We hope to see everyone at NOS Energy Drink’s Forum Fest this Sunday, 7.18.10 @ Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA…Remember the event is free for all spectators!
For all you car show participants! Here is a sneak peek of the LIMITED EDITION NOS Energy Drink Car show BELTS.
Every category winner will take home one of these lovely belts instead of a trophy. Hold it high and wear it proud to show that You made it…..You made it!
NOS Energy Drink is the official Energy Drink of Formula Drift but now officially the loudest sponsor at Formula Drift events due to Chris Forsberg's now following of soccer/futbol aka World Cup FEVER!
Formula Drift Seattle has come and gone but NOS Energy Drink made some waves, some cheers and jeers and plenty of NOS to go around....
Seattle Formula Drift round of competition is ALWAYS the loudest but this year in particular was even louder due to the World Cup-esque Vuvuzella's...Look out for videos images and who knows GIFS of the NOS Vuzuzelas
Here's some pics from the action, remember you can always look at my personal blog JarodDeAnda.com or my FATLACE.COM blog here... Here's some other images on my FATLACE POST
I'm gonna start with the most recent event from this past weekend and "pepper in" some other happenings in my personal life, because we'll I'm blessed to do what I love, and LOVE WHAT I DO!
Here's the one and ONLY NOS microphone, SEND IT!
If you didn't know yet Keep Drifting Fun and NOS have created unique limited edition 450 stickers per round of Formula Drift, myself, Will Roegge, Josh Herron and Chris Forsberg will be passing them out at each round, we backtracked with the NJ one and will have a complete set at the end of the year stay tuned...
Here's some fans holding the Seattle and NJ round KDF NOS stickers, so rad!!!!!
BTW, here's the Needle to Space!!!!!!!
Here's Chris Forsberg aka Mr. Vuvuzela bringer to the drift world! and "Square" Blair he manages alot of what Chris does...
on "Set up" day I laced them out with some Incipio cases for their devices...
Hope everybody had a safe and memorial 4th of July, I sure did with family and friends and a scar will forever be on my leg with my family crest, my cousin and I got our family crest! BOOM!
Stopped by and saw my homies in Scottsdale, AZ at a shop called HIGH POINT SHOES owned by Adrian Wilson of the AZ Cardinals, he's a BEAST!
I always lace them with NOS Energy Drink to keep em going during the day, they love it!
I returned home yesterday from Round 4 of the Formula Drift Championship series at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, WA. Overall, we had a great weekend that began on Wednesday with an in town appearance with the local NOS crew. We spent the day spreading the word about Formula Drift and the event that was happening only a few days from then. Not only did we hand out a bunch of drinks, we were even able to give away two tickets to the event.
Friday begins with our second practice of the weekend but most importantly, it is our last practice session before qualifying begins. We made a few passes and I was feeling good to go but on the last pass, trouble! As I exited the bank, the car behind me bumped into my car and bent the rear control arm. Thankfully, I have Kevin and Sergio who busted out that Genius tool box and spare parts and got the car fixed with plenty of time to spare before our first qualifying run.
In qualifying, we scored 80 points on the first run which is solid but being that qualifying position is so important in earning Championship points, I wanted a higher score. On the second pass, I pushed for more angle coming off of the bank which paid off with the 5th highest score, 86.3.
We entered into Top 32 tandem paired up against Eric O’Sullivan. My strategy going into this round was to focus on my car’s ability to achieve better angle than I thought he could coming into the “power alley.” As we went through this section of the course, Eric over rotated and made contact with the wall. Although Eric was fine, the car was not able to make it back to the line, even after calling 5 minutes. This meant that we would advance to Top 16 where we would face Daijiro Yoshihara.
Dai is not only a great friend of mine but an amazing driver who, at this point, had a two event winning streak behind him. I would have to be perfect to beat him so as I approached the bank wall clipping point, I brought the car up towards the wall... it was at this time that he hit me and pushed the back of my car into the wall. For a second, I thought the front end of the car would snap back, wrecking the front end but it didn’t and I was able to keep going! Daijiro also damaged his car in the contact and was unable to make his second pass.
The ladder was not getting any easier as we went into the Great 8 against Darren McNamarra. His car was quick on the bank and although I was able to catch him in the latter part of the course, he had a definite advantage going into the second run. So on my lead lap, I pushed the car harder through the bank than I had all weekend. The lead pass felt great, but it was not enough to make up for my mistake on the first run. We ended the weekend in 5th position overall and with another solid finish under our belts, we now look forward to round 5, the flat track in Las Vegas.
I went North of the Border for a little Late Model racing last night. Pretty cool to see all the fans come out to Delaware Speedway up in Ontario Canada. Right from the first practice the car was super fast, and I knew we had something for them. We did and picked up the win! Thanks to Steve Robblee for letting me drive his car, and turn it into the #51, and NOS for keeping me fueled up during those long trips. In Chicago now, heading to an appearance, then over to the speedway to get ready for this weekends Nationwide and Cup races. (Photo: Delaware Speedway)
This morning we left our shop in Huntington Beach to head up to Monroe for Round 5 of Formula Drift. Should only take us two days to get there as long as everything goes good. I drove the rig for most of the afternoon and into the evening. Now Kevin is behind the wheel to put more miles down before we stop off for the night. Seattle is one of my favorite tracks that we go to, it has a ridiculous first turn where the judges want us to scrape the wall which makes for a very exciting event.
I hope that we have another good year at Evergreen Raceway. Last year we took home 1st Place! For those that will not be able to come see the event live, be sure to go to www.driftstream2010.com to watch it on your computer!
