DRIFT EVENT SCHEDULE

DTCdrift · Post by **DTCdrift** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:20 pm

DRIFTING EVENTS (2005 Schedule)
2005 Events: (Most of the content has been provided by DRIFT ASSOCIATION)

1/15
Drift Day 21
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

1/16
Drift Day Competition
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

2/12
Drift Day 22
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

2/26 - 2/27
D1 Grand Prix Rd. 1
Irwindale Speedway
Irwindale, CA

3/06 - 3/07
D1 USA Ikaten Series #1
Northern California (TBA)

3/12
Drift Day 23
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

TBA
D1 Exhibition Match England (TBA)

4/9
Drift Day 24
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

4/10
Drift Day Competition
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

4/23
Drift Showoff
Gulf Greyhound Park
Houston, TX

5/??
Drift Day 25
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

5/07
Formula D Round 1
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta, GA

6/11
Formula D Round 2
Reliant Center
Houston, TX

6/18
Drift Day 26
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

TBA
D1 USA Ikaten Series #2
Hawaii Raceway Park
Kapolei, HI

6/26
Drift Showoff
Pike's Peak International Raceway
Pike's Peak, CO

TBA
D1 USA Ikaten Series #3
TBA
Seattle, WA

7/09
Drift Day 27
(night) California Speedway
Fontana, CA

7/09
Formula D Round 3
Infineon Raceway
Sonoma, CA

7/23
Drift Showoff
FedEx Field
Maryland

8/??
Drift Day 28
(night) California Speedway
Fontana, CA

8/06
Formula D Round 4
Chicago, IL (TBA)

8/20
Drift Showoff
Trade Ex
Vancouver, BC, Canada

TBA
D1 vs. USA Exhibition Match
TBA
East Coast, USA

8/28
Formula D Round 5
Irwindale Speedway
Irwindale, CA

9/03
Drift Showoff
Hawaii Raceway Park
Kapolei, HI

9/13
Formula D Round 6Northeast USA (TBA)

9/17
Drift Day 29
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

9/18
Drift Day Competition
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

TBA
D1 Exhibition
Seoul Auto Salon Korea
KINTEX Exhibition Hall

10/??
Drift Showoff
Irwindale Speedway
Irwindale, CA

10/8
Drift Day 30
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

TBA
D1 USA Ikaten Series #4
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, NV

TBA
D1 Exhibition
Seoul Metro Course
Seoul, Korea

11/12
Drift Day 31
California Speedway
Fontana, CA

TBA
D1 Point Series Finale
Irwindale Speedway
Irwindale, CA

WDC Events
Los Angeles - March 11 - 12

Phoenix - April 15 - 16

San Fransisco - May 13 - 14

Dallas - May 26 - 27

Atlanta - June 10 - 11

Boston - July 8 - 9

New York/New Jersey - July 22 - 23

Chicago/Milwaukee - August 5 - 6

Miami - August 19 - 20

Los Angeles - October 7 - 8

I should be at all of the Drift showoff and Formula D events

captobvious · Post by **captobvious** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:22 pm

some of the WDC events are scheduled at the same time as Formula d, like the Atlanta events are on the same day. bad planning by the WDC folk? i'd say so

DTCdrift · Post by **DTCdrift** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:48 pm

Team Falken and DTC are not doing the WDC

aburazaru · Post by **aburazaru** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:19 pm

driftday 31 here i come!!! haha

captobvious · Post by **captobvious** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:22 pm

DTCdrift wrote:Team Falken and DTC are not doing the WDC

are you one of the guys that is one of the falken mechanics on the tour?

Post by **andysapp** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:04 pm

Good lord I need to move to Cali.

Out of curiosity... how come Falken and DTC aren't running any of the WDC? Because of the conflicting dates?

DTCdrift · Post by **DTCdrift** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:13 am

captobvious wrote:
DTCdrift wrote:Team Falken and DTC are not doing the WDC
are you one of the guys that is one of the falken mechanics on the tour?

