D1 Drivers Search (FEEDBACK)

[BensonHsu]

i think what ryan is trying to say is, where do we draw the line?

i mean, dec 18th IS CALLED d1 japan vs USA... and last weekend WAS THE us d1 drivers search to find the top american drivers... isn't it kinda weird to fly over from japan to search for the top american drivers and when you get here, you find that some top japanese drivers competing along side the americans? won't it be weird to watch d1 japan vs usa and 2 of the usa drivers are famous drivers from japan competing as americans?

it doesn't make much sense to me...

[Wayne]

man i never thought of it that way, but benson has a great point

[Craftsman]

Benson I love you too...



Anyways, in all honestly, I think D1 is a little rigged. How do they allow Japanese drivers to qualify for a American Driver search? Rather why do Japanese drivers come here to qualify?

Mtt.

[swifty949]

i think it should be rephrased, as political, not rigged. The j-drivers still had to prove thier worth.

[NiteKids]

There seems to be noone else contributing more pics from this event so here's my share! haha

Irwins car

My car

[Wayne]

damn nite, i luv your car one of my top pics for 240s, but my favorite of all time has to be the drifting one u posted, it was nice. anyways more pics more pics more pics i wanna see more pics of what the top 8 were driving? especially the japaneese cars

[VDMTom]

yes more pics...hey Benson you should start "Ask Benson Hsu Something"..just like the drifters who come here.I saw that 240 on Stargirlracing.com(verena's website)

[UF31Leopard]

Originally posted by Feint
I want to see Ross make D1.It would be nice to see a Hawaii guy make it over,since that place seems forgotten now in drifting.

How did Steve-O rank? Sponsoring him seems like a long shot.Sure he has MTV pop icon status,but I know there's other people that are more than skilled and determined enough to compete professionally,but don't have the fiancial support to get there right now.He on the other hand is well off fiancially.More politics.

Is Steve-O, Steve Oliberos or the MTV Steve-O? if it is Steve Oliberos he's from hawaii.

[DONKEY_WEAR]

Originally posted by SpoonFork
what brian said..

also, i'd like to say alot of folks went up to the judging booth to complain about the track but if you think about it.. the US d1 guys did it, the jp guys did it as well.. if the people that entered couldnt do it, do you really think they can compete in D1?

Remember, D1 is the BEST of the BEST drifters..

look dude think about it the people who were actually bein judged they had to do it from a complete stop but the exibitionist got to do it over and over with out stoppin sooooo they had enough speed most cars couldnt get enough speed to get it into 3rd but if they would of started the competitors about 500 feet back it woudl have been perfect for everyone they would of had enough speed to clear the bumps and not having to worry about getting as much understeer as they did and if u didnt notice alot of the pros jap and american spun a few times.....more people could of handled it better with more speed...and ummmmm i dunno if the guy with the black 240 should of made it he didnt pitch out the car until half way in the sweeper he wasnt even tryin to drift ofver the bumps!

[DONKEY_WEAR]

Originally posted by CrazyHawaiian
I think its very unprofessional of the D1 organization to "change their mind" if thats what really happened. I think they should be straight up and truthfull about whats going on from the beginning of the event to the end. So if there were 5 slots, they should have told everyone from the start that there were 5 slots. It sounds to be like they told everyone that there were 8 slots, and then decided to change their mind after the event? But I wasnt there and I dont really know what happened so I might be wrong. Please tell me I'm wrong. On a side note, I think its weird to have drivers from Japan entering the USA D1 drivers search. I thought the purpose of the USA drivers search was to find drivers from the USA, but apparently I'm wrong. Learn something new every day.

dude they really did everyone wrong evryone was psyched about makin it so we (ross petty/rotary power) started cleanin up and gettin ready to go and then they come up outta no where and try to say o they want 5 outta 8 it was very very fu*ked up d1 did evreyone very wrong man ross never hit a cone and never went off course he drifted very welll and very consistent but i mean they picked guys that freggin hit cones all day and went offcourse almost evryone what kinda sh*t is that??? d1 did us and the other 2 teams that didnt make it wrong...

[D1 DRIFTER]

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which black 240?

[D1 DRIFTER]

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from what i have heard the judges knew the course was difficult so, instead of speed they went mostly by lines and angle.... by the way who set up that course!? we will find out of they thought about it in the next option! best of luck to everyone that is going to be at Vegas!

[BensonHsu]

Originally posted by 350zFan
yes more pics...hey Benson you should start "Ask Benson Hsu Something"..just like the drifters who come here.I saw that 240 on Stargirlracing.com(verena's website)

i would, but i don't think people give a *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*! haha!

[Slonie]

Oooh, ooh, I'll start it!

[Craftsman]

Dude... Conrad Grunewald is my friend's younger brother. He teaches at Skip Barber. When my friend told me that, I was like WTF?

Ryan Hampton, have you heard of Conrad?

Matt.