We hope to see everyone at NOS Energy Drink’s Forum Fest this Sunday, 7.18.10 @ Pacific Raceways in Kent, WA…Remember the event is free for all spectators!
For all you car show participants! Here is a sneak peek of the LIMITED EDITION NOS Energy Drink Car show BELTS.
Every category winner will take home one of these lovely belts instead of a trophy. Hold it high and wear it proud to show that You made it…..You made it!
NOS Energy Drink is the official Energy Drink of Formula Drift but now officially the loudest sponsor at Formula Drift events due to Chris Forsberg's now following of soccer/futbol aka World Cup FEVER!
Formula Drift Seattle has come and gone but NOS Energy Drink made some waves, some cheers and jeers and plenty of NOS to go around....
Seattle Formula Drift round of competition is ALWAYS the loudest but this year in particular was even louder due to the World Cup-esque Vuvuzella's...Look out for videos images and who knows GIFS of the NOS Vuzuzelas
Here's some pics from the action, remember you can always look at my personal blog JarodDeAnda.com or my FATLACE.COM blog here... Here's some other images on my FATLACE POST
I'm gonna start with the most recent event from this past weekend and "pepper in" some other happenings in my personal life, because we'll I'm blessed to do what I love, and LOVE WHAT I DO!
Here's the one and ONLY NOS microphone, SEND IT!
If you didn't know yet Keep Drifting Fun and NOS have created unique limited edition 450 stickers per round of Formula Drift, myself, Will Roegge, Josh Herron and Chris Forsberg will be passing them out at each round, we backtracked with the NJ one and will have a complete set at the end of the year stay tuned...
Here's some fans holding the Seattle and NJ round KDF NOS stickers, so rad!!!!!
BTW, here's the Needle to Space!!!!!!!
Here's Chris Forsberg aka Mr. Vuvuzela bringer to the drift world! and "Square" Blair he manages alot of what Chris does...
on "Set up" day I laced them out with some Incipio cases for their devices...
Hope everybody had a safe and memorial 4th of July, I sure did with family and friends and a scar will forever be on my leg with my family crest, my cousin and I got our family crest! BOOM!
Stopped by and saw my homies in Scottsdale, AZ at a shop called HIGH POINT SHOES owned by Adrian Wilson of the AZ Cardinals, he's a BEAST!
I always lace them with NOS Energy Drink to keep em going during the day, they love it!
I returned home yesterday from Round 4 of the Formula Drift Championship series at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, WA. Overall, we had a great weekend that began on Wednesday with an in town appearance with the local NOS crew. We spent the day spreading the word about Formula Drift and the event that was happening only a few days from then. Not only did we hand out a bunch of drinks, we were even able to give away two tickets to the event.
Friday begins with our second practice of the weekend but most importantly, it is our last practice session before qualifying begins. We made a few passes and I was feeling good to go but on the last pass, trouble! As I exited the bank, the car behind me bumped into my car and bent the rear control arm. Thankfully, I have Kevin and Sergio who busted out that Genius tool box and spare parts and got the car fixed with plenty of time to spare before our first qualifying run.
In qualifying, we scored 80 points on the first run which is solid but being that qualifying position is so important in earning Championship points, I wanted a higher score. On the second pass, I pushed for more angle coming off of the bank which paid off with the 5th highest score, 86.3.
We entered into Top 32 tandem paired up against Eric O’Sullivan. My strategy going into this round was to focus on my car’s ability to achieve better angle than I thought he could coming into the “power alley.” As we went through this section of the course, Eric over rotated and made contact with the wall. Although Eric was fine, the car was not able to make it back to the line, even after calling 5 minutes. This meant that we would advance to Top 16 where we would face Daijiro Yoshihara.
Dai is not only a great friend of mine but an amazing driver who, at this point, had a two event winning streak behind him. I would have to be perfect to beat him so as I approached the bank wall clipping point, I brought the car up towards the wall... it was at this time that he hit me and pushed the back of my car into the wall. For a second, I thought the front end of the car would snap back, wrecking the front end but it didn’t and I was able to keep going! Daijiro also damaged his car in the contact and was unable to make his second pass.
The ladder was not getting any easier as we went into the Great 8 against Darren McNamarra. His car was quick on the bank and although I was able to catch him in the latter part of the course, he had a definite advantage going into the second run. So on my lead lap, I pushed the car harder through the bank than I had all weekend. The lead pass felt great, but it was not enough to make up for my mistake on the first run. We ended the weekend in 5th position overall and with another solid finish under our belts, we now look forward to round 5, the flat track in Las Vegas.
I went North of the Border for a little Late Model racing last night. Pretty cool to see all the fans come out to Delaware Speedway up in Ontario Canada. Right from the first practice the car was super fast, and I knew we had something for them. We did and picked up the win! Thanks to Steve Robblee for letting me drive his car, and turn it into the #51, and NOS for keeping me fueled up during those long trips. In Chicago now, heading to an appearance, then over to the speedway to get ready for this weekends Nationwide and Cup races. (Photo: Delaware Speedway)
This morning we left our shop in Huntington Beach to head up to Monroe for Round 5 of Formula Drift. Should only take us two days to get there as long as everything goes good. I drove the rig for most of the afternoon and into the evening. Now Kevin is behind the wheel to put more miles down before we stop off for the night. Seattle is one of my favorite tracks that we go to, it has a ridiculous first turn where the judges want us to scrape the wall which makes for a very exciting event.
I hope that we have another good year at Evergreen Raceway. Last year we took home 1st Place! For those that will not be able to come see the event live, be sure to go to www.driftstream2010.com to watch it on your computer!
