The Best Commercial Ever

So the rain canceled the Martinsville race where our first TV spot was supposed to air, but check out the spot above ... pretty NOSome if I say so myself.  The commercial will air on the rebroadcast on Monday along with other select Sprint Cup races throughout the year.

Also don't forget to click here to friend NOS Energy Drink on Facebook.  All the cool kids are doing it!

Thunderdrift: Nor-Cal Formula Drift ProAm Round 1

  Sunday Feb. 7th of 2010 was the season opener of the newly established Nor Cal Formula Drift ProAm Series: Thunderdrift.  The event had a strong turnout consisting of Nor Cal's finest ProAm drivers and seriously impressive drift cars.  Thunderhill's turns 13-10 (counter-course direction) provided the drivers with a configuration that demanded a high speed initiation and a tricky transition over a blind crest.

 During the morning practice runs the drivers gained confidence on the course and qualifying provided a great show.  Top qualifiers Ryan Kado and Jared Thompson displayed consistent runs that were full of smoke and angle.  By the end of the day it was Julian Jacobs taking the win.

 The drivers and spectators at the event enjoyed Nos Energy Drink's involvement to the fullest.  The winners of the event soaked each other down with bottles of Nos at the podium awards ceremony.  Come out on April 13th to watch Nor Cal's finest drift drivers battle it out in Round 2 of the Formula Drift ProAm Series: Thunderdrift.

for more info check out www.thunderdrift.com

2010 Formula Drift ProAM: Thunderdrift

 

Nor Cal is stepping it up big time in 2010!  Formula Drift is now officially the sanctioning body for the Thunderdrift Championship Series.  Nor Cal's greatest drivers will be going head to head in all out tandem battle at Thunderhill Raceway.  The racetrack, in Willows, CA offers extremely fast and blind combination corners that will have drifters seeing 3rd and 4th gear speeds.  This Sunday is Round 1 in the points championship and it is going to be intense.  Spectators are more than welcome and the weather is going to be great.  Hope to see you guys there!

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NOR CAL NOS INTRODUCES JARED THOMPSON

 

 

Hey drift fans, here is some background on the newest edition to the Nor Cal Nos Team! 

Jared Thompson, a product of the bay area, was a pro driver in the 2007 World Drift Series in China and the winner of the first annual Nor Cal Track Drift Competition at Thunderhill Raceway.  Thompson finished 3rd overall in the 2009 Thunderdrift Championship Series and will be competing in the 2010 Formula Drift ProAM.

Be sure to follow us on the blogs for upcoming competitions featuring Jared Thompson and his Nissan 240sx powered by Zankoku Performance and Nos Energy Drink.

Racing on ice! Rally Round 1

We're just getting home from the first round of the Rally America season. Crazy icy conditions out there like none of us had ever seen: it was like a skating rink or a luge run out there. I could have been faster on hockey skates.

Take a close look at the photo of us on the ice (shot by Mike Proulx of www.worldrallysport.com ). See that glare ice under the wheels? That wasn't even the worst of it.

Winter racing in those conditions is about keeping it tidy and making fewer mistakes than the competition. Especially when conditions are as bad as they were.

We came around a corner on one stage early on the first day to find Ken in his new Ford totally sideways in the road. He packed up and went home right after that.

We stayed in it, but got hung up on a snow bank and lost a whole bunch of time and dropped down to 8th overall. Big thanks to pro mountain bike riders Carl Decker and Adam Craig – both national team members who ride for Giant – who stopped in the middle of the race to yank us out so we didn't lose any more time shoveling.

We were on pace and won a stage late in the rally, but we knew coming back to win from 8th would be a pretty tall order. It took us most of the next day, but Worm (my co-driver, Jeremy Wimpey, goes by "Worm") and I were able to claw back four positions to end the race in 4th.

Great big thanks to the thousands of you who turned out to watch us race in the frigid Northern Michigan weather. Couldn't believe how many of you there were out there cheering us on at the spectator points and in the Super Special. Glad so many of you were able to score some NOS!

It wasn't the win we wanted, but it's some good strong points for Round 1 and we'll be back again in a month to kick it at 100 Acre Wood in southern Missouri February 26-27. Keep an eye on this spot and on www.acpracing.com for more details.

And if you've got any photos or video you'd like us to see, put 'em on the wall of our fan page on Facebook at ACP Rally or send us a note on YouTube at /ACPrally. Find us on Twitter at ACPRally, too.

TEAM NOS: Tires.com Triple Crown 2009 Second Event Summary

With two rounds in the books for the Triple Crown this video has been released by Tires.com to feature the battle for the Triple Crown championship at Formula D Irwindale. Chris Forsberg currently has a dominant stance on the championship since he has won both the first and second event of the series. Darren McNamara is sitting in second with Ryan Tuerck in third. You can hear from all of them in this video on the battle for the Triple Crown. 

Tires.com Triple Crown 2009 Second Event Summary source www.wreckedmagazine.com

NOS x AMS Mitsubishi Owner's Day (MOD) Normal IL

We teamed up with the AMS guys to have the best and largest booth at M.O.D. 2009 in Normal IL this past weekend.  AMS brought out the record-holding drag car and their RalliArt they have been tuning to put next to our tent.  The NOS Energy tent was by far the busiest at the event.  There was always a line an everyone got their Human Horsepower all the way until Mother Nature decided to end the party early.  Check the photos after the jump:

The AMS/NOS Energy Drink Time Attack Team wins at Spring Mountain

The AMS/NOS Energy Drink Time Attack Team headed to the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Nevada for the 7th round of the Redline Time Attack series.  The team hopes that the saying "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" rings true as the weekend was filled with unusual and unexpected problems.

NOS x Alienware = PAX 2009

NOS Energy Drinks attended one of the biggest consumer gaming events in the Northwest.  PAX 2009 (Penny Arcades Expo)! A three day gaming party for tabletop, videogame, and PC Gamers.

NOS Powershots was at the Alienware booth.  That is correct!  During PAX 2009, NOS and Alienware were together in one booth with the NOS girls giving the gamers NOS powershots.  Keeping the gaming energy alive for the entire day.

Sporting The New Suit

With the season slowing down a bit, I only had 2 races this weekend.  This picture is from the USAC National Sprint Car race in Terre Haute, IN Saturday.  The win was handed to us and then taken away.  Keep reading and I'll fill you in.