingers the guys across the US who have purchased a Mustang because they fell for Fords marketing campaign to make it a drifter. And those would be targeted newbies anyway. No drifter that does not have a car sponsor is seriously drifting a Mustang or a Viper are they? I could be wrong, but i have just never seen it yet. Notice Nissan does not sponsor drifters? They don't have to.

[S14-vietusmc]

it was good for a regular event. speeds weren't as fast as D1 but i still have a good time. i left before the tandem started... shitty but i was burnt out there and i now have a wife beater tan... so i assume the viper won? mopar is just there to show american muscle. beat "us" at our "own" game...

[xka24detx]

i think rhys millen in the gto won.. we left on the very last run cause we figured he would win and we wanted to score a deal on some shirts lol

[samms95s14se]

It turned out to be pretty good I think Rhys Millen won for the year in points but Chris Forsberg won the event and I even got one of the used tires from his Falken S15 right before the Rhys Millen battle for memorabilia.

Just a staging shot.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_0827Image0050.jpg
A pic with Daijiro in his borrowed 240.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_0827Image0012.jpg

[Saltman]

Yea it was a cool event. Met a lot of peeps / connects. I was chillin' in the RedBull VIP booth getting drunk.

[bigJ86]

Its not the price that will keep guys from buying a Viper. Even if it is cheaper than a Z. The Viper is not a heritaged drift car, it is certainly a respected car for what it is. It will however never hit popularity status among drifters because its not a Japanese car. Thats just fact. And the Mustang..... I could probably count on all 10 fingers the guys across the US who have purchased a Mustang because they fell for Fords marketing campaign to make it a drifter. And those would be targeted newbies anyway. No drifter that does not have a car sponsor is seriously drifting a Mustang or a Viper are they? I could be wrong, but i have just never seen it yet. Notice Nissan does not sponsor drifters? They don't have to.






pshhhhh.... your gay....... i'd rather watch someone kick ass in a mustang or s2000 or even a miata....... because every loser/ricer drifts a 240

[kognition]

Your right, i'm gay. What was i thinking. You are the man! Hey can i hang with you? You sound like you really have your $hit together bud. That was such a cool quip that you shot at me that i just do not know what to say.
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pshhhhh.... your gay....... i'd rather watch someone kick ass in a mustang or s2000 or even a miata....... because every loser/ricer drifts a 240

[kognition]

And you have a Toyota?

[tryiian]

pshhhhh.... your gay....... i'd rather watch someone kick ass in a mustang or s2000 or even a miata....... because every loser/ricer drifts a 240

yeah uh, two words: teh k3n gushii
"teh" and "gushi" being the important two.
It`s the best platform out there when you consider cost and availability. No matter how uncool it makes you to drive the quintessential car of the sport.

[meatish]

Godamn guys get a sense of humor.

And he's right, EVERYONE drifts 240s. Its fun to see different cars being tore up out there.

[Ian]

kinda late on this conversation...

but you are RETARDED if you think that any car company is trying to market their NEW CARS with drifting...They aren't stupid...they know that drifters are broke ass kids! That's completely out of the picture. They're trying to get people to just take a look at Ford and say, wow, they're doing progressive things. And then buy a Ford...not sell the mustang cuz JR and Ken are driving them!

[blaze1]

I'll be the guy in the crowd throwing paper airplanes over the fence and hitting people in the back of the head with whatever I can find.


So that was you fucker!!! LOl JK. Someone threw one at me and i caught it in mid air and threw it at someone else and a guard came up to talk to me. I knew he was gonna throw me out so i acted like a didnt speak english and he moved on lol.

Ok let me put in my 16 year old 2 cents

That viper pissed me off because i think Ken Gushi won that last run. Then Sam comes back just to spin out!! Ken Would of put up a better fight. They are marketing the Mustang and the GTO as drift cars because i was that the ford dealer right before FD with my sister about to buy her mustang and the sales man was like " yea your going to drift this thing, its perfect for drifting blah blah blah". But if watch when the japs come to town in december for america vs japan that viper will be no where in the finals. Rhys will be there and Chris F will be there in the finals.

[blaze1]

And oh yea how do you think Ken and JR got there cars? LOL they didnt get them from the dealership , ford gave the mustangs to the Drift directors of the toyo team and the falken team and just told them to use them. Gushis dad even said many times the car wasnt good for his development as a driver, why would a person buy there son a car they know is not going to make him any better as a driver?

[kognition]

You just explained in your statement that Ford is both NOT trying to sell cars via the drifting market and TRYING to sell cars via the drifting market. THEY ARE USING DRIFTING EVENTS TO SELL CARS. And NO, Ford is not doing progressive things with the Mustang. Whats progressive about it? They brought back a 60's
era design and threw some stylish curves inspired by IKEA furniture or something? Theres no significant technology in that car. Is there?

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kinda late on this conversation...

but you are RETARDED if you think that any car company is trying to market their NEW CARS with drifting...They aren't stupid...they know that drifters are broke ass kids! That's completely out of the picture. They're trying to get people to just take a look at Ford and say, wow, they're doing progressive things. And then buy a Ford...not sell the mustang cuz JR and Ken are driving them!

[sleepy180]

drifters are broke ass kids

quoted for truth.

and this being my first drift event ever, i thought it was awesome. ill definitly become a regular to drifting events now. and what is this japanvUSA thing you were talking about. when/where/what is it. thanks.

[kognition]

The Japan vs. US drifters event is in December at Irwindale the weekend of the 17th. It is a great show to see, and you will get a close up learning experience
and a cultural one. www.D1GP.com

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quoted for truth.

and this being my first drift event ever, i thought it was awesome. ill definitly become a regular to drifting events now. and what is this japanvUSA thing you were talking about. when/where/what is it. thanks.

[sleepy180]

thank you thank you. i'll definitly be there.