Hella Flush 3.5 with Calvin Wan

Watch this video featuring Calvin Wan along with a ton of other cars you will probably recognize from Hellaflush 3.5 team tandem drift event. The event was at Buttonwillow and featured teams of guys drifting it up around the Buttonwillow course which happens to be in the middle of no where. A great video production that has to be one of the best I have witnessed in quite a minute.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/hell-flush-35-with-calvin-wan

All we really know at Wrecked Magazine is that sometime this week a big announcement will be made this week and put the mystery to rest. Until then, we are opening a poll to see if the readers have a guess at who will be replacing JTP. The comments section has been buzzing about Mad Mike Whiddett but we are quite skeptical. Some other talented Mazda drivers made our poll list which should have you thinking as well!

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Even though we announced that Calvin Wan has got the can from Falken Tires and his S15 it looks like he has been sliding around still without worries. His blog mentioned him taking some cars out to Thunderhill for a great time including this Infiniti G37 pictured above. The car looks good sideways and with him putting in some track time during this off season it makes me wonder if we have seen the last of Calvin Wan? I’ve heard some rumors that he might be coming out to campaign himself. Only time will tell I guess.

Read more: http://www.calvinwan.com/?p=717

The rumor mill has been ablaze since coming off SEMA that Calvin Wan is no longer a Team Falken driver for 2010. From what we have heard is that Falken is going to an even slimmer team for next season just running the four official Team Falken cars. Calvin Wan did account for Team Falken’s first victory back in 2005 at Sonoma but recently he has struggled to keep his S15 in one piece at events such as Long Beach where he smashed Turn 10 battling Ryan Tuerck.

This leaves them with a strong chance of picking up a championship in my eyes for next season with Darren McNamara, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr., and Daijiro Yoshihara all in the mix.

Irwindale Speedway has been insane today as we all expected. Justin Pawlak took home the top qualifying seed while all eyes fall on Chris Forsberg who sealed up 8th place . Ryan Tuerck locked in second place which is really spicing things up for tomorrow.

Calvin Wan took to his blog on Speedhunters to document his person E46 M3. The car is freshly sprayed with this new white color. Previously, the car was black with factory wheels last time I saw it circling the Internet. Calvin Wan has a gorgeous pair of Falken Azenis stretched on some black powder coated factory wheels. Looking good Calvin!

Read the blog: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/10/01/drivers-blog-calvin-wan-gt-gt-my-e46-m3-daily-driver.aspx

To honor our flashback gallery we wanted to take it one step further and let some of you know what stars were in these old cars back in the day.

Daijiro Yoshihara – Pacific Rim / Nitto Tires S13 Silvia

Chris Forsberg – Password JDM x Falken Tire S15 Silvia

Kenji Yaminaka – Rotora S13.5 Silvia

Calvin Wan – Falken Tire Infiniti G35

Tanner Foust – McKinney Motorsports Nissan 240sx

Ken Gushi – Ford Racing x Toyo Tires Ford Mustang GT

Ross Petty – Falken Tires x Rotary Power Mazda Rx-7

Check out the full 2005 Formula D Sonoma gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=138

Team Fatlace At ThunderHill

Check out this great video piece from Team Fatlace that they made at Thunderhill recently. The video has Formula Drift star Calvin Wan tearing it up in his personal Mazda Rx-7. After watching his Mazda Rx-7 we sure miss seeing it slide around in the Formula Drift series. The video also has some highlights of a camo S13 driven by Jay Lapid. Mix these guys skill with some great music and you won’t want to miss this video.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/team-fatlace-at-thunderhill-

2009 Formula Drift Locked and Loaded with Falken Tires

Below is a statement released from Formula D on the Calvin Wan/Chris Forsberg incident It looks like we missed this one right when it came out but the statement has some very interesting/useful facts and information from the perspective of the sanctioning body. The snapshot above was posted in our blog comments and came from speedzoku.com where you can check out a full sequence of images from this angle. Here is Formula D’s official statement:

Formula DRIFT Memorandum

Date: August 22, 2009
Re: Decision regarding tandem match-up between Chris Forsberg and Calvin Wan

Due to various external communications based on poor information from unqualified sources, Formula Drift has issued the following clarification ruling regarding the Round of 32 match-up between Chris Forsberg and Calvin Wan.

- On the first run of the head to head match-up contact was made between Chris Forsberg and Calvin Wan. Calvin Wan, who was chasing, was deemed at fault for the contact. Subsequently Chris Forsberg’s car was damaged. Specifically a lower control arm was broken.
- Chris Forsberg Racing enacted the 5 Minute Rule via their spotter; legally per the guidelines of the Formula Drift rulebook.
- The 5 Minutes expired and Chris Forsberg Racing brought the vehicle back to the line to run the second run of the head to head match-up.
- The judges’ decision was One More Time.
- Chris Forsberg Racing asked for a second 5 Minute and was denied by the Chief Steward
- The match continued and Calvin Wan was deemed the victor.
- 8 minutes past the expiration of the Head-to-Head battle Chris Forsberg Racing filed a legal protest deeming that they were unjustly refused additional time to fix their vehicle according Appendix E/”5 Minute Time Out” of the 2009 Formula DRIFT Rulebook. Chris Forsberg Racing stated that there is no provision that would NOT allow additional time if the team requests and that the Chief Steward can allow for additional time to fix the vehicle if deemed warranted.
- The protest by Chris Forsberg Racing was deemed legal and valid and that additional time should have been allowed which would have easily repaired the minor issue with the car
- The Chief Steward ruled to run the One More Time battle between Chris Forsberg and Calvin Wan.

Formula DRIFT understands that this is a rare and isolated incident and in no way sets precedent for “Re-runs”. This is an example of a team properly using the protest provision on a non-subjective call and finding error in a specific ruling by a Formula DRIFT official.
Any questions and comments, can be addressed to Randy Hembrey, Jim Liaw, or Ryan Sage. Contacts are listed on the Formula DRIFT website.