Fresh off the presses, we’ve just gotten the official press release from Falken HQ, confirming what we’ve heard in the off season. Tyler McQuarrie and Daijiro Yoshihara will be joining Calvin Wan, Vaughn Gittin Jr, and Darren McNamara as the faces of the Falken Tire Drift team. The PR also mentions the new cars each driver will be driving, full details after the break
Supporting drifting since 2003, Falken has seen many drivers, teams and product manufacturers come and go within the sport. Proud to be the single longest standing brand and team in professional U.S. drifting, Falken Tire is pleased to announce the 2009 Falken Drift lineup.
The 2009 team will prove to be the most exciting, hardest charging and all-star clad team ever assembled in North America. Returning to the Falken team will be Vaughn Gitlin Jr. in an all new 2010 Ford Mustang GT, Darren McNamara in a high-powered V8 Saturn Sky and Calvin Wan in a freshly assembled Nissan Silvia S15. To round out the five driver works team, new additions to Team Falken are Daijiro Yoshihara driving a lightened and completely rebuilt Lexus IS350 pushing over 500hp and Tyler McQuarrie piloting an Infiniti daytona prototype V8 powered Nissan 350Z convertible. With such a diverse group of talented drivers and driving styles, watching the Falken team grow into an unstoppable force will no doubt be 2009’s hot topic in professional drifting.
Vaughn Gittin Jr – 2010 Ford Mustang GT
Hometown: Glen Burnie, MD
Age – 28
Career Highlights:
2008 – FD Irwindale Champ, 8th Overall FD Season Points
2007 – D1GP Champ, FD Sonoma / Seattle Podium, 7th Overall FD Season Points
2006 – 4th overall, FD Series Points
2005 – D1GP US vs Japan Champion, 4th Overall FD Series Points
2004 – 10th Overall FD Series POints
Calvin Wan – Nissan S15
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Age – 30
Career Highlights:
2008 – 1st Place FD Team Drift Overall
2007 – 2nd Place FD Team Drift San Jose
2005 – FD Sonoma Champion
2004 – 3rd Place FD Sonoma
Darren McNamara – V8 Saturn Sky
Hometown: County Cork, Ireland
Age – 24
Career Highlights:
2008 – 12th Place Overall in Formula D Series, ProDrift runner up
2007 – 9th Place Overall in FD series
2006 – ProDrift Series Champion
Tyler McQuarrie – Infiniti Daytona prototype-powered V8 350Z
Hometown: Danville CA
Age – 30
Career Highlights:
2008 – 2nd Place Formula D New Jersey
2007 – 4th Place FD Irwindale, Top Qualifier FD New Jersey
2006 – 3rd Place, FD Chicago, 12th Overall in FD Series
2005 – 11th Overall in FD Series
Daijiro Yoshihara – Newly rebuilt V8 Lexus IS350
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Age – 29
Career Highlights:
2008 – 2nd place FD Vegas, 4th Place Overall in FD Series
2007 – FD Seattle Champion, FD Sonoma Champion, 3rd Overall FD Series
2006 – FD Irwindale Champion, 5th Overall in FD Series
2005 – 5th Overall in FD Series
2004 – 2nd Overall in FD Series
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