Formula D Title Fight! Irwindale 10/08/11

Formula Drift is a professional drifting championship series where drivers are judged based on their style and execution of a course, instead of whoever speeds through in the fastest time. It's one of the most exciting forms of racing, because it requires a lot of skill and can be very unpredictable. What looks like a car coming into a drift at a perfect angle might actually be the precursor to a driver slamming straight into a wall at a ridiculously high speed!  Hence, it's no surprise that drifting keeps its spectators at the edge of their seats!

Formula D's first and last event took place in Southern California this year, and I was freaking stoked to be able to make it to the highly anticipated, final part of the series!


Upon reaching the entrance, we were greeted with huge waves of smoke. Ahh... the smell of burning rubber...




Sitting all by its lonesome.


I haven't seen this xB around before! Definitely digging that unique color combo.


I'm a sucker for white wheels. So fresh when they're done right and are actually clean!





One sweet pink G35. My eyes were spazzing at the sight of this.


Pretty cherry blossoms on the side of this ride. I still gotta do that for my nails! One of these days...


There were plenty of Evos on the way to and at the event, which makes for a happy Eileen (:


The DSport booth. They had a bunch of issues featuring Evos!!!! That gave me a really good feeling about them--I might have to be a subscriber soon!


I met a super chill dude who was also rockin 6.0 Dunks! Dope.


Transformers headlights Camaro. I hadn't seen anything like that before.








We got burnt out after a while, so we stopped by the Need for Speed booth to play the latest one and kick it on their comfy couches.


There were lots and lots of Silvias.








Someone rockin fake Jordan Cement Black 3's?! Caught ya!




Sexy Skyline.




240sx with a holographic purple paint job! It was so subtle that I almost overlooked it.


A close up of the paint job.




The packed bleachers!


Drifting awesomeness.

  

A clip of one of the races from the event. Courtesy of my friend Justin since my camera can't record videos.

For more pictures, check out my Flickr here!
And to check out more drifting action from the event, you can view Justin's Youtube channel here.