Road & Tack Magazine set out to find the best production drift car on the market today for their January 2010 cover story: Sultans of Slide. To help with this test the Road & Track staff invited top drift pros and Team KW drivers Rhys Millen and Daijiro Yoshihara to test seven of the top front engine rear wheel drive platforms on the market today

 

 

 

 

 

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As the 2010 Formula Drift season in the U.S. starts this April, Formula Drift Singapore will soon after kick off the Asian Drifting Series.  The Singapore event will be held on April 24th and the Singapore Formula Drift Series has announced Dai Yoshihara to be one of three judges for the total of four events to be held in 2010. 

 

 

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Dai’s found his mojo again. In a second consecutive victory for the 2010 Formula DRIFT season, Dai Yoshihara fight for the top podium step with team mate and current points leader Van Gitten Jr. Watch the epic final finale here as Dai’s nearly two decade old Nissan S13 on KW competition coilovers makes its decisive winning run.

 

 

 

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Team KW driver Dai Yoshihara takes his first Formula D win for the 2010 season at Round 2 in Altlanta. Read the race report courtesy of Falken tire drift team.

 

 

 

 

 

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With the trials and tribulations from the 2009 Formula D season resulting in far greater desires, Dai along with the great team at Falken Tire looked towards the 2010 season opener of Formula D hosted at the streets of Long Beach as a starving lion gazes at its prey from a distance. 

 

 

 

 

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KW Suspensions has always been passionate about motorsports. Here in the US, few other venues allow us to better stay in touch with the fans, enthusiasts and the cars themselves as professional drifting. The 2010 Formula Drift season just started in May and we’re proud to introduce the teams, drivers and cars that KW continues to work with. Many faces are familiar, while new drivers and rides are also part of Team KW.

 

 

 

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Another season of American Pro drifting with Formula Drift is soon about to start. As with any racing series, a pre-season tech inspection is necessary. For the 2010 season, Formula Drift and Universal Technical Institute (UTI) joined teams to opend the doors to drifters, students and the public alike for a up close and personal look at many of this season’s drift machines.

 

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With the 2010 Formula D season opener at the Long Beach Grand Prix looming ever closer, Dai Yoshihara and the Falken Drift Team put the finishing touches onto his newly updated Nissan 240SX (S13) powered by a GM LSX crate motor and rolling on KW competition coilovers.

 

 

 

 

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With all the news, success and lap records at the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife, some might think that KW’s development and motorsports program only happens at the ring. But in the US, we also have a strong Motorsports presence on the circuit and in drifting. Check out some of the action footage and testimonials from our Formula D, Professional drift series drives like Daijiro Yoshiara, Ryhs Millen, Robbie Nishida, Eric O’sullivan, and Justin Pawlak during the 2009 Formula D season Finale and just before at KW’s private setup and shake down day at Irwindale Speedway.  more »

KW suspensions rents Irwindale to support drift teams before Formula D’s final event.

On Wednesday Oct. 7^th, 2009, KW suspensions hosted a suspension test session at Irwindale Raceway.

KW supported drivers had the opportunity to come and work first hand with KW’s lead engineer, Klaus Frank. Klaus had specifically made the trip across the pond from Germany to help dial in each driver’s drift car and provide his extensive expertise in suspension tuning to the teams.

After a short group meeting outlining the day’s itinerary and a valuable Question and Answer period with Klaus. Teams where quickly out on course relaying information of what they desired in their setup. more »