(TODAY) RED BULL Drifting World Championship LONG BEACH Nov 15-16

[Formula D]

So I'm a little confused on how the seating is working out, I and 4 other people were just going to show up and buy our tickets there but is that not going to work since it's reserved?

no you can show up and buy your tix on the day of if you want. It isn't the most cost effective but you can do that. The two day ticket online is $35 which is the most cost effective ticket and gets you a seat guaranteed both days. If you prefer to buy onsite saturday or sunday you can do that too. See the RB event page on our site for ticket prices.


How do I purchase tickets and how much are they?

Pre-Sale Online
2-Day Reserved Seating: $35.00 “Most Cost Effective Reserved Ticket”
2-Day VIP (includes Parking, Meals, and Beverages): $150.00

Sale Prices at Event
Sunday only GA: $30.00 – Not guaranteed. Will only go on-sale if Reserved Seating is full
2-day General Admission: $45.00 – Not guaranteed. Will only go on-sale if Reserved Seating is full Sunday Only Reserved: $40.00
2-Day Reserved: $50.00
2-Day VIP $200.00

[eomund240]

Originally Posted by gigglesnirt

So I'm a little confused on how the seating is working out, I and 4 other people were just going to show up and buy our tickets there but is that not going to work since it's reserved?

Plus you get better seats if you buy 'em now.

Got my tickets ordered and hotel reserved. Now all I have to do is wait...

[gigglesnirt]

Yeah i talked with everyone going, i think we're just buying all our tickets now with one purchase to make it easy.

[Formula D]

If you buy your tix online, you just roll up to the convention center, hit will call, grab your tix, hop on the tram and you are done. If you buy on-site, you have to go through one more step of buying them at the box office. Not a huge deal, but why spend more when you don't have to? There are not fees for online tix either.

Suggestion: Car pool

[RAM GARAGE]

Originally Posted by blaze1

hey

Wheres my privateers at showing up for

Tommy Suell, you coming out?

Jeff Jones repping for the brotarys?

there's no one else on the confirmed list who is coming that I ever heard of.

Drag racers only???lol

I ll br there kicking it on the downlow with the pro am guys haa haa !! lol

should be awsome even though i had a rough year this year . i get to drive this super track haa haa cant wait. new tune and new clutch . I HEART WALLS

[gigglesnirt]

Originally Posted by Formula D

Suggestion: Car pool

Definitely, taking a natural gas vehicle so the whole trip costs about $60 total round trip.

[Brian]

Question: will alcohol be served at the event?

[INFO]

Originally Posted by Brian

Question: will alcohol be served at the event?

Ryan from FD confirmed this by email

[Brian]

Interesting.


Can we bring food/drink into the venue?

[Slapshotnerd]

Fredrick Girard DMCC Canada 2008 DMCC Champ ACCEPTED

ruh roh.... more drama in the LBC...

I got some free tickets for this event but I return it to Formula D... I'm buying tickets to support this event!!!!

Can't wait!

[cfrost]

Originally Posted by RAM GARAGE

I ll br there kicking it on the downlow with the pro am guys haa haa !! lol

should be awsome even though i had a rough year this year . i get to drive this super track haa haa cant wait. new tune and new clutch . I HEART WALLS

lets do this!!!!!

[INFO]

"Red Bull Drifting World Championship build began on Tuesday."

[J.Herron]

Looking forward to the event!


See you guys there!

[INFO]

[INFO]

[INFO]

UEO will be competing

[Brian]

Is he driving his busted 86 circa 2001?

[Slapshotnerd]

Originally Posted by Brian

Is he driving his busted 86 circa 2001?

nope. driftspeed s15

[Brian]

Oh okay, thanks for clearing it up.

I thought maybe he would bring a car back from olden time... 7 years ago...I thought he was going to use a time machine...

[INFO]

November 11, 2008

Red Bull Drifting World Championship Prepares for Historical Weekend;
Features To Include Parade, Draw Party, and Special Purpose Built Drift Track


Long Beach, Calif. – November 11, 2008 – The Red Bull Drifting World Championship prepares for a historical drifting weekend. The city of Long Beach will play host for the event and activities have been scheduled throughout the week including a parade of cars through the downtown area and a draw party at the local establishment, “Smooth’s Sports Grill” on Thursday, November 13, 2008. A special purpose built drifting track will be created on the Port of Long Beach for this event.

Pre-event activities for the Red Bull Drifting World Championship include a parade of the competition drifting cars from the Port of Long Beach and through to Downtown Long Beach on Pine Ave on Thursday November 13 at 5:45 PM. The cars will be displayed until 9:30 PM on Pine Ave. A driver autograph session will be held before the draw party on Pine Ave at 6:00 PM featuring the Top 32 Drivers. A “draw” party will be held immediately following the parade of cars and the autograph session inside of Smooth’s Sports Grill and will feature the official announcement of the qualifying order for the main event on Sunday, November 16.

“We are excited to have Formula DRIFT’s hometown Long Beach as the host city for this historical event,” says Jim Liaw, president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. “Long Beach has been very supportive of drifting and holding this event on the Port of Long Beach will be very monumental.”

A special purpose built drifting track will be unveiled on the Port of Long Beach. The course will feature (6) turns and a high speed right-hand entry that will push the drivers into the 100+mph range. The course will be the first of it’s kind and will be both fast and technical and will push the drivers to their limits for the ultimate drifting competition.

32 of the world’s best drifters will gather on Saturday and Sunday on the Port of Long Beach to compete for the largest prize purse in drifting history. The top 32 will compete in a head-to-head tandem bracket format with the winner from each bracket advancing onto the next round on his way to becoming the first ever Red Bull Drifting World Champion.

The Red Bull Drifting World Championship will feature the Formula DRIFT Pro/Am competition on Saturday and a special opening ceremony by the Red Bull Air Force skydiving team on Sunday. A special half-time performance by the band, “Crooked X.” will be another highlight on Sunday. In addition to the drifting action, there will be some of hottest cars in the Country on display like the Scion Fuse Concept Car, the Tomei Time Attack Subaru Impreza, the Lexus IS-F’s of Import Tuner & 0-60 Magazines and the R35 Skyline & Lamborghini LP640 of SP Engineering.

Tickets and special VIP tickets for the Red Bull Drifting World Championship are still available and can be purchased on-line at www.formuladrift.com.

[Brian]

That's hot.
-bh

[Bebop]

privateers... write your wills or start practicing on the 405!

[deadpirate]

Originally Posted by blaze1

privateers... write your wills or start practicing on the 405!

hahahahahahaa thats awesome

[gigglesnirt]

Thought i'd just put this out there, me and 3 other people are coming from Utah for this. We're on a tight budget, we could use a place to stay if anyone is in the area and wouldn't mind 4 extra people. We could probably make a motel 8 work in the area but then we'd be dealing with crusty nasty sheets, anyway just though i'd ask it's worth a shot.