Another great Drift Alliance production as they invaded Drift Mania. We attended the event as well and had our booth setup next to the DA guys. They were up to their typical antics like the Canadian National Handstand competition?! With 2:17 left you can see me off in the left side of the screen!!!!!! So +1 for the video and I am listening to Matt Petty coordinate his hand stand competition. I am also sporting Cipher Garage’s 86 Life shirt that you can buy in our store!

So let’s continue with our SEMA fun. We spent more time at the Wynn that you would imagine. After the GM party we found out about this secret shuttle that took you to the Wynn. So we ran to the shuttle at 5pm and bypassed the taxi line and hit up a taxi at the Wynn with about 400 less people in line.

NOS Energy Drinks has stepped up their role in 2008 for Formula D. We are so excited to let you know that Chris gave his doors up for the next season to the NOS can. Mike Fine presented a great unveiling at the Maxxis Tires booth saying he hopes to help push Chris into the next level (Championship) as an independently funded team. Here is a snapshot of the new look on the Maxxis car.

The Formula D press conference dropped some huge bombs! Wrecked Magazine did a much better job laying all the news out but let me give you some cliff notes. Formula D will have a world finals to wrap up the year. Formula D will have a demo in Mexico and an event in Singapore. They also are adding an event to the regular season(so now and they also added Las Vegas to the tour this year. The 8th event is TBA. Here you can see Ryan Sage bringing us all the good news.

We did some great interviews with guys like Neil Tjin, Status Sean, and Jason Whitfield for a tuner segment from Mobil 1. They really stepped up this year with a big bottle at the main entrance, 2 billboards, and 150 taxi cab advertisements.  We had a blast filming with these guys…………

So we rolled into Las Vegas with full intentions to have the time of our life and help make this excellent video for Mobil 1! We accomplished both of course in record fashion! Our first place we crashed at was the Wyndam Grand Desert Resort right off East Harmon which is kinda behind Planet Hollywood.

So Monday night we showed up to the Wynn Hotel for the General Motors party that is always my favorite event and a great way to kick off the week! So after the big GM party we rolled into the exclusive VIP Afterparty and 50 cent unveiled his car ride to the 200 people in attendance. Will Castro from Unique Autosports presented the car, it was a great thing we were able to witness.

Also at the GM Party was my favorite car of the show. The Pontiac Solstice SD-290 Racer Concept in a custom candy apple red paint was gorgeous. The revamped Ecotech engine is making 290hp (hence the SD-290). I’ve been on a huge vintage kick lately as we all know and this modern car with the old school vintage kickback I just love. The redone grills and front make the car easy on the eyes.  I hope to see this thing appear some more in the future.

We had a blast in Los Angeles! My iphone took a crap this weekend so the photos are missing from this blog! I got into town pretty early on Tuesday and got some work done with some friends. It was a great weekend and the feedback from the ESPN showing in Hollywood was fantastic. Also, we did a soft launch of Wrecked Magazine and people were going nuts! It goes public soon so stay tuned. Gotta love Socal, we tore up King Taco and Jones Coffee this weekend.

Here is the top 16 rundown for the weekend:

1. Tanner Foust

2. Chris Forsberg

3. Rhys Millen

4. Sam Hubinette

5. Vaughn Gittin Jr.

6. Dai Yoshihara

7. Robbie Nishida

8. Ryan Tureck

9. Ryuji Miki

10. Bill Sherman

11. Casper Canul

12. Mitsuru Haraguchi

13. Kenji Yamanaka

14. Ken Gushi

15. John Ruskakoff

16. Tony Brakahopia

The best run of the night was the Daijiro Yoshihara Vs. Chris Forsberg runs that got called a one more time! It was the battle for second place in the series as Tanner Foust had already secured first place and these guys gave it their all! Congrats to AEM/Toyo Tires and Tanner Foust for securing a first place for the 2007 Season and finally winning his first round of the season at the House of Drift. ESPN2 coverage starts November 15th, keep track!

This exclusive heavy.com episode presents the Drift Alliance in Atlanta, Georgia for Round Two of Formula D. Lucky for us on Thursday night they paid a visit to the Slide America premiere. The best part is…..Andy put in my awesome dance from when the Drift Alliance entered. We also played an exclusive trailer to the new Drift Alliance DVD that will never be seen outside of the premiere! So that was a nice treat for our 300+ guests. It was a great weekend of the Drift Alliance as Chris Forsberg took home a victory for the crew. Wow, Barry Bonds just hit 755 as I was writing this……crazy.

We hauled ass from Tampa to New Jersey to barely make it in time for the Club Loose event. Man, it was off the charts and well worth it. We had a guest appearance with Drift Alliance member J.R. Vaughn Gittin who came out and pumped up the locals. It was a great time and good to see the rock and roll of the east coast was still alive and well. Thanks to Matt Petty and the Drift Alliance for the invite and the great time.