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"LOS ANGELES (October, 28, 2008) – As the founder of Drift Racing, D1 Grand Prix (www.d1gp.com) is announcing its official return to the United States in 2009. For the past year, the D1 Grand Prix management team has been quietly and strategically working to develop a new drift program that will deliver a high impact and energized competitive racing series to the United States, but with an all-new entertainment component that sets it apart from any other racing series in the U.S.
What will truly separate the D1GP (USA) racing series from any other drift program are the event locations that will draw larger crowds and will build a new fan base for the sport of drifting. The D1GP USA events will take place in downtown city locations that serve as a central area to the surrounding communities.
The all-new D1GP USA series will be operated by Southern California based, Driven Events. The company has licensed D1 Grand Prix USA and share a long term vision with D1GP (Japan) to produce the race programs in the United States. The license agreement also includes rights to Canada. The management team behind Driven Events includes the original founders of Hot Import Nights responsible for much of the industries growth before they sold HIN in 2004 and Imagine Media Group, producers of events such as Extreme Autofest. What this means to the industry is the events for the D1 Grand Prix USA are being hosted by industry professionals with the leadership and experience to make D1 bigger and better than it previously was.
For the past year, there have been many questions raised as to whether D1 Grand Prix would come back to the U.S. The answer has always been yes; however, the key to bringing the racing series back to U.S. soil surrounded the establishment of a new management team and the timely development of a program that would separate it from other drift racing programs already competing here.
As part of D1GP USA’s development and strategic growth, the organization will be working closely with D1GP Japan’s new President, Isao Saita. With his successful redevelopment of D1 in Japan, Mr. Saita will be an asset to ensure the racing meets the high standards of D1 which is known the world over as the pinnacle of all drift competitions.
D1GP has already been in communication with many of the current D1GP drivers in Japan and they have been building specific cars that will be shipped and stored in the U.S. to compete in the new racing program. The drivers will simply have to fly in for the events.
D1GP USA will be releasing more information on the schedule, locations, drivers and overall program in the coming months.
For more information on the D1GP USA series, please visit (www.d1gp.com), or call Driven Events at (949) 252-0155.
For media inquires please call Michael Caudill, DRIVEN Media Communications, (www.drivenontheweb.com) 951-587-9465.
Written by Michael Caudill"
"LOS ANGELES (October, 28, 2008) – As the founder of Drift Racing, D1 Grand Prix (www.d1gp.com) is announcing its official return to the United States in 2009. For the past year, the D1 Grand Prix management team has been quietly and strategically working to develop a new drift program that will deliver a high impact and energized competitive racing series to the United States, but with an all-new entertainment component that sets it apart from any other racing series in the U.S.
What will truly separate the D1GP (USA) racing series from any other drift program are the event locations that will draw larger crowds and will build a new fan base for the sport of drifting. The D1GP USA events will take place in downtown city locations that serve as a central area to the surrounding communities.
The all-new D1GP USA series will be operated by Southern California based, Driven Events. The company has licensed D1 Grand Prix USA and share a long term vision with D1GP (Japan) to produce the race programs in the United States. The license agreement also includes rights to Canada. The management team behind Driven Events includes the original founders of Hot Import Nights responsible for much of the industries growth before they sold HIN in 2004 and Imagine Media Group, producers of events such as Extreme Autofest. What this means to the industry is the events for the D1 Grand Prix USA are being hosted by industry professionals with the leadership and experience to make D1 bigger and better than it previously was.
For the past year, there have been many questions raised as to whether D1 Grand Prix would come back to the U.S. The answer has always been yes; however, the key to bringing the racing series back to U.S. soil surrounded the establishment of a new management team and the timely development of a program that would separate it from other drift racing programs already competing here.
As part of D1GP USA’s development and strategic growth, the organization will be working closely with D1GP Japan’s new President, Isao Saita. With his successful redevelopment of D1 in Japan, Mr. Saita will be an asset to ensure the racing meets the high standards of D1 which is known the world over as the pinnacle of all drift competitions.
D1GP has already been in communication with many of the current D1GP drivers in Japan and they have been building specific cars that will be shipped and stored in the U.S. to compete in the new racing program. The drivers will simply have to fly in for the events.
D1GP USA will be releasing more information on the schedule, locations, drivers and overall program in the coming months.
For more information on the D1GP USA series, please visit (www.d1gp.com), or call Driven Events at (949) 252-0155.
For media inquires please call Michael Caudill, DRIVEN Media Communications, (www.drivenontheweb.com) 951-587-9465.
Written by Michael Caudill"
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