No

I work for Discount Tire Co (actually Discount Tire Direct) http://www.tires.com

We sponsor this car

Last year Calvin Wan drove the car to 4th in Formula D points standings

This year Hubert Young is driving for us

Hubert Young
Born and Raised in Hong Kong, Hubert Young moved to Northern California in 1994. No stranger to drifting, Hubert competed in the innagural US D1 in his Skyline R32 GT-R. He now pilots his Falken Tires, Hot Import Nights and Hot Wheels sponsored S14 built by Motorsports Dynmaics in Formula D and other drifting events

I travel to the events and talk to people about tires, answer questions, and help Falken out with whatever. I try and give deals to drivers/participants on tires/wheels

I met members from Driftmechaniks at the Drift showoff in Maryland last july..........when I took over the program

this year DTC is going to be more involved in Drfiting

detail to come!

DTCdrift · Post by **DTCdrift** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:22 am

andysapp wrote:Good lord I need to move to Cali.

Out of curiosity... how come Falken and DTC aren't running any of the WDC? Because of the conflicting dates?

I believe that is a factor

Since Falken is responsible for our car (transport...... etc) and they have a lot more experience in motorsport promotion we defer to them on scheduling.......

Formula D is a more established series with TV coverage...better business sense..........

the Drifting community needs be smarter in schedules and the # of series out there or the same thing that happened to import drags will happen to drifting....... too many events and it becaomes tooo diluted too fast

captobvious · Post by **captobvious** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 3:25 pm

DTCdrift wrote:
captobvious wrote:
DTCdrift wrote:Team Falken and DTC are not doing the WDC
are you one of the guys that is one of the falken mechanics on the tour?
No

I work for Discount Tire Co (actually Discount Tire Direct) http://www.tires.com

We sponsor this car

Last year Calvin Wan drove the car to 4th in Formula D points standings

This year Hubert Young is driving for us

Hubert Young
Born and Raised in Hong Kong, Hubert Young moved to Northern California in 1994. No stranger to drifting, Hubert competed in the innagural US D1 in his Skyline R32 GT-R. He now pilots his Falken Tires, Hot Import Nights and Hot Wheels sponsored S14 built by Motorsports Dynmaics in Formula D and other drifting events

I travel to the events and talk to people about tires, answer questions, and help Falken out with whatever. I try and give deals to drivers/participants on tires/wheels

I met members from Driftmechaniks at the Drift showoff in Maryland last july..........when I took over the program

this year DTC is going to be more involved in Drfiting

detail to come!

yeah, i met hurbert and calvin last year in houston, and i rode with calvin on practice day. they're both really good friends of jay pizzaro the guy who runs tougefriends.com the website i did coverage for so he told me to go up and say hi to them. two really nice guys

Post by **andysapp** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 10:28 pm

DTCdrift wrote: Formula D is a more established series with TV coverage...better business sense..........

That makes total sense. Formula D will most likely have all the kinks worked out as well - since they've run a season. But the TV coverage is the hotness!

DTCdrift wrote: the Drifting community needs be smarter in schedules and the # of series out there or the same thing that happened to import drags will happen to drifting....... too many events and it becaomes tooo diluted too fast

I hear that. I'm afraid it's almost inevitable. Americans are always so quick to overkill on the "new big craze". In either case... the hardcore headz won't lose sight of what's up.

On a side note... I thought New Jersey was going to be the FOERST stop for FD this year. That schedule is always seeming to change, lol.

wicked clown · Post by **wicked clown** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:01 am

are u sure FD is at AMS or is it at road atlanta again? i dont really know........ it just seemed weird, but if it is at AMS then i have a much better chance of going. hmmmm prom or drifting......????? ah i choose drifting!!!!!

Post by **andysapp** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:23 am

It's at Road Atlanta again as far as I've been told by Slipstream.
Hahaha... choose drifting!