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*Brian* · 07-15-2009, 11:20 AM

SLIDE SQUAD, right?

They had those cars in Super Street magazine a long time ago.

BustedS13 · 07-15-2009, 11:23 AM

pretty sure the first American drift technician was "Lisa Kubo".

or was it "Sharon Sotto", she had a lot to do with the import "scene"

*slidin_W.O.P* · 07-15-2009, 11:45 AM

Somebody told me it was you lol...

guess not

HyperTek · 07-15-2009, 12:17 PM

i have that issue somewhere with ricky chu's s14 on the cover, and the article with slidesquad, blue s13 & the camo civic.. did he really drift that?

where they doin it b4 sileightymaina?

remember Drifting magazine said Brian Norris was an OG

MrMigs · 07-15-2009, 12:22 PM

wtf lol... well, I remember Andy Yen smashing it up on the mountains in his funky beige hachi-rolla way back like in 1999/2000. Bastard was freaking fast and reckless lol. Only way to roll.

zorak · 07-15-2009, 12:26 PM

stunt drivers in the 90s.

IDK.

*racepar1* · 07-15-2009, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HyperTek

i have that issue somewhere with ricky chu's s14 on the cover, and the article with slidesquad, blue s13 & the camo civic.. did he really drift that?

where they doin it b4 sileightymaina?

remember Drifting magazine said Brian Norris was an OG

Yes they REALLY did drift the civic. The guy's name was Dave as I remember, but I could be wrong. I hung out with him and Mark once, got to ride in the infamous blue coupe. That car is why I fell in love with 240's. Those guys are almost certainly the first US drifters to be publicized in any way, but I know there were others before that never got any publicity.

IIIXziuR · 07-15-2009, 12:30 PM

John Rambo was a drifter back in 1982.

DMaxUSA · 07-15-2009, 12:47 PM

I would say Slide Squad was the first team that got any sort of public media attention, but they definitely were not the first.

I remember there were a bunch of guys at the original TRD office in Torrance that would drift. This is back in 1993-1994.

Also, I've seen pictures of Ito-san from WELD drifting in the U.S. when he was a race mechanic in Nascar. Although he's from Japan, he drove with some local american guys.

*karl wasabi* · 07-15-2009, 01:15 PM

Slide Squad!!! Hell yeah.

I own Mark's old coupe. haha.

***ThatGuy*** · 07-15-2009, 02:58 PM

Open wheel racers have been drifting since the 1940s or earlier.

ZX88 · 07-16-2009, 05:34 PM

DAMN sick stretch~!~!

qt_240 · 07-16-2009, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thatguy

open wheel racers have been drifting since the 1940s or earlier.

... Amen .....

Matej · 07-16-2009, 07:23 PM

Haruguchi.

Pretty sure he was the first American drifter.

BustedS13 · 07-16-2009, 07:42 PM

it was Jonny Wong. that's why people refer to drifting as getting "The Wong Way".

*ixfxi* · 07-16-2009, 11:41 PM

ernie

fixmer

0100 · 07-17-2009, 12:06 AM

the best thing about dave's site was the:

you don't know shit about kid Icarus

ZenkiKid · 07-17-2009, 01:35 AM

My vote also goes to Ernie Fixmer.

I think this is the or one of the first major drift event(s) in the US: Drift session hawaii (ross petty was apart of these events)

oh yeah, this guy is pretty old school

www.nekopunch.com

*Brian* · 07-17-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0100

the best thing about dave's site was the:

you don't know shit about kid Icarus

hahah aha

chitownguy · 07-17-2009, 03:46 PM

Dave sold me my S30.

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HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 10,635 Trader Rating: (0)	i have that issue somewhere with ricky chu's s14 on the cover, and the article with slidesquad, blue s13 & the camo civic.. did he really drift that? where they doin it b4 sileightymaina? remember Drifting magazine said Brian Norris was an OG __________________ relax its just cars

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DMaxUSA Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 566 Trader Rating: (0)	I would say Slide Squad was the first team that got any sort of public media attention, but they definitely were not the first. I remember there were a bunch of guys at the original TRD office in Torrance that would drift. This is back in 1993-1994. Also, I've seen pictures of Ito-san from WELD drifting in the U.S. when he was a race mechanic in Nascar. Although he's from Japan, he drove with some local american guys. __________________ d-maxusa.blogspot.com

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BustedS13 In time-out for misbehaving. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: STL Age: 25 Posts: 7,862 Trader Rating: (0)	pretty sure the first American drift technician was "Lisa Kubo". or was it "Sharon Sotto", she had a lot to do with the import "scene"

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zorak Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: snellville, ga Age: 19 Posts: 248 Trader Rating: (4) Rides Gallery: zorak	stunt drivers in the 90s. IDK.

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ZenkiKid Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 985 Trader Rating: (4)	My vote also goes to Ernie Fixmer. I think this is the or one of the first major drift event(s) in the US: Drift session hawaii (ross petty was apart of these events) oh yeah, this guy is pretty old school www.nekopunch.com

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