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rps13sh · 11-02-2004, 11:49 PM

looks like ford motor company is getting in on drifting following Pontiac with Ken Gushi on board. check it out! i dont know the facts but if you know something post it here...

rps13sh · 11-02-2004, 11:51 PM

rps13sh · 11-02-2004, 11:53 PM

rps13sh · 11-02-2004, 11:54 PM

now who saids drifting doesnt pay? these guys get a 6 figure salary for drifting. ditch the books kids and start drifting!

**mrmephistopheles** · 11-03-2004, 12:19 AM

Wow, Ken got picked up by Ford? Kickass!

Cool beans for Vaughn Gitten and Calvin! (let's hope the G has better luck than the FD)

Brian · 11-03-2004, 12:31 AM

Kevin, Chris and Tony also have green and blue cars

blu808 · 11-03-2004, 12:32 AM

Ken is getting 100k. Why didnt anyone care when i posted about this a few weeks ago?

Stay in school.

rps13sh · 11-03-2004, 12:38 AM

haha. its cause your going back to jail. sorry luke.

kingsol · 11-03-2004, 12:58 AM

those cars just look odd. I just don't see myself getting used to the whole "American Power" stuff... but big ups for all those guys getting a ton of money though...

holisticbeatz · 11-03-2004, 03:07 AM

It's trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeee

Like whoa..

omen2853 · 11-03-2004, 07:21 AM

i think itll be pretty badass to have american cars compete. power is power. itll be funny if at some point the crowds are littered with american and japanese flags at a competition or something. say for instance D1 next years turns into a US vs Japan battle (car wise)

memphiss13 · 11-03-2004, 08:48 AM

i can't wait to see these new cars tear it up. does anybody else think that this stuff might be growing too fast?

KiDyNomiTe · 11-03-2004, 10:06 AM

Forsbergs new car

adey · 11-03-2004, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by rookie2nr

does anybody else think that this stuff might be growing too fast?

Right here!! I don't know... these guys are all great drivers, but... BIG corporate sponsorships like this?!?! I don't know... I can't bring myself to call them professional drivers yet. They just don't seem to have the... anything, really. Other than popularity.

BTW anybody have any news/info on these new Falkens that they're trying so hard to hide??

SpeedMonkeyInc · 11-03-2004, 11:02 AM

Cool! The new Mustangs are sick. It will be really cool when Ford makes an IRS avalible.

JaeTea · 11-03-2004, 11:18 AM

Damn I just KNEW Ford was gonna sponsor a Mustang. Just never thought Ken Gushi would be piloting it.

Still waiting for a Chevy sponsored C6 to start competing.

rps13sh · 11-03-2004, 11:34 AM

whats IRS? a tax car?

*sykikchimp* · 11-03-2004, 12:18 PM

IRS = Independent Rear Suspension.. ala the 240sx.

HyperTek · 11-03-2004, 12:48 PM

anyone else notice he always has bad luck in events with crashing at every one?? HOpefully he will end his crashing streak in the mustang

HyperTek · 11-03-2004, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by rps13sh

Is that Papadakis in the corner?? "Hey what about meeh!?!? I wanna pic too" hahahha

hashiriya13 · 11-03-2004, 01:03 PM

It actually may be bad for anyone other than the original US D1 guys to get into competition drift soon. Just like about every other Pro racing they start when any normal guy with some skills or not can give it a try and make it. Then come big time sponsers, now everything changes. The more money that comes into drifting the more money it will take to do it. Try being a local driver and try to get into NASCAR, Indy, NHRA or any other pro series. With out big time sponsers or being rich its impossible. This is the future I see for drift in the US. I am glad I am going back to Japan So I can drift when and where I want pretty much. So all in all I think it is blowing up to fast.

nissYHralli · 11-03-2004, 01:30 PM

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s14vaxlr8 · 11-03-2004, 01:49 PM

no longer do i have to hold my breath and can see jr's car, ive been seeing prototypes, and its noice to see the final outcome
id like to be thanked for helping falcon obtain that gt also

gonzoes14k · 11-03-2004, 02:35 PM

I just feel there is a lot of eastcoast heads not getting there chance to shine. Plus the few who are its not coming from the huge companys.

Edgar · 11-03-2004, 03:54 PM

O damn

SR240DET · 11-03-2004, 04:54 PM

i hope the rest of the east coast people here see this.. and think that mustangs are good drift cars... that way my buddy can replace his broken s13..

KiDyNomiTe · 11-03-2004, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gonzoes14k

I just feel there is a lot of eastcoast heads not getting there chance to shine. Plus the few who are its not coming from the huge companys.

