Drifting Press Release

D1GB National Championship Series

Not content with domination in Japan with its successful D1 Grand Prix, the D1 Corporation then set its sights on the USA, first forming exhibition rounds to showcase D1 to the USA in 2004 to being incorporated into a Championship point scoring round as part of the D1GP Series in 2005.

D1GP ‘All Star’ 2005: Champion Vaughn Gitten Jr

Vaughn Gitten Jr defeats Tatsuya Sakuma after running a sudden death “one more time” in the 2005 U.S.A. vs Japan “All Star” exhibition at Irwindale Speedway.

Kazama takes the cake, Can he top it with icing?

The 2005 D1 Grand Prix final battle took place at the legendary Tsukuba Circuit.  The two potential candidates for this year’s series champion were Masao Suenaga in the Amemiya Rx7, and Yasuyuki Kazama in the Kei Office Silvia.  Kazama held a big lead in the series until the 6th round, where Suenaga had closed the […]

Who is next?

The D1GP USA vs. Japan event this year will be full of excitement!  On December 16th and 17th Irwindale Speedway will be filled with plumes of smoke and a sea of fans. Kazama, Imamura, Nomura, and Kumakubo better keep their guard up because the USA has many drivers that will give them a run for […]

Driver List - 2005 D1 GP “U.S.A. vs Japan”

McQuarrie, Gushi, Schulz, Hubinette, Fixmer, Millen, Foust, Petty, Norris, Wong, Pfeiffer, Yoshihara, Yamanaka, Angelo, Wan, Young, Shwartz, Schelley, Hateley, Hampton, Grunewald, Gitten, Forsberg

U.S. D1 GP 2005 “USA vs. Japan”

D1 Grand Prix USA vs Japan ALL STARS 2005 - (Dec. 16-17 2005) Irwindale Speedway, California
This 2 day event will be held in California at the Irwindale Speedway. Friday the 16th will be a qualifying day where licensed D1 drivers from both sides of the pacific will be fighting for a spot to race on […]

Formula D 2006 Qualifier #1 - California

In order to compete in the 2006 Formula D season a driver must attain his Formula D Competition License. The Qualifier Events held by Drift Association are your way to attain your Formula D competition License for 2006.

Registration opens on December 12th, 2005
Space for the first event is limited to 60 drivers so make sure […]

2006 Formula D Licensing

2006 Formula D Licensing; Registration Open to Drivers Worldwide
Starting in 2006, Formula Drift will officially open registration up to competitors worldwide. All Formula D Championship drivers must be licensed by Formula Drift, Inc, in addition to SCCA membership and Participant ID’s, in order to compete in the 2006 Formula Drift Championship. FD drivers […]

D1GP Feb 28, 2004: Irwindale Speedway

For the first time in drifting history, the top teams from the D1 Grand Prix Professional Drift Series in Japan will debut their driving skills on U.S. soil in a series points competition.