D1GP made it's way to Irwindale Speedway for the second time yesterday. All I can say is the event was a huge success once again, here are some pics that I took at the event... enjoy! If you get the good old red X it's because my server is down, just try again in a little bit. Just a little FYI... besides adjusting the color, I didn't edit the actual pictures in any way. =)

































































... and the event winner (Kei-Office S15) and runner up (HKS S15).




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Great shots!!!!

 

whens the last d1 day!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!

 

Awesome shotS!!! WOW!!! What camera is that?

Black350, This was the last D1 for this year in the US.

 

Those pics are down right beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing

 

It's nice to see some additional high quality shots! Great job on the shoot - angles are fantastic.

 

Those pictures are amazing!!

 

Great pics!!!!!!!

 

wow, someone broght a Viper and a GTO to D1? i wonder how well they drift. Were the drivers for the Viper and the GTO Japanese?

 

Thanks for all of the positive comments; anyways I'm using a Canon 10D with a Canon 28-135mm lens. You can check out a couple more on our site, MagnaFlow

 

Rhys Millen drove the GTO, and Tarzan drove the Viper.

 

These are some awesome pics..

 

The GTO was the only full American w driver that drifted. Rhys Millen was very good but his car looked a little heavy and cumbersome at times. I applaud him for his efforts...I believe the announcer (toshi) said he was a Formula D Driver.

The GT Viper wasn't in the competition. He came in at the start of the show to get the crowd going. The Viper was driven by "Tarzan" Yamada...a famous drifter/race car driver from Japan. According to the announcers, it had to be re-tuned and suspension tweeked a little just so it could drift correctly on that small circuit. He was getting scary close to those walls and by the 6th run or so he did a little love tap on the wall and the crowd went wild. The sponsor/owner didn't look too happy.

I gotta admit though, watching that Viper go around that track was almost surreal. It looked like a runningback doing sprints in a small backyard.

There were other American racers ( most of them getting into the biggest crashes and fender benders by the way) and they drove mostly Nissans.