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Dai’s New Blog Website

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Dai’s New Blog Website Announcement

Daijiro Yoshihara, known as Dai, announces today the release of his new blog website. The new blog is the newest addition to his current website, www.daiyoshihara.com. As with his current website, the new blog site will be constantly updated with new blog entries.

The blog site was developed to allow people to follow the day and life of Dai on and off the track. “I want to be able to communicate more with my sponsors and especially my fans, so this is a good way to show them what I do daily,” explains Dai about his new blog site. The blog site consists of daily comments and photos of on going experiences in Dai’s life. This site also consists of several different website links to sponsor pages and a photo gallery.

To connect with Dai and to check out the new website, please visit www.daiyoshihara.com/blog.

2010 Team Falken Tire Discount Tire Nisssan 240sx s-13 Season Outlook

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2010 TEAM FALKEN TIRE DISCOUNT TIRE NISSAN 240sx S-13 SEASON OUTLOOK

FONTANA, CA – As the 2009 season is now a distant memory, the dawn of the New Year is upon us! 2010 cannot come any sooner for Team Falken Tire Discount Tire driver Daijiro (Dai) Yoshihara. It was a challenging year for Dai, his first with the team, as he strived to find his footing in a new car while working with an all new crew in the ultra-competitive Formula Drift Series. Still, Dai’s talent and experience shined through in the end with back-to-back top 16’s in Round 6 & 7 and a 6th place finish in the season-ending event at Irwindale. Despite his early season struggles, Dai managed to finish 11th place overall in the final standings, a true testament to his poise, competitiveness and drifting skills.

Returning for a 4th season with the Falken Tire Discount Tire team is crew-chief and car builder, Scott Dodgion of SPD Metal Works in Anaheim, CA. While new body styling and a set of new wheels will improve the appearance of the brilliant red and white machine, engine upgrades and modifications look to push the 6.0 liter, LS-2 V8 power-plant over 650 horsepower! A new gear set-up in the rear-end will help Dai negotiate his drift runs with more predictability and improve the overall performance of the Discount Tire-clad drift machine!

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TEAM FALKEN’S TYLER MCQUARRIE TAKES THIRD AT FORMULA DRIFT’S “BREAKING POINT” AT EVERGREEN SPEEDWAY

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TEAM FALKEN’S TYLER MCQUARRIE TAKES THIRD AT FORMULA DRIFT’S “BREAKING POINT” AT EVERGREEN SPEEDWAY

MONROE, WA (August 10, 2009) – Originally built as a horse-racing track, Evergreen Speedway saw plenty of horsepower over the weekend as Formula Drift arrived in town, with the venerable track challenging the drivers and their cars to the “Breaking Point,” resulting in Chris Forsberg taking the win, while Team Falken’s Tyler McQuarrie finished a respectable third.

Qualifying on Friday was challenging as the judges were very critical of all efforts. Nevertheless, seven drivers on Falken Azenis RT615 tires made the field, including all Team Falken factory entrants – McQuarrie; Vaughn Gittin, Jr.; Darren McNamara; Daijiro Yoshihara; and Calvin Wan, plus privateers Ross Petty (who was in fact the number two qualifier) and Taka Aono.

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Competitive Gamble Thwarts Team Falken’s Attempt to Hit Jackpot at Las Vegas Formula Drift

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COMPETITIVE GAMBLE THWARTS TEAM FALKEN’S ATTEMPT TO HIT JACKPOT AT LAS VEGAS FORMULA DRIFT

LAS VEGAS, NV  – Facing serious challenges from both competitors and the weather, Team Falken put on a valiant effort, but when it rolled the dice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Round 4 of the demanding Formula Drift competition, the team managed to make the Semi-Finals with Falken’s Tyler McQuarrie losing to eventual overall winner Tanner Foust. McQuarrie placed fourth.

With track temperatures peaking at 145, and air temps at 110, great stress was placed on the high-revving engines of all competitors as well as the drivers themselves. During the consolation round to determine third place, McQuarrie suffered camshaft position sensor failure, but his crew was able to replace it in less than five minutes.

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Vaughn Gittin Jr. Takes 2nd at Formula Drift Round 3

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VAUGHN GITTIN JR. TAKES SECOND AT FORMULA DRIFT ROUND THREE

Vaughn Gittin Jr. rolled into Wall Stadium for Round Three of Formula Drift with two goals – to put on a great show for all of the East Coast fans and to finish the day standing atop the coveted podium. After an amazing day of drifting Saturday, he managed to achieve both of those goals, plus take part in Formula Drift history.

Vaughn started off weekend with a little throttle – Throttle Thursday that is! Thursday’s practice was combined with driver ride-alongs for the DC Shoes BMX team, as well as other local BMX pros. Vaughn had the pleasure of taking X Games gold medalists Chad Kagy and Scotty Cranmer for the ride of their lives in his Falken Tire Ford Racing Mustang. Later in the evening, the roles reversed and Vaughn along with other Formula Drift drivers were able to watch the BMX stars live it up in their own environment at the Incline Club in Lakewood, New Jersey. Vaughn even hopped on a bike himself – and jumped it into the foam pit!

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