Justin Pawlak replaces Ryuji Miki

[jwoo]

AWSOME! I cant wait to see this

[sa-drift.com]

Sad for Miki but congrats to JTP. As you guys have already said, Miki is an S-chassis guy (daily driver is a S15) and as anyone who has drifted both vehicles will tell you, going from one to the other is not easy.

Im siked for JTP i was talking to him on rx7 club in pm's and the way he got in D/A sounds like that alone was like a dream man. they came up to him and helped him tune his car which in his words "caused him to win the whole event" then they asked him if he wanted on. i know its WAY LATE but congrats on the DA sponsorship
and double the congrats on this one as well. jtp deserves it.

[kidynomite]

It better not be ugly, or high.

[Sebring]

I think D1GP would love to have Miki back.

[MonkeySlide]

They should have announced this at SEMA or before SMEA.

I think this is something that came together post-sema.

They should have announced this at SEMA or before SMEA.

[brainfood]

Congrats to Justin, and Miki hasnt done anything exciting since he has been here. Needs to go back to an s-chassis.

[markyd0s]

Congrats to JP. Im glad to see one of my favorite drivers move on up.

[teambergenholtz]

Kyle Mohan of Mazdatrix will be engineering and building the 3 rotor package for the turbo powerplant.

[INFO]

Mazdatrix will be building this 3 rotor turbo
http://mazdatrix.com/

[teambergenholtz]

Justin Pawlak will be driving RX8 3 rotor turbo. Formal press release to follow. Marketing partnerships will be finalized in formal press release. Existing partnerships with Bergenholtz Racing will be carried over to new vehicle.

[Justin Banner]

yea, the rx-7 that miki was driving was converted to RHD. now they are building an RX-8 that will be LHD

Ok, like I said, in that article it was stated that it would be built as a RHD for his Japanese drivers.

This is a smarter idea, anyhow, considering our economy. Now, you don't have to spend a grand every time you needed a Japanese driver and continues to bring our drivers up from the Pro Am.

[deadpirate]

According to a magazine article I had (I'll post more when I find the article), the car was going to be built as a RHD to make it easier for the Japanese drivers he was hiring and flying to the US. Now that Pawlak is in the car, has the plan changed?

EDIT: Found it. Turbo and High Tech Performance, 12/08, V. 24 #012 PG. 72 Bergenholtz Racing BR-8

yea, the rx-7 that miki was driving was converted to RHD. now they are building an RX-8 that will be LHD

[Cavi Mike]

3 rotor eh? They sing a beautiful song but if they don't turbo it, they're never going to keep up. Kinda sad really, it's just about the hp in this country.