Formula D in the LBC
“Drifting? What’s that?”
It should come as no surprise to me that a good number of people still don’t know what drifting is. Although when I try to explain what it is the inevitable reaction to the unfamiliar ends up being, “Oh! Like that Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift stuff, right?”
The fact that a Hollywood movie defines drifting and the stereotypical wholly overexaggerated subculture that follows it, shows that this is one motorsport that has a long way to go in terms of maturation.
It’s been three years since I’ve spectated the FormulaD: Streets of Long Beach competition. Can’t say too much has changed at least from the spectator side of the fence. It’s still a little cozy circuit setup on borrowed track from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach surrounded by dozens of double fences that make taking proper shots of sideways action a bit challenging.
In conjunction with the Formula D Long Beach event, Ford gave me a great chance to see the action up close, and their man, Mr. Vaughn Gittin made it all the way to the top 8 in his spankin’ new 2010 Mustang. If you’re a Mustang fan, Ford is taking submissions through their “10 Unleashed” site. Go on over, tell them your Mustang dream and it might just come true. There are only 6 slots left, so slide over and fill it out.
On another note, I came disappointly close to enjoying some highly rated Kogi goodies at Formula D only to be told they were privately contracted. The next time someone privately contracts Kogi at a hugely public event and doesn’t give me a pass, there will be bloodshed.
lol, I think I got an invite for this. I would have gone if I knew you were gonna be there!
Had I but known, we could have met up!
Eh, Kogi just likes to tease everyone. My first attempt, I was 3rd up after a 2+ hour wait, only to be told they were sold out. Grr.
Oh! And it was great meeting you in person the other night! That was what I originally meant to say first but got distracted…
Sorry for the wait on the reply. It was absolutely a pleasure finally meeting you in person! And I feel for your past Kogi experiences. I however, had the luck of finding Kogi line-less at Alibi before and didn’t feel like eating it at the time. Now I fear, I’m cursed to wait a long, long time. ;)