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Martins13 · 12-08-2010, 12:43 AM

What do you suggest to make D1GP as huge in the U.S.(As Big Or Bigger than FD)

I'm part of a team that is helping to advertise and change things in D1GP and your suggestions are very valuable =]

SHARKERIOcoupe · 12-08-2010, 12:48 AM

They say there's no room for two proffesional drift series...

Do IT

my brain is turning

Martins13 · 12-08-2010, 12:50 AM

i say there is...is just like another season of sports...but of a different caliber hopefully the same if not better

KansaiDrifter · 12-08-2010, 12:56 AM

Come up to the NW! haha Evergreen Speedway, Pacific Grand Prix, I'd love to see some jdm action up here lol.

But really I think it was mainly venues that seemed to be lacking that last season, didn't seem to have the impact of the previous seasons being in parking lots lol. Oh and less about girls being whores and more about drifting and cars

Ok so some whoring is ok...but not so much, used to be something you'd see dads with their young sons and daughters around but with so much of that it drives the family part back out of it. Put some class back into it.

MelloS13 · 12-08-2010, 01:17 AM

I heard that FD and D1 were gonna collaborate but D1 didn't agree to the terms, that would be great line up to see. MAKE IT HAPPEN CAP'n !! ^_^

Martins13 · 12-08-2010, 01:26 AM

i want chick drivers so the young daughter would come along, and abotu class D1 was never much of a whoring thing...but ill clean it up haha ..but ur right about venues ill bring that up for sure

s13 @ fullboost · 12-08-2010, 02:10 AM

advertise on speed channel man i watch that shit all the time and i am sure alot off other members do also

thefro526 · 12-08-2010, 06:48 AM

MAKE D1 A RELIABLE SERIES.

Seems like D1 has become the new Nopi with it's whole, "we're coming back, oh wait, we're not".

Rag · 12-08-2010, 09:57 AM

D1, FD, Nopi, XDC, etc...

Politics, politics and more politics with the occasional lie here and there.

ZX88 · 12-08-2010, 10:05 AM

V8's duh. mustangs, cameros, and shitty cars.

seriously.

more venues, equal amounts of events on east and west coast, more media coverage.

Martins13 · 12-08-2010, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526

MAKE D1 A RELIABLE SERIES.

Seems like D1 has become the new Nopi with it's whole, "we're coming back, oh wait, we're not".

will do...and it is comming back....better venues will be set up as welll

all show no go · 12-08-2010, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526

MAKE D1 A RELIABLE SERIES.

Seems like D1 has become the new Nopi with it's whole, "we're coming back, oh wait, we're not".

Exactly, Drama queens. Would like to see something new, but I'm really pessimistic.

all show no go · 12-08-2010, 12:03 PM

Okay, to not be so negative.. try this, Maybe bring most of the D1GP (Japan) roster. Those teams or privateers that can afford it anyway. Last D1 USA I went to in Anaheim there were only a handful of japan drivers; (Saito, Nomura, Tanaka, Kumakubo, Ueno) Entertaining drivers indeed, but it didn't feel like D1 circa 2004-2006. Maybe it was the parking lot track setup but it wasn't worth attending again really.

More drivers, I think I'll be content. Don't know if that will make it as big as FD, but it's one big step closer.

thefro526 · 12-08-2010, 12:13 PM

Shoot, I thought more.

Do you want to make D1 a cool series?

Make it so that it doesn't become this giant spending war like where Formula D is going.

Make it so that cars have to retain OEM Unibodies, loosen the cage rules a bit so people can keep their interior, judge based on how well the driver entertained the crowd, cap the displacement at no more than +1 litre from stock, etc.

That would be cool.

Martins13 · 12-08-2010, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thefro526

Shoot, I thought more.

Do you want to make D1 a cool series?

Make it so that it doesn't become this giant spending war like where Formula D is going.

