Well I'm sure most of you have seen the results for Formula D this year, unfortunately due to a spill that wasn't cleaned up properly some of the competitors (Ian included) spun coming through the course and therefore did not qualify. A sad day for all of us here at Drift Safari.....
Anyway, onto happier things! By the end of friday the guys had moved their cars over to the fatlace show to support their new sponsor and show off their beautiful cars. I snapped a few pictures before they left for the show as I still had a whole event to cover on the track. Check out Ians "new" (a few months old now) turbo setup! Making 500+whp, it's quite the ride and still responsive!
One of the firs things I saw as I walked into the pits this year was Kohei's car... It's kind of hard to missa and has been nicknamed the "Zombie" for good reason! With the amount of battle damge on this car you can tell Kohei gives it 120% at every event, leaving nothing to regret and nothing to think back on later is the attitude that has brought him to win the 3/8's competition and the last pro-am competition all within a month. The Pro-Am event at this years Formula D was no exception, after a few hard battles Kohei landed 3rd place!
Next on the list of events for the weekend was the drivers signing... Ian was at that table for a solid hour (I'm not sure how his hand still moved after all that writing), but he stuck it out and supported the people that came to see him! Unfortunately his markers all ran dry before he could sign my new FD hat, but lucky for me I can get him to do that at any time. And of course, being the awesome guy that he is, Ian had to rep his new sponsor, FATLACE!
All in all we had a fantastic weekend and could not have asked for better weather, or better people in the community. I have to hand out props to my fellow media people for sticking out the rediculous track temperatures and making sure they got all these amazing shots floating around. I'm waiting for some more videos to pop up and I will be sure to share them with all you.
And one last image for our adoring fans and supporters....
