Support TAKA AONO to compete Formula D East Coast!!

INFO · 04-17-2009, 10:13 AM

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Please Support Taka Aono to compete Formula D East Coast!!
Our Team Driver Taka Aono...He did great as 5th place @ the Formula D RD 1 @ Long Beach. Now, he really wants to compete @ the Formula D Atlanta & New Jersey...

However, he became a privateer...and sadly, he won't have enough fund to get there in this point.

If anyone is interested in supporting Taka, please make some donation/chip-in/gas card/etc.

The Detail will be like:

For Atlanta
Total $4750
Registration Fee: $300
Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150
Gas for Towing: $ 2000
Race Gas for the weekend: $300
Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to hom): $500
Food & Drink: $500
Tires (including the Thur. practice if they have): $1000
Corolla Podium Finish: PRICELESS!! HAHAHA

For New Jersey:
Total $5250
Registration Fee: $300
Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150
Gas for Towing: $ 2500
Race Gas for the weekend: $300
Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to home): $500
Food & Drink: $500
Tires (including the Thur. practice if they have): $1000
Corolla Podium Finish: PRICELESS!! HAHAHA x 2

Thank you very much for your support as always!!

Hubert Young · 04-17-2009, 02:45 PM

Please support!

04-17-2009, 05:09 PM

Sending...

Goodluck Taka.

SageCraft · 04-17-2009, 07:34 PM

Donation submitted.

Go get 'em, Taka!!

Bebop · 04-17-2009, 07:39 PM

next pay check

he looked in rare form at long beach

this aint the same ol taka guys!!!

SageCraft · 04-18-2009, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blaze1

next pay check

he looked in rare form at long beach

this aint the same ol taka guys!!!

No kidding!

And does no one else find it ironic that now since Falken has dropped him as a factory driver, he's currently the highest ranked driver on Falken tires?

http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/...after-round-1/

Go figure...

Hach1r0k1d03 · 04-18-2009, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SageCraft

No kidding!

And does no one else find it ironic that now since Falken has dropped him as a factory driver, he's currently the highest ranked driver on Falken tires?

http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/...after-round-1/

Go figure...

well the way i saw it which i dunnoe if im right or not is that falken put alot of effort into building their cars but gave very little seat time for the drivers to get used to them. taka and hiro get to practice alot at drift days but they never got to practice in the team falken cars. they were always using their back up cars.

SageCraft · 04-18-2009, 04:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hach1r0k1d03

well the way i saw it which i dunnoe if im right or not is that falken put alot of effort into building their cars but gave very little seat time for the drivers to get used to them. taka and hiro get to practice alot at drift days but they never got to practice in the team falken cars. they were always using their back up cars.

That is totally true. Both Taka and Hiro rarely got any practice time in their competition cars outside of actual event days.

But now that Taka owns the Turbo/Hasselgren corolla, he's been getting LOTS of seat time. Changed over to DG-5 coilovers too, which he really likes. I had a chance to ride with him at a Just Drift event in March and he was feeling very comfortable in the car now. He's gonna be competitive this year as long as he can make it out to the events.

Justin Banner · 04-18-2009, 07:31 AM

If I wasn't building my own project, I would chip in. Good Luck, Taka.

OldSkool510 · 04-18-2009, 09:08 AM

Donation sent.....Show Falken what they are missing out on TAKA. Good Luck.

Mediaman · 04-18-2009, 10:12 AM

Call in and offer Taka your support personally. Also on today's show, LIVE from The Team Drift at The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Chris Forsberg, Rhys Millen, Patrick Mordaunt, Conrad Grunewald, Justin Pawlack, Kyle Mohan, and Chris Kregorian... all live and yu can talk to all of them by calling the show @ 646.716-4717.

P.Haire · 04-18-2009, 06:12 PM

i'll donate if taka agrees to run a team rowdy sticker.

OldSkool510 · 04-18-2009, 07:28 PM

He can start selling advertisement space on his car. Anyone who donates should have a sticker of their choice to put on his car. That would be cool.

Sell some advertising space to D1. lol

aaronlosey · 04-18-2009, 11:08 PM

Good luck!! I chipped in, keep it going guys!

cfrost · 04-19-2009, 12:26 PM

put in a couple bucks... good luck taka!! show 'em what dday is made of

strider · 04-19-2009, 12:57 PM

i pitched in. if you have ever been to a grassroots drift event when taka was there you would know how willing he is to help out other drivers. this is a great was of saying "thanks" back for everything he has done for the drifting community.

Dori Saru Mark! · 04-19-2009, 03:53 PM

Contribution Sent.
From DDAY1 to Drift 101/102, Taka has helped the grassroots community 110% and like strider said, this is an awesome chance for us to say thank you. Maybe Falken's decision to let Taka and Hiro go was a blessing in disguise.
GOOD LUCK!!!
DRIFTDAY 4 LIFE!

NNog · 04-21-2009, 06:01 PM

Support taka!!

cfrost · 04-23-2009, 11:23 AM

bump!

glad to see you guys are raising some funds

pedro72 · 04-30-2009, 10:36 AM

Taka, good luck!!!

