DF D1 US vs. Japan Gallery Over 500 Pics!

[driftfactory]

http://www.driftfactory.com/d1rd8front.jpg

History was made this past weekend at the D1 US vs. Japan exhibition match at Irwindale Speedway in California. Despite the fact that the best drifters in Japan were in attendance and even with the track in a different configuration than ever before, Vaughn Gittin scorched his way through the rounds to be the first US driver ever to beat the Japanese in a D1 event. The final standings looked like this.



1st: Vaughn Gittin
2nd: Tatsuya Sakuma
3rd: Toshiki Yoshioka
4th: Masato Kawabata
5th: Youichi Imamura
6th: Nobushige Kumakubo
7th: Masao Suenaga
8th: Michihiro Takatori
9th: Hiroshi Fukuda
10th: Samuel Hubinette



What this will mean for US drifting we can only guess. But one thing is assured. Next time the Japanese drivers will stop at nothing to get a win and the US drivers having seen that it is possible to beat the previously unbeatable Japanese will be looking to add a few more wins to their tally. No one knows where this turn events will lead, but it’s bound to make things a lot more interesting.


Click Here For The Pics!! (http://www.driftfactory.com/05d1rd8.php) :naughty:

[Jcb890]

i HATE when people put their damn watermark on them, now they're useless, you can't save them or use them as backgrounds or anything... so weak... grrrrr i hate when people do that:rl: [/rant]

[Dousan_PG]

ugh
nice pics
your watermark sucks
i hate it
doesnt have to be across the whole pic..twice
so annoying
i guess good job
ill wait for urbanracer or something they dont watermark the whole damn thing usually.

[240_sx]

I tried to talk to one of you at d1 at your booth. Why are y'all so stuck up? I heard that you don't even have a lift at your shop. There are countless other shops in So Cal (And at least 2 others that carry Kei Office) so I encourage you guys to change your attitude.

[infinitexsound]

lol dousan........... thanks for the vid... the s15 looked like it won, my honest .2 cents...

[driftfactory]

I tried to talk to one of you at d1 at your booth. Why are y'all so stuck up? I heard that you don't even have a lift at your shop. There are countless other shops in So Cal (And at least 2 others that carry Kei Office) so I encourage you guys to change your attitude.

Uhhhh, that's all fine and good except for the fact that we didn't have a booth at D1.

I don't doubt that you talked to someone who gave you attitude but I assure you that it was no one from our company. I have even received calls from angry customers because they believed that we were someone else. lol. Now they ARE our customers and they are pleased with the quality of service that we provide.

[mmdb]

Gooooo USA! Btw nice pix :)

[FaLKoN240]

Uhhhh, that's all fine and good except for the fact that we didn't have a booth at D1.

I don't doubt that you talked to someone who gave you attitude but I assure you that it was no one from our company. I have even received calls from angry customers because they believed that we were someone else. lol. Now they ARE our customers and they are pleased with the quality of service that we provide.

Haha, pwned.

Yeah, pics are cool, but +1 for ugly watermark. That ruined it for me.

[driftfactory]

Haha, pwned.

Yeah, pics are cool, but +1 for ugly watermark. That ruined it for me.

We understand that the watermarks can be annoying and if you look back at our old galleries, we did not have watermarks of this type. However, it takes a lot of work to get pictures like this and to put up a gallery this large. Sadly, people have very little respect for this in general and we know from experience that if we release a 500 picture gallery today without watermarks there will be clones tomorrow. I have even had other companies hot link their catalog product pictures directly from our server. It is also unfair to our photographer Gentatsu who spent the entire day running back and forth to get these pics.

On a brighter note we are looking to make some backgrounds in the near future that will not be watermarked. These will be available on our website when completed.

[hotrodv]

Very nice pics!
I wont give a little advice to the red rotarypowerusa fd..please take away those black tribal..car is nice but those graphic looks really bad!

