And The Award Goes To
Following the Formula D Finals was the FD Awards Banquet, where drivers, teams, and other well-respected members of the drift community were awarded with plaques for their accomplishments this year. And for once it was nice to see everyone dressed for the occasion (or in clothes at all for some individuals) and all rivalries left at the track.
Driver of the Year
Rhys Millen
Mechanic of the Year
Kevin Wells
Team Owner/Manager of the Year
Nick Fousekis
Best Tandem Battle of the Year
Sam Hubinette vs Taka Aono (Atlanta)
Most Memorable Moment
Rhys Millen getting mad at the judges(as seen on FD TV on G4)
Best Crash of the Year
Taka Aono flipping at Irwindale
Best Comeback of the Year
Chris Forsberg
Hardest Charger
JR Gittin
Hardest Working
Drift Association
Rookie of the Year
Michael Peter (points); Steph Papadakisand John Yim (impact)
Best Representative of Drifting
Moto Miwa
Jaeger Award
JR Gittin/Drift Alliance
Best Couple
Taka Aono and Yoshie Shuyama
Best Attire
Pacific Rim
Best Hair
Ken Gushi
Biggest Rivalry
Rhys Millen and Ken Gushi
Best Looking Car of the Year
Pacific Rim S13
Yeah, sure, Jonny's hair is "cool."
When this baby hits 88mph, you're going to see some serious shiznit.
Tarzan had a nasty stain on his shirt, so he covered it up with this homemade sign.
Taka Aono still ironing out the kinks in his "Corolla-over" routine.
Kenta Ogawara from Big X USA and Team Orange's Kumakubo with their impression of Jonny in a staff meeting.
Even Gary Castillo with his dad's bitchin' set of TV repair tools couldn't undo the damage Alex did to the RS*R S2000.
Enjuku Racing's Matt Vassallo,Rhys Millen and Moto "P" Miwa
JR Gittin proudly accepts the Jaeger Award.
Viagra kicking in..Now.
Tanner and Jerry Tsai help Crystal determine the weather "up there".
Bony says, "Damn, how come I don't get an umbrella girl?"
During the first round of eliminations, sam hubinette quickly took out ken gushi with his mopar-sponsored viper.
The hottest round of the 2005 Formula Drift series couldn't have happened on a more fitting day.
A few drivers had trouble crossing over after thefirst clipping point, whichsent those unfortunatefew into the wall-and hard.