 First Formula D logo, in use from 2004 to 2006 Formula D is the United States' drifting series. It is the American equivalent of drifting's premier championship in Japan, the D1 Grand Prix. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Toyota Supra in drifting exhibition in Atlanta in 2005. ...
Current D1 Grand Prix Logo The D1 Grand Prix (Japanese: D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri in katakana, abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift) is a production car drifting series from Japan. ...
The series is sponsored by the popular video game series, Need for Speed. Its official name is Need for Speed Formula Drift Presented by Circuit City. It was inaugurated in 2004, and is a division of the Sports Car Club of America. Need for Speed (NFS) is a series of racing video games by Electronic Arts, released on platforms including the personal computer, 3DO, PlayStation, PS2, PS3, GameCube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable, and various other gaming platforms. ...
Circuit City (NYSE: CC) is a Fortune 200 company, and the third largest consumer electronics retailer in the United States with over $11 billion USD in sales[1], behind Best Buy and Wal-Mart. ...
The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rally, and autocross in the United States and was formed in 1944. ...
The 2007 series schedule has seven official rounds, each at a different track. These are the locations Formula D will visit this year:
The asterisk next to the Summit Point round indicates that it's a new venue. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles County Government - Mayor Bob Foster Area - City 65. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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Road Atlanta Raceway Road Atlanta is a 2. ...
Braselton is a town in Jackson, Gwinnett, Barrow, and Hall Counties in the State of Georgia, about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. ...
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Summit Point Motorsports Park is a road racing and driver training facility located in Jefferson County, West Virginia about two hours west of Washington, D.C. in the states Eastern Panhandle. ...
Summit Point is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA. It lies along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at the intersection of County Route 1 and Summit Point Pike. ...
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Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills. ...
Sonoma City Hall in the town plaza Sonoma is a historically significant town in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA. Sonoma is centered around its historic town plaza, a remnant of the towns Spanish colonial past. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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Wall Township Speedway, originally named Wall Stadium, is a race track in Wall Township, New Jersey. ...
Map of Wall Township in Monmouth County Wall Township is a Township located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ...
Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
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Irwindale Speedway is located in Irwindale, California. ...
Irwindale is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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Formula D has somewhat of a partnership with the Champ Car World Series, holding demonstration events at Champ Car race weekends, most prominently, the Long Beach Grand Prix. In 2007, there will be five demonstration events, but they will count for something. 2007 is the first year of the Formula Drift Team Drift Championship, meaning that events will count for points in a championship separate from the one used for standalone events. Here are the five events that will make up the inaugural Team Drift Championship: Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ...
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is the premier circuit in the Champ Car World Series. ...
There is also a Formula D in Australia, which was announced in June 2005. The three tracks Formula D Australia visited in 2005 are Mallala Motorsport Park in South Australia, Oran Park Raceway in New South Wales, and Winton Raceway in Victoria. The series is held in conjunction with the DRIFT AUSTRALIA Championship. is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Portland International Raceway is located in Portlands Delta Park complex, just south of the Columbia River and less than a mile west of Interstate 5. ...
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The Grand Prix of Cleveland is an event of the Champ Car World Series, held annually at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. ...
is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The San Jose Grand Prix is an annual circuit in the Champ Car World Series in San Jose, California, and is an open-wheel race on a temporary street circuit. ...
is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Grand Prix Arizona is an annual circuit of the Champ Car World Series in Phoenix, Arizona, and is an open-wheel race on a temporary street course. ...
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Mallala Motorsport Park is a 2. ...
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Oran Park Raceway is a motor racing circuit at Narellan in southwestern Sydney, Australia. ...
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Winton Motor Raceway is a Motor Racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria. ...
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The American Formula D series has more tire manufacturers than any other motor racing series in the world, with nine manufacturers (Nitto Tires, Toyo Tires, Bridgestone Tires, Maxxiss Tires, Federal Tires, Falken Tires, Cooper Tires, Dunlop Tires, Hankook Tires, and Kumho Tires) and tend to attract Japanese ex-D1GP drivers. Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. ...
Bridgestone Corporation ) (TYO: 5108 ) is a Japanese rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi ) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. ...
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a global company specializing in the design, manufacture and sales of passenger car, light truck, medium truck, motorcycle and racing tires, as well as tread rubber and related equipment for the retread industry. ...
Dunlop Tires was a company founded in 1888 by John Boyd Dunlop, a Scottish veterinary surgeon living in Belfast, UK, after he invented the modern pneumatic inflatable tire. ...
