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Bosch TV Presents Behind the Scenes with Vaughn Gittin Jr. at Long Beach!
Posted by admin on 01 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Bosch, Vaughn Gittin Jr., Formula D, Drift Alliance
Bosch Spark Plugs partnered with Wrecked Magazine to provide all of our fans with a behind the scenes look at Vaughn Gittin Jr. in 2008 during his Formula D season. Here is Episode 1 from Long Beach, California at the Streets of Long Beach! Vaughn Gittin Jr. managed to drive his Ford Mustang to a 10th place finish. Enjoy all the action from Bosch Spark Plugs as Vaughn pilots his Falken Ford Mustang through the streets of Long Beach, California! Stay tuned for more episodes!
Hyperfest at Summit Point!
Posted by admin on 27 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Grassroots, Drift Alliance
Dan Jenkins drove out to the middle of NO WHERE to cover Hyperfest this past weekend for us and you to enjoy. You’ll see many familiar faces including Dado in his BMW and Vaughn Gittin Jr. in his demo Ford Mustang! Don’t miss the gallery by clicking here!
View the gallery here now!
Formula D Englishtown Day 1 Gallery
Posted by admin on 14 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Wrecks, Formula D, Drift Alliance
Our first visit to a new spot on the circuit for the 2008 tour brought out some excitement. Many close calls and the Falken Tires Mazda Rx-8 slammed into the turn one wall! Check out all the action here By Clicking Here!
Don’t miss the gallery here!
Englishtown Non-Seeded Qualifying Results
Posted by admin on 14 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Ken Gushi, Formula D, Drift Alliance
1. Justin Pawlak (Driving in loaner Nissan 240sx) - 96.50
2. Ryuji Miki (Mazda Rx-7) - 95.00
3. Tyler McQuarrie (Porsche GT2) - 94.00
4. Dan Willie (Nissan 240sx S14) - 92.00
5. Tony Angelo (Mazda Rx-8) - 91.25
6. Steph Papadakis (Honda s2000) - 90.50
7. Doug VanDenBrink (Ford Mustang)- 90.00
9. Gary Lang (Nissan 240sx S14) - 89.75
10. Hiro Sumida (Lexus IS350) - 88.75
11. Henry Schelley (Nissan 240sx) - 88.38
12. Ross Petty (Nissan 240sx) - 87.50
13. Ken Gushi (Scion tC) - 87.13
14. Brian Peter (Nissan 240sx) - 86.13
15.Blake Fuller (Nissan 350z) - 83.88
16. Pat Mordaunt (Nissan 240sx) - 82.00
*17. Joon Maeng (Nissan 240sx)- 72.50
*18. Chris Kregorian (Nissan 350z) - 70.00
*19. Taka Aono (Toyota AE86)- 34.00
*Replacing Seeded Driver that did not attend event
Tons of questions and not enough answers at Falken Tires
Posted by admin on 07 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Rumors/Gossip, Vaughn Gittin Jr., Major Announcements, Calvin Wan, Formula D, Drift Alliance
We cannot say that these events are tied together or if any of this makes sense at all but as the season ticks along we are left with many questions about the largest team in Drifting today. Mickey Andrade was slated to be our Industry Insider this month due to his high stress and high impact job of managing the largest Formula D team at Falken Tires. He served us with one of the best interviews we ever read then e-mailed us earlier this week and asked us not to post it.
So tons of speculation could be served about Mickey’s departure but we don’t event want to waste our time with speculation because their are plenty of random facts we can chew on for the time being. We have received word from current employee’s that OTHER employee’s left over the past week with Mickey. Not sure if they are related but it seems that Falken will have several new faces in Englishtown next weekend. The bigger question and story for the season seems to be related to the car posted above us…..where is the heck is Calvin Wan’s 350z Convertible?
This car seemed pretty complete at SEMA but the only new cars we have seen out of the Falken camp are Ross Petty’s car (built by Garage Boso) and Darren McNamara (his new Saturn Sky) that was rushed to be built first since his AE86 had to be sent back to Ireland. Why isn’t Calvin Wan’s car done and where is this car Vaughn Gittin Jr. should have that we keep hearing about!? The season is almost halfway over and Falken seems to have more questions floating around them than answers. One thing seems to be sure……with Mickey off the crew chief box for the rest of 2008 it doesn’t seem like Falken finding it’s way to victory in 2008 got any easier.