[psychoblue23]

Nice pics. I was too lazy to lug my 10d around... uhm but if anyone knows how to transfer tapes to computer... I could use some help ^_^

[SilviaNinja240]

I've said this once and I'll say it again:

dude, with all these drift events in America and all this track time easily aviable, (at least in CA), I'm not suprised one bit that Americans are starting to overtake the Japanese in drift competions.

of course, if the competion was in Japan, I'm sure some Japanese dude would win. Judging is a little baised I think

[240_sx]

Uhhhh, that's all fine and good except for the fact that we didn't have a booth at D1.

I don't doubt that you talked to someone who gave you attitude but I assure you that it was no one from our company. I have even received calls from angry customers because they believed that we were someone else. lol. Now they ARE our customers and they are pleased with the quality of service that we provide.

You're right. It was a previous event. It was GT Live. In any case, whoever it was wasn't very friendly.

[-usmd-180sx]

i have pics from the event.. with no watermarks but... nowhere to post.. =(

[Jcb890]

We understand that the watermarks can be annoying and if you look back at our old galleries, we did not have watermarks of this type. However, it takes a lot of work to get pictures like this and to put up a gallery this large. Sadly, people have very little respect for this in general and we know from experience that if we release a 500 picture gallery today without watermarks there will be clones tomorrow. I have even had other companies hot link their catalog product pictures directly from our server. It is also unfair to our photographer Gentatsu who spent the entire day running back and forth to get these pics.

On a brighter note we are looking to make some backgrounds in the near future that will not be watermarked. These will be available on our website when completed.

but now instead of people actually getting to enjoy the pictures he took and maybe save them for personal use to look at again later or use as a background or whatever, they're instead worthless. you should just put a small company logo in the bottom righthand corner or something so people who wanna save the pics can crop it out or w/e or so it doesnt destroy the entire picture.:rant:

[cr00k_lyn]

GREAT pics...

[blackflag_Rms13]

Great pics! Not to be repetitive but I think the watermark was a little overboard. Like already said a smaller, less intrusive watermark would be better. Anyway thanks for the pics.

[SoSideways]

If he used a smaller, less intrusive watermark, then it would be just as easy for people with bad intentions to just photochop it out and use it to their advantage, ie. using those pics to sell things on ebay or something.

Whomever's on DF's account that posted here already said that there will be watarmark less desktop style pics in the near future for you all to enjoy, so why not wait for those and practice a little patience?

Or better yet, if you guys find a pic that you really liked, perhaps you could email DF and be like "hey I like this pic of _________________, can you send me one without the annoying double watermark across the entire picture so I can put it up as my wallpaper?"

Knowing DF being good peoples, they'll probably hook you up if you ask nicely.

[S14DB]

You're right. It was a previous event. It was GT Live. In any case, whoever it was wasn't very friendly.:bowrofl: How quickly the story changes. How do you think something a year ago happened 2 days ago? Sounds like you are weaving a tale to me.

[samms95s14se]

Here are a few still shots.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0047.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0020.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0048.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0043.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0027.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0046.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0019.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0008.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0001.jpg

[driftfactory]

Nice pics man

[Ian]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/samms95s14se/2005_1217Image0020.jpg

holy crap...deepest lip evarrr (front)

[Nan Desu Ka?!]

I love the wheels so much. I wish I was baller enough to buy some :(

[NZO]

Yea too bad the car is ugly.

[Jcb890]

they may have a deep dish, but overall they're pretty ugly looking wheels.

[driftfactory]

They aren't that bad. A little too stylish for me but I don't think they look bad. They look kind of like a stylish version of those BBS retro rims.

[NI_YON_Zenki]

Looks like I didn't miss much. .. .Thanks for these images, but that water mark did bug my eyes, on top of the fact that I'm lookin at a computer screen. .. .

Seems like damn near everyone totaled their car.. .. sad reality, happends.