Monthly Archives: April 2010
Prodrift Driver Feature: James Deane at Fermoy (Video)
Pacific Grand Prix Drift Demo Info and Photos(Gallery)
The day was fairly sunny hitting about 65 degrees on April 22nd, 2010. Many locals gathered for a great day of having fun with their family and friends, to watch Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra tear it up on the course of Pacific Grand Prix, and to see their local boys show their skills in front of hundreds of fans! The entire event started at 2 p.m. sharp while our local boys will have their showcase at 4:45 p.m.
Things were going great just watching guys in their WRX and STi show off on and off the track. There were many cars but most were doing their own thing on the opposite track which was not getting that much attention.
As 4:45 rolled around, the crowd’s attention shifts to the center stage to witness Rob Primo, Walker Wilkerson, Gleb Antonov, and Roland Gallagher perform their drift demo. Things were going great, everyone was doing well but a few problems arose. First, Gleb’s rear right tire pops after only 2 laps of their limited amount of time so he was done for the day then Roland’s rear bumper flew off and was dragged behind his car while still doing the showcase. Even through these small problems, the demo turned out to be fantastic! Congrats to our local boys for having a great day.
For the galley from this demo check out the shots here… Thank you to Brandon Thai for the write up and photos.
Slide Assassins Event @ NOS Center (Gallery)
Slide Assassins had an event out at NOS on 4/11/2010. The day after Formula Drift Long Beach… Check out some of the snaps from this event provided by our boy Steven at ThisisFlik.com! Thank you again bro!
MAXXIS Tyres BDC Round 1 – SILVERSTONE (Video)
JDM Allstars Professional Drifting Round 1-Manchester The Trafford Centre Results
For Immediate Release
April 20th 2010
JDM Allstars 2010 Round 1 – The Trafford Centre, Manchester Results.
Rookie Driver Jon Calvert takes the win and the championship lead in his first ever round of JDM Allstars.
JDM Allstars made its debut in the north west of the Unities Kingdom last weekend, kicking off its third year in competition.
The Trafford Centre’s custom-built street course kicked off the first round of the 2010 JDM Allstars Professional Drifting series. With a huge pre-event media advertising campaign put into action, the 2010 season opener was one of the most successful events in the history of JDM. Pre-sold tickets met new records numbers, further showing the growth in the following of the JDM Allstars brand. By midday on Sunday, the main event day, the venue was a sell-out with huge crowds coming from all over the UK and Europe.
With a new themed car show, Monster Trucks and Freestyle Motocross, the 2010 season opener was bigger than ever. This much anticipated season opener was shaping up to be a spectacular opening to the new season.Also being unveiled was the SAVE IT FOR THE TRACK roadsafety campaign zone.
One of the biggest additions to the 2010 series is the addition of the Jumbotron bigscreen at events.Here several thousand fans can get minute by minute updates in the pits.Live interviews so all footage can be seen aswell as saturdays actions.
Its also a great way to showcase our partner brands and showcase our Road safety partnership Save it For the Track viral video campaigns.
Going into the 2010 season there was lots of hype surrounding several new driver and team combinations as well as a few up and coming rookie drivers. With the change to a ‘dropped score’ format, meaning that out of the five championship rounds, each driver must drop one score, all the drivers are now able to compete in there national championships in between JDM events without having to worry about epossible event clashes. Round 1 unfortunately clashed with the Polish, Dutch and Irish series, so a few of the main championship players were missing. However one big last minute addition and one of the biggest names to commit to JDM in 2010 was 2009 Drift Australia champion Luke Fink, who would be joining the Severnside Imports /Nexen Tyres team.