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Formula D Rd. 7 at House of Drift

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This past weekend turned out to be one of the biggest and best turnouts for the Formula D series for 2011. As with past Formula D events, the Irwindale, CA event is a special one- It’s the last event for the year! So most spectators expect teams and drivers to go all out, because they know that for the driver, going home with the win is a big deal.

This year’s finale for Formula D was a sold out event. Again, there are normally some high expectations for this round. And, anyone who was following the series points knows how tight a race for season championship it really was. Drivers such as Justin “JTP” Pawlak, Daijiro Yoshihara, Chris Forsberg, and Darren “D-Mac” McNamara looked to be all in contention for the championship. Talk about keeping competition tight!

But this year, the event win goes to Tyler McQuarrie in the Falken 350z. A big congratulations to him, as well as to the crew at Autosport Dynamics (ASD) who prep and maintain his car. These guys are truly a hardworking team!

Photo courtesy of Formula D

Also, another big congratulations goes out to Daijiro Yoshihara for his season championship! Everyone who’s followed Formula D since its infancy knows that “Dai” has been there from the beginning. After putting in over 8 years into this, I’m sure the title of “champion” makes it all worthwhile. Our hats off to him and the Falken/Discount Tire S13 team!

Photo courtesy of Formula D

Let’s all look forward to an even better season for 2012!

Formula Drift Rd. 5 After Dark Results

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This past Thursday night I was able to take a trip out to Vegas for Round 5 of the Formula Drift series.  As much as I love the sport of drifting, the smell of burning tires and the sound of V8’s, Turbocharged and Rotary vehicles around the track,  It was HOT at this event!

Tyler McQuarrie during practice. Photo from www.speedhunters.com

Vaughn Gittin JR’s new Mustang laying down tracks. Photo from www.speedhunters.com

In the pits: Tyler McQuarrie’s Vert 350z, Darren McNamara’s Saturn Sky, Justin Pawlak’s Ford Mustang and Vaughn Gittin JR’s Ford Mustang all currently running TEIN coilovers. Photo from www.wreckedmagazine.com

Congrats to Team Falken on their full podium sweep at Formula D Round 5 After Dark. Photo from www.wreckedmagazine.com

Results:

1st place: Tyler McQuarrie

2nd place: Daijiro Yoshihara

3rd place: Vaughn Gittin Jr.

Import Tuner Magazine with Lana Lopez

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Be on the lookout for the June issue of Import Tuner magazine which features the Import Tuner project 370Z and cover model Lana Lopez. Chief editor Carter Jung finished up the photography at TEIN USA and the pics were awesome. Import Tuner is also putting together a video featuring an interview with Lana, check for that at www.importtuner.com

Co-cover car is the 370Z which Tyler McQuarrie drove at the Super Lap Battle finals to a third place finish in the Street FR class. An outstanding result considering this was the first time the 370Z had ever been on the track since the twin Turbo kit, TEIN Mono Flex coilovers,  Project Mu BBK, Volk TE-37, Sunline Racing aero amongst a host of other parts were added to the car.

Tyler McQuarrie on the way to running a 1:59.829 at ButtonWillow Raceway Config #13.

One of the many pit crew members for the 370Z – TEIN Engineer, Ryoh Takizawa.

You can read the full article on the 370Z build and tuning in the latest issue of Import Tuner magazine.