James Deane

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

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James Deane Talks Low Brain TV and ProDrift

This is an amazing piece put together highlighting James Deane and his new super long hair. The video is a quality documentary on James Deane’s ProDrift weekend produced by LowBrain TV. He brought on Rockstar Energy Drink has a new sponsor for 2011 and is sliding the red S13 pictured above.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/james-deane-talks-low-brain-tv-and-prodrift-

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The guys at Drifted put together a great piece and write up on how the Round 1 Ennis event took place. Former Formula Drift driver James Deane wound up landing a second place spot on the podium. The photo above is the Round 1 winner Alan Sinnott who looked great in his white AE86 all weekend.

1. Alan Sinnott
2. James Deane
3. Christy Carpenter
4. Duane McKeever

Source: http://www.drifted.com/damien-oconnor/event-prodrift-2011-round-1-ennis/7496/

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Low Brain TV – The Dubai Edition pt1

The guys from JDM All-Stars had a drift demo at Dubai Festival but not with some huge nightmares on the logistics side including the cars getting out of customs after the event was over. Formula Drift driver James Deane was their for the event and provides plenty of commentary on how things went down.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/low-brain-tv—the-dubai-edition-pt1

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Chris Forsberg’s March of 2010 by Will Roegge

A great seven event highlight of Chris Forsberg’s quest to his 6th place finish this season. The event even highlights Forsberg’s favorite tandem battle against James Deane in Sonoma. A great highlight reel from the Keep Drifting Fun guys and produced by Will Roegge. Enjoy the 2010 year with the NOS Energy Drink 350z.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/chris-forsbergs-march-of-2010-by-will-roegge

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The new champions issue has arrived on the e-newstand for Wrecked Magazine. Check out Vaughn Gittin Jr. highlighted as the cover story after winning the 2010 Formula Drift championship. Our two additional champions we highlighted this year were James Deane as ProDrift Ireland champion. The last champion highlighted was Matt Waldin who won his second Drift Mania championship in a row.

Also in this issue:
-Quest for the Championship Part 2- Daijiro Yoshihara
-Track Spotlight: Fuji Speedway
-Project 350z: Performance Friction Brakes Installation

Read the Issue: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/issues/issue17/issue17.html

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Justin Shreeve Films Presents Why So Serious?

A fantastic Irwindale Speedway video shot by Justin Shreeve Films which has to be one of the top videos produced in 2010. A great fast moving piece which caught accidents from James Deane and Yasu Kondo. The media pit was used as an amazing transition piece in the film. Sit back and enjoy this video a few times before moving on to the next drifting video.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/justin-shreeve-films-prevents-why-so-serious

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2010 Prodrift Ireland – Round 5 at Fermoy

Check out this video featuring Round 5 Fermoy from the 2010 ProDrift series. James Deane clinched the title without much trouble this weekend and took home another ProDrift championship. Issue 17 of Wrecked Magazine coming out has an interview with James talking about his victory over in Ireland.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/2010-prodrift-ireland—round-5-at-fermoy

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Even though Fredric Aasbo missed two rounds of this years Formula Drift series he was still able to secure Rookie of the Year in one of the most competitive years for the title. Here is how the Rookie of the Year standings looked after Irwindale:

1. Fredic Aasbo (279.50 points)
2. Charles Ng (228.50 points)
3. Mad Mike Whiddett (209.50 points)
4. James Deane (202 points)
5. Dean Kearney (182.25 points)
6. Nikolay Konstantinov (127.25 points)
7. Matt Field (103 points)
8. Dennis Mertzanis (97 points)
9. Ian Fournier (61.25 points)
10. Cyrus Martinez (48.75 points)
11. Jeff Abbott (48.50 points)
12. Andrew Comrie Picard (24.25 points)

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Falken took home another top qualifying spot this year with Darren McNamara. He looked pretty solid in the Saturn Sky this weekend taking home maximum points from the qualifying session. Here are the results:

1 D. McNamara
2 C. Forsberg 
3 D. Yoshihara 
4 R. Tuerck 
5 T. Foust 
6 V. Gittin 
7 S. Hubinette 
8 R. Millen 
9 M. Whiddett 
10 J. Maeng 
11 F. Aasbo 
12 C. Grunewald 
13 J. Pawlak 
14 K. Mohan 
15 M. Waldin 
16 T. McQuarrie 
17 R. Nishida 
18 M. Takatori 
19 M. Powers 
20 K. Gushi 
21 S. Verdier 
22 T. Aono 
23 J. Deane 
24 Y. Kondo 
25 E. O’Sullivan 
26 I. Fornier 
27 N. Konstantinov 
28 J. LeJeune
29 R. Miki 
30 M. Field 
31 B. Sherman
32. A. Pfeiffer

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