The Hankook Tire group, based in Seoul, South Korea is the eigth largest tire company in the world [1]. Established in 1941 as the Chosun Tire Company, it was renamed Hankook Tire Manufacturing (in 1968) in honour of an inventor of a certain auto-parts and tire corporation who isn...
Kumho is a South Korean industrial conglomerate consisting of various business groups, including aviation, finance, construction, transportation, chemical, and tyre manufacture. ...
Formula D television coverage
Former Fox Soccer USA host Brandon Johnson hosted the Formula D show for G4 in 2006. Rossi Morreale was the show's host in 2005. Johnson was joined by Attack of the Show co-host Olivia Munn who covered the pits and drivers during the events and drifting expert Adam Matthews who provided commentary and insight on the tandem battles. G4 aired each round on a tape-delayed basis. Jarod DeAnda is the public address announcer at each event, earning him the moniker, "The Voice of Formula D." In 2005, G4 used DeAnda's event commentary track, but for 2006, used Johnson and Matthews calling each battle like a typical play-by-play/color commentator combination. Johnson and Matthews were on-site for each event, but it sounded as if they had taped their commentary after the event had already taken place. This practice is not uncommon in the motorsports business; an article in the December 2006 issue of Car and Driver revealed that longtime motorsports announcer Rick Benjamin uses this same method when calling USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series races. Benjamin travels to Atlanta, views a tape of the most recent event, makes notes, then tapes his commentary. Rossi Morreale is an American football player and television personality. ...
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A public address system, abbreviated PA system, is an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas. ...
Play-by-play, in broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. ...
A color commentator (colour commentator in Canada), sometimes known as a color analyst, is a member of the broadcasting team for a sporting event who assists the play-by-play announcer by filling in any time when play is not in progress. ...
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Rick Benjamin (born on October 22, 1952 in Danbury, Connecticut) is SPEED Channels voice of the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, and was the voice of Champ Car racing for HDNet in 2004. ...
The USAR Hooter Pro Cup is a stock car auto racing series in the United States. ...
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In the 2005 season, there were two people working the pits — driver interviewer Mayleen Ramey, who was a roving reporter for the half-hour episodes, and a second anchor, who patrolled around the car show at each event. In 2005, G4 used three reporters for this job. From the round in Wall to the round in Houston, actor Emeka held the job. At the Infineon round, Attack of the Show co-host Kevin Pereira took the duties, while Street Fury host Big C finished things out in Chicago and Irwindale. Also, G4 showed half-hour episodes in-between rounds, most of which focused on the network having its own drift car built from scratch, with other segments focusing on the aspects of drifting. One of the first half-hour episodes in 2005 had one Formula D competitor, Chris Forsberg go to Japan, and meet up with another competitor, Daijiro Yoshihara, to explore the country and get more perspective on the birth of drifting. Episodes that featured event coverage lasted an hour-and-a-half, and featured the top 16 tandem rounds, including those that needed to be run again, because the judges deemed them too close to call. These episodes aired the night after the next round in the series had already taken place. Sarah Lane is hott! Attack of the Show! (previously named The Screen Savers) is a live gaming and entertainment television program shown on G4 in the United States, G4techTV in Canada, and the HOW TO Channel in Australia. ...
Kevin of Attack of the Show Kevin Pereira (born December 28, 1982[1]) is co-host of G4s Attack of the Show! (formerly The Screen Savers) with Olivia Munn. ...
Chris Forsberg, originally of Furlong, PA in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has been living and working as a professional douche bag. ...
In 2006, however, coverage was dramatically different. The half-hour episodes were gone, and event coverage was reduced to an hour, and their scheduling was quite random. The Long Beach and Atlanta rounds premiered on June 18, with the Chicago round airing on July 2, and the Sonoma round airing a week after it took place. During the Sonoma round, G4 noted that the Seattle round would premiere on September 10, but that date was changed to October 8, with the last two rounds (Wall and Irwindale) airing every other week afterward. These episodes featured more interviews and driver profiles, many of which would've been placed in a half-hour show last year, and many of the tandem battles have been cut out, and any battle that needed to be run again did not have its second run shown. This led to some criticism from those in the drifting community, including fans and some Formula D drivers. is the 169th day of the year (170th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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At the 2006 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Formula D co-founders Jim Liaw and Ryan Sage announced that the series would have a new television partner in 2007. That partner will be ESPN2. Airdates have yet to be announced, but indications have airings beginning in November. Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) of the automobile aftermarket was formed in 1963 by Roy Richter, Ed Iskenderian, Willie Garner, Bob Hedman, John Bartlett, Phil Weiand, Jr. ...
