The guys at COED Magazine released a hilarious list of the five people you will be lucky enough to encounter while playing games such as Modern Warfare 2. Since I play with quite a few people often in the drifting industry I figured we would all find this hilarious.
1. The Camper
2. The Cancer
3. The Veteran
4. The General
5. The Complainer
I am sure you have seen we launched Fantasy Drift over at Wrecked Magazine and it is one of the most exciting projects I have worked on since we launched this website back in 2007. The concept was a personal vision of mine after being hooked into fantasy NHL hockey and fantasy NASCAR.
Now all of the die hard Formula Drift fans can enjoy a great game to play while following the 2010 series. The video above walks you through the registration and draft process. If you still have questions or are confused on any element of the Fantasy Drift please use the website contact form at the top right of the site to ask any questions.
I just want to thank everyone who contributed thoughts, marketing tips, game building logic, or time to this project. Everyone at PM Lifestyle was a huge help on this project especially Jason Small who single handily coded and created the logic my concept to a reality. My last thanks goes to all the media who blasted out our project: MotorWorldHype, UrbanRacer, Fatlace, Formula D, and everyone else!
This second video walks you through the process of how to play the game once your draft is complete in April. Bookmark this video since you will need it to really play the game at 100%.
Before this website I use to be really good at life blogging and lately I am just way to busy to get around to it. So last Thursday I had a really full day so I made sure to document it for the blog. The first photo above is Lucky who is my roommates cat. He is quite a character and greeted me before I left in the morning with him in the “play dead” position. Funny story actually is that the cat use to belong to Daijiro Yoshihara.
I headed down to Orange County for the first leg of my day and off Highway 55 there happens to be a Chick-Fil-A which I grabbed some breakfast at. They only have a few of these in California so when I am near one it’s a must for breakfast.
I saw this 1957 Porsche Carrera on Highway 55 heading to Hyundai. This thing looked flawless and was well maintained and cared for by the owner. It had a great sound to it as he flew by me down the highway.
My first stop was Hyundai North America to pick up some Genesis seats. Miles was a great help finding some seats for a new project we are doing. We will have more on project coming to the website soon.
I had to drop off my Mercedes carburetor to get rebuilt since it has been having some issues after it idles for a few minutes. In the parking lot is a red Mercedes CLK63 AMG Black that looked fantastic. A white M3 was also in the corner of the parking lot when I swung by.
After dropping off the Mercedes parts in Orange County I headed up to Manhattan Beach to shoot some Wrecked Magazine voice overs. Peter from Modified Magazine lives at the apartment we were recording at and had this nostalgic Super Street Magazine cover hanging in the dining room.
Nik did an awesome job with our Wrecked Magazine voice overs. She is the voice of a tutorial we are releasing later this month. This second photo is Nik engrossed in deep thought about her favorite Formula Drift driver Rhys Millen.
After dropping off Nik and heading into Downtown Los Angeles I found some traffic of course.
Here I am crossing the Sixth Street Bridge heading into Los Angeles. This bridge is always empty and has a distinct look and feel that I just love as you drive into downtown.
Coming off the Sixth Street bridge you get a great view of Downtown Los Angeles. It’s also not very often you see clouds around Los Angeles so I really liked this shot.
Sitting on a desk when I walked in to my meeting was a Forza Motorsport 3 Xbox 360. Very few of these were made and it features an Audi R8 and a carbon fiber styled front.
I also scored two gifts while visiting including Halo 3 ODST and a Snoop Dog x Famous Stars Straps 10 Year Anniversary Party t-shirt. The photograph of Snoop Dog was shot by Estevan Oriol.
The last shot comes from the ID Agency where some awesome classic cars are sitting right now. My favorite is this blue Chevrolet truck you can see in this shot. After leaving here it was off to home in lots of traffic.
I made a list of My Road Trips I took in 2009. With two rallies, one move, and several OEM car manufacturer tests it was quite a busy year. Gumball 3000 was by far the most memorable trip I made this year over seven days in May. These were the 10 best trips I took and remembered for the year. Thanks everyone who came with me on these adventures and hopefully we can do 20 for 2010.
February 2009: Atlanta, Georgia to Los Angeles, California
May 2009: Gumball 3000 from Santa Monica Pier to Miami, Florida (Gumball3000.com)
May 2009: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (You can only do public transit maps on Google Maps here so I just marked some places I went on a drive)
July 2009: 2010 Ford Mustang Road Trip (Red Rock Canyon, Formula D Las Vegas)
August 2009:2010 Hyundai Genesis Road Trip (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle)
August 2009: 2010 Nissan Altima Hybrid (LA to SF)
September 2009: 2009 Targa Trophy Rally: Los Angeles Leg
October 2009: 2010 Mitsubishi RalliArt Sportback Evo (Lima Ohio to Los Angeles, CA)
November 2009: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro (San Diego Beaches & PCH Cruise)
Here is a compilation of my encounters with the law in 2009. That would be 8 total that I can remember, one pull over wasn’t covered since it happened late at night in Oregon.
So on our convertible Nissan 370z drive we found ourselves spending the night in Laughlin, Nevada. Ricky Cervantes and I came up with the most amazing game ever. We played roulette at every casino on the “Strip” in Laughlin with a system. The first person to lose $20.00 at the table (you start with a $20.00 bill) we have to walk away and leave. The only casino we ended up never reaching this point was River Palms where we played for around two hours and were both up so we left. Here is how I stacked up and we plan to head that way again so let me know if you wish to join.
Here is a snapshot of our garage right now with the 2010 Camaro SS we have on loan from Chevrolet for a Road Trip and my 1966 Mercedes Benz. The cars are lined up front front/back if you can believe that the HUGE 2010 Camaro is that much shorter than the Mercedes. I have been loving every second of driving the Camaro SS around!
To find my interview, hit the On Demand button and find the section labeled Dave Mirra and I come in around 14 minutes.
So once you hit the 14 minute mark I come in the show for around 10 minutes with Jarod DeAnda. We talk about my favorite SEMA car, my true thoughts on the Rhys Millen RM450, and the first time I have talked about our 2010 project Fantasy Drift that we are excited about in our staff. We also brought up our UTI Nissan 350z Project Car and my fun 1966 Mercedes to finish out our interview. Thanks to Jarod for giving me a minute to chat on the live stream for SEMA.
We hit El Toro for a quick SEMA preview video of Neil Tjin’s 2010 Chevy Camaro. The car will be in the AirLift booth on display all week if you would like to take a close look at it. We shot this video in a small timeframe and I think it came out great as a small teaser video. Let me know what you think!
