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Sunday kicked off the Matsuri weekend with a near perfect day at Ebisu Circuit where we took in the sights, sounds, and tire smoke of almost 400 registered cars banging doors, fenders, and walls around all the tracks available at Ebisu. Thanks to our partners Replay XD and Enjuku Racing we sent out a team of three to Japan to take it all in with tons of video footage and some photo galleries to boot! Day 1 was the calmer start to the weekend with tons of drivers taking on north and school course through the day and well into the middle of the morning.

Check out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=336

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Dai Yoshihara is continuing his work with his Relief for Japan charity by auctioning off a set of tickets to each Formula D round along with a grab bag of Dai-branded shwag. The bag itself is a sweet Sparco backpack and includes a Falken hospitality VIP pass, HPI race car, and t-shirts and shwag from several of Dai’s sponsors including KW suspensions and others. The current bid is already up to $360, but with the money going to a good cause, we’d love to see it continue to rise! Dai will be running similar auctions for all of the Formula D rounds this season so keep your eyes peeled out for future auctions!

Bid on the auction here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Formula-Drift-Round-2-Atlanta-Tickets-Charity-Auction-2013-/271200300978?

Posted in Buy This, Daijiro Yoshihara | 2 Comments »

Tyler McQuarrie is giving away a free GoPro Hero 3 via a contest on Facebook. All you have to do is “Like” the GoPro page, and enter your email address into a simple form. You can then earn additional entries by posting about the contest, tweeting about it, or inviting other friends to the contest. Sounds like a pretty simple way to win a GoPro!

Sign up here: http://woobox.com/xnjzj4

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A brief but well put together video from MLC Productions came to us today. This is the first real chance we’ve had to see what the track looked like, and it looks like a fun and smokey layout. Although Daigo Saito earned his umpteenth-straight victory in FD Asia, several drivers gave him a run for his money in the process.

Watch the video HERE

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Jeremy Lowe is making his 2013 Formula Drift season debut at Round 2 Road Atlanta next weekend with some all new parts slapped onto his Mazda Rx-7. With the help of some key sponsors including Enjuku Racing, Smashed Tees, BC Racing and Turbo By Garrett he plans to step his driving up to a new level for 2013. Here is a quick interview with J Lowe to see how he is prepared for the 2013 season.

Edgar:Doing anything new with your program this season in FD?
Jeremy Lowe: The biggest change is the new partnership with SMASHED this season. They’re an awesome new company that has been great to work with, and they share the same love for drifting that all the little guy privateers like myself do.  Also, Turbo by Garrett hooked us up with an awesome new turbo that makes the car more responsive and a little easier to drive. On top of that, Enjuku has been a huge help, and giving us more support than ever. I cannot say enough about how much I love those guys!”

Edgar: How do you feel about the new judging system and what’s something we can look forward to in your program this season?
J Lowe: “I kinda like the new qualifying system, but I haven’t driven in it yet so I don’t know if I should say anything. But I like the idea of being able to lock yourself in the top 16 with your first run.”

Edgar: What track are you looking forward to the most?
J Lowe: “I think right now I’m looking forward to Texas the most because it’s a new track, and making it fresh for everyone kind of levels the playing field for the teams and drivers. Last year was a lot of going to a track for the first time and competing against guys that have driven there the past 5-10 years.

Posted in Enjuku Racing, Formula D, Jeremy Lowe, Major Announcements, Merchandise | 3 Comments »

The G1GP series for those who are not familiar is a fun series for foreigners to compete in from all over the world where drifting started in Japan. The series found 50+ drivers for yesterdays event at Ebisu Circuit. The qualifying sessions are done in a similar Formula 1 style. The event is split into four run groups and each run group goes out on the track at one time to qualify and the judges then pick the top drivers to advance into a Top 16. During one of the last run groups this happened to shut down the track for a few minutes. Both drivers got out just fine but one car is going to be retired for the weekend of Matusri we believe after this hit. Huge thanks to Enjuku Racing for helping us make the trek out to Japan for G1GP and Matsuri weekend!

Posted in International, Japanese, Video, Wrecks | 2 Comments »

Suspension guru Mike Kojima of MotoIQ fame posted a few pics to social media channels yesterday highlighting some changes to the Falken cars that are being maintained by SPD Metalworks. Both Dai’s S13 and Dmac’s S14 received some suspension tweaks with the guidance of Chris Marion from KW Suspensions. KW has shown some great support for their FD drivers in seasons past, and even posted a video from Long Beach earlier this week highlighting their drivers including Dai Yoshihara’s win. Both drivers have done well in Atlanta previously (Yoshihara winning in 2010 and 2011, Dmac placing 2nd in ’07 and ’11), so be on the lookout for them to still be competing late into the evening.

Posted in Daijiro Yoshihara, Darren McNamara | 6 Comments »

James Deane found success at the first round of the Irish Drifting Championships, and today he pushed out a video which documented the weekend. Although he found success, it wasn’t without some trials and tribulations. Some bent and broken parts in the process and some tricky weather made it far from a walk in the park, but Deane was able to pull through and take home the top spot on the podium.

Watch the video: HERE

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Sit back with Odi Bakchis as he takes us through the debut of his 2013 Formula Drift season at Streets of Long Beach. A completely new chassis with a LS3 engine puts power to the ground with the help of Clutch Masters product. Odi stepped up his horsepower for the new season adding nitrous to his competitive edge for the new year. See how he liks his clutch which helps him with quick starts and is always reliable.

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One of the original founders of the Pro Am series with Drift Association back in 2005 are returning to hold an Am series in the north east. The 2013 schedule is four events and kicks off this month at Englishtown with the guys over at Clubloose. The USDrift crew helped run XDC for a while but officially split ways with the sanctioning body at the beginning of 2013.

The USDrift Pro Am series will feature five judges who include Formula Drift champion Chris Forsberg, Matt Petty, Mike Schneider, Dan Summers, and Formula Drift judge Brian Eggert. Two sets of judges will watch the same criteria during qualifying and their scores will be averaged. For example, Judge 1 and 2 are line, Judge 3 and 4 are angle, and Judge 5 is style.  The idea is to eventually have 9 judges, with 3 judges for each criteria and then dropping the outlier scores (highest and lowest).  Tandem format will remain the same and still be majority rules. What do drivers think of this new judging format USDrift is bringing to the table? Below is the schedule for the 2013 season:

May 18th Round 1- Englishtown, New Jersey (Clubloose)
June 14/15th Round 2- Summit Point, West Virginia (Hyperfest)
July 26/27th Round 3- New Jersey Motorsports Park (ARCA)
August 18th Round 4- Summit Point, West Virginia (Drift Nirvana)

Posted in Chris Forsberg, Formula D Pro Am, Grassroots, Schedule | 4 Comments »