D1 GRAND PRIX ANNOUNCES FIRST EAST COAST EVENT WITH OPENING ROUND OF 2007 PROFESSIONAL DRIFTING SERIES
The first-ever east coast appearance of the D1GP professional drifting series will take place with the season opener on May 4 and 5th at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. Like the successful 2006 All Star Exhibition Match held last July in Las Vegas, D1GP is once again teaming up with the NHRA Sport Compact Drag Racing Series to lay down more tire smoke than ever before for fans of this amazing drift and drag sport-compact spectacle.
The D1 Grand Prix's commitment to providing the highest quality and most entertaining drifting competitions in the world will culminate in New Jersey this spring when a slew of all-new pro drift cars piloted by some of Japan’s superstars of drifting, including Kumakubo, Tanaka, Nomu-ken, Ueno, Yoshioka, Saito, and others, engage in fierce door handle-to-door handle tandem battles of car control and nerves with the top drifting stars from the U.S.
In another east coast first, local drifters will also have a chance to become the next D1GP star driver by showing their stuff to D1GP judges, Keiichi “Drift King” Tsuchiya and Daijiro Inada, the founder of Option Magazine and the Tokyo Auto Salon. This first-ever east coast D1GP ikaten, or driver search, will give drivers a chance at the first step in competing with the best drift drivers in the world in the D1 Grand Prix U.S. Series.
This exclusive event will be broadcast on ESPN2. Ticket and vendor/exhibitor information is available at http://www.etownraceway.com. Detailed schedule will be posted shortly to http://www.d1gp.com
D1GP U.S. Series 2007 Confirmed Schedule
* May 4/5th Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
- Englishtown, NJ (TV broadcast: ESPN2)
* June 23/24th Altamont Motorsports Park
- Tracy, CA
* July 13/14th Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Las Vegas, NV (TV broadcast: ESPN2)
* Nov 24/25th Irwindale Speedway
- Irwindale, CA (2nd World All Star, TV broadcast: Speed Channel)
The first-ever east coast appearance of the D1GP professional drifting series will take place with the season opener on May 4 and 5th at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. Like the successful 2006 All Star Exhibition Match held last July in Las Vegas, D1GP is once again teaming up with the NHRA Sport Compact Drag Racing Series to lay down more tire smoke than ever before for fans of this amazing drift and drag sport-compact spectacle.
The D1 Grand Prix's commitment to providing the highest quality and most entertaining drifting competitions in the world will culminate in New Jersey this spring when a slew of all-new pro drift cars piloted by some of Japan’s superstars of drifting, including Kumakubo, Tanaka, Nomu-ken, Ueno, Yoshioka, Saito, and others, engage in fierce door handle-to-door handle tandem battles of car control and nerves with the top drifting stars from the U.S.
In another east coast first, local drifters will also have a chance to become the next D1GP star driver by showing their stuff to D1GP judges, Keiichi “Drift King” Tsuchiya and Daijiro Inada, the founder of Option Magazine and the Tokyo Auto Salon. This first-ever east coast D1GP ikaten, or driver search, will give drivers a chance at the first step in competing with the best drift drivers in the world in the D1 Grand Prix U.S. Series.
This exclusive event will be broadcast on ESPN2. Ticket and vendor/exhibitor information is available at http://www.etownraceway.com. Detailed schedule will be posted shortly to http://www.d1gp.com
D1GP U.S. Series 2007 Confirmed Schedule
* May 4/5th Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
- Englishtown, NJ (TV broadcast: ESPN2)
* June 23/24th Altamont Motorsports Park
- Tracy, CA
* July 13/14th Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Las Vegas, NV (TV broadcast: ESPN2)
* Nov 24/25th Irwindale Speedway
- Irwindale, CA (2nd World All Star, TV broadcast: Speed Channel)
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