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D1GP 2005 Day 3 – Main Event – USA vs Japan

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D1GP 2005 Day 3 – Main Event – USA vs Japan

D1 Grand Prix 2005 USA vs Japan This exciting weekend composed of U.S. and Japanese drivers going head to head for the honors of winning this exhibition match. In the end, JR Gittin wins it all for Team USA!


D1GP 2005 Day 2 – Qualifying and Practice

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D1GP 2005 Day 2 – Qualifying and Practice

D1 Grand Prix 2005 USA vs Japan – Day 2 Qualifying and Practice A day of practice and qualifying for both the U.S. and Japanese drivers. The intense battle puts the drivers against themselves to qualify for the top 32 and then practice sessions for the rest of the afternoon.


D1GP 2005 Day 1 – Driver Search and Practice

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D1GP 2005 Day 1 – Driver Search and Practice

D1 Grand Prix 2005 USA vs Japan – Driver Search and Practice The first day three for a long weekend of great drifting from U.S. and Japan Drivers. Teams and drivers got a chance to test their cars and drift the track at Irwindale speedway.


D1GP 2005 Pits Days 1-3

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D1GP 2005 Pits Days 1-3

D1 Grand Prix 2005 USA vs Japan – Pits, Models, and Cars This gallery features all of the action in the pits with cars getting worked on, vendors, sponsor booths, and models. You can find all the vehicles before they may have been damaged from the weekends intense competition.


D1 Grand Prix 2005 Round 1

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D1 Grand Prix 2005 Round 1

D1 Grand Prix 2005 Kazama wins in Kei Office Silvia! The first win of the 2005 D1 seasons goes to Kazama with an outstanding win over Imamura. Many good matches were seen in true close tandem drifting.


D1GP 2005 Round 1 Qualifying

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D1GP 2005 Round 1 Qualifying

Febuary 2005 – the first day of qualifying took place at Irwindale Speedway. Teams from Japan and U.S. prepared their vehicles to practice and qualify for the followind day’s competition. Some U.S. drivers earned their D1 licenses the day of to be able to run in qualifying.


D1GP 2005 Round 1 Pits

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D1GP 2005 Round 1 Pits

D1GP 2005 Round 1 Pits – this gallery features all the drift cars in the pits, along with models, car show vehicles and vendor booths. Tarzan Yamada gave drifting demos and entertained the crowd with the models.


D1GP 2004 Pits at GT Live

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D1GP 2004 Pits at GT Live

D1 Grand Prix US vs. Japan Pits at GT Live California Speedway Here’s a behind the scenes look at some of the Japanese D1 drift cars in the pits, from the D1GP 2004 event in December 2004 at GT Live.


D1GP 2004 U.S. vs Japan at GT Live

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D1GP 2004 U.S. vs Japan at GT Live

December 2004, the D1 Grand Prix held a U.S. vs. Japan match, along side with GT Live at California Speedway. The GT Live event featured Japanese race cars from the JGTC series and held races through out the day and ending at night. The night event featured the drift cars in the D1GP


D1 Grand Prix USA 2004

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D1 Grand Prix USA 2004

February 2004 is the second visit of the D1 Grand Prix from the land of the rising sun! Drifting is officially the new craze of the U.S. with many excited fans around this country attending this event. Drifting is here to stay… One more time! Photos by Julius Mayo Jr.


2011 Event Schedule

Formula D 2011

April 8-9 Long Beach GP – Long Beach, CA

May 6-7 Road Atlanta – Braselton, GA

June 3-4 - Palm Beach International Raceway

June 17-18 Wall Speedway – Wall, NJ

July 22-23 Evergreen Speedway – Monroe, WA

August 26-27 Las Vegas Motor Speedway

October 7-8 Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

XDC 2011

February 19 Del Mar Fairgrounds – San Diego
March 12 Toyota Speedway at Irwindale
April 23 Firebird International Raceway – Phoenix
May 15 Central Florida Racing Complex – Orlando
June 18 Summit Point Raceway – West Virginia
July 3 Charlotte Motor Speedway – Charlotte
August 14 PGP Motorsports Park – Seattle
Sept. 4/5 St Eustache Autodrome – Montreal QC
Sept. 24 Texas Motor Speedway – Dallas
October 8 Virginia International RW – Virginia
Dec. 10 Blaisdell Exhibition Center – Honolulu