Thank You!!!

[Jim @ FD]

This year has been one of the most intense year's ever; from the inside out. There are so many thanks to so many people. At the end of the day the crew at FD is not about self satisfaction but about being a delivery machine; delivering great events to the fans, delivering exposure to the drivers, teams and sponsors and really making an overall exciting experience for all. So let me be boring but run the much deserved and needed credits for you...

All the FANS!!!
All Teams and Drivers that busted their asses all year long
All the Media that withstood the weather all year long

All the Sponsors that help pay the bills:
Circuit City
Castrol SYNTEC
Mazda
EA Games
Discount Tire/America's Tire/Tires.com
Rockstar Energy Drinks
Air Force Reserve
BP/Amoco
BF Goodrich
Bridgestone
Cooper
Falken
Hankook
Maxxis
Nitto
Toyo
Exedy
Verizon Wireless
UTI
Sharpie

All the Tracks that let us get sideways:
City of Long Beach/Long Beach Convention Center
Road Atlanta
Summit Point Raceway
Evergreen Speedway
Infineon Raceway
Wall Speedway
Irwindale Speedway

All the people that worked countless hours behind the scene:
Jarod DeAnda - Voice of FD
Alex Pfeiffer - Judge
Andy Yen - Judge
Ken Takahashi - Judge
Randy Hembrey - Chief Steward
Andy Luk - Operations Director
Bryan Olfert - Sales Manager
Steve Choi - Marketing & Admin Coordinator
Casidi Tanaka - Operations Coordinator
Chris Hogan & his IMG Production team
Frank Alarid - FD rig driver
Track/Tech Team:
Doug Johnson
Pete Allen
Doug Artus
Ryan Clayton
Max Hembrey
Paul Smith
BarrierAds.com/Bill Diggs - our signage provider and on-site craft services provider
The ID Agency - our PR firm
Medium Giant - our creative agency
Belle 1 - our communications provider and jumbotron producer
The Drift Zone/CK Media - our exclusive podcast provider
Fusion Entertainment - our TV production team
ESPN2 - WATCH US STARTING NOV. 15TH!!

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR ANOTHER EXCITING SEASON!!

The 5th season for Formula DRIFT begins April 12, 2008 on the Streets of Long Beach.

** If I missed anyone, I will make sure to update this post. It is only 9am and why am I up, I dont know.

[Bebop]

Thank you guys for putting that 3rd clip at the beginning of the inner oval!!!

best thing done to irwindale

[gigglesnirt]

thank you for putting on an excellent event, being my first event and driving 12 hours from utah, it was well worth it and i will gladly do it again next time.

[Slapshotnerd]

Jim, you and your crew did an amazing job all year. Thank you once again for working your magic.

Congratulations again to Tanner for the WIN, Congratulations to Forsberg for the Triple Crown win, Congratulations to all the drivers who experienced success in one form or another!

See most of you at SEMA, see ALL of you next year!

[deadpirate]

Thank you to everyone involved with formula d this year...it was an amazing show. see you all next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VDMTom]

Good stuff JIM & Rest of FD.

See you all in NorCal next yr I hope!

[silviaguy]

Hey Jim, for '08 can we see if you can make it back to Chicago? Or Near it. How about Road America in Elkhart, Wi? Thats where I met you (At least I know that was you and Ryan Sage. Fun Track and I am sure people will make it out for that. Its only a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Chicago.

[gigglesnirt]

yeah that reminds me try something out for miller motorsports park in utah

[olddrifter]

Congrats to Tanner and FD on a good year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HondaGirlSi]

Awesom Year!!!!! Cant wait to see what will happend next year!!!! Maybe a Texas Event

[Bebop]

I really want to see another cali speedway event, we can do without irwindale for a year.....

make it happen FD!

[HondaGirlSi]

I really want to see another cali speedway event, we can do without irwindale for a year.....

make it happen FD!

Dude that is like asking the NFL for no Super Bowl...ha ha

[Bebop]

Dude that is like asking the NFL for no Super Bowl...ha ha

no not really, its like asking the nfl to change super bowl venues...something they do year after year.

either do a event at cali speedway, or use a diferent portion of the long beach course

something diferent

[gigglesnirt]

well irwindale is also getting pretty damn crowded too so a change wouldn't be a bad idea.

[Drift Brick]

either do a event at cali speedway,

GOOD idea.

or use a different portion of the long beach course

Also a good idea... but not likely. I don't think the LBC would be willing to block off the downtown area twice in a year.