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ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Nicknamed the deuce, ESPN2 was to be branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross, snowboarding, and BMX racing. ...
Regulation differences between D1GP and Formula D There are numerous differences between D1 Grand Prix and Formula D in terms of of car and competition regulations Current D1 Grand Prix Logo The D1 Grand Prix (Japanese: D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri in katakana, abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift) is a production car drifting series from Japan. ...
- D1GP only allow convertible models as long as a supplied hard top roof is used, whereas Formula D permits cars to be driven with its roof down.
- During the 2004 season, the Dodge Viper#Viper Competition Coupe was permitted to compete, wheras it was ineligible in D1.
The Dodge Viper is a two-seat sports car, the most powerful production car made by Dodge. ...
List of competing drivers in Formula D (also includes former drivers)
Yukinobu Okubo (Signal Japan Skyline GTR)
Tony Angelo (Drift Alliance/Bridgestone Mazda RX-8)
Taka Aono (Falken AE86 Corolla)
Tony Brakohiapa
Nathan Brasz
Casper Canul (Cooper Tire Silvia S14.5)
Ryan Clemens
Chris Cook
James Evans Bubba Drift GMC Caballero
Lance Feliciano
Ernie Fixmer
Rob Fleming (XAT Racing/Maxxis Tires Nissan 240SX S13)
Chris Forsberg (Drift Alliance/Maxxis Nissan 350Z Roadster)
Tanner Foust (AEM 350z)
Vaughn Gittin, Jr. (Falken/DA Ford Mustang)
Conrad Grunewald
Ken Gushi 具志健士郎(Toyo Tires Ford Mustang)
Ryan Hampton
Mitsuru Haruguchi
Kazu Hayashida
Todd Ho (FC3S)
Nick Hogan (Mopar Dodge)
Benson Hsu (privateer Nissan Sileighty)
Samuel Hubinette (Mopar Dodge Viper)
Sean Johnson (Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution)
Hiromi Kajikuma
Gary Lang
Aaron Losey Bubba Drift Nissan 350Z twin turbo conversion
Quoc Ly
Joon Maeng
Tyler Mcquarrie (Hankook/JIC porsche 911)
Darren McNamara Toyota AE86 (with Nissan SR20DET engine)
Verena Mei
Christopher Mendoza
Ryuji Miki
Chris Milano
Rod Millen Mazda RX-8br> Rhys Millen (Rhys Millen Racing Pontiac Solstice)
Kyle Mohan
Robbie Nishida
Bryan Norris
Casey Quillen
David Padron
Stephan Papadakis (AEM Honda S2000)
Justin Pawlak
Dan Pena (Drift Patrol Ford Mustang)
Michael Peters
Ross Petty (Nissan 240sx (Stroked SR20DET))
Daniel Pina
John Russakaoff
Ben Reyes
Jeffary Rodriguez (TOYO Tires/HKS/Brembo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII)
Derrick Rogers Bubba Drift Chevrolet El Camino
Rich Rutherford
Ben Schwartz Sears/Falken Saturn Sky
Tony Schulz
Makoto Sezaki
Bill Sherman
Gary Simmons
Tommy Suell
Steven Sueppel(AE86)
Hiro Sumida (Falken s15)
Ryan TuerckDrift Alliance/Bridgestone Nissan S13
Robbie Unser
Doug VanDenBrink
Stephan Verdier
Calvin Wan (Falken Infiniti G35)
Seigo Yamamoto (Falken/Garage-S/OS-Giken Toyota Chaser)
Kenji Yamanaka
John Yim (Enjuku Racing Nissan 240SX S13.4)
Daijiro Yoshihara (Rockstar/Nitto Nissan S13)
Headline text Tony Angelo -American Drifting Pro- An east coast American drifting pioneer, Tony Angelo started drifting with Chris Forsberg in Doylestown PA, and eventually progressed to being a D1GP driver, as well as a FormulaD seeded Driver. ...
The Mazda RX-8 is a sports car manufactured by Mazda Motor Corporation. ...
A Toyota Corolla Levin AE86 (Hachiroku) in its natural environment, drifting on the racetrack The Toyota AE86 is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Corolla line-up. ...
Chris Cook is an expert driver/instructor at Infineon who made his NEXTEL Cup debut at that track in 2005. ...
