If you don’t know who this young man is, check out some of his recent work:

 http://vimeo.com/1995193

 and his blog here:

http://www.joshuaherron.com/

The RedBull World Drift Championship Gallery is now up and viewable:

http://www.sa-drift.com/gallery8/main.php?g2_itemId=1526

Despite some damage aquired in morning practice, the team was able to pull together and put on quite a show as the front and rear suspension was removed, replaced, and the car realigned to make the main event. Takatori layed down an amazing first run against Bill Sherman in his S15-faced 240SX. On the chase run, following the slower vehicle into the entry turned out to be problamatic as it forced a later initiation Sherman was able to overcome the defecit from the previous run.

Day 1 was quite eventful. The autograph session line for Takatori was amazing and remained long for the entire hour!

One fan brought over his amazing replica of our car that took a week to build.

Qualifying 11th overall, we’re all excited for the mainevent tomorrow.

We’re just getting started and setting up our pit area but it’s exciting! Tonight we have a 32 car parade from the track to downtown Long Beach….police escort and all! This event should be a fun one, with drivers from all over the world and fans here to cheer us on from all over the world.

If you are attending the 2008 SEMA show in Las Vegas, please take the time to stop by all our sponsors booths. Our R34 will be on display at the KOYORAD Booth (Booth #25181)

Enjoy!

We’re still looking for sponsors for the 2009 Season and all that comes with it but time is running out! Please take the time to review our sponsorship proposal here:

http://www.sa-drift.com/2009SADRIFTPROPOSAL.pdf

みなさんこんにちは!

最終戦も終わり日本に帰ってきています。今年からFormula DRIFTに参戦し、無事シーズンを終える事ができました。サポートしていただいた皆様、本当にありがとうございました。今年は1年目ということで、なんのデータもないままでの参戦でした。そしてアメリカのドライバー、車のレベルも高く凄く勉強になる一年でした。来年は2年目なんでエンジンの出力特性を変えて大排気量車と闘い、今年以上に良い走りを、みなさんに披露したいと思いますので、これからも応援よろしくおねがいします。シリーズは終わりましたが、みなさん今年はあと1戦、レッドブル、ワールドチャンピオンシップで会いましょう。

Hello Everyone!

I am really happy to have recieved your support over this first year of Formula DRIFT. It has been a very successful year for us and we have made it safely to the final round! Being our first year in the series, it was a learning year for me and we have collected alot of data for next year! Many of the American drivers and vehicles were impressive and it was a great experience to drive with them. I look forward to meeting them again next year with a retune that meets the needs of the courses in Formula DRIFT. The tune of the R34 won’t be the only thing different, we will be sporting an original widebody kit designed by our very own Roo Arebalo. Once again, thank you for all your support this year and I will be counting on it again for the upcoming RedBull Drift World Championship and the 2009 Season!

#23 Michihiro Takatori

 We have now recieved our official invitation to be part of this exclusive event.

Tickets are on sale here: https://redbullformuladrift.tix.com/Schedule.asp?OrganizationNumber=2230