Update on the Donation/Chip-in for Taka **EDITED #2!

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.

Thank you very much for your support!!

So...the Chip-In thingy is now showing the amount I've got.







This is the list who has contributed to chip-in thingy for Taka Aono...
The order is not the amount, just the date & time I've received!! ;)

Moto Miwa
Curtis Nguyen
Jonny Mac
DriftLive
Fatlace
H.C.
Huy Le
Ray Oca
Cameron Leslie
Ken Miyoshi
Aaron Losey
Colin Frost
Keith Wong
Binhminh Le
Dori Saru!
Justin Marlow
Patrick Haire
Benjamin Ramos
Vanessa Valenica
Amanda Lam
Trent Stromkins
Sara Kwan
Evan von Borstel x 2
Chris Litonjua
Marvin Ng
Zymond Tan
Adam Szczuka
Geoff Wise
Yoko Ogihara
Sean F.
K.G.
Anthony Abad-Santos
Matt Vigil
Brandon Lee




For some reason, people can't see the chip-in thingy...you can try HERE

And...Great news, Falken Tire will provide the hotel room @ Rd. 2 Atlanta.

I posted like below for Atlanta, and red letters are additional info...

For Atlanta
Total $4750

Registration Fee: $300
Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150
Towing Expenses: $ 2000
Race Gas for the weekend: $300
Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to home) (Planned for 7-8 nights for a whole trip): $500
**Atlanta hotel will covered by Falken Tire. So...less than $500 for sure.
Food & Drink (For Taka & Yoshie for 10 days round trip): $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



And everyone who has posted other blogs/forums/websites to spread the words, thank you very much!!!

As far as I know...

chrisrhoad.com

club4ag.com

drifting.com

driftinglist.com

driftvp.blogspot.com

fatlace.com/stayfresh/al/

wreckedmagazine.com...

AND thank you for letting me know where I missed supports!!


my350z.com

g35drivers.com



Please let me know if I miss anything!


Again & again, thank you very much for your support!!



Yoshie

Hiro's new blog site

Hiro has moved his personal blog site to :

http://hiros4door.com

hiro

Thank you very much for your support for Taka Aono!

Thank you so very much everyone for your support for Taka Aono to compete East Coast!! I've already got several payments...and I can probably start processing sometimes next week since I would like to open the bank account only for this purpose to receive the payments, so I haven't accepted any payment yet. Please, please, please be patient, and I will update whenever it is done.


As of now...We've received total $405. Thank you sooooo much, everyone!!

I also would like to email whoever sent me the payment for Taka, but it would take a bit to get back to all of you since we have been @ Long Beach Grand Prix usually from 7am to 8pm.

Thank you very much for being patient and generous!


Yoshie

Please Support Taka Aono to compete Formula D East Coast!! *EDITED!

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.

Thank you very much for your support!!

So...the Chip-In thingy is now showing the amount I've got.







This is the list who has contributed to chip-in thingy for Taka Aono...
The order is not the amount, just the date & time I've received!! ;)

Moto Miwa
Curtis Nguyen
Jonny Mac
DriftLive
Fatlace
H.C.
Huy Le
Ray Oca
Cameron Leslie
Ken Miyoshi
Aaron Losey
Colin Frost
Keith Wong
Binhminh Le
Dori Saru!
Justin Marlow
Patrick Haire
Benjamin Ramos
Vanessa Valenica
Amanda Lam
Trent Stromkins
Sara Kwan
Evan von Borstel x 2
Chris Litonjua
Marvin Ng
Zymond Tan
Adam Szczuka
Geoff Wise
Yoko Ogihara
Sean F.
K.G.
Anthony Abad-Santos
Matt Vigil
Brandon Lee




For some reason, people can't see the chip-in thingy...you can try HERE

And...Great news, Falken Tire will provide the hotel room @ Rd. 2 Atlanta.

I posted like below for Atlanta, and red letters are additional info...

For Atlanta
Total $4750

Registration Fee: $300
Practice Fee (if they have on Thur): $150
Towing Expenses: $ 2000
Race Gas for the weekend: $300
Hotel (including to the Atlanta & back to home) (Planned for 7-8 nights for a whole trip): $500
**Atlanta hotel will covered by Falken Tire. So...less than $500 for sure.
Food & Drink (For Taka & Yoshie for 10 days round trip): $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



And everyone who has posted other blogs/forums/websites to spread the words, thank you very much!!!

