Rhys Millen

Danny George announced today that his team has the intentions of running Pikes Peak in 2014 to increase exposure for his sponsors and fans. The mountain just outside Colorado Springs reaches 14,115 feet at the summit and takes 156 turns to arrive at the top. The course requires less prep to run nowadays with a completely paved surface all the way to the top. Danny will be joining the likes of Toshiki Yoshioka, Ken Gushi, and former Formula Drift driver Rhys Millen who all did double duty between Pikes Peak and Formula Drift.

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Although Wrecked Magazine has only been around since 2007, we’ve dug into the archives to put together all 9 previous podiums from Atlanta. Dai Yoshihara and Chris Forsberg both have two wins at the track, but Darren McNamara and Ryan Tuerck both have two career podium finishes at the track. Who’s your pick to take home the win this weekend?

2012:
1st – Justin Pawlak – Falken Tire Ford Mustang
2nd – Freddy Aasbo – Need for Speed Scion tC2
3rd – Daigo Saito – Achilles Radial Lexus SC430

2011:
1st – Dai Yoshihara – Discount Tire Nissan S13
2nd – Darren McNamara – Falken Tire Saturn Sky
3rd – Toshiki Yoshioka – Retaks Nissan S13

2009:
1st – Chris Forsberg – NOS Energy Drink Maxxis Nissan 350z
2nd – Darren McNamara – Sears Saturn Sky
3rd – Ryan Tuerck – Gardella Racing Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice

2008:
1st – Rhys Millen – Red Bull Pontiac Solstice
2nd – Michihiro Takatori – Superautobacs  Skyline R34
3rd – Ryan Tuerck – Gardella Racing Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice

2006:
1st – Tanner Foust – AEM Nissan 350Z
2nd – Sam Hubinette – Mopar Dodge Viper
3rd – Dai Yoshihara – Rockstar Energy Drink S13

2005:
1st – Sam Hubinette – Mopar Dodge Viper
2nd – Dai Yoshihara – Pacific Rim S13
3rd – Rhys Millen – Pontiac GTO

2004:
1st – Sam Hubinette – Mopar Dodge Viper
2nd – Chris Forsberg – Motorex Nissan 350Z
3rd – Hiro Sumida – DriftDay Corolla AE86

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We initially broke the news that Tyler McQuarrie may be running on Hankook tires for 2013, but Hankook Tire’s recent press release now confirms this news. In addition, Hankook announced that their 2013 driver lineup would include Fredric Aasbo, Ken Gushi, Conrad Grunewald, Chris Forsberg, and McQuarrie. Notably missing from their roster is the only driver who earned a Formula D win for Hankook in 2012, Rhys Millen. We have to think this has to be related to his breakup with Hyundai and possibly not running the 2013 season at all. If Millen leaves, he will join former champions Sam Hubinette and Tanner Foust on the sidelines.

What are your thoughts on Millen possibly leaving the series, or McQuarrie back on Hankook tires?

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The 2013 season brings in a huge new partner to the Formula Drift series with GoPro. We have a reason to believe they will be added to the Major Sponsors page of the FD website soon and appear with all the major sponsors on the front of the Long Beach flyer. We anticipate the GoPro craze to get even crazier with the official sponsorship.

A little flashback to Issue 16 of Wrecked Magazine when we had Patrick from GoPro tag along with us to film our Virtual vs. Reality piece with Vaughn Gittin Jr. at Willow Springs. We had a blast filming with the Shelby GT500 and you can watch how it all went down in this video: Virtual vs. Reality: Shelby GT500 with Vaughn Gittin Jr.

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After a few days of being pestered by various people to get this up on the website we have Rhys Millen and his 2013 Pikes Peak unlimited car. It looks like Garrett Turbo and AEM are going along for the ride this year up the hill with him along with a ton of other sponsors I couldn’t quite make out. According to Hyundai Newsroom they are bringing out this car to take on the Unlimited Class along with a Genesis coupe to defend the RWD record. The car above will be making some serious HP, “This powertrain is expected to produce over 900 h.p. and 800 ft. lbs. of torque, while still making significant use of production components including the block, cylinder heads, bearings and engine accessories.”

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Justin Shreeve visited every event in 2012 so he could pack this season review highlight reel together from all seven events. From Long Beach all the way back to Irwindale he followed the crazy championship run of Daigo Saito which we didn’t see coming when we first started up. I love the music, love the fact you can hear engine sounds/tires burning, and he just nailed the filmography of the whole thing.

Watch the video: http://vimeo.com/56577831

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We all watched Round 7 of Formula Drift which turned the world on its head and allowed Daigo Saito to drive his way into a championship after Rhys Millen crashed out of competition (see above) and Vaughn Gittin Jr. took an early defeat to regin Daigo in the 2012 Formula Drift champion. Will this open the floodgates of D1GP drivers and other internationals looking to arrive in America to make a championship run and cash in on larger opportunities for sponsorship and endorsements? Some rumors have already been floating around at SEMA about some internationals petitioning for a license in 2013.

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One of the first montage videos from Irwindale Speedway has been released by Brian Casse today showing a ton of the excitement from the seventh round of the 2012 Formula Drift series. The video shows a ton of Dai Yoshihara footage along with two minutes of the grid, tandem battles, and finishing off with some great Top 16 excitement and action. The Rhys Millen crash is caught at the end of the video which declared Daigo Saito the 2012 Formula Drift champion.

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This award took who had the worst qualifying performance in a weekend and then finished the best at an event. Not only is it a great comeback but the driver would rack up a ton of underdog fantasy drift points. Rhys Millen qualified 28th at Evergreen Speedway and then drove his way to first place at the same event weekend.

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One of the best drift events in history was put in the books this weekend as a huge turn of events put Daigo Saito in the books for a victory at Irwindale Speedway and a championship during his “rookie season.” The biggest story of the weekend was Matt Field who defeated Ken Gushi in the Greddy Scion FRS and took Daigo Saito to a judges call of OMT almost rewriting drift history in 2012. Justin Kaehler caught all the action as Vaughn Gittin Jr. missed a chance for his second championship and Rhys Millen crashed his way out of one against Daigo Saito.

Check out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=319

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