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Robbie Nishida to Join Bridges Racing for the 2011 Formula DRIFT Season
Huntington Beach, CA – February 20, 2011 – Bridges Racing is proud to announce their return to the Formula DRIFT series this year with one of the most respected drivers in the series, Robbie Nishida.
With years of professional racing experience, team owner, Bryan Bridges takes his talents to the world of drifting. Using the age old formula of a lightweight chassis and a high powered motor, Bridges Racing mates a 240sx with a VQ35. They didn’t stop there; with the help of Brian Crower, the Bridges Racing team took the 3.5L motor, bored and stroked it to 4.0L, strengthened the internals and added a Vortech supercharger to produce 630 whp and 580lb/ft of torque. Having piloted a VQ powered Nissan 350z and R35 Nissan GTR before, Robbie is no stranger to this motor.
Although his roots stem from motorcycle racing, Bridges attributes much of his racing experience and knowledge to drag racing. Bridges began tuning high performance Honda’s eventually becoming crew chief for the Castrol Syntec Acura Integra. The team went on to win numerous championships including the first NHRA Sport Compact Championship, as well as setting a number of world records.
During his tenure with Castrol, Dunlop Tires called upon Bridges to assist them in their efforts to enter the sport compact market. Bridges assisted in developing import drag slicks and tires as well as trackside marketing. Continue reading
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Hankook Looks to Take Home-Town Event at Formula Drift Race This Weekend in New Jersey
Hankook Looks to Take Home-Town Event at Formula Drift Race This Weekend in New Jersey
Formula Drift Round Three “The Gauntlet” hits Wall Speedway
WAYNE, N.J. June 5, 2009 – With only seven rounds in the Formula Drift season, drivers need to make a big impact in the standings by the end of Round Three which creates an exciting backdrop for this weekend’s Formula Drift event at Wall Speedway in Wall Township, N.J. With Hankook Tire’s North American Headquarters located nearby in Wayne, N.J., Hankook’s sponsored drivers have extra incentive to make their mark this weekend.
Looking to not only defend his 2008 Formula Drift Championship, Papadakis Racing’s Tanner Foust is also looking to keep a hold on his New Jersey title as the defending champion from last year’s event. Foust is currently sitting in 5th place overall in points and a podium finish by the Rockstar/Scion tC this weekend could easily vault him to the top of the standings.
Hankook Drivers Tanner Foust and Robbie Nishida Take 3rd and 4th at Streets of Long Beach
Hankook Drivers Tanner Foust and Robbie Nishida Take 3rd and 4th
at Streets of Long Beach Formula Drift Opener
Hankook Ventus R-S3 Tire Makes Successful Debut
WAYNE, N.J. April 14, 2009 – If the Formula Drift season opener in Long Beach, Calif., is any indication of things to come this year, Hankook Tire and drift fans are in for one heck of a ride.
The Southern California fans packed the Long Beach streets for Formula Drift – Streets of Long Beach, the only drift event on the Formula Drift calendar that actually takes place on a true street course, creating some very exciting close-to-the-wall drift action.