Any news from Chicago?

[Mars_302]

So who placed what and who won?

[paul kersey]

matt and rob qualified
mat-top 16.
lots of crashes
lots of ruined cars

[paul kersey]

top 16.
S. Yamamoto
T. Schulz
M. Vassallo
M. Peters
V Gittin
T McQuarrie
C. Foresberg
K Gushi
John Yim
S. Papadakis
R Millen
Taka qualified 2nd.
K Yamanaka
Hiro Sumida
S. hubinette after hitting the wall
Dai Yoshinara.

[Hoonta]

awesome, are those in order?

[paul kersey]

i dont think so, but im not entirely sure.

[RoadRacer]

Congrats to Matt and Rob.

top 16.
S. Yamamoto
T. Schulz
M. Vassallo
M. Peters
V Gittin
T McQuarrie
C. Foresberg
K Gushi
John Yim
S. Papadakis <--- wtf, I forgot that he was attempting to be dorifo king
R Millen
Taka qualified 2nd.
K Yamanaka
Hiro Sumida
S. hubinette after hitting the wall
Dai Yoshinara.

[satanshatch]

I dunno about this list if Papadakis placed. I read he sucked badly. :lol: Good for him though, and Congrats to Rob and Matt.

[paul kersey]

the list is right far as i know.
but with so many wrecks, maybe crapadakis lucked out?

[Hoonta]

probably the case.
that guy sucks, (granted he is better than me, but still)

[Mars_302]

awesome to here

[paul kersey]

some pics from the demos (the red tires arent legal for competition anymore)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/kidynomite/FD%20Chi/DSCF0379.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/kidynomite/FD%20Chi/DSCF0377.jpg
like the new headlights.

[teddy]

yellow tint is yummy

[Pineapple]

yellow tint is yummy
Yeah dude, i just noticed that too, greatness.

[ag04]

AHHH NO RED TIRES ANYMORE?!?!?! Why not? I thought that was pretty trick stuff too... and they like just debuted them too... stupid rules. hrmm time to switch to blue tires? hahahaha

ag04

[paul kersey]

formula d said the tires didnt really fit the guidlines, because they were never really available to the public, due to the limited production and high cost.
so by the logic kumho used, you could make 10 tires for the team that were some super awesome compound, but were for sale to the public for 5000 each, just to fit rules.
figured it might lead to unfairness, and people cheating the rules. sucks, but makes sense.

[paul kersey]

http://members.stanzadriven.com/chuck/shows-events/formulad1/hirovsmatt04.jpg
http://members.stanzadriven.com/chuck/shows-events/formulad1/mattvshiro02b.jpg

[Scott]

All of that hype over those tires just to get banned. Great thinking by Kuhmo. :tard:

My brother has a ton of vids and pics. He will be back tomorrow.

[teddy]

All of that hype over those tires just to get banned. Great thinking by Kuhmo. :tard:

Mission Accomplished.

[paul kersey]

eh, i think the tires did their job, theres been tons of pics, and articles.
no big deal.

[Epstein]

The good doctor's links broke. Here's a semi-direct link to a few pics of the boys tearing it up.

http://members.stanzadriven.com/chuck/shows-events/formulad/FormulaDChicago/index4.html

[Silvia_San]

yeah those tires where great for publicity, i remember the week they unveiled them, i started seeing articles about enjuku and the tires everywhere. so they served there purpose.

[ph0tek]

yawn, was bored....

http://dpgpc.com/sigs/mattback.jpg

[Just Dave]

I think its ironic that a "motorsport" competition with no subjective scoring is banning red tires because they are unfair. Nothing is fair or unfair in drifting because there really aren't any rules.

[Matt Vassallo]

fordified you have no idea what you're talking about, so please stay out.


the tires were banned , not red smoke, but any super limited production tire.

this is because it would make the tire companies build special drift speicfic tires , not nec. smoking red, but for super high grip and high temperature build up, and make them only available to certain teams. aka. bridgestone, ferrari, formula 1.

so we got the short end of the stick.

kumho is working on that right now to make our tires legal once again.

and there are MANY rules in drifting.

[Epstein]

Car manufacturers do the same thing in motorsports. IE M3GTR. Rules said that it had to be a "production car" with a run of 400 units. So, BMW just cranked out 400 of them. I could speculate all day about what Kumho could do to make them more legal-er, but it would be just that.

So.... any tales from the road? Saw some black miata hanging out by your hauler... what's up with that?

[Just Dave]

fordified you have no idea what you're talking about, so please stay out.


the tires were banned , not red smoke, but any super limited production tire.

What teams were affected by this rule at the Chicago event? I'm guessing just yours right? Sounds like they made a broad stroke rule that pretty much singled you guys out.


this is because it would make the tire companies build special drift speicfic tires , not nec. smoking red, but for super high grip and high temperature build up, and make them only available to certain teams. aka. bridgestone, ferrari, formula 1.

So its cool to run a car with a motor that was never offered in this country, and run whatever other parts you want to run, except for tires now? See my point above.

so we got the short end of the stick.

Yes you did, see my point above :D

kumho is working on that right now to make our tires legal once again.

Good, I'd like to see them turn it into a production tire so we can see what the sanctioning bodies will come up with then to try and squeeze them out.

and there are MANY rules in drifting.

I'm sure there are, but I bet most are geared at safety and what type of bleach can be used on the Japanese drivers hair :lol:

I know there are rules, but they are far less strict than most racing sanctioning bodies.

[Matt Vassallo]

like any new motorsport, they are learning just how competitive people get when it comes to the rules, and how cose people will get to breaking them without actually breaking the written rule bok's wording.

[mendozasport]

or finding the loop holes ....by the way congrats matt and rob , for proving that florida drifting is alive and well...safe trip back ....the bats will be warned now....ohh and on the way back ..pick up bill ...his out house ran out of jet fuel

[marksaccord95]

event was good, everyone wrecked, and i mean everyone, i got about 1000 pics, ill have up later today or late tonight.

matt qualified 13th, good job, but popped the motor during driver introduction.