A lot of time and work went into this video. The video has a short montage front end followed by a linear progression though the Vegas Proam Round 2 just like Round 1. (continue reading…)

Click on scores to enlarge.

For those of you who missed the last installment of Vegasdrift aka VD18 too bad… just too bad. Just to start off, the timing of the event is just perfect… it got a little warm towards the end of the day but it didn’t stop the drivers to get aggressive with their driving either. The next VD/practice event will not happen in a couple months because of the weather and other outside events that the VD staff will be doing. Hopefully with the break the local drivers will have time to prepare and get their stuff together before the VegasProAm rd 2 begins and the night events in summer.
A lot of media coverage this weekend  Josh Herron and Will Roegge  of KEEP DRIFTING FUN , Joel Cada of  THIRD EYE, Brenton Ho Flickr,  Chris W CWPhotography, and a lot more that i have not personally met.

Josh Herron

Will Roegge
Im pretty sure a lot of people in the community know about this two individuals. Please support them and follow them on thier journey of making a DVD of KEEP DRIFTING FUN. They will be going around the US to cover most of the grassroots and formula d events. VD18 was thier 1st stop, and im sure they had a lot of footage for that event… just another thing you non-show guys missed! via tweeter, thay are in AZ now. goodluck guys!
Here are some pictures from CWPhotography from this weekend.

Forest doing a wall ride… not ones but about 70% of his runs was super close… the other 30% was either a tap, scrape, or a hair gap… he had some contacts that gave his Wang Machine some battle scars. A true drift driver that knows the high quality of drift showtime. One of my hero’s in drifting for sure.

battle scars! and this was done on a practice day event… both sides suffered scrapes and dents from both track 1-2. i’m sure the next event i will see this car it will be perfect again.
‘
here is another local Las Vegas kid who knows how to make an impression. Determined to have fun and to put on a show every time he is out there… hes like a little forest. Sick ass car, sounds like the Wang-Machine and all. in this picture he came in and gave that wall a little love tap. no major damage.

here is my good friend soon to be lawyer Inku Nam tearin it up. he drove my car too and had a little accident while doing it… nothing happened to my car and i will keep that little accident to my self. LoL.

Mike Pollard all the way from Minnesota state. he too suffered a hard crash towards the end of the day. He also drives at the D1 Grand Prix and will be flying back to Japan next week. Goodluck Minnesota Mike!

Josh Guild on the yellow car was driving really consistent all day and taking his time to drive smooth and easy… was definitely something new from him because he is usually super aggressive. He said that he is just practicing for next weeks TopDrift battle in HTM.

Dave Briggs behind Josh is a kid from Canada who is definitely making a name in the Pro Amateur series. JustDrift Top Drift , XDC points leader and VegasPROAM podium points holder. watch out for this guy in the future events.

here is a shot of me from Chris W. Photography… this is the the 1st outside clipping wall before the main sweeper. The course set up was the VegasPROAM but tweaked by Tommy Suell to be a lot (i mean a LOT) faster than the original course. it is really a big risk to get close to that wall from a very fast transition and coming from a high 3rd gear entry.

this is my money shot of the day. i remember this one in particular because i almost felt that wall touching the car… it was crazy i got away with that close of run. i call this “My Forest Stunt”.

and to end this blog post, a picture of Nick Dizon running around riding his pit bike around the track and pit area. very busy person every event.
Please check out http://www.vegasdrift.com for more info and pictures of the event.
Thanks to Chris W. for the pictures i used for this blog.
See you all guys next event!

=Mike Bolanos

VegasDrift hosted Vegas-ProAm Round One on March 13, 2010 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring Lot.  Local amateur drifters, as well as drivers from Utah, California, Arizona, and even Canada, went head-to-head in a Top 16 battle for points and prizes.
Formula Drift Judge, Ernie Fixmer (pictured below), explaining the Formula Drift-style scoring system at the qualification drivers meeting.

Jarod Deanda, the voice of Formula Drift and several Need for Speed video games, stands next to Team 671′s DJ Ortho, aka Anthony Del Rosario .
Media coverage included Wrecked Magazine, 4RP (Four Reel Productions), Kidyosh.com and SAVphoto.  Las Vegas model Mariel Mendoza was out signing Posters. 360 Imports Car Show hosted a charity car show benefitting the Clark County Injured Police Officers Fund.
Dstroyr Clothing displayed an amazing array of radical threads.

The event kicked off at 9:00 AM giving the drivers four hours of practice before the start of qualifications.

Court was in session with Vegas-ProAm judges, Ernie Fixmer (FD/D1/Driver), Tommy Suell and Mike Bolanos (local FD pros).
#2 qualifier and 4th place winner, Josh Guild, leads in an intense door-to-door practice run with Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis.

Joshua Guild and Mike “Bucky” Laing featured below were tandem in Top 4 Dave Briggs in his Blue S14 and Adrock Rosin Black SRD 350z

Congratulations to Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis on his VegasProAm Round One 1st place victory!!!  Local Las Vegas Driver Mike “Buckey” Laing came in a close 2nd!  Canadian David Briggs fought incredibly hard with amazing runs to fight his way to 3rd place.

Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis, 1st place!

Mike “Buckey” Laing, a local VegasDrift driver, earned some stripes this weekend and exchanged a lot of paint with the K-rail banners.

David Briggs, 3rd Place

VegasProAM Standings

We would like to personally thank our sponsors/supporters GPSCity.com, Sparco, CP Pistons, Wrecked Magazine, Dstroyr Clothing, 4RP (Four Reel Productions), First Source Signs, Emergency Hookers Towing, Motor Mavens, Jarod Deanda (The Voice of Drifting), Belle-1 Communications, 360 Car Show, Carrillo Rods, AITRacing.com, Paladin Automotive <–extra low lifts at their new shop!, DJ Ortho, and Formula Drift.

See you at Round 2!!

-WDizon