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saveirwindale-blog · 6 years
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Memories at Irwindale
Tires screeching, clouds of smoke, and cars crashing Irwindale Speedway was the place where I first witness drifting live in person back in 2003. The memories at Irwindale will live with me forever. I have been attending every drift event at Irwindale Speedway since the beginning.
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The first D1 Grand Prix professional drifting series took place in the USA on August 31, 2003 at Irwindale Speedway produced by American marketing company, Slipstream Global. Slipstream Global would later create the Formula Drift Championship in 2004. With a sellout crowd of ten thousand, which broke the record for the Irwindale Speedway venue and the series, this venue became the series' opening round in 2004. As popularity of the track grew for drifting it became nicknamed the House of Drift.
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For the past fourteen years Formula Drift has had its final round of the series to crown the points leader champion at Irwindale Speedway.  Its been great being able to have a track to go to within the L.A area and it will be sad to have to say goodbye. It was an honor for me to be able to promote drift events at Irwindale for Formula Drift. 
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saveirwindale-blog · 6 years
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The Skate Park of Drift Tracks
The Formula Drift season wrapped up back in October at Irwindale Speedway here is a throwback video made by Nitto Tires as they talked with professional drifters Vaughn Gittin Jr and Matt Powers about the "House of Drift." It's an extremely challenging track, but also an extremely exhilarating one. Powers thinks it's the skate parks of drift tracks, and he's probably right. Irwindale Speedway will be missed! 
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