[socal] Formula Drift: Final Battle - Irwindale, CA

I plan on attending, hopefully if nothing comes up, Marvin (Radracer S) will be there as well. I double hope he has his Notch finished and drives it down!  You listening Marvin!  tongue2

Yeah I pretty much go every year.

Arro, you should print off club-s12 business cards and hand em out Wink

btw mr Justin, happy birthday (according to the forum software)

Xano on 08:31:37 PM / 26-Sep-10
btw mr Justin, happy birthday (according to the forum software)

haha Justen the pimp

Damn I'm 54 minutes late. Happy birthday, sounds like a nice Hollywood blvd run.

I have tickets for the skybox for sale if anyone is interested. Just PM me

Heh, I'm going to Irwindale to interview drivers for Drifting.com. I won't be in an S12, but I can be there to cover the S12 caravan as well.

i might go. my buddy is drifting in the pro-am championship thing. depends if i feel up to drive to irwindale or not lol.

It's on the C-S12 Calendar now. Had to add this post to do that. Decided I might as well throw up a schedule of events, address information, the website, and a photo, since it wasn't done in the first place Tongue

http://formulad.com/



Toyota Speedway at Irwindale
500 Speedway Drive
Irwindale, CA 91706

Phone: [phone removed]

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM - PRO/AM: Practice (Track)
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM - MEDIA: Mandatory Meeting for All PHOTO Credential (Media Area)
2:00 PM - 10:00 PM - GATES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (Venue)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM - FD: OPEN PRACTICE: Top 32 (Track)
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM - PRO/AM: Main Competition – Round of 16 to Finals (Track)
4:00 PM – 5:45 PM - MAIN COMPETITION: Round of 32 (Track)
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM - "Half-time" Break (Venue)
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM - Opening Ceremonies / National Anthem (Track)
8:00 PM - MAIN COMPETITION: Round of 16 to Finals (Track)
10:00 PM – 10:30 PM - Trophy Ceremony  (Podium)

It All Comes Down to the TITLE FIGHT for the Formula DRIFT Championship
The Toyota Speedway at Irwindale is known as the "House of Drift." The legendary drifting venue gave drifting in the U.S it's roots and is often referred to as the "birthplace" of American drifting.

The Formula DRIFT Championship will be decided at this final event of the season and drivers will battle one last time to earn the coveted title of Formula DRIFT champion. The track is the home track for most of the drivers and each year the competition grows more intense. The infamous course is challenging and exciting utilizing part of the short oval track and many inside turns.

Last year current champion Chris Forsberg took home both the championship and Tires.com Triple Crown bonus award at this event, but it was a close call as Ryan Tuerck took the event victory and came in second place overall by a mere 6 points. Tyler McQuarrie came in second at the event and secured his third place finish for the season. This year, watch as the drivers go all out and put it all on the line one last time for a chance to become the new Formula DRIFT champion.

Colin, you can continue your discussions about your Wed plans in a separate thread from Saturday's Final Battle. I have moved the posts to that thread as is appropriate.

http://club-s12.org/v3/index.php?topic=31369.0

I'll be there with SlickS12.

Good seeing you ppl..... still chillen lol damn thanks to the sd guys for the intermission break lol good shit see u guys soon. Colin... up garage great performaNce guys until next year!

I want to thank Justin and Andrew for helping me get to Irwindale and Colin for getting me in touch with them. Without you three guys, I wouldn't have made it to be a part of the Media.

justin not a problem anytime and would do it again no problem! good to meet you and glad u could soak up some socal sunshine and chill with us even if it was for a day. u need anything u got my # brother. peace!

EightySix200SX on 10:40:20 AM / 10-Oct-10Good seeing you ppl..... still chillen lol damn thanks to the sd guys for the intermission break lol good shit see u guys soon. Colin... up garage great performaNce guys until next year!

Maxpow on 01:53:42 AM / 12-Oct-10For sure bro. Anytime. Loved chillen with you guys as usual, we shall do again.

Nice meeting you Justin #2, and the UP garage guys were super chill.

Colin, I saw you on the 5 heading north as I was heading back from my post formula d Oakland trip.

Yeah it was sick.

Maxpow on 01:53:42 AM / 12-Oct-10Colin, I saw you on the 5 heading north as I was heading back from my post formula d Oakland trip.

Yeah for sure, you were going decently fast at that moment and we were flying. Probably touched 115 with the new SE like 4 or 5 times out in the boonies.

There was a pack of like 4 people, (2 s12's), just flying, 3 of us had radar detectors so it was fairly safe. I was still scared as fuck but in a race against time to make it to my own birthday party lol.

I took some good photos of the event, both on and off track. When I get a chance I'll pull them from the camera chip and post 'em. Good to see you San Diego guys made it out Thumbs Up!