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The Chevrolet El Camino, a car-based small pickup truck built by Chevrolet in the United States, was produced in response to the success of the rival Ford Ranchero. ...
Rob Fleming (born November 15, 1976, in Tampa, Florida) is a drifting driver in Formula D . ...
The Nissan 240SX was a car introduced to the North American market by Nissan in 1989 and sold there until 1998. ...
Chris Forsberg, originally of Furlong, PA in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has been living and working as a professional douche bag. ...
The Nissan 350Z is a sports car manufactured by Nissan Motor Co, LTD. The 350Z is the fifth (and current) generation of Nissans Z-car line, originally introduced in 1970 as the Datsun 240Z. The 350Z entered production in late 2002 and was sold and marketed as a 2003...
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Ken Gushi ) is one of the nations top competitors in the sport of drifting. ...
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Mopar (short for MOtor PARts) is the automobile parts and service arm of Chrysler Group. ...
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A Sileighty is a Nissan 180SX with a Nissan Silvias headlights and front bumper installed, hence the Sil in front and the eighty rear. ...
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Mopar (short for MOtor PARts) is the automobile parts and service arm of Chrysler Group. ...
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The Nissan 350Z is a sports car manufactured by Nissan Motor Co, LTD. The 350Z is the fifth (and current) generation of Nissans Z-car line, originally introduced in 1970 as the Datsun 240Z. The 350Z entered production in late 2002 and was sold and marketed as a 2003...
Porsche 911 in hillclimb The Porsche 911 (pronounced as nine eleven) is a sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. ...
The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla line-up. ...
Verena Mei is a model and an actress of Asian-American descent. ...
He is the 2004 D1 Grand Prix champion. ...
The Mazda RX-8 is a sports car manufactured by Mazda Motor Corporation. ...
Rhys Millen (born in New Zealand) is one of the worlds top competitors in drifting. ...
The Pontiac Solstice GXP was introduced at the 2006 Los Angeles Auto Show. ...
AEM Company Logo Advanced Engine Management (AEM), the parent company of DC Sports and Brute Force, is a popular after market performance manufacturer based in Hawthorne, California. ...
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For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see Ford Mustang Variants. ...
Michael Peters (August 6, 1948 - August 21, 1994) was an American choreographer. ...
The Nissan 240SX was a car introduced to the North American market by Nissan in 1989 and sold there until 1998. ...
2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR The Lancer Evolution (colloquially known as the Evo) is Mitsubishis flagship sports car. ...
The Chevrolet El Camino (Spanish translation The Road) was a car-like pick-up built by Chevrolet in the United States from 1959 to 1987. ...
The Saturn Sky is a roadster from the Saturn marque of American automaker General Motors. ...
Gary Simmons (born July 19, 1944 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a former ice hockey goaltender. ...
The Infiniti G35 is a compact executive car produced by Nissans Infiniti division. ...
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The Nissan 240SX was a car introduced to the North American market by Nissan in 1989 and sold there until 1998. ...
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Formula D Champions
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Rhys Millen (born in New Zealand) is one of the worlds top competitors in drifting. ...
1965 Pontiac GTO convertible The Pontiac GTO was an automobile built by Pontiac from 1964 to 1974, and by General Motors Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006. ...
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Australia A Sileighty is a Nissan 180SX with a Nissan Silvias headlights and front bumper installed, hence the Sil in front and the eighty rear. ...
All-time Formula D event winners list - Samuel Hubinette - 9 wins (2004 at Road Atlanta, Houston, and Infineon; 2005 at Road Atlanta and Chicago; 2006 at Long Beach, Chicago and Wall; 2007 at Summit Point)
- Rhys Millen - 3 wins (2004 at Irwindale; 2005 at Wall; 2006 at Infineon)
- Chris Forsberg - 3 wins (2005 at Irwindale; 2007 at Road Atlanta and Infineon)
- Daijiro Yoshihara - 3 wins (2006 at Irwindale; 2007 at Seattle and Wall)
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Rhys Millen (born in New Zealand) is one of the worlds top competitors in drifting. ...
Chris Forsberg, originally of Furlong, PA in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has been living and working as a professional douche bag. ...
- Ken Gushi (2005 at Houston)
- Calvin Wan (2005 at Infineon)
- Tanner Foust (2006 at Road Atlanta)
- Yukinobu Okubo (2006 at Seattle)
- Mitsuru Haraguchi (2007 at Long Beach)
Ken Gushi ) is one of the nations top competitors in the sport of drifting. ...
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