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so, andy, jason, jeff, aileen and i went to formula d on sunday at sears point (oops, i mean infineon) raceway up in sonoma. drift racing is supposedly the new thing in racing, and basically it’s a combination between.. say.. ice skating and car racing. the drivers race around a track and gain extra style points in addition to being timed. it was a gorgeous day up in sonoma, but it was mad hot and there were only like 3 vendors on the top of the hill that sold drinks. i’m suprised that more people didn’t pass out from dehydration.

in the parking lot, j’s ford taurus didn’t really fit in with the other cars that were in the lot… mostly imports with lots of stickers and stuff. one 300M though, which i really like.

they set up the race on turn 7 of sears point, in kind of a figure 8. it got a little boring watching everyone qualify one by one, so we took off to the paddock to check out the custom cars (ok, andy wanted to see the umbrella girls).. the cars were crazy customized, with insane systems, gucci interiors, jackknife doors, and.. (apparently, i had missed this latest trend).. lcds.. IN the engine bay. um.. just in case you wanna watch tv while you.. check the oil? the paddock was cool though, after each racer was finished, they’d drive their car right through the crowd and stuff. there was a crazy el camino from texas too. oh, and this kickass mini.

the real excitement came when the pros from japan took to the track, 4 at a time.. that was insane. once the pros were done having their fun, the competitors started the real race, two at a time.. for the most part, it was fairly uneventful.. one dude (this 17 year old racer named gushi) put his car a little into the wall and ended up ripping off his bumper and spilling coolant all over the track. oops. we had to wait for like half an hour while they cleaned up the track. fun. rhys millen ran his GTO drifter and it was clear that he had raced a bit over in japan.

in anycase, check out the photo album from formula d.. and don’t miss the movies. yay. vroom.

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