"Blaze1's List of Drift" Top 10 World Rankings

[Amanda]

I heart Haraguchi. I love his gangster initiation at Irwindale Speedway in the Silk Road S13.5! He needs to teach me to do that gangster initiation!!

[Bebop]

i miss haruguchi

[Amanda]

#6 Gaz Whitter looks like Rob Pattinson from Twight. LOL!

Interesting list...

Mine would look similar as well but w/modifications:

1.) Haraguchi
2.) Tanner Foust
3.) Nomuken
4.) JR Gitten
5.) Rhys Millen
6.) Ryan Tuerck
7.) Chris Forsberg
8.) Tyler Mcquarrie
9.) Alex Pfieffer
10.) Pat Mordaunt
11.) Daijiro Yoshihara
12.) Taka Aono
13.) Ross Petty
14.) JTP
15.) Ken Gushi
16.) Matt Powers
17.) Stephen Verdier
18.) Robbie Nishida
19.) Mad Mike
20.) Ryuji Miki

Obviously, this list is my opinion but I think after the top 5 my list went downhill because I didn't know where to classify the other drivers. All the drivers are great in their own unique way. Taka in his rolla. Steph in his subaru. JR makes hella smoke in his mustang. Pat is so young & talented. Robbie has a great personality & he's so humble & will be drifting the awesome GT-R. Matt has his flushed S14. Ross is lives the BOSO life, drifts amazingly & builds great drift cars. etc, etc, etc.

[Bebop]

I can appreciate what you're trying to do here but personally I don't think you can create a "worlds" list that includes international drivers when some of these international guys haven't faced US guys or vice versa. Or, some drivers who haven't done too well when they've come to our turf.

Take Mad Mike for instance..he sure doesn't suck but when he has been up against our talent he hasn't made it too far but he makes #7?

And why is there no Vaughn Gittin Jr.? Granted you couldn't have known he was going to win Long Beach before you made this list. But despite his lack of wins hes easily one of the most consistent drivers in American drifting and is still the only guy to beat the D1 guys. Not saying Vaughn should be #1 but he should definitely be on the list.

And no Tanner or Sam? Both guys are two-time FD champs and both have tons of experience taking on Japanese drivers.

I know you spent a lot of time compiling this list but I think you left out some important names.

I was trying to make a world list not a Formula D list. I honestly do not care if a driver has beaten Americans. I'm impressed with a strategy of being dominant in your own series.

Sam finished in fourth which isn't bad but not good enough to be considered the best. He also changed chassis, now granted long beach has come and gone I cannot put a driver on the list who finished less then third and then built a brand new car in 3 months.

Tanner was hard to keep off the list because he was basically coming back with the same setup. But with a 6th place finish plus all the series hes involved with in the USA or Europe I feel he has alot on his plate...maybe too much.

JR is one of my favorite drivers period. But seriously he needs to make a better habit of finishing his battles. Even though I felt he got robbed @ irwindale last year its still another situation of JR not being able to not leave it up so much to the judges. I'm glad he is doing good so far and if he keeps it up he could land in the mid year report.

Mad mike did very good in the formula D asia events. Which included drivers like Miki, and Djan

Thanks for the feedback.

[BigGameHit]

cool stuff

[MonkeySlide]

I can appreciate what you're trying to do here but personally I don't think you can create a "worlds" list that includes international drivers when some of these international guys haven't faced US guys or vice versa. Or, some drivers who haven't done too well when they've come to our turf.

Take Mad Mike for instance..he sure doesn't suck but when he has been up against our talent he hasn't made it too far but he makes #7?

And why is there no Vaughn Gittin Jr.? Granted you couldn't have known he was going to win Long Beach before you made this list. But despite his lack of wins hes easily one of the most consistant drivers in American drifting and is still the only guy to beat the D1 guys. Not saying Vaughn should be #1 but he should definitely be on the list.

And no Tanner or Sam? Both guys are two-time FD champs and both have tons of experience taking on Japanese drivers.

I know you spent a lot of time compiling this list but I think you left out some important names.

[Bebop]

Saw mike hanging out with his girlfirend? on sat @ long beach

seemed to be in good spirits.

just a little bit of history, in 08 Rhys Millen did not show up to long beach due to his back injury but ended up 3rd overall and won the $$triple crown$$

all is not lost for those who did not make it to the big show

[YOitzJDM]

Some more fun facts:

mad mike was the 3rd best red bull driver at fdlb
6th best Mazda driver
12th best on Falken tires
7th best fd rookie / long beach virgin

........

I think the hype machine on mad mike is dead.

[Bebop]

I know its alot of text, and I didnt mean to go all speedhunters on you guys. But you might want to read the explanations.

For Phil, I stated the fact that there are alot of sanctioning bodies in the UK. But most drivers consider EDC the best. That's Why I ranked him, he won that series.

[boxmod]

And Phil is the EDC champion, he must be doing something right.

not saying anything about him directly, but if you had a pro series in like... brazil, there isnt much talent there, but the guy that wins would be the best of the not so good. not saying EDC doesnt have talent, but i dont know if its the same level as FD talent, so being the champ doesnt put you into top 10 of the world.

i dont have anything against that series or Phil, just making a point.

[Bebop]

i will be at formula d tommorow, if you want to talk drifting feel free to say hi

[Bebop]

thanks for the feeback

ae86 fan and jdm, this is made off of preseason outlook, mad mike and ryan did very good at the end of the season in 09 and tuerck made very little changes to his machine which is top notch IMO.

like i said, Mad Mike will need to do good in the next 3 events to stay on this list.

And Phil is the EDC champion, he must be doing something right.

Keep the feedback coming

[YOitzJDM]

Hey Blaze...

your number 7 driver on the list can't even make top 32 in Long Beach.... is he still in your top 32? he looked pretty crap-tacular at FD!

And Phil Morrison? is this based on internet hype or actual driving?! that guy isn't too good, from what I hear.

[AE86_Fan]

the only thing i dont agree with on the list is the Tuerck is #1... i think you are jumping the gun a little bit on this... while i admit he does belong in the top 5, he is definitely not #1.

[Bebop]

I do this all for the love of the sport!!

I'm heading to long beach right now, after i buy another cell phone... cracked out on me at the job site lol.