April 7th, 2007 - DriftLive.com
1st Mitsuru Haraguchi
2nd Tanner Foust
3rd Daijiro Yoshihara
Final Scores:
- Mitsuru Haraguchi - 4 + 100 = 104
- Tanner Foust - 8 + 88 = 96
- Daijiro Yoshihara - 5 + 78 = 83
- Vaughn Gitin Jr - 7 + 69 = 76
- Kazu Hayashida - 6 + 61 = 67
- Rhys Millen - 4 + 61 = 65
- Samuel Hubinette - 3 + 61 = 64
- Tyler McQuarrie - 2 + 61 = 63
- Rich Rutherford - 3 + 54 = 57
- Kenji Yamanaka - 2 + 54 = 56
- Chris Forsberg - 2 + 54 = 56
- Yakubo Okubo - 2 + 54 = 56
- Ryan Turek - 1 + 54 = 55
- Casper Canul - 1 + 54 = 55
- Robbie Nashida - 1 + 54 = 55
- Ross Petty - 1 + 54 = 55
Tandem Ladder:
- Tanner Foust vs Mitsuru Haruguchi
Consolation:
- Daijiro Yoshihara vs Vaughn Gittin Jr
Top 4:
- Tanner Foust vs Daijiro Yoshihara
- Vaughn Gittin Jr vs Mitsuru Haruguchi
Top 8:
- Tanner Foust vs Tyler McQuarrie
- Rhys Millen vs Daijiro Yoshihara
- Vaughn Gittin Jr vs Samuel Hubinette
- Kazu Hayashida vs Mitsuru Haruguchi
Top 16:
- Tanner Foust vs Ross Petty
- Vaughn Gittin Jr vs Robbie Nashida
- Kazu Hayashida vs Casper Canul
- Daijiro Yoshihara vs Ryan Turek
- Rhys Millen vs Yakubo Okubo
- Mitsuru Haruguchi vs Chris Forsberg>
- Samuel Hubinette vs Kenji Yamanaka
- Rich Rutherford vs Tyler McQuarrie
Photo Gallery:
www.driftlive.com/dl/2007/04/07/formula-d-long-beach-07-gallery/
Fun event.
I just wish Formula D would learn to pace their events better. Oh, and their new logo sucks ass. :D
Comment by C.B.Leslie — April 8, 2007 #
I agree………………..Logo sucks and pace sucked also…But I understand the judges wanted the scores up before following battle..New system that prabably just needs the bugs worked out………….I can’t beleive we agree on something C.B…Hell is gonna freeze over.
Comment by heather — April 8, 2007 #
i really wish i could watch this…any1 kno when it airs?
and thx driftlive.com, i checked all yesterday for updates here and they were there, gj, and as of couple hours ago formula d didnt even have the results lmao
Comment by mike — April 8, 2007 #
Formula D coverage is rumored to air sometime after the end of the season (October).
Comment by DriftLive.com — April 8, 2007 #
Correction, November of this year is when Formula D will begin to air.
The partnership with IMG has already paid off, with ESPN2 signed as the exclusive broadcast partner for 2007, Formula DRIFT and drifting will be elevated to a new level. Seven 1-hour shows will be filmed with multiple repeats beginning in November 2007. IMG will work further to build the Formula DRIFT brand and the sport of drifting by applying their global marketing media and licensing resources.
Formula D Press Release
Comment by DriftLive.com — April 8, 2007 #
booo boooo
is the 06 series on DVD yet?
Comment by cam — April 8, 2007 #
How’d Hogan fare?
Comment by A.K.A. (The Mule) — April 9, 2007 #
I didn’t see hogan even run. Chris Cook is in the Mopar Viper.
Comment by DZ — April 9, 2007 #
Don’t know…Too busy being amazed by how close HARAGUCHI got to the old dude standing near the wall…I thought that guy was a gonner for sure
during the Forsberg battle. Hogan who? Oh yea..
the guy taking the tickets at the door…
Comment by Heather — April 9, 2007 #
I’m not even sure if Hogan showed up to unseeded qualifying. Not like he was going to qualify anyway, wasn’t too impressed with Chris Cook. He was running so slow and safe it was almost like they detuned the car for him.
The Charger looked good, better then it did in December. But still lacked compared to the solstice, I think Pontiac will win the factory back race this season. Rhys is lethal, Tanner and Haraguchi were lucky Rhys and Vaughn made there mistakes on Saturday.
Comment by cam — April 9, 2007 #
Its lame ass that we won’t be able to see any event video for FD until November!!!! Since they won’t let any one else film the events we get screwed with the long post production times. The season will be over by the time the first episode airs.
Give us at least a highlights video on the FD site or something
Comment by Umai Kakudo — April 10, 2007 #
It was a good event, especially with the overcast. It was sad to see no corolla in the top 8. Millen’s Soltice is quick and nimble, but I did want to see Tyler and Hiro driving the new cars…
Comment by J. Fuchigami — April 10, 2007 #
I am sorry, the pace was terrible. I invited some close friends who own businesses in shoreline village to the event and walked out before the main event started due to such a LONG wait! 5+ minutes between runs? C’mon guys, get it together! people were LEAVING!!!
Comment by billionaire — April 14, 2007 #