Make it so that cars have to retain OEM Unibodies, loosen the cage rules a bit so people can keep their interior, judge based on how well the driver entertained the crowd, cap the displacement at no more than +1 litre from stock, etc.

That would be cool.

This is what im trying to get too because i believe FD has become a hp battle with toyota racing engines and what not.. i want mroe of a grassroots comming back but iwth a mainstream vibe

rweezly_s13 · 12-08-2010, 01:46 PM

bring in some drivers from japan to knock off
some of the garbage FD drivers...FD is boring
compared to D1...but that's just me
good luck with this!

dontxploitme · 12-08-2010, 02:19 PM

have D1 compete with FD drivers. this way the FD drivers will get spanked and D1 will then be bigger than FD

or advertise it as the ORIGINAL drift competition from japan so people will know

singlecamslam · 12-08-2010, 02:36 PM

I though D1 had a street legal class? I think thats an awesome class.

nieko · 12-08-2010, 03:03 PM

street legal class over here would be radddd

Landers · 12-08-2010, 03:14 PM

STREET LEGAL CLASS

Cater to those who dont have FD budgets.... the trade off?

Some might say its "boring" because they arent 800hp machines

ALSO compete on smaller tracks to make the drifting more exciting to watch, look at japan D1.
Whats more exciting? watching autopolis or sugo kart?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U7WSEgY_84

Landers · 12-08-2010, 03:21 PM

there is so much wrong with D1 usa.....goodluck buddd

nismobenzo · 12-08-2010, 03:33 PM

the more events around the country the better--more exposure--more fans--more $$

singlecamslam · 12-08-2010, 04:15 PM

Street legal class would be pretty intense. But street legal here in us = stock KA haha, atleast in CA. More grassroots type drifting, better tracks, better announcers, throwing that retarded ass rule book in the trash, better tracks.

fckillerbee · 12-08-2010, 04:16 PM

the problem with fd....is there are too many amatures trying to compete with pro's.

which means......there are only pro's competing. and pro's win, cause they have big budgets.

So make a class that can advance all the pro am guys, without having to shell out another 40k to just be remotely in the same class as these guys.

perfect example...just drift is one of the major organizations here the helps move amatures into FD.

all those cars are about 300whp. some more, some less. How does one get his license, and jump in with vaughn gitten and his mustang...or tanner foust and his nascar motor? or tuerk with his 800whp sky.....

Okay, so you make tire restrictions to weight....makes the playing field a littler more even...but tires are soooo different, that I can run a 245 r compound, and have the same grip as a 295 street tire.....so how does that make complete sense.

d1gp would be successful if drifting took longer than 15 minutes to complete the 32 bracket system.... why's it gotta be 32...?

or,...have a pro class...and an amature class. guys that have no cap...and guys that have a restriction.

the problem with entertaining a crowd with drifting is...the simple fact that waiting 10 minutes between runs is boring. I came to see drifting. Lets see it. the fact that out of 32 drivers....that means there are 32 runs. (1 lead 1 follow).

Give us excitement, I want to see driving...top 32 to top 16...in fd...there's an hour of gap. we walked around all day at 1pm to see the cars...why do we need to see the cars 3-4 more times that night...we don't we want waiting...so give us more cars, more drivers, more entertainment.

THAT IS ALL.

you can pm me.

ericcastro · 12-08-2010, 07:04 PM

A big problem is that FD told their drivers that they were not allowed to compete in D1 when it tried to come back last time.
Only a couple people said fuck it, i gotta try and make money, and showed, and those were none ofthe big sponsored guys.

The D1 drivers that came were amazing.
Saito was awesome. he hit the wall in the same part on every initiation.
When team orange and Saito came out and did triple tandem less then a foot apart going door to door to door, I was blown away.

Its not the driving level as much as a different kind of driving for that series.
If D1 got a section of laguna seca, it might get interesting.
But I am personally bored as shit of Irwindale.

nieko · 12-09-2010, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fckillerbee

Okay, so you make tire restrictions to weight....makes the playing field a littler more even...but tires are soooo different, that I can run a 245 r compound, and have the same grip as a 295 street tire.....so how does that make complete sense.

kinda random but...

I'm pretty sure they are all limited to street tires bro.

More drifting.
More close tandem.

that is all. hahaha

and pretty much everything castro and dave said

JayDee M Rolly · 12-09-2010, 01:13 AM

make it so that the drift event doesn't sound like a nascar event is happening.

thefro526 · 12-09-2010, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayDee M Rolly

make it so that the drift event doesn't sound like a nascar event is happening.

This guy has just won my undying respect. <3

Seems like a lot of us are on the same page, OP.

Make this like D1SL.

Partying in the streets will ensue.

Slidin' Sam · 12-09-2010, 06:40 AM

OP:

First, WHO are you?

Second, D1 needs to fix all their shit here in Japan before they try and head back to the states.

All other people:

D1SL is just SLIGHTLY de-tuned D1GP car's (because they have a cat) w/ a working radio! There is sooooo much money in D1SL now (not for payouts/prizes) that it is simply another D1GP series...slightly different tech and some different drivers, but everything else is the same.

As far as tire compound goes...you can run tires from an approved list, so everybody could run the same tire if they wanted to, so "245 r compound vs 295 street tire" is not a good argument.

I imagine "FD not letting drivers compete in D1" has something to do with D1 not letting drivers compete in FD/Red Bull World Series etc. D1 has complete control of their drivers! Soooo many politics involved. Oh, and FYI, Daigo wasn't supposed to win the championship....he is just a beast and put all of D1's golden children to shame.

As far as close tandems...the states just needs to catch up on the tsuiso game. All events (at all levels) in Japan run very close tsuiso...it's just the style over here I guess, and I really don't understand why they don't run close at ALL in the states.

battle_240sx · 12-09-2010, 10:30 AM

d1sl us small guys need something to do. there are toms of small guys out that have the skill but just dont have the money to do the big fd events. so i would say run small events around the us east and west and i mean east cause we reall dont have much here then do one big ass event like a three day one and invite all of the small guys. i would say like the top three or four from each of the small events get free transportation of there car and some tires. that would be great to see who is the best grassroots drifters in the states.

12-08-2010, 12:43 AM	#1
Martins13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: glendale Age: 32 Posts: 271 Trader Rating: (-1) Feedback Score: -1 reviews	D1GP Help What do you suggest to make D1GP as huge in the U.S.(As Big Or Bigger than FD) I'm part of a team that is helping to advertise and change things in D1GP and your suggestions are very valuable =]

12-08-2010, 12:48 AM	#2
SHARKERIOcoupe Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: iE Age: 39 Posts: 907 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	They say there's no room for two proffesional drift series... Do IT my brain is turning __________________ Yeah.. Umm no.... Rules Violation

12-08-2010, 01:17 AM	#5
MelloS13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: West Covina 626 Age: 40 Posts: 277 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	I heard that FD and D1 were gonna collaborate but D1 didn't agree to the terms, that would be great line up to see. MAKE IT HAPPEN CAP'n !! ^_^ __________________ O.o !

12-08-2010, 02:10 AM	#7
s13 @ fullboost Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: St.Petersburg,FL Posts: 2,549 Trader Rating: (15) Feedback Score: 15 reviews	advertise on speed channel man i watch that shit all the time and i am sure alot off other members do also __________________

12-08-2010, 06:48 AM	#8
thefro526 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,813 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	MAKE D1 A RELIABLE SERIES. Seems like D1 has become the new Nopi with it's whole, "we're coming back, oh wait, we're not". __________________ http://thefro526.wordpress.com/ Deto International

12-08-2010, 12:50 AM	#3
Martins13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: glendale Age: 32 Posts: 271 Trader Rating: (-1) Feedback Score: -1 reviews	i say there is...is just like another season of sports...but of a different caliber hopefully the same if not better

12-08-2010, 12:56 AM	#4
KansaiDrifter Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Marysville, WA Age: 38 Posts: 615 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Come up to the NW! haha Evergreen Speedway, Pacific Grand Prix, I'd love to see some jdm action up here lol. But really I think it was mainly venues that seemed to be lacking that last season, didn't seem to have the impact of the previous seasons being in parking lots lol. Oh and less about girls being whores and more about drifting and cars Ok so some whoring is ok...but not so much, used to be something you'd see dads with their young sons and daughters around but with so much of that it drives the family part back out of it. Put some class back into it.

12-08-2010, 01:26 AM	#6
Martins13 Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: glendale Age: 32 Posts: 271 Trader Rating: (-1) Feedback Score: -1 reviews	i want chick drivers so the young daughter would come along, and abotu class D1 was never much of a whoring thing...but ill clean it up haha ..but ur right about venues ill bring that up for sure

12-08-2010, 09:57 AM	#9
Rag Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 171 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	D1, FD, Nopi, XDC, etc... Politics, politics and more politics with the occasional lie here and there.

12-08-2010, 10:05 AM	#10
ZX88 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: ATX Age: 35 Posts: 2,946 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	V8's duh. mustangs, cameros, and shitty cars. seriously. more venues, equal amounts of events on east and west coast, more media coverage.

12-08-2010, 12:03 PM	#13
all show no go Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SoCal (909) (951) Age: 37 Posts: 1,013 Trader Rating: (15) Feedback Score: 15 reviews	Okay, to not be so negative.. try this, Maybe bring most of the D1GP (Japan) roster. Those teams or privateers that can afford it anyway. Last D1 USA I went to in Anaheim there were only a handful of japan drivers; (Saito, Nomura, Tanaka, Kumakubo, Ueno) Entertaining drivers indeed, but it didn't feel like D1 circa 2004-2006. Maybe it was the parking lot track setup but it wasn't worth attending again really. More drivers, I think I'll be content. Don't know if that will make it as big as FD, but it's one big step closer. __________________

12-08-2010, 12:13 PM	#14
thefro526 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,813 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Shoot, I thought more. Do you want to make D1 a cool series? Make it so that it doesn't become this giant spending war like where Formula D is going. Make it so that cars have to retain OEM Unibodies, loosen the cage rules a bit so people can keep their interior, judge based on how well the driver entertained the crowd, cap the displacement at no more than +1 litre from stock, etc. That would be cool. __________________ http://thefro526.wordpress.com/ Deto International

12-08-2010, 01:46 PM	#16
rweezly_s13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: okinawa, japan Age: 33 Posts: 105 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	bring in some drivers from japan to knock off some of the garbage FD drivers...FD is boring compared to D1...but that's just me good luck with this!

12-08-2010, 02:19 PM	#17
dontxploitme Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ontario, Cali Age: 34 Posts: 992 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	have D1 compete with FD drivers. this way the FD drivers will get spanked and D1 will then be bigger than FD or advertise it as the ORIGINAL drift competition from japan so people will know

12-08-2010, 02:36 PM	#18
singlecamslam Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Norcal Posts: 2,534 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	I though D1 had a street legal class? I think thats an awesome class. __________________ Nothing says racecar like a stock car with no interior.

12-08-2010, 03:03 PM	#19
nieko Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Westminster Age: 33 Posts: 2,695 Trader Rating: (14) Feedback Score: 14 reviews	street legal class over here would be radddd

12-08-2010, 03:14 PM	#20
Landers Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: W Mass. Age: 36 Posts: 561 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: Landers Feedback Score: 3 reviews	STREET LEGAL CLASS Cater to those who dont have FD budgets.... the trade off? Some might say its "boring" because they arent 800hp machines ALSO compete on smaller tracks to make the drifting more exciting to watch, look at japan D1. Whats more exciting? watching autopolis or sugo kart? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U7WSEgY_84 __________________ d-faction.com

