Street Lab, Explore 3 / X Games Edition / DAY 1
Action sports has been in the world for over 30 years .. Can you believe that X games has only been around for only 15 years! There are kids in the X games that think X Games has always been around .. Sal Masicana, is doing it big once the host of just the X Games to a house hold name, all the X sport have turned into video games and the lifestyle of a skater, bmx, fmm and est has taken over the world.. now starts the saga of Rally ! NOS / ACP is here to our make history ..
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Rally Drive gone BASEBALL ?!?!?!?!
Check out ACP on top of the mount ....
AMS PERFORMANCE / NOS ENERGY DRINK TA-X DEBUTS WITH A PODIUM FINISH!
This past weekend marked the first ever Redline Time Attack at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, IL. It was also to be the debut for the AMS Performance / NOS Energy Drink Time Attack Mitsubishi EVO X (TA-X). Just days prior TA-X was in pieces and in its final stage of assembly. The team was able to come together and get the car up and running for the weekend’s events.
Saturday’s testing went very well with the AMS /NOS EVO X getting quicker and quicker. Some new car bugs prevented the AMS team from running the car at peak power. The team was only able to compete at the 450 wheel horsepower level, down from the 600whp level they had hoped to compete at. Each session brought about a new series of changes and tweaks to help improve the car. AMS driver Mark Daddio worked his magic with the underpowered car as each practice session the AMS/NOS Energy drink car got quicker and quicker.
This event brought out some stiff competition but early on Saturday it became clear that the Crawford Performance STI driven by Tarzan Yamada was the car to beat. With 580 wheel horsepower and in its second year of competition was running very quick laps all day. TA-X and the Crawford STI exchanged fastest lap times Saturday leaving Sunday open to either team.
Sunday started out with the TA-X setting the fastest lap of the event thus far in their first practice session. Rain was imminent as the radar showed a storm cell moving towards the track. As the first competition session kicked off once again it was AMS and Crawford within a couple of tenths of a second with the Crawford car edging them out. It would come down to the last session…so long as the weather would hold out AMS had a chance to take TA-X out for one last chance.
Down on power AMS brought TA-X out for its last session of the day with only minutes before the approaching storm rolled in. In exciting fashion both AMS and Crawford once again reset each other’s best lap time with Crawford edging TA-X out on its first lap. It all came down to the last lap. With a blistering first section as Mark Daddio rolling into turn four tragedy struck as the shifter cable on TA-X snapped…ending their session and the day.
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NOSome MONDAY!!
Allot of people really hate Monday's,I'm for sure one of them .. These types of days can only be changed by a chain of events, beside the great weekend I had @ waterfest (the worlds biggest VW and AUDI show) along with the cruise session I had with good friends on the NJ parkway .. I got a text this morning from Jacob of MMI our management group for KB (Kyle Busch) "ITS RAINING NOS FOR THE 6TH TIME!!!" This is why my Monday's are NOSome ... It's not every day that 2 of your TEAM NOS are winning the points chase followed by there rest of your teammates in second place by just a few points ..
Kyle Leading the NASCAR Nationwide Series
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FORMULA DRIFT ROUND 4 - LAS VEGAS, N
Chris Forsberg and the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team headed to “Sin City” Las Vegas, NV for round four of the 2009 Formula Drift Pro Championship Series this last weekend. With outside temperatures soaring over 108 degrees and track temperatures over 150 degrees, the team fought the heat all weekend drinking NOS Energy Drink and water to keep cool and to give them the energy to be their best. The Las Vegas event in July is generally the hottest event of the year, but it never seems to stop the fans from coming out in droves. For the fourth straight event this year, Formula Drift saw record attendance as the series continues to prove it’s the largest, most competitive drift series in the world.
Formula Drift’s redesigned course provided the fans with some of the best drift action the series has had all year. The high heat during the day and the 50 degree cool off of the track at night caused the teams to work overtime chasing track conditions to find maximum grip. "The heat in Vegas is almost unbearable,” said Forsberg. “Our Mishimoto radiator helped keep us cool through our non-stop evening of tandem battles and multiple one more times! And thanks to our Maxxis tires, we never had to worry about our tires falling apart due to the ridiculous surface temperatures!"
Forsberg qualified the team into the 10th place position pairing them up against the always unpredictable and fast “Wild” Bill Sherman. Sherman was running strong in practice leading into the event, but the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team was able to edge him out advancing him to the “Top 16” bracket of tandem. Forsberg then defeated Michihiro Takatori to move into the “Great 8” where he lined up against Drift Alliance team mate and good friend Ryan Tuerck. Forsberg and Tuerck’s tandem battles were so close that the judges required them to run the course 3 separate times in order for them to determine the NOS Energy Drink 350Z the winner.
“Tuerck is my absolute favorite person to tandem with,” stated Forsberg. “He is so good, and so consistent, that I can follow him closely without ever having to worry about him making a mistake.”
The win also propelled Forsberg to the lead in the Championship standings.
In the “Final Four”, Forsberg fought against former Drift Champion, Ryuji Miki. Miki was able to edge out Forsberg sending him to the consolation round against Tyler McQuarrie to decide the third place position. Both Forsberg and McQuarrie battled hard and put down great runs. The two were so close the judges called a “One More Time” to decide a clear winner. Both drivers again came in with blazing speeds and deep angle, but the judges declared Forsberg the clear winner giving the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team their second podium this year and moving Forsberg to the top of the Championship points.
