This just came from a post by Bill Wood at SpeedTV. We will stay tuned to this story as it breaks and more information is available. Here is what Bill said about the story. The cliff notes are that Daijiro Yoshihara will be in a Pontiac GTO with the RMR umbrella with major backing by Bridgestone Tires. This should be a big position move for 2008 and putting Daijiro behind the solid technical/mechanical program of Rhys Millen Racing! Check out the story below……….

2005 Formula Drift champion Rhys Millen made headlines this week even under doctor ordered bed/couch rest and the discomfort associated with three fractured vertebrae in his neck and two compressed and broken vertebrae in his back.

Last Saturday night he completed a deal to bring his legendary Pontiac GTO out of mothballs to compete in a two car team with his Pontiac Solstice in the 2008 Formula Drift series. And the driver of that car? Daijiro Yoshihara, one of the fastest and most competent drifters in the world. It’s the first super team in drifting and, I believe, the first comprised of two drivers with Formula Drift event wins on their resumé. This could change the face of drifting.

“I needed to hire a driver who was equal to myself if not better,” Rhys told me this week as he recovered from a brutal pounding he took while practicing for a New Year’s Eve stunt that went wildly wrong Dec. 23.

Source:Rhys Millen Retools - By Bill Wood - SpeedTV