If your going to be in the area or have nothing to do put this on your list. The day is booked with teams checking in and getting tech’d before Formula Drift Long Beach. The Wrecked Magazine Project 350z will be there and completed which is truly an exciting thing to see. It is getting it’s finishing touches done as I type. Drop a line in the comments if you are coming and be ready to see all the new cars for the 2010 Formula Drift season.

Most of you probably don’t remember the DRFT Silvia unless your pretty old school in the Formula Drift game or even older school Japanese drift nerd (think Night-Zone) . This car was driven in 2004 by 2009 Formula Drift champion Chris Forsberg at Sonoma in 2004. The car vanished for quite some time and it wasn’t seen at events or publicly at all. Since then however the Drift Emporium managed to get their hands on the car and freshen it up. Our resident blogger Marty got a chance to rip it up first after it’s refresh at Turner Field. Even luckier for us he filled his blog with photos and videos so swing over and check it out.

Source: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/marty/2010/03/05/2005-called-they-want-their-car-back/

The Xtreme Drift Circuit released it’s judging panel today which falls about three weeks before the first round at Irwindale Speedway. Here are the three judges including one who is our resident blogger!

-Chris Forsberg
-Matt Petty
-Michael Schneider

Here is a little PR blast about all three of the judges background in case your unfamiliar:

“Forsberg is no stranger to any fan of drifting. The 2009 Formula Drift champion became the first series champion whose driving career originated from grassroots drifting, and is uniquely placed to advise and guide the next wave of professional drifters coming up through the XDC. Petty, organizer of the grassroots drifting organization Club Loose, organized the first drifting event at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ in 2003 which he runs to this day. Under his guidance, more Club Loose competition drivers have reached podium status than any other organization’s drivers in the United States. Schneider has served as the head judge of USDrift for the past seven years, and has also judged several PRO/AM regional and national events alongside Formula Drift’s judges in addition to assisting other regional organizations as a guest judge.”

Check out the 2010 Schedule: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/2010/01/04/xdc-2010-drift-schedule-is-here/

As you can tell by the cover of Issue 14 it is the best issue we have made to date. A Mazda Rx-7 driven by a bunny rabbit brings Fantasy Drift to the fans forever. TO celebrate our debut of Fantasy Drift we allowed some of your favorite drifters to embrace their inner fantasy. Also inside the issue is a full Nissan 370z review where Chris Forsberg and Joey Redmond square off in a tandem review of the new ride. Joon Maeng also rolled out a great new diary from his adventures in Panama for Xtreme Drift. This is the largest issue we have created to date! Make sure you grab some popcorn and have no one at work paying attention so you can read the issue cover to cover.

Stories Inside Issue 14:
-Track Spotlight: Englishtown Raceway
-Joey Redmond Editorial: Welcome to 2010
-New Wrecked Lifestyle Products
-Fantasy Drift Explained
-Joon Maeng Diary
-Nissan 370z Review with Chris Forsberg and Joey Redmond
-In Focus: Flashback to 2005 Formula Drift
-Project 350z Gets KW Suspension Variant 3 coilovers, Falken FK452 tires, and HRE wheels

Read the Issue Now: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/issues/issue14/issue14.html

Today at Horse Thief Mile some overpaid film crew and Chris Forsberg got together to shoot a NOS Energy Drink TV commercial. Not sure what all the commercial will entail but our best guess is we will see it airing on Versus this season. That is about all we got from the shoot since our invitation was revoked.

I got a link today from the guys at Formula Drift which features a 30 minute+ recap of the 2009 season minus Irwindale Speedway. Some great behind the scenes content, announcing mix ups, and umbrella girls set the tone for this great thirty minute season review. Instead of hosting this thirty minute flick on Wrecked Magazine we figured we could shoot you over to the Vimeo page of the Formula Drift. Grab some popcorn and a cold beer because this one won’t be over anytime soon.

Watch the video: http://www.vimeo.com/9336620

SuperDrift Demo in Chile 2009

We have been covering the Chile demo extensively over the last week or so. We finally got our hands on some footage with a well put together minute and a half demo. They guys busted out some multi car tandem action and really seem to enjoy demoing in South America.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/superdrift-demo-in-chile-2009-

Chris Forsberg took to his blog to finish up telling us about his experience in Chile. We covered the event as it took place over the past week Chris took to his blog and summed up his trip. From late night talk shows all the way to a wreck from Tanner Foust in his Formula D Scion tC.

Here is the story from Chris Forsberg: http://www.chrisforsberg.com/blog/2009/12/10/chile-drift-demo/

Other Chile Blog Posts:
Drifters Make it on Late Night TV in Chile [SNAPSHOT]
Tanner Foust Crashes in Chile [SNAPSHOT]
Formula D Drivers In Chile for Drifting Part 2 [SNAPSHOTS]
Formula D Drivers Invade South America

Vaughn Gittin Jr. took to his Speedhunters blog to tell everyone about his adventures at 24 Hours Of LeMons which took place at Tunderhill. The San Diego KWWN Channel 4 news team consisted of Ryan Tuerck, Tony Angelo, Vaughn Gittin Jr. and, Chris Forsberg. Check out his stories and adventures on the road in the Channel 4 news S13 Nissan 240sx.

Read his whole blog: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/12/10/drivers-blog-gt-gt-vaughn-gittin-jr-24-hours-of-lemons.aspx