DRIFTING BACK IN HAWAII…..
posted by Pete on January 19th, 2007
Thanks to Kip from Green Bottle for this Press Release.
This one is for my island brother and sisters. Mahalo!
February 2, 2007 Friday
Hawaii’s top Drifter’s will compete for 16 spots to enter the International Event on February 3
Open to the general public 12:00noon till 9:00pm
Vender Booths
TV/news coverage
February 3, 2007 Saturday:
Hawaii’s first International Drift Competition - Round 1 of the World Tour
Open to the general public 4:00pm till 9:00pm
5 top Drifter’s from Japan
3 top Drifter’s from the USA
Top Qualifying Hawaii Drifter’s
Wheel to Wheel Competition
Photograph session at the conclusion of the event 9:00pm till 9:45pm
The exhibition segment of the show has the top 6 drifters in the world from Japan and the US. From Japan, Izumida team driver for Bride and Ogura Racing Clutches, Asamoto formerly with the world renowned “Team Orange” and Tomikuda former driver for world champion Team Kazama and Endless. And Murata who is a drifting instructor and D-1 Street Series competitor. All are former top competitors in the D-1 World Championship series.
From the American side will be team leader and local boy Steve O from Wailua, Hawaii. Rounding out the team is former import model and drag racer Verena Mei who also grew up in Aiea. Ms. Mei had a cameo in the movie Tokyo Drift and she is the top female drifter in the US. The other American is Ernie Fixmer. Ernie is one of a handful of non-Japanese drifters that received a D-1 competition license and is one of the best in the US series. Their program will be set to music, concert lighting and pyrotechnics. The exhibition team will make 3 demonstrations throughout the night on February 3rd.
In between each exhibition round will be the competition program. The top 16 drifters will then pair up Head to Head or referred to as tandem competition. Only one driver from each pairing will move on till the final 2 drifters will compete for the title. These top 2 drivers will then be given an automatic invitation to compete against the top 2 drivers from each of the upcoming rounds across the mainland, Canada and China to compete in the world finals to be held later this year in Hawaii. The winner at the finals will be crowned Xtreme Drift World Tour World Champion of 2007.
