(2013 PREDICTIONS) FORMULA DRIFT Season?

[INFO]

(2013 PREDICTIONS) FORMULA DRIFT Season

- Car Builds
- Rule Book
- Judging
- Schedule
- Results
- Course Layouts
- Drivers List
- Ect.

[Slapshotnerd]

Prediction:

The season will be awesome! I don't know how it can top the 2012 season (record crowds at every event, lots of drama, some amazing tandem, etc) but I feel like it will. 10 years strong!

I hope to see some new builds. A BR-Z on grid would be cool.

[Lifer]

I hope to see Tanner return to FD.

Daigo stays for another season to defend the championship. Tanner vs Daigo

Tony Stewart breaks into proam drifting.

Kevin Wells gets even harder on the cars to make sure no over-bending of the rules takes place.

A fourth Judge, or something big changing in the judging dept.

TONS of twin turbo V8 240's

Texas FINALLY gets a round in FD.

FD moves to 8 rounds, placing Texas in at Round 5.

FD Proam feeders get their act together, and make drivers follow the same rules as PRO FD. i.e. getting Proam Technical Inspectors trained by Kevin Wells. Following the chassis/subframe, and tire rules from the pro FD Rulebook.
Seriously. Why is this not happening already.

[my 1 88 u]

This is more a wish list than a prediction.

Tanner returns in anything.

Daigo stays and picks up a Toyota/Lexus sponsorship for the IS350.

Rhys picks up a non American factory sponsor (Subaru BRZ anyone)

Papadakis Racing builds a badass Scion FR-S for Aasbo.

More engine displacement diversity amongst the mid tear drivers (Fat chance. Keep on getting mediocre results with an LS# guys)

Exhibition round in Japan finally.

Exhibition at Yas Marinas again

Cut Wall Speedway for Englishtown

Texas round to make 8 (Circuit of the Americas anyone?)

[theSidesweep]

Hopefully there can be another addition to the rules to prevent drifting from becoming a competition of who has more horsepower.

[sytfu]

judges will have divisional partitions and will not be able to converse during judging scenarios.

falken cars may get faster.

possibly 2 more Japanese drivers will come over (or other international driver)

more 6 cylinders will emerge

[INFO]

Bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Slapshotnerd]

A BR-Z on grid would be cool.

Looks like I got at least one right!!

Some more:
- The 2013 Rookie of the Year will be from the ProAm Ranks, and likely American born (first American born ROTY since 2006?)
- A Mazda RX-8 will earn a podium for the first time in FD history*
- An FR-S or BR-Z will earn a podium for the first time in FD history
- Texas will be won by a driver who has never won an FD event before
- someone will earn a perfect qualifying score during the season
- Formula D will hold events on 5 continents in 2013

*Mazda RX-8 - Mazda has podiums with Ryuji Miki in the FD RX7 and Justin Pawlak in his FC RX-7

[tr_racing]

Formula D event in Quebec, Canada + more international event
Tanner Foust return in a Ford Mustang
8 Rounds
more factory back driver
more sponsors to help Pro-AM guy make their debut in the Pro

[ztkrevolution]

FR-S/BRZ's............Lots of em

[stedriftward]

Daigo drives a Viper

[stedriftward]

Twin Vipers will appear to compete.

[INFO]

Looks like I got at least one right!!

Some more:
- The 2013 Rookie of the Year will be from the ProAm Ranks, and likely American born (first American born ROTY since 2006?)
- A Mazda will earn a podium for the first time in FD history
- An FR-S or BR-Z will earn a podium for the first time in FD history
- Texas will be won by a driver who has never won an FD event before
- someone will earn a perfect qualifying score during the season
- Formula D will hold events on 5 continents in 2013

UPDATE from APEX Integration

"Mazda has had 3 podiums in FD History - (Note: all Rotary engines)

1) Justin Pawlak, FC3S – Irwindale 2008 (3rd place)

2) Ryuji Miki w/ A’PEXi, FD3S – Las Vegas 2009 (2nd place)

3) Ryuji Miki w/ A’PEXi, FD3S – Sonoma 2009 (3rd place)"

[Slapshotnerd]

I meant an RX8

[my 1 88 u]

FR-S/BRZ's............Lots of em

Just nothing stupid like slapping FR-S headlights on a BRZ.