Cliffnotes: Mickey from Falken Tires is gone along with other employee’s. We still haven’t seen Calvin Wan’s 350z this season or Vaughn Gittin’s new Mustang.
Formula D Englishtown Track Sneak Preview!
Posted by admin on 22 May 2008 | Tagged as: Vaughn Gittin Jr., Formula D, Drift Alliance
Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Ryan Tureck are on the Englishtown course showing a sneak preview of what the Round 3 track will be like when everyone comes to tackle it June 14th for the best Formula D of the season yet! Also, take note at what Vaughn Gittin is driving!? Signs of new things to come…..we shall see.
Chris Forsberg wins Round 1: Long Beach
Posted by admin on 20 May 2008 | Tagged as: Formula D, Chris Forsberg, Drift Alliance
NOS TV presents a video montage on how Chris Forsberg won the first round of Formula D 2008 on the streets of Long Beach. A nice well put together video! “NOS Energy Drink 350z Chris Forsbergggggg!”
The Drivers have taken over……
Posted by admin on 20 May 2008 | Tagged as: Wrecks, NOPI, Formula D, Drift Alliance
Well after some long nights of deliberation and emancipation we have decided to let Drifters everywhere speak their mind to the world. Currently we are featuring Tony Angelo (wreckedmagazine.com/tonyangelo) and Jonathan Martin better known as Marty (wreckedmagazine.com/marty). Any other professional or would be professional drivers are more than welcome to join the fray. Just drop us a request in the contact box and we will get back in touch with you. This is going to be trouble……..and we cannot wait!
Round 2 Points Standing - Forsberg still on top despite first round loss and tied with Hubinette!
Posted by admin on 11 May 2008 | Tagged as: Daijiro Yoshihara, Tanner Foust, Vaughn Gittin Jr., Formula D, Chris Forsberg, Sam Hubinette, Drift Alliance, Rhys Millen
Castrol SYNTEC Power Cup Point Standings (unofficial) after 2 events - Top 16
1. Chris Forsberg (NOS Energy Drink Nissan 350z)- 162 pts
1. Sam Hubinette (MOPAR Dodge Viper)- 162 pts
3. Tanner Foust (AEM/Rockstar Energy Drink Nissan 350z)- 152 pts
4. Michihiro Takatori (Super Autobachs Nissan Skyline) - 148 pts
5. Ryan Tuerck (Gardella Racing/Mobil 1/Maxxis Tires Pontiac Solstice) - 143 pts
6. Daijiro Yoshihara (Bridgestone Tires Pontiac GTO) - 140 pts
7. Vaughn Gittin Jr. (Falken Tires/Bosch Ford Mustang) - 126 pts
8. Darren McNamara (Falken Tires/Sears Auto Center Saturn Sky) - 117 pts
9. Conrad Grunewald (Nitto Tires Chevrolet Corvette) - 110 pts
9. Kenji Yamanaka (Drift Emporium Nissan 240sx)- 110 pts
11. Rhys Millen (Redbull/RMR Pontiac Solstice) - 103 pts
12. Kyle Mohan (Mazda Rx-7) - 70.25 pts
13. Mitsuru Haraguchi (Drift Speed Nissan 240sx) - 64 pts
14. Bill Sherman (Braille Auto/Spec/BRS Nissan 350z) - 63.25 pts
15. Kazu Hayashida (Signal Auto R34 Nissan Skyline) - 63 pts
16. Stephan Verdier (Crawford Subaru STI) - 58.25 pts
Formula D Round 2 Road Atlanta Gallery!
Posted by admin on 11 May 2008 | Tagged as: Daijiro Yoshihara, Formula D, Drift Alliance
We got a great main event gallery with 400 excellent photos (384 technically) that fill your needs for all the Drifting coverage from round two at Road Atlanta.
Click here to Visit the Wrecked Formula D Round 2 Gallery!!!
Pat Attack went one more time with Vaughn Gittin Jr. in the top 16!
Ryan Tureck was on fire and he showed it early doing battle with Hiro Sumida!
Don’t forget to visit the Wrecked Magazine Gallery by clicking here!!!!!
