Just saw this, D1GP is coming to Philly!!!!!!!!
New Management Takes D1GP USA to All-New Levels E-mail
Written by Driven Media
D1 DojoLOS ANGELES (December 11, 2008) – Makes no bones about it…D1 Grand Prix is back in the USA !!! As the founder and premier drift racing sanctioning body globally, D1 Grand Prix (
www.d1gp.com ) is releasing the critical news the industry has been waiting for including: the 2009 U.S. racing schedule, locations, track design and upcoming media tour.
D1GP USA made its first announcement regarding their return to U.S. soil just prior to the 2008 SEMA Show in Las Vegas . Since then, D1GP USA has been developing a new racing format and is excited to announce its 2009 racing schedule with four unique locations across the United States and an aggressive and high impact new track design.
2009 D1 Grand Prix USA Schedule
* Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim , California - May 2 nd
* Dolphins Stadium, Miami , Florida - May 30 th
* Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania - July 18 th
* Soldier Field, Chicago , Illinois - August 1 st
“With our new management team in place, we decided to focus all of our initial efforts on two main objectives. The first was to make the events more appealing and accessible to local, out of town and new entry level fans. The second was to deliver a new high impact state-of-the-art racing experience that will define the future of drift racing in the United States ,” said Rich Goodwin, President of D1USA.
“In order to achieve these objectives we had to think outside the box. By moving the events to these centrally located venues allows for us to achieve our objective of making the events more appealing and accessible to fans, along with mainstream local media. In addition, the wide open spaces these venues offer also allow us to build in our aggressive new track design and to add in other exciting entertainment on and off the track.”