Nine new U.S. competitors licensed in November 6th domestic Ikaten

[Suede Mr. Flash]

D1 Grand Prix wants to thank all the drivers/teams who participated in the domestic Ikaten (driver search) on November 6th. Congratulations to the 9 drivers who qualified for an annual D1 Grand Prix competitor license. Pro D1 drivers Kamimoto and Yoshioka flew in from Japan to judge the Ikaten event and were impressed with the abilities displayed by the participants who converged on the "House of Drift" for the final domestic driver search of the year.

Annual D1 Grand Prix Competitor Licenses awarded November 6, 2007

* Tyler McQuarrie
* Austin Robinson
* Joon Maeng Woo
* Patrick Mordaunt
* Seigo Yamamoto
* Ben Schwartz
* Stephan Verdier
* Ed Johnson
* Gary Lang

from http://www.d1gp.com/index.php?option...id=53&Itemid=1

[Slapshotnerd]

any idea who austin robinson is?! never heard of him...

[Patrick Mordaunt]

Austin is Megan Racing's driver from Arizona.
I believe he is an instructor at one of the driving schools out there.
He's a great driver & an awesome guy.

[eomund240]

I thought Tyler and Ben had a D1 liscence. Guess I was wrong.

[Slapshotnerd]

I thought Tyler and Ben had a D1 liscence. Guess I was wrong.

I'm pretty sure Gary got his D1 license last year, but not Ben.

And I don't think Tyler ever went to D1.

At any rate... CONGRATS to everyone! See ya in a few weeks!

[NM Drift Group]

I'm pretty sure Gary got his D1 license last year, but not Ben.

And I don't think Tyler ever went to D1.

At any rate... CONGRATS to everyone! See ya in a few weeks!

From the word in the paddock:

I just earned my D1 license for the first time.

Ben Reyes earned his in Dec 05 and still has his license.

Ben Swartz and Tyler, had theirs, no participation in a D1 event in over a year, therefore they needed to renew.

Conrad had the Gushi Auto car but disappeared, no clue?

not official just voices from the paddock lol

[yukio@jic-magic]

And I don't think Tyler ever went to D1.

At any rate... CONGRATS to everyone! See ya in a few weeks!

Last time Tyler Participated in D1 was when he drove the Jasper Supra (wow, it's been a while) so that's the deal. I hope D1 is ready for their first ever Porsche in their series!

Also, this will be the last event that the JIC / Hankook Nissan S15 will be doing a drift event in the US. After this, it will go back to JIC Japan. An official press release will be out within the next couple of days.

[Bebop]

Last time Tyler Participated in D1 was when he drove the Jasper Supra (wow, it's been a while) so that's the deal. I hope D1 is ready for their first ever Porsche in their series!

Also, this will be the last event that the JIC / Hankook Nissan S15 will be doing a drift event in the US. After this, it will go back to JIC Japan. An official press release will be out within the next couple of days.

wtf...

so where does that leave kenji?

in his personal car

or are you guys building a Z33 for him seeing this is the new trend for 08

[Brian]

JIC had/has? a Z33.
Silver one... that was a long time ago.
Irwindale parking lot time...

[Slapshotnerd]

wtf...

so where does that leave kenji?

in his personal car

or are you guys building a Z33 for him seeing this is the new trend for 08

porsche x 2

(no, not really. but that would be awesometown!)

[Bebop]

JIC had/has? a Z33.
Silver one... that was a long time ago.
Irwindale parking lot time...

haha

I remember that car, it was slooooowwwww ( i think it was basically stock)

well compared to the Z that teams are running nowadays

[yukio@jic-magic]

haha

I remember that car, it was slooooowwwww ( i think it was basically stock)

well compared to the Z that teams are running nowadays

That was back in 2003 at the first D1 event. It basically had bolt ons and a procharger system in it (putting down about 400whp). The Z33 that everyone saw is still with us currently being built up. Details will be out soon about its plans for 2008, but it is a twin turbo motor and will be pushing more than what other current teams are putting down.

Again, an official release will be out shortly on the status of the vehicles and possible plans for the 2008 season. Thank you.

[captainNEO]

any idea who austin robinson is?! never heard of him...

Austin is Megan Racing's driver from Arizona.
I believe he is an instructor at one of the driving schools out there.
He's a great driver & an awesome guy.

Austin is an instructor at Bondurant i think...just like Pat said. I believe after receiving his FD license in Laughlin, he's now running the Baja 1000.

[wesuri]

stop avoiding the question.

That was back in 2003 at the first D1 event. It basically had bolt ons and a procharger system in it (putting down about 400whp). The Z33 that everyone saw is still with us currently being built up. Details will be out soon about its plans for 2008, but it is a twin turbo motor and will be pushing more than what other current teams are putting down.

Again, an official release will be out shortly on the status of the vehicles and possible plans for the 2008 season. Thank you.

you should get someone to build a nice roll cage and tin work.
that way kenji will have a good car to drive.