HAWAIIANBUILT

HEY SCIONLIFE FOLKS !!!

SATURDAY APRIL 12, 2008 MARKED THE FORMULA DRIFT IN LONG BEACH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA !!!



On behalf of the FUSCION FAMILY we'd like to extend a BIG THANK you to SCION REGIONAL, SCION CORPORATE and ALL THOSE RESPONSIBLE for a wonderful time there at the SCION VIP EVENT there at the Formula Drift !!!

Here are some of the pix I took that great HOT Saturday afternoon !!!



Getting prepared for the HEAT ahead ...




Then it was time to head to the freeways !!!

Following this great Drifting Legend ...



Then this fella onto the Toyota Grand Prix Speedway ...




Then we were off to head to the Formula D !!!




Quick Pit Stop Foto Opp with Mr. Sparkle !!!



And we made it !!!





Time to go through Formula D Age Check Station ...



Then Quick Sign In for some great SCION GOODIES !!!



SCION VIP STYLE !!!



Who was already on site ?? Our friends from SE !!!



And the FUSCION FAMILY with our FRIENDS HECTOR & MIKEY from SCINERGY SO CAL !!!



After the GREAT LUNCH and REFRESHMENTS ...



THE CROWDS !!!





Then it was time to head to the VENDORS !!!






And the Orange County Weekly Magazine's Spin the Wheel !!!

Amy up First !!!



Then Mr. Sparkle !!!



Some RC DRIFTERS on SITE !!!





That's spelled with a "C" Folks !!!



Then it was time to check out just some of the MANY GREAT TRUE LIFE RIDES OUT THERE !!!



















Some FAMILIAR FRIEND'S RIDES OUT THERE THAT DAY ...

MIKE MA !!!



MIKEY ROMERO !!!




Then it was time to check out the DRIFTING !!!

I wasn't able to get too good of a view, so the following are what I was able to take ...

Some of the Drifters ...



Fuel for the Machines ...



Then time to DRIFT !!!










Amongst ALL of the DRIFTERS that afternoon ... WHICH WAS MY FAVORITE ??

The REAR WHEEL DRIVE SCION tC of course !!!



As SEEN HERE AT IT'S BOOTH ...









And here, ON THE TRACK !!!



I wasn't able to take pics of the SCION VIP CARS that afternoon, Im sure our buddy James took great shots of those for us !!! Great to run into ya James, share some of your great photos with us all !!!

And so instead I took my favorite shots that day ...

DAY WITH THE FUSCION FOLKS !!!



LUCKY DARREN ...



LUCKY ART & MARK & DARREN !!!



DARREN with this AWESOME HD ...



AWWWW ... HELLO KITTY Representin' !!!



AND this HAWT-T !!!



ANOTHER HAWT-T FOR MARK !!!



OMG !!!



DARREN is THE MAN !!!



WHAT A WAY TO BEAT THE HEAT TOGETHER !!!

JDM UMBRELLA TIME with D-MAN, JPAT, and RYAN !!!



ANOTHER HAWT-T beating the HEAT that day ...



JPAT dreaming to be a DRIFTER someday ...



MR. SPARKLE WON THE GRAND RAFFLE PRIZE (JP BODYKIT) AT THE NISMO BOOTH !!! (And it 's NOT this HAWT-T !!!)

Congratulations JOHN !!!



Darren beatin' the heat with his NEW JDM APEX-i UMBRELLA !!!



Major PHOTOSHOOT going on !!!




I couldn't stay for the SCION VIP TROPHY AWARDS THAT DAY ...

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS, SORRY I COULDN'T BE THERE !!!



But in the MEANTIME, here are some of FAUX-WINNING FUSCION'S WACKY FOLKS WITH THE TROPHIES AND HAWT-T MODEL !!!





After the great time out there with EVERYONE, it was time to head back home ...

Stay tuned for the upcoming event pix for the Toyota Grand Prix !!!



This post is dedicated to our FUSCION BROTHER DARREN ...

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU BROTHER !!!



Great Times Ahead ... Together Always.

kevsXB

who won what???

AcidDrop

iTrader: (4)

nice pics.

dmxb

i won the award for most pix taken with models award!

j/k we were playing around causeing trouble

HAWAIIANBUILT

HEY SCIONLIFE FOLKS !!!

Again, I was unable to stay for the Scion VIP Trophy Awards that afternoon ...

The trophy pix I posted were just "pretend" since I couldn't be there for the actual awards.

If anyone took pix of the winners, PLEASE POST UP !!!.

Big Congrats to ALL THE WINNERS !!!

bB626

great pics Rodney! i wish i was in Darren's place. hehehe....

INFINI

iTrader: (1)

great coverage dude!

dbgchef

Nice pics rodney!

Phionix

here some pics that i took:

First Drift tC:












this guy ended up going into the tires to avoid another car and didnt race again






This area had the best angles but then we were kicked out....psshhhh




Heres the tC for you up close:














This was the loudest car there, Corvette:








Skyline:






Ford Falken:




First turns:




Taking the right line - look how close the other car is. This was the top 16 dual race:

jurassic1

Thanks for sharing the pics guys!

HAWAIIANBUILT

THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS FOLKS !!!



That day was AMAZINGLY HOT !!! With so much going on out there, it really was and AWESOME TIME that DAY !!!

And YEAH ...

DARREN was DA MAN ... HE WON THE TROPHY FOR BIGGEST HOTTIE FLIRT that AFTERNOON !!! J/K



SEE YOU ALL AGAIN SOON !!!

HeartBreaker

My contribution to this thread...

Video of the Drift tC in action...

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=32277990

Enjoy!

GammaTNT

iTrader: (8)

thanks for the pics and videos, i hope the see Formula D in Nj this year.

INFINI

iTrader: (1)

NICE!! I want to go to more Drift races now

XBBOY

thanks for sharing the pics Rodney..always good to see ya at the events bro..Peace

AzNpNoY74

I went last year... its fun seeing all the ricers on the frwy heading over there cuz you know where most of them are goin...

PartieBoiTc4

NOOOO!!!! i wanted to go!!!!! ATI tc and the drift tc :drool: and JERI LEE!!!! (my future gf)..

HAWAIIANBUILT

:BOW: HEY FOLKS !!!

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE LONG BEACH TOYOTA GRAND PRIX APRIL 18-20 !!!




Rodney