falkentire.com Music: No Stars Left in New Jersey by The Stand-ins A cooler climate than expected greeted the competitors at Round 6 of the Formula Drift Championship, held as part of the Indy Grand Prix at Infineon Raceway, but the reception from the crowd was as strong as ever. Team Falken brought all five factory entrants, intent on taking the win, as well as reaching true enthusiasts and motorsports fans at this important double-billed weekend. While all Falken members Darren McNamara, Daijiro Yoshihara, Tyler McQuarrie, Calvin Wan and Vaughn Gittin, Jr. successfully qualified on their Falken Azenis RT615 tires, competition proved tough, and the teams best result was Gittins 7th place overall finish in the ASD built 2010 Falken Tire Ford Mustang GT ultimately being defeated by the events overall winner, Stephan Verdier. Other major Team Falken news of the weekend was the incredible effort put forth on behalf of Yoshihara. Dai qualified 9th in a car that had only two hours of practice time on it, having been built in just nine days after his original Lexus was heavily damaged at the previous event in Seattle. Most competitors were amazed at the speed in which the car was built, thanks in part to SPD Metal Works based in Placentia, CA. Sonoma, famous for its many vineyards, is also notorious for its changing weather conditions, as Fridays Top 32 competition was at least 20-degrees warmer than Saturday. Tyler McQuarrie and his Nissan 350Z felt the heat and ultimately …
LONG BEACH, CA The inaugural event in the 2010 Formula Drift season began with a big win for Team Falken where factory driver Vaughn Gittin, Jr., debuting his new 2011 Monster Energy Falken Tire 2011 Ford Mustang on the famed street course of Long Beach. Gittin, Jr., and Team Falken faced a very competitive field of entrants, totaling 53, one of the highest entry counts in the history of Formula D. Team Falken had a full complement of drivers at the popular track, the fifth year Formula D has visited Long Beach. In addition to Vaughn, rounding out the companys paddock and marketing activation areas were returning team members Daijiro Yoshihara in his rebuilt Discount Tire Nissan 240SX (S13); Tyler McQuarrie with his Nissan 350Z Convertible; and Darren McNamara, with his Saturn Sky in new Falken livery. Adding to the excitement of the weekend was the addition of several new faces to Falken including Justin Pawlak in his 2010 Ford Mustang and Formula D rookie James Deane who shocked the crowd with his aggressive driving in Falken’s Nissan S15. Independent drivers on Falken Tires included Ross Petty, John Russakoff, Dean Kearney and Fredric Aasbo. 2010 will certainly be a busy year for Team Falken. Next stop, Road Atlanta.
Top tuners in the Nissan and Honda sectors come together for the first time on US ground. gtchannel.com - Mine?s president Michizo Niikura gives us the fastest tuned R35 on the planet and Spoon president Tatsuru Ichishima explains the limited production homologation NSX-R GT. Daijiro Yoshihara drives the Mine?s GT-R and Tyler McQuarrie drives the Spoon NSX-R GT. Distributed by Tubemogul.
gtchannel.com for more drifting videos. Formula Drift 2010 Las Vegas Round 5 After Dark, Falken Tire sweeps the podium for the 2nd time with Tyler McQuarrie piloting the Falken Tire Nissan 350Z finishing in 1st place, Daijiro Yoshihara in the Discount Tire Falken Tire Nissan S13 coming in 2nd and Vaughn Gittin Jr. in the Monster Energy / Falken Tire Ford Mustang for third place maintaining the championship points lead.
Go to gtchannel.com for more drifting videos. In this feature we go in depth to cover Dai Yoshihara’s Discount Tire Team Falken Nissan S13 at Formula Drift 2010 Las Vegas. Interview of Daijiro Yoshihara, chief mechanic Scott Dodgion from SPD Metal Works and chassis engineer Mike Kojima from motoIQ.com.
