This last trip to Las Vegas for
Formula Drift was one hell of an eventful weekend. With a new course layout and drastically changing weather, the conditions took a toll on a lot of the teams. There were lots of tire scraps and car parts littered around the track when the day was done, not to mention the plethora of tire smoke from these high horsepower monsters. The sweltering heat and the freak 45 minute rain storm made it an interesting day at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With extremely fast entry speeds and high speed turns, the new course layout took out many cars from the running all weekend long.
Read more...Posted by: Mike Kim | Sep 06, 2012 | Categories: Gallery | Tags: 2JZ, Achilles Tires, Ashley Michaelsen, Chelsea Denofa, CX Racing, Daigo Saito, Drive Energy Drink, Falken Tire, Fatlace, FD, Fire, Ford Mustang, Formula D, Formula Drift, Forrest Wang, FR-S, Fredric Aasbo, Get Nuts Lab, GReddy, hankook tires, Hyundai, Hyundai Genesis, Ian Fournier, Instagram, Jofel Tolosa, Julie Galindo, Ken Gushi, Las Vegas, Lexus, Lexus SC430, Matt Field, Megan Racing, Mike Kim, MotorMavens, Nissan, Nitto Tire, Olivia Korte, Pike's Peak International Hill Climb, Randyl Dawn, Rhys Millen, RMR, Robbie Nishida, Roland Gallager, rotiform, RS-R, Ryan Davis, S13, S14, S15, Scion, Scion FR-S, Scion Racing, Silvia, Taka Aono, The Cosmopolitan, toshiki yoshioka, Trust, Tumblr, Twitter, V8, Vaughn Gittin Jr, YAER Productions | 4 Comments »
Keeping our coverage of Round 2 of Formula Drift at Road Atlanta coming, we bring you more photos of the Pro Am rounds as well as the main event. Road Atlanta is a unique venue in that it is a world class road course that sees everything from the likes of Le Mans prototype cars to your neighbor who enjoys exercising his right foot every now and again. The Formula Drift weekend is no different - you get a mix of high-dollar, corporate-backed monster machines competing door to door with a backyard creation that you saw built from the ground up on your local forum.
Read more...Posted by: Jonathan McWhorter | May 10, 2011 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 350Z, 370Z, AE86, BMW, Charles Ng, Chevrolet Camaro, Chris Forsberg, Corolla, Cyrus Martinez, Dai Yoshihara, darren mcnamara, Drift Posse, drifting, E36, Eric O' Sullivan, Falken Tire, Fatlace, FC RX7, Fello Ambivero, Formula Drift, Formula Drift 2011, Garage Boso, Gardella Racing, Hankook Tire, Jason Jiovani, John Russakoff, Jonathan McWhorter, Joon Maeng, Ken Gushi, Kouki, Matt Field, Mazda, Megan Racing, Mike Essa, Mobil 1, Nexen Tire, Nissan, Nitto Tire, nos energy drink, Oliver Petalver, Pat Cyr, Pontiac Solstice, Red Bull, Road Atlanta, Ross Petty, Roush Yates, Ryan Tuerck, S13, S15, Scion tC, Taka Aono, Team Rowdy, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr, Vision Performance, Yoshi Shindo, Z4 | 13 Comments »
