Check out the latest video from Drift Alliance, Falken Tires, and Vaughn Gittin, Jr as he tests out his brand new competition vehicle! See Vaughn and the Falken Tires Mustang GT this April 10-11 at Round 1: Streets of Long Beach.
Falken Tire Ford Racing 2010 Mustang from Drift Alliance Productions on Vimeo.
Enter to win a 2010 Mustang GT and Other Prizes courtesy of BOSCH
Untitled from Formula DRIFT on Vimeo.
Formula DRIFT Announces New 32 car Head-to-Head Competition Format for 2009 Season
Long Beach, Calif. – March 16, 2009 – Formula DRIFT will be implementing a Top 32 tandem competition format for the 2009 season. The Top 32 tandem format will replace the Top 16 format previously used in an effort to appeal to the fans. The new competition format will be used starting at Round 1: Streets of Long Beach on April 10-11.
The Top 32 tandem competition format will pit the Top 32 drivers in a round-by-round elimination with each driver advancing to the next round. Each round’s head-to-head battles will be determined by the drivers’ qualifying score. The higher qualifying score will receive a higher position, with the highest qualifier receiving the #1 spot and lowest qualifier receiving the #32 spot. The #1 and #32 positioned drivers will then compete in a head-to-head battle and the tandem competitions will continue until the finale and a winner will be determined.
“From our experience hosting the Red Bull Drifting World Championship in 2008, the 32 car tandem format seemed the most exciting,” states Jim Liaw, president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. “As ambassadors for the sport, it is our responsibility to push the sport’s limits and keep it as exciting for the fans as possible and we feel this new format will give the fans more action during a Formula DRIFT event.”
The new format provides fans with more tandem competition throughout the event day, something fans want to see more of. The larger bracket will allow for more diverse match ups of drivers that may have never competed against each other.
“Drivers will have to strategize and plan effectively to make it further into the competition,” states Tanner Foust, Formula DRIFT 2007 & 2008 champion. “As a driver we will have to expect the unexpected not knowing the skills of the other driver. For the fans there will be more action and excitement with the Top 32.”
Check out Kyle Mohan new Mazda RX-8, that he’s building for the new 2009 Formula Drift Series! Here’s a few pictures from their blog via http://kylemohanracing.com/blog
– Ceso
So this weekend was Hot Import Nights at Anaheim Stadium. It was a really great turn out, it was jam packed crowd with cars, hot girls, concert, more girls, and a drifting demo from our very own Formula Drift drivers. Chris Forsberg brought out his NOS 350z, Joon Maeng in his refreshed S13.5, and a new contender Matt Powers in his SLAMED S14. Formula Drift Long Beach is around the corner so you purchase your tickets if not you should because you’re going to miss out! Overall this past weekend was a little teaser of what’s to come ahead in Long Beach, I can’t wait for the season to start. Anyways enjoy the pictures 🙂
The Gates to Hot Import Nights..this was at 4:30 ish when I got there. And it was already packed!!!
(Left to Right – Ceso, Sergio, Justin Pawlak, Chris Forsberg, Andy Kim + Girl)
Here’s Fred (Beyond Marketing/Scion) & Paul (Hankook) whispering dirty secrets to Paul..haha
The Jtuned Crew chillen @ HIN…we will be also having a Formula Drift x Jtuned Car Show, so don’t forget to register your car www.jtuned.com
I caught Paul lerking in crowd trying to keep a low key..we spotted him haha!
I also bumped into the Kim Loan *PM Girls* (www.pmgirls.com) and her lovely models 🙂
This is Aiko one of PM Girls (www.PMGirls.com) newest additions to the family. Shes cute huh..
Meet and Andy aka Dirty Panda (Director of Operations) having a little fun at the UTI booth (www.uticorp.com)
I lost the contest but its ok
Hope everyone enjoyed the pictures…sorry for the long blog post but lot’s of pictures this past weekend. So yes don’t forget to save your dates on April 10-11, 2009 Streets of Long Beach! Purchase your tickets now!
– Ceso
