Recently in a blog post we pointed out that Daijiro Yoshihara and his Pontiac GTO were sporting some Verizon Wireless stickers here. To one better this sponsorship announcement it seems like the mobile phone giant wants to back it’s sponsorship with some activation by hosting Drifting content on it’s V-Cast sports channel. Sadly we have a 3G iPhone like everyone else and might have to sign up for a new Verizon phone at Irwindale just to check out this great content. Anyone on the Verizon network who checks this out we would love feedback and to possibly publish what is going on at this Drifting V-Cast. Just search spots under V-cast.

Check it out Verizon Wireless Customers: http://products.vzw.com/index.aspx?id=video_browse&cat=sports

Tengku Djan
Hometown - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Car - Nissan RPS13 180sx

Tengku Djan Ley, who put Malaysia on the drifting world map, is Malaysia’s first D1GP Drift Champion in 2006. He took on the best drifters in the world at the D1GP World Series @ Irwindale Speedway (Los Angeles) the same year earning himself the nickname Tandem Assassin from his US fans.

Tengku Djan Ley is by day a Vehicles Dynamics Engineer who has taken Race, Rally Research (R3 - the motorsports arm of Proton) to Malaysian motorsports cult status.

Tengku Djan is also a seasoned race driver who is not just adept at drifting, but he is also Twice Consecutive Overall Champion in the 12 hour Merdeka Millenium Endurance Race in 2005 & 2006. An unbeaten record till this day.

Watch a new video we posted today about FD Singapore: Watch this video at Wrecked Magazine

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These are spy shots from Terminal Island where members of Redbull, Formula D, and IMG met to plan out and look at the location for the Redbull World Championship event in November. If you look closely at the second photo at Jim Liaw’s (on the right) clipboard, you can see two track designs that potentially might wind up as the Formula D track for the weekend? Both designs have a huge high speed entry first turn and look like they would provide plenty of entertainment.

Check out JTP and his National Wave Mazda Rx-7 that got featured at Mazda USA’s website. It is always nice to see Drifting with some major exposure and support from a car manufacturer. They feature a full profile on Justin and his Rx-7 including a picture gallery of his car.

Check out the full story: Mazdausa.com

Don’t miss Pat Attack at Formula D Seattle where he hopped in the Braille Auto Nissan 350z and landed number one qualifier at his first ever event in this finely tuned Nissan. Pat travels by car from LA to the event in Seattle with the Riceboy Team in tow to produce a great piece of coverage.

Watch the video: Riceboy TV’s Slider’s Ed Episode 6

The Rogue Status crew joined everyone again for Formula D Sonoma and produced a great 10 minute video of them having fun. They do a great job documenting Ken Gushi and his travels over the weekend. A very entertaining production and we would expect no less ever.

Watch the video: Drifting at Formula D Sonoma with Rogue Status

RiceboyTV selected Patrick Mourdaunt, a rookie Formula D driver, to follow around for the whole 2008 season and document his journey through the series. Currently at 5 Episodes we have them in our Riceboy TV channel now at Wrecked Magazine:

Watch the Videos: Riceboy TV Channel

A new addition to the roster of sponsors involved with Drifting appeared quietly over the Round  6 weekend in Sonoma. Daijiro Yoshihara was sporting some Verizon Wireless decals on the GTO. Possibly we can see a cell phone battle going on in the Formula D series as the sport is quite a target demographic to the cell phone companies. They can also see it as a great chance to get involved with American motorsports since NASCAR has managed to ban/sue everyone else out of the sport through Sprint/Nextel. According to Dai’s blog his sponsorship with Verizon carries through to Irwindale and the Redbull World Challenge. Very cool and congrats Dai!

Hiro Sumida is one of our favorite Formula D drivers of all time! He recorded a practice run battling Ryuji Miki from Round 6 of Formula D over the weekend. Both drivers did a fantastic job Drifting the course, so make sure you don’t miss the video through the link below.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/hiro-sumida-in-car-from-fd-sonoma

Born and raised in the midst of the Scandinavian countryside, Fredric’s Dad quickly introduced him to the Norwegian rally scene. As a youngster he was let into a go-kart, and proved his car control skills at an early age being very fast under slippery conditions. Discovering drifting as a 17 year old in 2002 got him hooked on the new form of motorsport, and the young Norwegian eventually got his own entry level drift car three years later.

Becoming 2007 and 2008 Nordic Drifting Series Champion with Team Japan Auto and pulling consecutive qualification poles and podium finishes in the 2008 Pro Drift European Series have led the way to his US debut at the 2008 Red Bull Drifting World Championship in Long Beach, CA. Being very enthusiastic about the art of drifting and eager to take on new challenges, Fredric is a guy who goes all in whenever he gets the chance.

More Info: ProDrift.com Interview