The former series of JDM All-Stars which is now rebranded as Drift All-Stars has a pretty awesome 2012 schedule spanning across the continent. The event looks at six full events and a national cup to complete the series. Let’s check out where they are visiting:

Round 1-  Birmingham Speedway (England) May 18th/19th
Round 2- London 02 Arena (England) June 23rd/24th
Round 3- TBD (Ireland) July TBD
Round 4- Constantsa Stadium (Romania) August 17th-19th
Round 5- Maripocs (Hungary) August 25th/26th
Round 6 Finals- Valleta (Malta) September 21st-23rd
Nations Cup- Drift Grand Prix (Romania) October 5th-7th

James Deane made a post today on his facebook recapping his 2011 season which included 9 podiums in 9 finishes along with 5 event wins. He also thanked his Low Brain Drifters team for all the help in 2011, but mentioned he would be moving on. We believe this makes him officially a free agent, and have heard he may be exploring opportunities both in the US, Europe, and abroad.

Over the past 4 years, James has earned 28 podiums, and 5 championships. In his brief Formula D appearance in 2010 in an outdated chassis, Deane earned 2 top 8′s and a 24th place overall finish, despite only competing in 4/7 rounds and with limited seat time. James Deane recently defeated FD Superstars Darren McNamara, Fredric Aasbo, and Dai Yoshihara at the recent Prodrift finals event while driving a much simpler car. If we were a current FD team, we’d begin re-arranging our 2012 FD budget to get him a seat ASAP!

You can view James’ complete blog entry here: http://www.facebook.com/notes/james-deane/another-year-up-in-smoke/263198330383924

One of our favorite eagle eye readers is Cobalt Griffin who found these photos on the GT Channel Facebook page. During Issue 21 of Wrecked Magazine J Brad told us what was happening to this S15. A big V8 and some serious prep work are going into it as we speak. James Deane needs to get back in this car for 2012 but we highly doubt that is going to happen anytime soon. The car is rumored to hit the Middle East for the 2012 demos with maybe Justin Pawlak or Tyler McQuarrie. This could be an interesting competitor to the market!

James Deane put on a clinic at Wembley to finish off the JDM All-Stars season. We had Darren Skidmore tackle the event which highlighted people like Daijiro Yoshihara driving a car for Driftworks. Wembley is quite the track for international drifting on a grand scale. You can see Allan Sinnott and Christy Carpenter doing battle in the first photo. We have plenty more inside the gallery so follow the link below.

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Another Drift Allstars weekend is in the books at Wembley which actually closes out the 2011 season. The man James Deane took the Low-Brain Drifters S13 to another victory at Wembley. Dai Yoshihara ended up driving the DriftWorks S14 and landing a Top 8 in it. Here is how the podium stacked up:

1. James Deane
2. Mike Marshall
3. Tudor Dunev

The grid at Mondello was full of Formula Drift stars, but it was James Deane that came out on top in his S13, ousting Darren McNamara and the Need for Speed AE86 in the final round at Mondello.

Dai Yoshihara and Dean Kearney also made the trip out. Dai managed to defeat Dean Kearney in top 16, but was knocked out by Darren McNamara in the top 8.

Deane took out Fredric Aasbo in his Supra in the top 8, Phil Morrison in Final 4, and was battling Darren McNamara for the top spot when DMac suffered mechanical issues, giving James Deane the win. James Deane suffered mechanical issues himself losing 2nd and 4th gears, but was able to overcome and take top honors with half a transmission!

One of our friends was driving up the I-15 heading into Las Vegas, Nevada and passed the Falken Tire S15 being pulled by our favorite tow truck (Emergency Hookers) heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The car was dropped off over an hour ago to the track and we are not sure what the plans are for the weekend. Justin Pawlak’s Mustang doesn’t sound like it has been fixed as of yet (camshaft broken) and I am waiting from Falken Team Manager to return my call in a few minutes. So I will update this post as I get more information but I do know Tyler McQuarrie has driven RHD before and Justin Pawlak never has before. Not sure what the details of this will be but seems interested they have trailered up a spec legal Formula Drift car to the track. Sadly James Deane is still in Ireland so we won’t be seeing him!

UPDATE at 3:17pm PST: I spoke with J Brad and the Falken S15 is sitting at the track for Tyler McQuarrie in case they cannot get Justin Pawlak’s Ford Mustang fixed.

James Deane dominated the Drift All-Stars Round 5 weekend in Birmingham. The LBD/Rockstar Energy Drink PS13 took home a great victory against some European competition. Chris Wynne took our photographers found in this gallery that covered the competition taking place in the United Kingdom. Sit back and enjoy our coverage of the weekend.

Source: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=256

JDM All-Stars kicked off another great round which saw the former Formula D star James Deane pull out some pure domination on the field this weekend. James Deane qualified first and then went on to win the whole JDM All-Stars event. Here is how the podium stacked up for the weekend:

1- James Deane
2- Christy Carpenter
3- Phil Morrison

The results are in from France for JDM All-Stars Round 4 of the 2011 season. James Deane in the Low Brain/Rockstar S13 dominating his competition and took home a first place again. Why this guy couldn’t find a ride after his amazing 2010 half Formula Drift season is beyond me? He is back in Europe and kicking ass all over again. Here is the top three from the weekend in France:

1. James Deane (IRL) Team LBD/Rockstar Energy Nissan PS13
2. Jacob Hansen (DK) Jocks Blimport Nissan S15
3. Philippe Guillod (CH) Swiss Drifteam Nissan S14