OldSkool510 · 05-08-2009, 12:33 PM

TAKA made it to the ATL. I just saw the video clip. One of the first things he did was to thanks those that donated on his behalf. Classy move from a classy guy. Good Luck....now go kick some serious *Censored**Censored**Censored* out there.

markshatchi86 · 05-08-2009, 03:40 PM

taka, email me your mailing address. i dont have paypal

04-17-2009, 10:13 AM	#1
INFO Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4,777	Support TAKA AONO to compete Formula D East Coast!! Text from http://blog.driftpro.com Please Support Taka Aono to compete Formula D East Coast!! Our Team Driver Taka Aono...He did great as 5th place @ the Formula D RD 1 @ Long Beach. Now, he really wants to compete @ the Formula D Atlanta & New Jersey... However, he became a privateer...and sadly, he won't have enough fund to get there in this point. If anyone is interested in supporting Taka, please make some donation/chip-in/gas card/etc. The Detail will be like: For Atlanta Total $4750 Registration Fee: $300 Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150 Gas for Towing: $ 2000 Race Gas for the weekend: $300 Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to hom): $500 Food & Drink: $500 Tires (including the Thur. practice if they have): $1000 Corolla Podium Finish: PRICELESS!! HAHAHA For New Jersey: Total $5250 Registration Fee: $300 Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150 Gas for Towing: $ 2500 Race Gas for the weekend: $300 Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to home): $500 Food & Drink: $500 Tires (including the Thur. practice if they have): $1000 Corolla Podium Finish: PRICELESS!! HAHAHA x 2 Thank you very much for your support as always!! __________________ DRIFTING.com @ FACEBOOK DRIFTING.com @ FACEBOOK DRIFTING.com @ TWITTER DRIFTING.com TWITTER DRIFTING.com STORE DRIFTING.com Tel.(877) 786-7694 The BEST WAY to reach DRIFTING.com is by calling between 11AM-5PM (PACIFIC STANDARD TIME) If you are on the EAST COAST then call at 2PM. If you reach our voicemail then CALL BACK AGAIN between 11AM-5PM (PACIFIC STANDARD TIME)

04-17-2009, 02:45 PM	#2
Hubert Young DRIVER Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 576	Please support! __________________ Hubert Young KORE 8 Films

04-17-2009, 07:34 PM	#4
SageCraft Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Santa Monica, Ca Posts: 29	Donation submitted. Go get 'em, Taka!! __________________ Mild Mannered Filmmaker by Day... Drifter by Night www.flyingboyfilms.com

04-18-2009, 10:12 AM	#11
Mediaman Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 47	Taka to guest on The Inside Drift radio show at 10:30 am PDT (1:30pm EDT) Call in and offer Taka your support personally. Also on today's show, LIVE from The Team Drift at The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Chris Forsberg, Rhys Millen, Patrick Mordaunt, Conrad Grunewald, Justin Pawlack, Kyle Mohan, and Chris Kregorian... all live and yu can talk to all of them by calling the show @ 646.716-4717.

04-19-2009, 12:26 PM	#15
cfrost Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: shift-lock.net Posts: 499	put in a couple bucks... good luck taka!! show 'em what dday is made of __________________ http://www.modiride.com http://www.shift-lock.net http://www.driftheroes.com learn the basics of drifting!

04-17-2009, 05:09 PM	#3
Al Guest Posts: n/a	Sending... Goodluck Taka.

04-17-2009, 07:39 PM	#5
Bebop Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 951 Posts: 2,416	next pay check he looked in rare form at long beach this aint the same ol taka guys!!!

04-18-2009, 07:31 AM	#9
Justin Banner Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dinwiddie County (23803), VA Posts: 815	If I wasn't building my own project, I would chip in. Good Luck, Taka.

04-18-2009, 09:08 AM	#10
OldSkool510 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 377	Donation sent.....Show Falken what they are missing out on TAKA. Good Luck.

04-18-2009, 06:12 PM	#12
P.Haire Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: gnashville TN Posts: 101	i'll donate if taka agrees to run a team rowdy sticker.

04-18-2009, 07:28 PM	#13
OldSkool510 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 377	He can start selling advertisement space on his car. Anyone who donates should have a sticker of their choice to put on his car. That would be cool. Sell some advertising space to D1. lol

04-18-2009, 11:08 PM	#14
aaronlosey Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 219	Good luck!! I chipped in, keep it going guys!

04-19-2009, 12:57 PM	#16
strider Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15	i pitched in. if you have ever been to a grassroots drift event when taka was there you would know how willing he is to help out other drivers. this is a great was of saying "thanks" back for everything he has done for the drifting community.

04-19-2009, 03:53 PM	#17
Dori Saru Mark! Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 13	Contribution Sent. From DDAY1 to Drift 101/102, Taka has helped the grassroots community 110% and like strider said, this is an awesome chance for us to say thank you. Maybe Falken's decision to let Taka and Hiro go was a blessing in disguise. GOOD LUCK!!! DRIFTDAY 4 LIFE!

04-21-2009, 06:01 PM	#18
NNog Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 48	Support taka!!

04-23-2009, 11:23 AM	#19
cfrost Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: shift-lock.net Posts: 499	bump! glad to see you guys are raising some funds __________________ http://www.modiride.com http://www.shift-lock.net http://www.driftheroes.com learn the basics of drifting!

04-30-2009, 10:36 AM	#20
pedro72 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	Taka, good luck!!!

05-08-2009, 12:33 PM	#21
OldSkool510 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 377	TAKA made it to the ATL. I just saw the video clip. One of the first things he did was to thanks those that donated on his behalf. Classy move from a classy guy. Good Luck....now go kick some serious CensoredCensoredCensored out there.

05-08-2009, 03:40 PM	#22
markshatchi86 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 606	taka, email me your mailing address. i dont have paypal __________________ Site Owner- Photographer Floridaracing.org www.floridaracing.org Editor - StangTV.com & DragZine.com 2011 Mustang - 597 RWHP 1965 Mustang - 1030 HP

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