What an exciting weekend. Formula D and Red Bull came together to put on one of the biggest and baddest drifting competitions the US has ever seen.
On November 16, 2008, at a hidden, unorthodox track location in Long Beach, CA the best drifters from all over the world put their money where the mouth was.
The winners were as follows:
1st Place - Rhys Millen
2nd Place - Daijiro Yoshihara
3rd Place - Tanner Foust
RED BULL DRIFTING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INVITATION LIST:
Tanner Foust FD USA Final Standings, 2007 & 2008 FD Champ
Samuel Hubinette FD Sweden/USA Final Standings, 2004 & 2006 FD Champ
Rhys Millen FD New Zealand/USA Final Standings, 2005 FD Champ
Daijiro Yoshihara FD Japan Final Standings
Chris Forsberg FD USA Final Standings
Michihiro Takatori FD Japan Final Standings
Vaughn Gittin, Jr. FD USA Final Standings
Conrad Grunewald FD USA Final Standings
Robbie Nishida FD Japan/USA Final Standings
Ryuji Miki FD Japan Final Standings, 2004 D1 Champ
Darren McNamara FD Ireland Final Standings, 2006 Pro Drift Champ
Stephan Verdier FD France/USA Final Standings
Ken Gushi FD Japan/USA Final Standings
Bill Sherman FD USA Final Standings
Justin Pawlak FD USA Final Standings
Kyle Mohan FD USA Final Standings
Katsuhiro Ueo D1GP Japan 2002 D1 Champ
Daigo Saito D1GP Japan 2008 D1GP Champ
Garry Whitter D1NZ 1 New Zealand 2008 D1NZ Champ
Fredrick Girard DMCC Canada 2008 DMCC Champ
Luke Fink Drift Australia Australia 2008 Drift Australia 2nd Place
Leighton Fine Drift Australia Australia 2008 Drift Australia Champ
Tim Marshall EDC UK 2008 EDC 2nd Place
Ben Broke-Smith EDC UK 2008 EDC Champ
Tengku Djan Ley FD SG Malaysia 2008 FD SG 2nd Place
Mike Whiddet FD SG New Zealand 2008 FD SG 3rd Place
Paul Vlasblom IDS Netherlands 2008 IDS Champ or runner-up
Remmo Niezen IDS Netherlands 2009 IDS Champ or runner-up
Fredric Aasbo Nordic Drift Norway 2008 Nordic Drifting Series Champ
Carl Ruiterman NZ Drift New Zealand 2008 NZ Drift Champ
Eric O'Sullivan Pro Drift Ireland 2007 Pro Drift Champ
James Deane Pro Drift Ireland 2008 Pro Drift Champ
Photos courtesy of Live Sockets Entertainment.