As far as I know...

chrisrhoad.com

club4ag.com

drifting.com

driftinglist.com

driftvp.blogspot.com

fatlace.com/stayfresh/al/

wreckedmagazine.com...

AND thank you for letting me know where I missed supports!!


my350z.com

g35drivers.com



Please let me know if I miss anything!


Again & again, thank you very much for your support!!



Yoshie

@ My Work 7

From tomorrow...Me, Taka, Hiro are @ Street of Long Beach doing Team Drift Competition.

I visited the venue this morning...but I haven't seen Hiro's car yet...


Anyhow...Today's @ Technosquare



The Team Tanaka, Vett was here...
Last weekend, the unfortunate accident had happened last weekend @ Formula D Long Beach...

**Photo Taken by Larry Chen @ http://www.driftfotos.com/


And...Today...Sneak Peak...
On the left...Conrad AKA "Burger", the great driver of the Vett. He was here to help finishing up the car for the weekend.




Still stickers are not on the car when I took the pix...but now it is done! So check it out @ Long Beach Grand Prix this weekend! ;)




My car w/ XXR wheels on.




Taka's personal competition AE86...




AND...this is his Formula D Pro competition car for this year...by Urban Racer

Of course, the graphic was made by Naoki Kobayashi, the president/owner of Drift Association...



Yoshie

Bit late sneak peak

haha I was kinda too much thingyz going on in my head so didn't feel like uploading the pix until now...

Anyhow, me & Taka went to Formula D Tech day @ UTI last weekend...and showed off the car. The car just came out from the paint shop, so Taka's car was soooo plain.



AND...now the car is in the middle of the sticker job! Thanks million to Mickey (dang, I don't have his website!! Sorry, Mickey...) & Naoki!!


Sneak peak...


Anywayz, me & Taka went to our friend shop Garage BOSO last night...Our team mate Hiro was there. I hope his car is ready soon!

At the same time, Formula D driver, Ross Petty was working on his S15...I saw new graphic thingy just arrived when I was there...it was soo cool. hehe Sorry no pix...


So far...almost everyday I don't get enough sleep...this month is soooo busy!! :o



Yoshie

Formula 1 Rd.2 Malaysia

Last weekend they were in Australia and they are
already racing in Sepang circuit in Malaysia !!
I wish I had a traveling schedule like that ;)

And J. Button is again sitting at the pole position !
Is it gonna be two wins in a row ? The race will start
in about 10 minutes, but I don't think I can stay awake...
I still have so much more stuff to do to finish my car
for Formula D Long Beach....

Also, both Panasonic Toyota and Williams Toyota's
seems to have good cars this season. I was super
dissapointed when TTE quit WRC several years ago,
but now that Toyota is doing better, F1 is more fun
to watch (^0^)//



hiro

JDM Goodies !!!

My 2JZ-GTE engine will be powered by Greddy parts
such as . . .

Trust oil cooler !
and the TD07 Gretty turbo, wastegate, and blowoff
valve setup !!! Thank you very much to all the staff
at Greddy USA for their support !
(http://www.greddy.com)

I'll also be using the BRIDE ZETA III seats with
this new FIA approved seat rails !

All the goodies are ready to be put into the car,
but is the car itself going to be ready ???

And oh yeah, I need tires... somebody sponsor me please!!

hiro

went to APR and got back and got oil pressure !

Yesterday I put down my wrenches and went to APR.
(http://www.aprperformance.com/)

Looks like their theme is red !!
Little more progress on the engine bay . . . but lots more to do...

I was worried that it might not be easy to get the engine oil
pressure with the brand new oil pump installed... and
(I forgot the prime it...)
But the pressure came up right away !!! so glad.

hiro

New Parts for my car

Introducing my new sponsor, XXR Wheel Thank you very much for your support!!

Darn, they produce more than 2.4 million wheels each year!!! And ONLY 20% out of 2.4 million+ wheels were distributed to the US and 60% distributed to Japan!! WOooooW And left over 20%...to all over the world.

Anyhow, I went to pick up some wheels from XXR this morning. They are located in Rancho Cucamonga!

Tadaaaaaa! I got 17x9 +20 (new offset!!) & 18x9.5 +35!!



XXR 006 --- They are nice enough to let me paint the spoke if I need!



O, on their website...they are nice enough to use my car as their wheel model! ;)



Yoshie