Seriously though, this year’s Formula Drift Finale was one of the greatest weekends of my life. All the media, drivers, and industry people I’ve met over the last few years all in one place to be a part of arguably the greatest drifting spectacle in US history. I say “arguably,” but I will fight you. FD Irwindale 2011 was the best thing ever. Period. (more…)
Posted by: Justin Shreeve | Oct 11, 2011 | Categories: Video | Tags: 350Z, 370Z, Achilles Tire, Adwitya "Dio" Amandio, Alex "Wonder Kid" Lee, AURIMAS ODI BAKCHIS, BMW, Bridges Racing, Calvin Wan, Camaro, Charles Ng, chevrolet, Chris Forsberg, Conrad Grunewald, D-Mac, Daijiro Yoshihara, darren mcnamara, Discount Tire, Drift Alliance, Evasive Motorsports, Falken Tire, FC, FD Asia, Ford, Formula Drift, Gardella Racing, Genesis, GSR Autosport, Hankook Tire, Hyundai, James Dean, Joe Ayala, Justin "JTP" Pawlak, Justin Shreeve, Ken Gushi, KMR, Kyle Mohan, Las Vegas, Mad Skillz, Matt Powers, Mazda, Mazdatrix, Mike Essa, Mobil 1, Mustang, Need For Speed, Nexen Tires, Nissan, Nitto Tires, nos energy drink, Oliver Petalver, Pontiac, Red Bull, Rhys Millen, Rhys Millen Racing, RMR, Robbie Nishida, RS-R, RX-7, RX-8, Ryan Tuerck, S13, S14, Saranon "Non" Pornpatanarak, Saturn Sky, Scion, Scion Racing, Shreeve Films, Solstice GXP, SS, Tandem of Die, TC, Tony Angelo, toshiki yoshioka, Triple Crown, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr, Victoria Mai, Walker Wilkerson, Z4 | 3 Comments »
Now that you’ve heard the story behind and seen all the amazing photos from Formula Drift Las Vegas, courtesy of Oliver Petalver and Mike Kim, take a quick moment to wipe the drool from your keyboards and prepare yourselves for a short video from myself and Joe Ayala. (more…)
Posted by: Justin Shreeve | Sep 01, 2011 | Categories: Video | Tags: 350Z, 370Z, Achilles Tire, Adwitya "Dio" Amandio, Alex "Wonder Kid" Lee, AURIMAS ODI BAKCHIS, BMW, Bridges Racing, Calvin Wan, Camaro, Charles Ng, chevrolet, Chris Forsberg, Conrad Grunewald, D-Mac, Daijiro Yoshihara, darren mcnamara, Discount Tire, Drift Alliance, Evasive Motorsports, Falken Tire, FC, FD Asia, Ford, Formula Drift, Gardella Racing, Genesis, GSR Autosport, Hankook Tire, Hyundai, James Dean, Joe Ayala, Justin "JTP" Pawlak, Justin Shreeve, Ken Gushi, KMR, Kyle Mohan, Las Vegas, Mad Skillz, Matt Powers, Mazda, Mazdatrix, Mike Essa, Mobil 1, Mustang, Need For Speed, Nexen Tires, Nissan, Nitto Tires, nos energy drink, Oliver Petalver, Pontiac, Red Bull, Rhys Millen, Rhys Millen Racing, RMR, Robbie Nishida, RS-R, RX-7, RX-8, Ryan Tuerck, S13, S14, Saranon "Non" Pornpatanarak, Saturn Sky, Scion, Scion Racing, Shreeve Films, Solstice GXP, SS, Tandem of Die, TC, Tony Angelo, toshiki yoshioka, Triple Crown, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr, Victoria Mai, Walker Wilkerson, Z4 | Leave A Comment »
Round 6 of the
Formula DRIFT series was held in the scorching heat of the
Las Vegas Motor Speedway where locals went to witness
Rhys Millen, in the
Red Bull/Hankook Tire Hyundai Genesis, take first place in an already competitive season. Prior to Round 6,
Daijiro Yoshihara in the
Discount Tire/Falken Tire Nissan S13 was the leader in the Championship Point Standings with
Justin "JTP" Pawlak (in the
Falken Tire Ford Mustang) in second. Both failed to make it to the to the Final Four in Vegas, making the points spread even more slim.
In addition, this past event made people do a double take as
FD Asia drivers
Adwitya "Dio" Amandio &
Saranon "Non" Pornpatanarak each made their U.S. debut. There was also a bit of controversy as Justin Pawlak switched seats with
Tyler McQuarrie in the
Falken Tire Nissan 350Z while McQuarrie piloted JTP's
Falken Tire Nissan S15 instead.
All in all, with a nail biting points race, Rhys Millen back on the podium, new faces, and driver crossovers, you can see how someone might say that Vegas was the place to be this past weekend!
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Posted by: Oliver Petalver | Aug 31, 2011 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 350Z, 370Z, Achilles Tire, Adwitya "Dio" Amandio, Alex "Wonder Kid" Lee, AURIMAS ODI BAKCHIS, BMW, Bridges Racing, Calvin Wan, Camaro, Charles Ng, chevrolet, Chris Forsberg, Conrad Grunewald, D-Mac, Daijiro Yoshihara, darren mcnamara, Discount Tire, Drift Alliance, Evasive Motorsports, Falken Tire, FC, FD Asia, Ford, Formula Drift, Gardella Racing, Genesis, GSR Autosport, Hankook Tire, Hyundai, James Dean, Justin "JTP" Pawlak, Ken Gushi, KMR, Kyle Mohan, Las Vegas, Mad Skillz, Matt Powers, Mazda, Mazdatrix, Mike Essa, Mobil 1, Mustang, Need For Speed, Nexen Tires, Nissan, Nitto Tires, nos energy drink, Oliver Petalver, Pontiac, Red Bull, Rhys Millen, Rhys Millen Racing, RMR, Robbie Nishida, RS-R, RX-7, RX-8, Ryan Tuerck, S13, S14, Saranon "Non" Pornpatanarak, Saturn Sky, Scion, Scion Racing, Solstice GXP, SS, TC, Tony Angelo, toshiki yoshioka, Triple Crown, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr, Victoria Mai, Walker Wilkerson, Z4 | 9 Comments »
If you remember, back in September of 2009, MotorMavens was the first to break news of Conrad Grunewald‘s brand new, Hankook Tire sponsored, Chevrolet Camaro SS entering the Formula D Championship. At the time, it was still only a concept and was still being built by Luke Lonberger at BLU808. All we had were a few mid-build photos and renderings, but they still had all of the Motor Mavens readers salivating!
Well, she’s come a long way since then! She’s up and running and looking HOT. While we were checking Facebook this morning, we spotted this video of her first drift runs at Laguna Seca during some “cone course tuning.” Can you say BEAST?! Running 305 wide tires and lighting ‘em up in third gear from 1500 rpm all the way to the redline with no problem, they can definitely check “power” off the to do list. I heard some people on Facebook saying that this car had 2300 HORSEPOWER?! Is that really true?! Twenty three hundred?!?!?!
There’s not really much more we can say about it that you can’t see and hear for yourself. Good Luck to CG Racing and BLU808 with this beautiful new competition Camaro SS! We can’t wait for the Pony Wars to get restarted at Formula Drift!
:: Avon Bellamy
Posted by: Avon Bellamy | Feb 16, 2010 | Categories: Newsworthy | Tags: 2010 Camaro, Andrew Bohan, Avon Bellamy, BLU808, Camaro, Conrad Grunewald, Formula D, Hankook Tire, Lab17, Luke Lonberger, SS | 13 Comments »
