Who's attending Formula D/Red Bull Drifting in Long Beach
 

Some Info and Teaser Video

Video Teaser #2

They are going to bus everyone in from the Long Beach convention center to the venue's secret location. From some early shots of the spot, the place is going to be ginormous. Can't wait!

Official website: Red Bull World Drifting Championship

who's gonna check out this event on november 15-16??

RED BULL DRIFTING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATION LIST

DRIVER SERIES COUNTRY COMMENTS CONFIRMATION
Tanner Foust FD USA Final Standings, 2007 & 2008 FD Champ ACCEPTED
Samuel Hubinette FD Sweden/USA Final Standings, 2004 & 2006 FD Champ ACCEPTED
Rhys Millen FD New Zealand/USA Final Standings, 2005 FD Champ ACCEPTED
Daijiro Yoshihara FD Japan Final Standings ACCEPTED
Chris Forsberg FD USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Michihiro Takatori FD Japan Final Standings ACCEPTED
Vaughn Gittin, Jr. FD USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Conrad Grunewald FD USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Robbie Nishida FD Japan/USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Ryuji Miki FD Japan Final Standings, 2004 D1 Champ ACCEPTED
Darren McNamara FD Ireland Final Standings, 2006 Pro Drift Champ ACCEPTED
Stephan Verdier FD France/USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Ken Gushi FD Japan/USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Bill Sherman FD USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Justin Pawlak FD USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Kyle Mohan FD USA Final Standings ACCEPTED
Katsuhiro Ueo D1GP Japan 2002 D1 Champ ACCEPTED
Daigo Saito D1GP Japan 2008 D1GP Champ ACCEPTED
Garry Whitter D1NZ 1 New Zealand 2008 D1NZ Champ ACCEPTED
Fredrick Girard DMCC Canada 2008 DMCC Champ ACCEPTED
Luke Fink Drift Australia Australia 2008 Drift Australia 2nd Place ACCEPTED
Leighton Fine Drift Australia Australia 2008 Drift Australia Champ ACCEPTED
Tim Marshall EDC UK 2008 EDC 2nd Place ACCEPTED
Ben Broke-Smith EDC UK 2008 EDC Champ ACCEPTED
Tengku Djan FD SG Malaysia 2008 FD SG 2nd Place ACCEPTED
Mike Whiddet FD SG New Zealand 2008 FD SG 3rd Place ACCEPTED
Paul Vlasblom IDS Netherlands 2008 IDS Champ or runner-up ACCEPTED
Remmo Niezen IDS Netherlands 2009 IDS Champ or runner-up ACCEPTED
Fredric Aasbo Nordic Drift Norway 2008 Nordic Drifting Series Champ ACCEPTED
Carl Ruiterman NZ Drift New Zealand 2008 NZ Drift Champ ACCEPTED
Eric O’Sullivan Pro Drift Ireland 2007 Pro Drift Champ ACCEPTED
James Deane Pro Drift Ireland 2008 Pro Drift Champ ACCEPTED

Ryan Tuerck FD USA Final Standings DECLINED - Budget
Nob Taniguchi D1GP Japan 2001 Champ DECLINED - Prior engagement, race
Youichi Imamura D1GP Japan 2003 Champ DECLINED
Yasuyaki Kazama D1GP/MSC Japan 2005 Champ DECLINED - Scheduling Conflict
Nobushige Kumakubo D1GP Japan 2006 Champ DECLINED - Dubai Demo
Manabu Max Orido D1GP/MSC Japan D1 Judge, MSC Judge, Super GT driver DECLINED - Hired by Chevy for WTCC race in Macau

i wanna go

go :icon21:

btw: the supposed layout

https://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f...ip-driftco.jpg

hey socal guys im thinking about goin to this ill be coming from norcal probably staying at my cousins house in san diego still deciding though

dam i wonder if i work that day hope not wanna go awww F@ck i work!!! dammit

oh no...

ueo isnt in his ae86...hes gonna be in a s15 :nails:

he was very good with a OG 86 platform too

http://www.livesockets.com/article.php?id=2144

Looks like I'm going.

I'll be there, donno which day or both days, depends on my friend though. Going to be going with her.

youtube video of interviewing a few drivers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJyLCM5777U

track pics
http://www.apartment107.com/assets/a...2/P1050853.jpg
http://www.apartment107.com/assets/a...2/P1050854.jpg

more pics here

wow that looks really really cool, i wish i had money to drivve up and get in....

I'm going. The 16th only though.

i saw a lot of Zs in the parking lot... even parked next to an all white Amuze kit'd car w/ wing and gold CE28s on Sat... (then it got all ashy)

well, it was a good event, but biased imho... guess who won?

I caught the finals and didn't see any bias. Rhys was coming into turn 1 faster than Dai, He followed a lot closer in the chase position and Dai spun. Unless there's some conspiracy going around about team orders, this one was pretty clear cut. Rhys deserved the win.

It was fun seeing all the international drivers at this event. Hands down, Mad Mike's 4 rotor FD was screaming. It sounded like an F1 car. hehe.

Ueo should have been given the nod against Dai and not have gone OMT.

How convenient that Dai lost to his boss in the Final. ahaha. "Dai...I'll give you a healthy bonus if you make it look good, then spin last second..."

Sick event though. I hope they can bring it back to the same spot next year. Loving that course.

someone had the license plate WTF Z

was a white Z with cf hood

Rhys Millen won the title of "World Champion" at the inaugural Red Bull Drifting World Championship. History was made with the top drifters from around the world competing for the largest prize purse in drifting history at the Port of Long Beach.

17 past and present drifting champions from the top drifting organizations in the world gathered in Long Beach, CA for the first Red Bull Drifting World Championship. First place qualifier Rhys Millen and his Red Bull Pontiac Solstice outperformed the competition to win the largest single prize of $25,000 in drifting history. Teammate Daijiro Yoshihara and his Bridgestone / RMR Pontiac GTO took home the 2nd place prize of $15,000 and the 2007 and 2008 Formula DRIFT champion, Tanner Foust and the Rockstar / AEM Nissan 350Z took home 3rd place overall and $10,000.

onto some pics
http://www.apartment107.com/assets/a...174/podium.jpg
http://www.apartment107.com/assets/article/2174/1.jpg
http://www.apartment107.com/assets/article/2174/2.jpg
http://www.apartment107.com/assets/article/2174/3.jpg

more pics and info here

yup. UEO won his heat... it was all J-rod enticing the crowd for OMT..

too bad Tanner didn't beat everyone.. how hilarious would it have been a Rockstar energy drink car winning a Redbull event? :P

:werd: ueo had it in the bag but they wanted Omt... :icon9: