Behind the Scenes – Life of FD Staff
We are here live at Road Atlanta. The weather is cloudy, but no rain yet, which is nice because the weather isn’t as hot as expected. This morning the Channel 2 news team came and interviewed Samuel Hubinette and FD President, Jim Liaw.
The Paddock Gets Ready (before the crowds)
Tonight in Atlanta was the Drift Alliance Premiere of their 2nd DVD, “Stay Hungry.” The premiere took place at a movie theatre and both industry and fans were invited to view the exciting action. In true DA form the video proved to be filled with amazing drifting and crazy antics. The video’s production was great and the driver’s intros were hilarious. A definite must see!
After setting up at the track all day a few of us headed over to the Chateau Elan, which is a winery that is also founded by the owner of Panoz Motorsport and the American Le Mans series. Each year we try to stop by to grab a drink at Paddy’s Bar, an Irish pub, and have a nice glass of Guiness. This is a great spot to relax while in Atlanta.
The Chateau Elan w/ a pretty Ferrari out front
We just landed to Atlanta yesterday. The set-up has begun to prepare for this weekend’s big event. The weather is good so far, but we are expecting some heat mixed with some showers during the weekend. This will make for an interesting event. The drivers look good during practice and should be putting up a good show! Check out the pics…
Captain’s Log Day 6: main event day into night into morning to airport..from Jim
The team arrived on-site for the sun even came up. We knew that it would be a hard and long day but we were excited to see how the competition unfolded. Some of the Malaysians adapted to the course the quickest and had some of the highest entry speeds. I’ll leave the details of the competition to the media that was there. At the end Ryuji Miki, Tengku Djan and Mad Mike stood on the podium. All the heat and sweat was well worth it for all of us as we made drifting history as we staged the largest drifting event in Asia; the event was sold out to 11,000 fans! This event will set the precedent for future drifting events in Asia. Formula D has a long term commitment and partnership with Binter the event promoter and there will be more FD in Asia to come!
Of course after our 13 hour day at the track, we went back to the hotel, showered up and got ready to go eat. But we had to watch the start of the F1 race. Same thing, we were fat asses, went and devoured local food. Back to the hotel, passed out and woke up to head to the airport.
Thanks for following along! I am jet-lagged so.. I’ll just go lay down now.
Before sunrise
