One of the best shot sequences to promote a car using an RC.
Formula DRIFT Renews with NBCSN for 2014 Television Broadcast
Long Beach, Calif. March 10, 2014 -Formula DRIFT has renewed its agreement with NBCSN for the 2014 season, a partnership that began in 2009. The seven-stop Formula DRIFT Pro Championship will air a minimum of 24 times on Sundays beginning July 27. Programming will include on-track and off-track action as the worlds best drifters compete for the coveted Formula DRIFT championship. We are proud to continue our relationship with NBCSN, said Ryan Sage, Vice President and Co-Founder of Formula DRIFT. The reach of NBCSN is phenomenal with access into 85 million homes in the US. To be able to bring our progressive sport in front of the their audience is thrilling.
Formula DRIFT will begin airing on the NBCSN on Sunday, July 27. A full television program schedule can be found on www.formulad.com.
“We are excited to showcase a new season of Formula DRIFT here on NBCSN for our ever-growing motor-sports audience”, said Jeff Macaluso, Sr. Director of Programming at NBCSN. ”The adrenaline pounding excitement is a great compliment to our line-up.”
The 2014 Formula DRIFT season will begin with Round 1: Streets of Long Beach on April 4-5. For more information visit: www.formuladrift.com and find Formula DRIFT on Instagram @formulad, Facebook www.facebook.com/formuladrift and Twitter @FormulaD.
Rainy Parc Drift
The 1st Drift event of the season I went to was no doubt a very wet one. The rain did not let up most of the day but made for some pretty sweet shots and vid clips.
Formula DRIFT Announces the Return of All 4 Major Tire Partners and 3 Tire Suppliers; GT Radial Joins Series as Tire Supplier
Long Beach, Calif. March 4, 2014- Formula DRIFT has announced the return of all 4 Major Tire Partners; Achilles, Falken, Hankook and Nitto and returning Tire Suppliers; Kenda, Maxxis and Yokohama. In addition, GT Radial signs on as a new Tire Supplier for the 2014 season.
Formula DRIFT continues to be the proving grounds for tire manufacturers. The extreme conditions created through competitive drifting pushes the limits of the drivers, cars and the tires creating the ultimate performance test for the brands. Current returning tire partners include: Falken Tire (11th season), Hankook Tire (current tire manufacturer champion, 8th season), Nitto Tire (9th season), Achilles (3rd season), Yokohama (3rd season), Maxxis Tire (3rd season) and Kenda (5th season).
OFFICIAL: ARK Performance Motorsports Team Builds Two Brand New Chassis’ For Formula Drift 2014
February 26, 2014; ARK Performance is pleased to announce the team has been working under covers on two beastly drift cars for quite some time now and is now ready to release more information on the two chassis. With knowledge gained from last year ARK was ready to build two extremely powerful Genesis Coupe Drift Cars. With the announcement of the new motorsports team and one new driver ARK is slated to make a strong comeback to Formula Drift. There are two Genesis Coupes under the ARK Performance Motorsports Team code named “AR1” and “AR7”. Both vehicles will be pushing 1,000 HP and 700 HP reliably.