“We are very excited to be leading the Championship midway through the season,” said Forsberg. “My Team has worked very hard to put us in this position and I know we’ll have to keep it up. We have had some tough times in Seattle in the past 2 years, but we will learn from our mistakes and try our best to stay on top!"
The points Championship is heating up as the season moves past the half way point as Forsberg and the team hold a slim 13 point lead over Tuerck. The next round in the Formula Drift Pro Championship will be held at Monroe Speedway, in Monroe, WA on August 7th and 8th.
Team NOS Energy Drink Round 3 Result:
Chris Forsberg is 3rd Place
Team NOS Energy Drink Formula Drift Standings:
Chris Forsberg is 1st Place
Formula Drift’s redesigned course provided the fans with some of the best drift action the series has had all year. The high heat during the day and the 50 degree cool off of the track at night caused the teams to work overtime chasing track conditions to find maximum grip. "The heat in Vegas is almost unbearable,” said Forsberg. “Our Mishimoto radiator helped keep us cool through our non-stop evening of tandem battles and multiple one more times! And thanks to our Maxxis tires, we never had to worry about our tires falling apart due to the ridiculous surface temperatures!"
Forsberg qualified the team into the 10th place position pairing them up against the always unpredictable and fast “Wild” Bill Sherman. Sherman was running strong in practice leading into the event, but the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team was able to edge him out advancing him to the “Top 16” bracket of tandem. Forsberg then defeated Michihiro Takatori to move into the “Great 8” where he lined up against Drift Alliance team mate and good friend Ryan Tuerck. Forsberg and Tuerck’s tandem battles were so close that the judges required them to run the course 3 separate times in order for them to determine the NOS Energy Drink 350Z the winner.
“Tuerck is my absolute favorite person to tandem with,” stated Forsberg. “He is so good, and so consistent, that I can follow him closely without ever having to worry about him making a mistake.”
The win also propelled Forsberg to the lead in the Championship standings.
In the “Final Four”, Forsberg fought against former Drift Champion, Ryuji Miki. Miki was able to edge out Forsberg sending him to the consolation round against Tyler McQuarrie to decide the third place position. Both Forsberg and McQuarrie battled hard and put down great runs. The two were so close the judges called a “One More Time” to decide a clear winner. Both drivers again came in with blazing speeds and deep angle, but the judges declared Forsberg the clear winner giving the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team their second podium this year and moving Forsberg to the top of the Championship points.
“We are very excited to be leading the Championship midway through the season,” said Forsberg. “My Team has worked very hard to put us in this position and I know we’ll have to keep it up. We have had some tough times in Seattle in the past 2 years, but we will learn from our mistakes and try our best to stay on top!"
The points Championship is heating up as the season moves past the half way point as Forsberg and the team hold a slim 13 point lead over Tuerck. The next round in the Formula Drift Pro Championship will be held at Monroe Speedway, in Monroe, WA on August 7th and 8th.
Team NOS Energy Drink Round 3 Result:
Chris Forsberg is 3rd Place
Team NOS Energy Drink Formula Drift Standings:
Chris Forsberg is 1st Place
AMS sets a new horsepower record @ 2009 Mitsubishi Owners Day – Cypress CA.
This past weekend our friends at Mitsubishi Motors North America put on their annual Mitsubishi Owners Day (M.O.D.) event. In short it’s a day for all diamond star lovers to come together and spend a day rooted in anything and everything Mitsubishi. Normally we are not able to attend this event due to scheduling and distance but this year we decided to come pay our friends at Mitsu a visit.
Mitsubishi officials greeted us on Friday as we rolled our NOS Energy Drink 3 car hauler into the lot. They had clearly been spending all day and then some on this event. After some heavy lifting and positioning we had the AMS/ NOS Energy Drink Drag car and Time Attack car along with the ACP/NOS Rally car all staged in front of our booth, directly across was none other than Ryan Gates extremely accomplished Blue AMS EVO X Modified Class Time Attack car making it quite a display!
The morning of the show was intense. Even though the show was not scheduled to start until 9am the event staff had to let people in at 6:30 as they were starting to back up into the intersection. By 10 am all 450 T-shirts we had brought were GONE! Our email sign up list....FILLED. We were taken back by how many EVO's were in attendance. Everyone was so nice and respectful; honestly you could not get a better crowd.
Road Race Engineering brought their Dynapack dynamometer out to the event for some exhibition runs. We were asked to put our Drag EVO on for a spin. After swapping out some old spark plugs the AMS/NOS Energy Drink Drag EVO was able to put down 1180AWHP at 47 psi establishing a new world horsepower record for the EVO!
All in all, this event was WELL worth the near 70 hours of driving across the country. The guys at Mitsubishi, fellow vendors, customers and friends all made us feel right at home in sunny CA. Also big thanks to our friend Luke Munnell from Import Tuner Magazine http://www.importtuner.com/index.html for the awesome pictures!
Next the AMS team heads to Colorado for the 2009 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb where David and Allison Kern will compete in the AMS/NOS Hill Climb EVO July 14-19. The AMS/ NOS Energy Time attack EVO is also scheduled to compete in the round 4 of Redline Time Attack in Nashville TN. July 25th & 26th.
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NOS Grassroots sponsored driver | DRIFT | Mark M
So as NOS keeps growing we keep giving back to YOU! .. Check out one of our local (NJ) drift drivers video and you can be next TEAM NOS member email me to find out how ..
Greatest Energy Drink Video Ever.
Enough said.
