(TODAY) RED BULL Drifting World Championship LONG BEACH Nov 15-16

[Formula D]

I just hope it's a course that the low powered corollas aren't at a huge disadvantage.

Yes, that certainly is a concern we will address

Quick question. By the way you describe it, will this course have a higher entry speed than Sonoma?

Definitely. Doing the math, 1200 feet is a tad short of a 1/4 mile so I think the drivers can calculate their speed based on that once they take into account set up. This course is not intended to be like Sonoma in the sense that Sonoma can tend to be an straight line into e/brake/minor feint, etc. That would be lame for this. We want a smooth fast entry where high HP cars can initiate early and lower HP a bit later and still hold speed and angle for the head to heads.

Hope that helps.

[Bebop]

Looks like daigos car will show up, but he will not be driving.

Kinda expected this.

FD... please let the winner of pro am get the spot, if not yoshioka since he crossed the picket lines to drift in FD this year.

[Brian]

Where did that information come from?

[eomund240]

2 weeks away. The anticipation is killing me.

[Bebop]

Where did that information come from?

Some guy at RMR got a phone call from Peak Performance and got the bad news from Ross Petty of team falken. Yea you know, I'm a insider!!!!


lol jk, got it from Wrecked

[Brian]

Yeah, I read it there too...after I saw this post.


What a bummer (if it IS true).

Why they gotta hate?

discuss.

[Al]

I haven't been excited for awhile for any drifting... but this event is getting me really f*cking excited...

can't miss this sh*t!

[Tola Chhom]

Man the bad news just keeps coming!

[Formula D]

Guys, alas, this is true. We confirmed it with his team. Daigo will not be competing. He will be at the event but not competing.

I'm not going to say much more than that.

Jim made a call to Robbie Bolger who is the 2007 Australian Champ. This guy is so committed he said he would 100% commit and will probably be air freighting his car here. Unreal, so expensive. Either way he said he'll be here so he will be our 32nd driver.

We are very, very sad Daigo could not make it, lets leave it at that. All this stuff gets tiring after a while.

[alex]

Guys, alas, this is true. We confirmed it with his team. Daigo will not be competing. He will be at the event but not competing.

I'm not going to say much more than that.

Jim made a call to Robbie Bolger who is the 2007 Australian Champ. This guy is so committed he said he would 100% commit and will probably be air freighting his car here. Unreal, so expensive. Either way he said he'll be here so he will be our 32nd driver.

We are very, very sad Daigo could not make it, lets leave it at that. All this stuff gets tiring after a while.

congrads to Robbie,
this event is going to be great! thanks FD

[Brian]

ohhh....god.

Bulger?




Tony ANngelo would have been a 300% better choice,
but as the weird kids today say, "it is what it is"

[Bebop]

Tony Angelo needs to lower his car

[Brian]

give us more juicy gossip, Formula D.

We want to hear it.

USA craves it.

[Bebop]

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[Slapshotnerd]

too many irishmen in long beach at once... I hope the bars have a back-stock of Guiness ready!

Bolger + O'Sullivan + Deane (wait! deane's only 16, he don't count... but I'm sure his brothers are coming) + Buttsy + Dan Joyce + entourage = way too many Irish in 1 city at 1 time for the local bar population to sustain