From our trip to Formula D Final round at Irwindale: If the batmobile was a Mustang and instead of gattling guns, it had cameras, this would be the result.
Picture taken by the one and only Danh Phan DPhan@maydaygarage.com
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
I love it when I go through my hard drive to clear files just to find a few gems that I had forgotten about. The S30 Datsun Fairlady shown below belongs to Dorian Drewery out of Atlanta, at least I hope it still does. When I went to Formula D road Atlanta earlier this year with Mayday David we just happened to catch Dorian on the Georgian streets outside of a local drift event. Apparently this “Lady” was for sale at the time. If it was sold, the new owner is one lucky enthusiast. The attention to detail on this thing is pretty intense and I have some more pictures that I will put up later on.
Bond wishes.
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– JohnP
Storming the interwebs this past week is a video released by MotorMavens and Justin Shreeve Films that has been shared again and again all over car forums and Facebook. This drift video filmed by none other than Justin Shreeve is exactly the type of videos I love, the type of drift video where you get to hear all of the sounds made by the cars- the tires squealing, the crowd cheering, crash crunching sound that a lot of other videos seem to dub over with rock or techno music.
Sit back and watch.
MotorMavens | Formula Drift Finale | Irwindale from Justin Shreeve on Vimeo.
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
As we finally come to a close on our epic coverage of FormulaD Final Round, I wanted to make a final post about everything else there is to see attending one of these massive drift events as seen through our camera lenses. Sit back, sip on some coffee, and enjoy the photos!
Low and super wide.
The Mexican Standoff
Sadly, this was Melyssa's last event as "Miss FormulaD"
Fans, drivers, everyone wanted to see the action. Drivers were often seen where the fans were to enjoy the rest of the show
The sun sets over the Falken Booth
Oh you already know.
I’ve been getting hit up left and right about making a post dedicated to all of the “shorties” that were in attendance at FormulaD. Katy Perry and the Beach Boys made a song about it, so what is there to say about Californian girls? HOT.
I’m not even gonna say anything else. I will let the pictures do the talking.
Andrew's pick of the litter, also featured on the cover of Import Tuner, Melyssa Grace shows us why she's got the stuff.
Sweet Jeezuz, those boots were made for walking.
**gulp**
Formula D usually brings three main flavors to the table, a drift competition, a car show, and some shorties (talent). In this edition of our continuing Formula D coverage, we’ll show you a few interesting cars that participated in the Fatlace OneOfOne car show.
The beautiful Californian sun setting on beautiful Californian rides
Doze Asses
Showgoers await the results near the Fatlace tent.
This GS on JP Scaras was too damn gangster for us
I’m still gathering everyones final photos, and have been editing photos for the past 10 hours straight, but in the meantime, check out this short vid I compiled using the small clips recorded from two of our photographers, Khiem and D_Fan when they weren’t busying clicking off photos.
Note: I made this video in all but 15 minutes, so cut me some slack!
It’s in HD if you big screen guys want to watch it in full screen.
MaydayGarage does Formula D @ Irwindale from MayDay DavidD on Vimeo.
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David@maydaygarage.com
If you haven’t figured it out yet, the Mayday Crew is out in California for Formula D Finals. As I sit here typing this we are about to head out to grab a beer after our first day at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, but before we head out I would like to share this pic I grabbed of the series point leader Vaughn Gittin Jr. Enjoy, and stay tuned for the Mayday Crew’s Formula D Coverage over the next few days.
Beast.
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JohnP
MaydayGarage will be rolling out in full force to cover FormulaD Final Round next month. We’ve got our whole crew flying to California, and it’s gonna be awesome! In the meantime, check out this epic video from Grady Nguyen!
–David–
David@maydaygarage.com
In part one, I kinda went over how my past experiences with FormulaD were, all on a high note. Being at FormulaD Atlanta was something else. It was like what I remember from the Houston event, but on some serious roids. They say everything in Texas is bigger, which for the most part is true, but I gotta hand it to Atlanta, they knew what was up.
This Falken girl was SMOKING HOT, just like all day friday at Road Atlanta
Coming in HOT!