There are good people all over, and people are starting to realize this, but first step is getting big scale events in your area, little events like Drift Days, and DG Trials events won't attract any big name sponsors. Get sponsored by little shops and work your way up. Win some big scale events and be different.

rps13sh · 11-03-2004, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sykikchimp

IRS = Independent Rear Suspension.. ala the 240sx.

cobra's are independent. other than that i think they prefer the SRA cause stangs are mainly used for DRAG.

wootwoot · 11-03-2004, 06:27 PM

but are the new cobras going to be fully independent? i would like mustangs if they werent such pigs and such. anyone know the weight of the newer ones? anyword on the new cobras?

gonzoes14k · 11-03-2004, 07:50 PM

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There are good people all over, and people are starting to realize this, but first step is getting big scale events in your area, little events like Drift Days, and DG Trials events won't attract any big name sponsors. Get sponsored by little shops and work your way up. Win some big scale events and be different

I hear and understand you on that. Thats why I hope this season comin up it will get more supprt on this side. I am not even speaking for the vets cause I myself is a new head. Cause there are many vets who know and feel thay can stan toe to toe with the other best.

11-02-2004, 11:49 PM	#1
rps13sh Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cerritos, CA Posts: 1,098 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	KEN GUSHI and FORD motor co.??? looks like ford motor company is getting in on drifting following Pontiac with Ken Gushi on board. check it out! i dont know the facts but if you know something post it here...

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blu808 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Campbell, Ca Age: 42 Posts: 5,010 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Ken is getting 100k. Why didnt anyone care when i posted about this a few weeks ago? Stay in school. __________________

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rps13sh Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cerritos, CA Posts: 1,098 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	now who saids drifting doesnt pay? these guys get a 6 figure salary for drifting. ditch the books kids and start drifting!

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rps13sh Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cerritos, CA Posts: 1,098 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	haha. its cause your going back to jail. sorry luke.

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kingsol Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Berkeley/San Francisco Posts: 1,435 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	those cars just look odd. I just don't see myself getting used to the whole "American Power" stuff... but big ups for all those guys getting a ton of money though... __________________ There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. -Emerson

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omen2853 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: california, usa Age: 44 Posts: 316 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i think itll be pretty badass to have american cars compete. power is power. itll be funny if at some point the crowds are littered with american and japanese flags at a competition or something. say for instance D1 next years turns into a US vs Japan battle (car wise)

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memphiss13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cordova, TN Age: 41 Posts: 287 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i can't wait to see these new cars tear it up. does anybody else think that this stuff might be growing too fast?

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SpeedMonkeyInc Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland Age: 45 Posts: 1,271 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Cool! The new Mustangs are sick. It will be really cool when Ford makes an IRS avalible.

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rps13sh Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cerritos, CA Posts: 1,098 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	whats IRS? a tax car?

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sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 44 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	IRS = Independent Rear Suspension.. ala the 240sx. __________________

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HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,224 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	anyone else notice he always has bad luck in events with crashing at every one?? HOpefully he will end his crashing streak in the mustang __________________ Keep it Classy

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hashiriya13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Japan Age: 50 Posts: 185 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: hashiriya13 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	It actually may be bad for anyone other than the original US D1 guys to get into competition drift soon. Just like about every other Pro racing they start when any normal guy with some skills or not can give it a try and make it. Then come big time sponsers, now everything changes. The more money that comes into drifting the more money it will take to do it. Try being a local driver and try to get into NASCAR, Indy, NHRA or any other pro series. With out big time sponsers or being rich its impossible. This is the future I see for drift in the US. I am glad I am going back to Japan So I can drift when and where I want pretty much. So all in all I think it is blowing up to fast. __________________ MY CAR IS MY CAR, YOU DON'T LIKE I DON'T GIVE A SHIT If You are in need of stuff from Japan I can Help you out. Small stuff only, shoot me a PM. If You have bought or buy from me I finally have a review thread CLICK HERE

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s14vaxlr8 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DC Metro Age: 43 Posts: 522 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	no longer do i have to hold my breath and can see jr's car, ive been seeing prototypes, and its noice to see the final outcome id like to be thanked for helping falcon obtain that gt also

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gonzoes14k Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lynchburg,VA Age: 42 Posts: 626 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I just feel there is a lot of eastcoast heads not getting there chance to shine. Plus the few who are its not coming from the huge companys. __________________ "To establish the sports car, you have to race it," Zora Arkus-Duntov

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wootwoot Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: sarasota florida biatch Age: 39 Posts: 3,850 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	but are the new cobras going to be fully independent? i would like mustangs if they werent such pigs and such. anyone know the weight of the newer ones? anyword on the new cobras?