20 Most Outrageous Sports Episode on CMT this Friday

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This Friday, March 6th Country Music Television (CMT) will be airing an episode of “20 Most Outrageous Motorsports and it will feature none other than Formula DRIFT and drivers Tanner Foust and Rhys Millen. The episode airs on Friday at 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time or 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.

Tickets for RD1: Streets of Long Beach On-Sale Now

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Formula DRIFT kicks-off the sixth professional championship season in style on the infamous Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Street Course. All the exciting sideways action begins on April 10-11. Tickets for the season opener are on-sale now.

Tickets can be purchased online via the Formula DRIFT website or in person at the Long Beach Arena / Long Beach Convention Center. The Long Beach Arena is open for ticket sales and general phone inquires Monday – Friday 10AM – 6PM & Saturday from 12PM – 4PM. Save on the ticket service charges by purchasing your tickets in person.

Reserved Seating Tickets are also available. Reserve your seat all day and don’t miss out on any of the Formula DRIFT excitement and action!

A VIP Tickets Package is also available. The VIP ticket packages include:

1 – access to VIP Hospitality Suite (private cash bar, live feed TV screens, elevated & covered viewing structure)
1 – reserved seating ticket in grandstand 16 for Saturday, April 11th
1 – general admission ticket for Friday, April 10th
1 – Saturday lunch with water & iced tea

News on NuFormz Racing owner Shaun Carlson

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"Shaun and NuFormz is an integral part of this small Formula Drift family.
Personally, I have known Shaun for a long time, since the days we crossed paths at
McMullen Argus Publishing (now Source Interlink) when he was writing for various
magazine and I was selling advertising.  He has always been a hard charger and this
is just another obstacle he will overcome.  Everyone here at the FD office wishes
him nothing but the best while he recuperates."
- Jim Liaw, "President and co-founder of Formula DRIFT"

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NuFormz Racing Owner
Shaun Carlson on the
Mend after Health Scare 

Shaun Carlson, owner of Team Mopar® Formula Drift star Samuel Hubinette’
s Mopar Drift Dodge Challenger, is recuperating nicely at home after
suffering a series of three heart attacks over the last month. The
attacks have been diagnosed as Brugada Syndrome, a genetic disease
characterized by an abnormality in the heart’s electrical system that
can cause potentially fatal arrhythmias.

Carlson, owner and team manager of NuFormz Racing in Ontario, Calif.,
and a former Team Mopar NHRA Pro Stock driver for Don Schumacher Racing,
had just returned home after working at his shop on Feb. 1 when he
suffered a ventricular tachycardia episode. He was shocked back to life
two times during his ordeal. Following a battery of tests, Carlson
received an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) to monitor his
heart rhythms and deliver shocks if dangerous rhythms occur.

Carlson was discharged from the hospital nearly two weeks ago. He has
since paid a few visits to his NuFormz Racing shop, but has been placed
on restricted duty, which means absolutely no work or stress. On his ICD
device, Carlson joked, "It’s in a cool titanium case. I now have a
Social Security number and a serial number! It’s like my own 24-hour
paramedic. I don’t have a problem with the plumbing side of my heart,
but with the electrical side. Everything inside me is fine, but I
inherited a gene that leads to this disease.

"I still have some championships to win with Sam and with Mopar. There’s
a reason why I’ve survived three heart attacks. Going forward, I plan to
work to bring awareness to everybody out there about Brugada. It’s been
a life-changing experience and I’m going to make the best out of it. It’
s good to be smellin’ the roses right now."

Hubinette and the Mopar NuFormz team will make their 2009 debut April
10–11 in the Formula Drift season-opening event on the Streets of Long
Beach, Calif. For more information on the Formula Drift Series, visit
http://www.formuladrift.com.

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Chris Forsberg’s new graphic scheme on 350Z

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Today we are behind the scenes with Chris Forsberg at a photoshoot for his sponsor NOS energy drinks. Chris is joined with his fellow NOS teammates including Rally America leader Andrew Comrie-Picard and NASCAR driver and winner of yesterday’s race Kyle Busch.

Formula DRIFT brings you the first look at Chris’ new paint and graphic scheme for his Nissan 350Z. The graphics are completely painted on excluding the main NOS logo on the doors. The dry carbon panels can also be seen and have been strategically used in the graphics. Great job Chris.

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We’ll keep you up to date with live blogs from this event…including Chris getting his make-up done.

Drifting NASCAR Style and Vaughn Gittin shout out

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check out drifting..NASCAR style and listen for the announcer give Formula DRIFT’s own Vaughn Gittin, Jr. a shout-out!

(from Jarod’s blog) Speaking of Sunday did anybody watch NASCAR and hear the Vaughn Gittin Jr mention when Jamie McMurray drifted his NASCAR, yes 160MPH step out on the bank and the announcer mentioned “he looks more like Vaughn Gittin Jr drifting superstar….in his Ford Mustang”…