Xtreme Drift Circuit Round 1
Toyota Speedway at Irwindale]http://www.toyotaspeedwayatirwindale.com/index.asp]Toyota Speedway at Irwindale500 Speedway Drive
Irwindale, CA 91706
REGISTRATION:If you haven’t registered yet, you can still do so online at
www.xtremedriftcircuit.com until 1:00PM on Thursday, March 18. The price is $200, however, there may still some of the coupon codes “XDCDRIFT” available to save you $50 off registration. If you can’t register in time online, you can still register at the event with no late penalty. Registered drivers will also receive crew passes for this event.
FORMAT:This event will be a 2 day event. There will be practice sessions both days, and a top 32 qualifying on Friday and then another qualifying session for the top 32 on Saturday to determine the top 16. The top 16 will compete in tandem eliminations. Judging will be done by Chris Forsberg, Matt Petty, and Michael Schneider.
DRIVER ELIGIBILITY:All drivers not ranked in the top 16 at the end of the 2009 Formula DRIFT professional series season are eligible to attend. If you are a licensed Formula DRIFT driver, you just need to make sure you adhere to all guidelines set forth in your driver agreements with Formula DRIFT. Any questions regarding this, please contact Andy Luk at Formula DRIFT by phone at 562-901-2600 or via email at
andy@formulad.com.
PRIZES: 1st - $3000
2nd - $2000
3rd - $1000
4th - $500
TIRE MOUNTING AND PURCHASING:City Tire (
http://www.citytireonline.com) will be in attendance at the event on both Friday and Saturday. They will be offering tire changes at no charge to the drivers. If you still need to purchase tires and also have them delivered to the event, you can contact John at 888-977-TIRE for more information.
SPONSOR DISCOUNTS:The several companies have joined up to help drivers competing in the series this year:
Mackin (i.e. Volks, Rays, Gram lights)
Enkei
Seibon
Registered drivers can contact Aaron Keller by phone at 949-287-4819 or via email at
aaron@xtremedriftcircuit.com for the full details regarding the above companies actual discounts and how to order these products at the driver rates. Discounts are only available for registered drivers.
For the following companies, please contact them directly for discount eligibility via their respective email addresses.
Mishimoto (
MLD@mishimoto.com)
Buddy Club (
info@buddyclub.us)
MEDIA COVERAGE:Import Tuner
Heavy Hitters
Super Street
FOX News
Urban Racer
Wrecked Magazine
Speed Hunters
Jacob Photo LLC
Drifting.com
LOT USA/Bride
Wilwood Engineering
The Sacramento Bee
Huffington Post
Dead Pirate Productions
Nissan Sport Magazine
…and many more.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:FRIDAY:
8:00AM Venue Opens (drivers / vendors)
8:00AM - 11:00AM Driver Load in / Registration
9:00AM - 11:30AM Technical Inspections
11:30AM - 11:50AM Drivers’ Meeting
12:00PM - 3:00PM Open Practice
3:10PM - 3:25PM Drivers’ Meeting
3:45PM - 7:00PM Top 32 Qualifying
7:10PM - 7:25PM Drivers’ Meeting (announce Top 32)
8:00PM Venue Closes (drivers / vendors)
SATURDAY:
8:00AM Venue Opens (drivers / vendors)
8:40AM - 8:55AM Drivers‘ Meeting
9:00AM - 10:30AM Open Practice (Top 32)
10:40AM - 10:55AM Drivers’ Meeting
11:00AM Venue Opens (general admission)
11:20AM - 1:30PM Top 32 > Top 16 Qualifying
1:40PM - 2:00PM Drivers’ Meeting (announce Top 16 / explain opening ceremonies)
2:05PM - 2:35PM Driver Autograph Signing
2:35PM - 3:00PM Lunch
3:10PM - 3:30PM Open Practice (Top 16)
3:40PM - 4:00PM Opening Ceremonies
4:00PM - 6:15PM Top 16 Tandem Eliminations
6:15PM - 6:45PM Award Ceremonies
9:00PM Venue Closes (drivers / vendors)
MISC:Interested in volunteering or have any other questions, feel free to contact me at
brian@xtremedriftcircuit.com or by phone at 804-657-7626.
And Twitter 
accounts!