12-08-2010, 03:21 PM	#21
Landers Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: W Mass. Age: 36 Posts: 561 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: Landers Feedback Score: 3 reviews	there is so much wrong with D1 usa.....goodluck buddd __________________ d-faction.com

12-08-2010, 03:33 PM	#22
nismobenzo Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: 405 okc Posts: 394 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the more events around the country the better--more exposure--more fans--more $$

12-08-2010, 04:15 PM	#23
singlecamslam Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Norcal Posts: 2,534 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Street legal class would be pretty intense. But street legal here in us = stock KA haha, atleast in CA. More grassroots type drifting, better tracks, better announcers, throwing that retarded ass rule book in the trash, better tracks. __________________ Nothing says racecar like a stock car with no interior.

12-08-2010, 04:16 PM	#24
fckillerbee Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Age: 39 Posts: 4,266 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	the problem with fd....is there are too many amatures trying to compete with pro's. which means......there are only pro's competing. and pro's win, cause they have big budgets. So make a class that can advance all the pro am guys, without having to shell out another 40k to just be remotely in the same class as these guys. perfect example...just drift is one of the major organizations here the helps move amatures into FD. all those cars are about 300whp. some more, some less. How does one get his license, and jump in with vaughn gitten and his mustang...or tanner foust and his nascar motor? or tuerk with his 800whp sky..... Okay, so you make tire restrictions to weight....makes the playing field a littler more even...but tires are soooo different, that I can run a 245 r compound, and have the same grip as a 295 street tire.....so how does that make complete sense. d1gp would be successful if drifting took longer than 15 minutes to complete the 32 bracket system.... why's it gotta be 32...? or,...have a pro class...and an amature class. guys that have no cap...and guys that have a restriction. the problem with entertaining a crowd with drifting is...the simple fact that waiting 10 minutes between runs is boring. I came to see drifting. Lets see it. the fact that out of 32 drivers....that means there are 32 runs. (1 lead 1 follow). Give us excitement, I want to see driving...top 32 to top 16...in fd...there's an hour of gap. we walked around all day at 1pm to see the cars...why do we need to see the cars 3-4 more times that night...we don't we want waiting...so give us more cars, more drivers, more entertainment. THAT IS ALL. you can pm me.

12-09-2010, 06:40 AM	#29
Slidin' Sam Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Japan Posts: 729 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	OP: First, WHO are you? Second, D1 needs to fix all their shit here in Japan before they try and head back to the states. All other people: D1SL is just SLIGHTLY de-tuned D1GP car's (because they have a cat) w/ a working radio! There is sooooo much money in D1SL now (not for payouts/prizes) that it is simply another D1GP series...slightly different tech and some different drivers, but everything else is the same. As far as tire compound goes...you can run tires from an approved list, so everybody could run the same tire if they wanted to, so "245 r compound vs 295 street tire" is not a good argument. I imagine "FD not letting drivers compete in D1" has something to do with D1 not letting drivers compete in FD/Red Bull World Series etc. D1 has complete control of their drivers! Soooo many politics involved. Oh, and FYI, Daigo wasn't supposed to win the championship....he is just a beast and put all of D1's golden children to shame. As far as close tandems...the states just needs to catch up on the tsuiso game. All events (at all levels) in Japan run very close tsuiso...it's just the style over here I guess, and I really don't understand why they don't run close at ALL in the states. __________________

12-09-2010, 10:30 AM	#30
battle_240sx Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: jacksonville nc Age: 39 Posts: 95 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	d1sl us small guys need something to do. there are toms of small guys out that have the skill but just dont have the money to do the big fd events. so i would say run small events around the us east and west and i mean east cause we reall dont have much here then do one big ass event like a three day one and invite all of the small guys. i would say like the top three or four from each of the small events get free transportation of there car and some tires. that would be great to see who is the best grassroots drifters in the states.