Formula D Sonoma Round 6 is now complete and it was the best event of the year by far. A great mix up in top 16 including Wild Bill Sherman making his great RETURN to Formula D and landing on the podium. Check out the gallery with 500+ photos from Formula D Sonoma by clicking here

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Even with the rain in Seattle last weekend the event kept going through the top 16. Check out our 2 minute recap video from Evergreen Speedway. Congrats to Rhys Millen for taking home another win in his Redbull/Bridgestone Pontiac Solstice.

2008 Formula D Seattle Review

The e-shelf is now full with an all new issue of Wrecked Magazine. In case you have missed any of our old issues they are also available on the main page of the website! Issue 5 is packed full of content, here is an overview of the Table of Contents.

Wrecked Magazine Issue 5

- The Phrase that Pays with Jarod DeAnda
-10 Tips for Drifting Fans
-City Spotlight: Seattle, Washington
-Formula D International: The Sellout in Singapore
-Ryuji Miki: Driver Spotlight
-Formula D 2008: First Half Season Overview
-Japan 101: Gajin Guide to the Far East
-Industry Insider: Jasper Watts of Rogue Status
-In Focus with Spec Clutch
-In the Pits with Chris Forsberg Racing

Don’t miss it!

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For the third time this year Formula D has graced the front pages of Hypebeast (the largest Online Magazine for Fashion, Sneakers and Culture) with Rogue Status featuring the team Scion Drifting shirts they produced that many drivers were seen sporting at Long Beach. 

This shirt is a Scion x RSR x Toyo Tires x XM Radio x Rogue Status collaboration brought into the hype fashion scene by streetwear juggernaut Rogue Status. They stepped into Formula D this season with sponsorship on Ken Gushi’s Scion tC and brought out Rob’s 69 Camaro for the start of Streets of Long Beach! Keep your eye out and snag one of these Scion team t-shirts.

The top 16 had some great tandem battles like Darren McNamara and Kyle Mohan in the first round and even some big shockers through the event. The drivers that were able to last managed to keep their car in one piece all weekend and perform with perfection in mind due to the lack of room for error on the streets of Long Beach, California. Here is how the top 4 finished out.

2008 Formula D Round 1 Standings
1st. Chris Forsberg (NOS Energy Drink Nissan 350z)
2nd. Sam Hubinette (Mopar Dodge Viper)
3rd. Tanner Foust (Rockstar Energy Drink Nissan 350z)
4th. Kyle Mohan (Circuit City Mazda Rx-7)

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Now that Rogue Status is sponsoring the Ken Gushi Scion camp and they are a partner sponsor of Formula D they are launching an exclusive Formula D t-shirt only available at Round 1: Long Beach! All you streetwear fans don’t miss a chance to get your hands on this exclusive shirt from Rogue Status. Don’t Trust Anyone!

One of our friends at Source sent us a photo of the Scion tC in shoot from for the Import Tuner cover! We know you have seen some pictures floating around but here she is in all her glory. This was for the Import Tuner cover shoot here, the car is looking good and next week we get to see Ken Gushi in Team Scion Drifting.

The Scion tC is being unveiled to the “public” and media this Thursday just before Formula D Long Beach at Smooth’s in Long Beach.

The Rogue Status blog announced Ken Gushi as the Rogue Status Formula D driver for 2008. You can see the photo of Ken Gushi above wearing a Rogue Status Drift Team t-shirt. Looks like XM Radio is also on board in a big way with Ken Gushi and the Scion RSR team in 2008. Rumors are circulating about the project car that it failed tech at Super Autobacs this weekend and it is possibly being protested by other teams. Hopefully Long Beach in two weeks will shed some light on the project. We cannot wait to this this Scion in action! Good luck this year Ken.

I keep seeing on all the forums and blogs people bashing Formula D for allowing a FWD car (Scion tC) to participate in Formula D in 2008. The Scion tC is a  rumor we broke last month.  Allowing this car into their series seems to have most people thinking it is against the rules. Here is perhaps an answer or just a bigger gray area, the Toyota Avensis (sister model of the Scion tC) since the Scion tC is a North American exclusive comes in an AWD format in the 2.0 Xi model.

This is what the Formula D rulebook currently states:

8.1.1.3 Cars must have been originally designed as either Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) or All Wheel Drive (AWD).

I have verified this with some Toyota nuts, friends in Japan, and also the Wikipedia entry on the Toyota Avensis all confirm an AWD edition. Should this be just cause to allow the car into Formula D? Keep in mind that back in 2004 Blake Fuller ran an Acura Integra in the Formula D series, which was before this rule above was added into the rule book. But then again the Acura Integra (Honda Integra Xi 4WD) did exist in Japan holding true to the same idea that would allow the Scion tC into Formula D.