Well it has been a few weeks since you have heard from me. Record snowfall here in Regina, SK has led to record amounts of work for myself since making it back home from Las Vegas at the beginning of November. So, first of all, I would like to thank Ryan for stepping up to the plate last Monday and giving everyone something to read. That being said, let’s get this show on the road…..
For the first time in its 39 years, the world-famous Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 19-21, 2013, will offer night racing with the inaugural Formula DRIFT Super Drift Challenge on Friday and Saturday nights during race weekend.
The Formula DRIFT Super Drift Challenge, which will take place at 7 p.m. on the eastern end of the race circuit – turns nine, 10 and 11 – is expected to feature 16 of the sport’s top cars and drivers including 2012 Formula DRIFT champion Daigo Saito, 2011 champ Daijiro Yoshihara, plus Frederic Aasbo, Aurimas Bakchis, Michael Essa, Conrad Grunewald, Ken Gushi, Tyler McQuarrie, Robbie Nishida, Justin Pawlak, Matt Powers and others to be announced. Friday’s action will include practice and qualifying runs, while Saturday will see the teams compete for a $25,000 prize. On Sunday, the Super Drift Challenge cars will drift the entire race circuit after the featured IZOD IndyCar Series race. (Courtesy FormulaD.com)
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It is hard to believe that here in Regina we have received more snow in the month of November than we got all of last winter. A few weekends ago after the first dump of a foot of snow I witnessed a bunch of the local Subaru guys out terrorizing the snow filled streets of the city early on a Sunday morning. Later I learned they were all cruising out to Terry Albert’s acreage to participate in a solo style RallyX event. Apparently another one is taking place next weekend and I am going to see if I can get one of our photographer guys to brave the cold and take some pics and supply some coverage of the event for all to see. (Ryan I am looking at you)
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Our Utah friend Brandon Wicknick has started up his own blog which looks to be following his everyday life and his pursuit of a professional drift career. Check his first post out at http://bwicknick.wordpress.com/ and keep your eyes peeled here at DODOlogic for a feature on what Brandon and the other D-Spare guys from Salt Lake City are doing down in Utah.
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Everyone likes Mad Mike from New Zealand. So whatever he does people usually get behind. Mike and Redbull put together this little thing over the weekend called the ‘Red Bull Drift Shifters’. Think pinball but for drift cars. Matt Powers won the whole shabang after qualifying with a score of 1.8-million he won with a score of 2.8-million. Yup. Search Youtube for lots of cellphone vids of the event.
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The Fast and the Furious 6 is currently in production and an ‘Official’ trailer has been found on the net. Damn, I love Jason Statham…..