FDLB | The Energy Beyond the Track Photography by Frank Leon For those of you that don’t get so excited by the smell of burning rubber and the symphony of highly tuned engines chasing each other, Formula D has something for you too. Fatlace hosts a car show, Slammed Society, at each of the Formula D series events. Plus there are venders and manufactures lining the inner sections of the tracks with smiling models to greet you and tell you all about their products. So make sure you come out to the next event and enjoy a little bit of everything. ...
Formula D Long Beach | Season Opener
posted by Emil Garcia
Formula D | Long Beach Season Opener Photography By Nelson Queralta & Emil Garcia Words by John Pangilinan Round 1: Streets of Long Beach Kicked Off the Tenth Season of Formula DRIFT Presented by GoPro to a Sold Out Crowd;Daijiro Yoshihara Takes the Victory and Leads the Championship Points Chase Long Beach, Calif. – April 13, 2013 – Formula DRIFT presented by GoPro begins the tenth season of competition with Round 1: Streets of Long Beach. Daijiro Yoshihara in the America’s Tire / Falken Tire Nissan S13 takes the victory and leads the championship points chase. Round 1: Streets of Long Beach started off the tenth season of...
Formula D Long Beach | Qualifying
posted by Leo Diaz
Formula D | Long Back 2013 Another Season Begins Photography by Nelson Queralta Another year of Formula D is here. As the qualifying rounds started, there were a few changes for the 2013 season. For starters, all drivers got two runs to make qualifying. The first run was your qualifying run. However, if a driver did not make the Top 16, they were given a second run to make the Top 32. There were some surprises though as Nate Hamilton and Corey Hosford did not make qualifying. In addition Walker Wilkerson did not pass tech. There was some excitement in qualifying as Justin Pawlak had a bad wreck. The car was repaired and he did make Top...
More Winning than Charlie Sheen
posted by Leo Diaz
Here on the East Coast we do things a little different than the Left Coast. When it comes to music, we prefer fist pumping house to urban hip-hop. When it comes to fashion, we choose button downs and dress shoes to tees and Birkenstocks. When it comes to women, we prefer a brunette in a mini to a blonde in jean shorts. And when it comes to winning, we choose Volk Racing over a tiger blood induced roof top, weapon wielding escapade. Sorry Charlie, we love you anyway! Miguel’s TL is the perfect example of this. Sitting low and wide on 19×9.5 +19 and 19×10.5 +17 Volk Racing SF Winning, his rim tucking escapades through the city...