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**AndyFD** · 06-19-2006, 03:17 PM

Originally posted by Jim @ FD

Need For Speed FORMULA DRIFT Championship

Round 4

Saturday, July 8th

Infineon Raceway
www.infineonraceway.com
Highway 37 & 121
Sonoma, CA 95476

Gates Open at 12noon

Online Tickets:
https://www.urbanracer.com/fdtickets...asp?eventID=26

2004 Winner: Samuel Hubinette
2005 Winner: Calvin Wan

2006 Tentative Entry List:
Driver No. Rank
Samuel Hubinette 77 1
Rhys Millen 01 2
Tanner Foust 36 3
Daijiro Yoshihara 09 4
Vaughn Gittin Jr. 25 5
Ken Gushi 13 6
Taka Aono 86 7
Casper Canul 07 8
Calvin Wan 03 9
Yukinobu Okubo 34 10
Conrad Grunewald 02 11
Kenji Yamanaka 11 12
Chris Forsberg 64 13
Hiromi Kajikuma 43 14
Rich Rutherford 20 14
Tyler McQuarrie 05 16
Hiro Sumida 16 17
Bill Sherman 22 19
Robbie Nishida 31 20
Ross Petty 87 20
Hubert Young 53 22
Rob Fleming 66 22
Ryan Tuerck 47 22
Al Lagura 28
Barry Wong 32
Ben Schwartz 06
Brian Norris 48
Chris Kregorian 14
Harjani Martin 29
Hiro Fujita 92
John Yim 59
Kyle Mohan 74
Michael Peters 95
Nathan Brasz 73
Pierre Kleinubing 42
Potatoes O'Brien 37
Quoc Ly 57
Ryan Hampton 88
Siego Yamamoto 10
Stephan Papadakis 04
Stephan Verdier 27
Todd Ho 51
Tony Angelo 96
Tony Schultz 08
Tony Brakohiapa 18
Tsukasa Gushi 40
Wesley Hamachi 23
Yoshie Shumaya 82

Kazu Hayashida will be attending the event.

**Slapshotnerd** · 06-19-2006, 04:31 PM

i don't see rod millen on the list

kinda odd for someone who actually HAS championship points to not be entered... especially because he could potentially help Rhys (2 car teams are VERY common in drag racing for this purpose alone - hopefully, rod would go up against sam or tanner and knock them out)

**ohtagerbilhero** · 06-19-2006, 05:43 PM

Wow, Potatoes O'Brien is running? I hear he's awesome in that corolla.

**ohtagerbilhero** · 06-19-2006, 05:48 PM

Originally posted by Slapshotnerd

i don't see rod millen on the list

kinda odd for someone who actually HAS championship points to not be entered... especially because he could potentially help Rhys (2 car teams are VERY common in drag racing for this purpose alone - hopefully, rod would go up against sam or tanner and knock them out)

For Rod to actually go up against Sam or Tanner, he'd have to know exactly how each judge's mind works and actually fine-tune his runs to achieve a specific score. Then, for Rod Millen to actually "knock out" Sam or Tanner, he'd have to have a lot more tandem experience than he actually has. Also, since Rhys and Rod aren't necessarily on the same team, it'd be more beneficial to Rod's sponsors for him to simply try to come out on top, rather than just help Rhys.

If, when you said "knock out," you meant actually crash and disable their cars, that would be both awesome and the most horrible thing to ever happen in Formula D.

Shame on you.

Al · 06-19-2006, 06:35 PM

oh Im driving.

**FD3S_pilot** · 06-19-2006, 07:13 PM

^ I'll be looking for you!

what time does the event end?

**Slapshotnerd** · 06-19-2006, 08:01 PM

Originally posted by ohtagerbilhero

For Rod to actually go up against Sam or Tanner, he'd have to know exactly how each judge's mind works and actually fine-tune his runs to achieve a specific score. Then, for Rod Millen to actually "knock out" Sam or Tanner, he'd have to have a lot more tandem experience than he actually has. Also, since Rhys and Rod aren't necessarily on the same team, it'd be more beneficial to Rod's sponsors for him to simply try to come out on top, rather than just help Rhys.

If, when you said "knock out," you meant actually crash and disable their cars, that would be both awesome and the most horrible thing to ever happen in Formula D.

Shame on you.

Hi left field, I'm SlapshotNerd

You're right, Rod and Rhys aren't on the same "team". However, they do share a few sponsors, namely their tire sponsor as well as the shop they hold together.

And I think Rod Millen is fully capable of going rounds in Formula D. he's only been in 2 competitions and he's qualified both times. I don't know of any other driver who has done that.

**ohtagerbilhero** · 06-19-2006, 10:51 PM

He's capable, but not at that level yet. If you've noticed, he hasn't actually ever won a tandem battle. He's a very capable drifter, but, being new to the sport, he doesn't have any tandem experience. Once he's spent more time practicing, I bet he'll be quite the contender, but at this point, he finds himself out-classed by much more experienced drivers.

Recently, he's been doing quite well in single runs, though. He certainly learns quick.

(Hate to say it, but i think he was given a free pass at his first D1 event simply due to his racing background.)

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