That march 2nd event wasn't D1 GP. It was just an exhibition. Heres some info I found about it with a website and everything. Theres gonna be a carshow going on with D1GP.



D1 Grand Prix USA and Car Show August 31st 3003

Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 4, 2003 for one of the most anticipated and influential events of the year... Yokohama/Advan presents D1 Grand Prix the professional drift series coming to American soil for the first time ever.

· 16 pro teams in full competition on a real racecourse designed by Option Video.
· This is NOT an exhibition and NOT a parking lot demo!
· This will be in full stadium setting complete with camera crews, full production, lighting, etc.
· This is the ONLY pro drift competition in the world coming to America for the first time. It is guaranteed to be a spectacle that has yet to be seen.

Tickets on sale at WantTickets: http://www.source7.net/?pg=event&e_id=3226

D1 GP official site: www.d1gp.com

D1GP Model Inquiries: richard@slipstreamglobal.com

 

I wonder what cars will be like then

 

i'll be there for sure

 

"Live Drift Car Build-Up by Import Tuner Magazine"

that and the car show are the only bad things though, oh well.

 

Yea i heard about the car build-up. Whats wrong with that? I heard it did pretty well last year at IAS in Long Beach with some of those fools from Apex'i and Ezekiel or something. Just something different than your typical car show. Also, I think the show is mainly JDM.

 

Anyone know what comes with the VIP tickets?
Either way ill be there.

 

They told me that the VIP tickets gets you full access to the SkyBox, a D1GP T-Shirt, and an entry in some kind of raffle.

 

Also you get access to the pits with the VIP tickets

 

o0o me and my friend are ganna go to this, iam get him to buy the VIP tickets wit me wo0h0o

 

drift king will be there as a judge

 

he's always judging the drift competetion

 

the problem is its being done by impot tuner. yeah....i thought that was an "enough said" kinda thing.
and this is D1. no place for a car show, even a "mAd TyTe JdM" car show. ::sigh::

 

Well I think the reason for the carshow, the car build-up, and the actions sports demos are all to keep the spectators busy so people don't get bored like at a Hot Import Nights event where u just walk around the venue for like 30 minutes and you're over it cuz theres nothing else left to see or do.

Plus the gates open at 3PM and the actual D1 competition doesnt start until 7:30. And the carshow entry is $40 which include two passes so its like entering a carshow for free and maybe winning some money out of it.

Heres the schedule:

Car show entry - $40 (includes car spot and 2 tickets) Ticket - $20

Event Schedule (tentative)
8:00am vendor/sponsor set-up begins
10:00am car show roll-in begins
2:00pm vendor/sponsor & car show set-up ends
3:00pm gates open to public
4:00pm car show judging begins
5:00pm to 6:00pm D1 group one practice session
6:00pm to 7:00pm D1 group two practice session
7:30pm to 9:30pm D1 competition
9:30pm awards ceremony
10:00pm event ends

 

yeah but thats for a car show, not a motorsports event. and the fact that there is a gap in the schedule has nothing to do with it. i mean THEY made the schedule and put in the carshow and crap. they should just start it earlyer. this is straying from what D1 is all about and "americanizing" it.

 

well its all better then not having it at all