Headed up to Wine Country, Sonoma, CA Infineon Raceway this past weekend for the 2nd to last round of Formula Drift 2010 Championship…
Great times are ALWAYS had and thanks to all the fans, drivers, crews, sponsors, staff and of course my friends to making another Formula Drift event a success!!!!
Next round Irwindale Oct 8-9th, get tickets NOW, it’s gonna be a doozie!!!

Thursday took my son, to school before heading to the airport… check this kid out… He’s getting HUGE!

Landed in OAK to see the sky filled with smoke from that terrible San Bruno gas line explosion, made for a unique sunset…

Andy Yen, Formula drift Judge and I split to the Opening Ceremony of “The Paddock” Fatlace’s new clubhouse essentially…

Collect Everything…

Del performed for this small intimate crowd, fresh!

Caught some stickers…

Back to the hotel…

That night I was craving an It’s-It ice cream and I got a 3 pack, YUMMMMM!
Serious childhood memories…

Friday, qualifying and story time in the Chris Forsberg rig, Tony Angelo is the best story teller ever!

Hooked my homie Jacob up with an Incipio Silicyrlic case for his newly purchased iPad…

Drivers meeting….

The NOS Energy Drink Bunker was insane this event!!

Friday after qualifying myself, Ryan Sage my Formula D TV co-host & Producer of FD TV Chabin headed to a sound studio to do Voiceover for Formula Drift Seattle…
Check this place out…

We come through all these crazy windy backhills, etc…

Come to the address and go to the back yard to see this…
Yes, those are horses…

Ryan headed into the “studio”…

Then bam, it’s sick!!!
Jeff was awesome and we had a great time doing what we do…

Jeff the guy who owns this place managed some Reggae bands in the 80’s I’ll let you guess which dude he is…

Post voiceover libations with the fellas…
Washoe House is rad…

Check out the dollar bills on the ceiling, people have been doing this since mid 1800’s in stage coach days, crazy cool!

We decided we need to leave our mark too!

Saturday aka “GAME DAY”!

The NOS Energy Drink X Keep Drifting Fun stickers are a hit, guys and gals came and asked me for them and I stoked them with the Vegas sticker too for being awesome!!!
These dudes were psyched!

Ryan was psyched on his new NOS Energy Drink Nos Ban’s…
hahaha

The Paddock got packed during the half time…

My cousin Sean came out and kicked it both Friday & Saturday, I had to get this pic of him and the NOS girls…

My dad and half sister came out to see/hear me do my thing…

The crowds ready for some DRIFTING ACTION!!!

There’s your podium
Gittin 1st, Tuerck in 2nd and Foust in 3rd…
Chris Forsberg just outside of podium in 4th…

Congrats to Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Abigail you rule, you always win!

Check this out, that’s a 3-D camera…
Crazy…

Next stop San Francisco city, Vaughn caught a “crash pad” for the night and it was the Shepard Fairey Suite at Hotel Des Arts…

This is the other room where I crashed…

Then we headed to the Need for Speed Tour where Del & Mix Master Mike performed but even better was just seeing good friends and had a good ol’ blast in the city…

Daijiro looking guilty…

Mrs. Courtney Day looking like a real “Bad cop”!

Mad Mike’s fake mustache rules!!!

Everybody wore the fuzz mustaches…

Abby and Jr even got in on the act… haha

Toni rocked hers like Frida... Definitely your Halloween costume Toni!

All of a sudden it was Circue De Need for Speed…
Matt Powers in the foreground…

Hobo, Steve Chow and Abba dabba doo…

Mad Mike has now gained a chin strip hanging with Rod-bot!

The Cook’s & I…

Del…

AlMofo & Barry… good seeing ya fellas…

Rod-Bot looking like a male model… Liking it…

Kenta Mr. Tokyo Drive & I….

Drift heads…

Late night session to “The Mission” and this bar Zeitgeist…

GAndy & Hobo…

Woke up to this outside our window… I shouldn’t say “woke up” persay but startled up…

Peace out Nor Cal, youre always so special inmy heart….
My hearts not LEFT in San Francisco but I would say I have an SF Soul for sure…
The Formula Drift staff headed to the port…

Of course Oakland airport has a lowrider bike in it…
Cool art show about bicycles all over it…

Sunday night dinner, steak, salad and washed down with a Stone El Camino

Only place that could be better than spending it with friends at a drift event, dinner with family would be The Happiest Place on Earth….