Jan 26, 2012
For Immediate Release:

TAngelo Racing is happy to announce a return to drifting in 2012 with  factory support from Scion Racing. After three years as a Formula Drift judge and technical manager, Tony’s long awaited return to competition is met with personal excitement and lots of hype from his fans.

Tony will be driving the #33 Scion Tc from 2011, with a whole new look and feel. The crew will consist of drifting favorites, “DA Aces” Lindsay Ross as spotter, and Mike “Carluch” Edwards wrenching on the car. While Tony has been keeping active in overseas competition and driving with “Bloodmasters,” a drifting gang producing explosive missile car videos out of Englishtown, NJ, he’s psyched to return to FD competition.

“I couldn’t be more excited to get back into the drivers seat for 2012,” Tony said. “Scion is a brand that is very active in drifting, and is doing really fun things for 2012. I’ve always been impressed by their presence in FD, and I am totally pumped to be part of the Scion Racing Family.”

Scion Racing is excited for the partnership as well. “We’re happy Tony’s coming to drive for us. He’s a well-known and iconic American drifting figure. Having him represent Scion Racing is going to be great. We can’t wait to see what the future holds.”

Tony Angelo and the crew are determined to lead a team focused on fun, making noise, and taking the “handsomest drift team” title away from NFS. Be sure to keep up with team on Twitter ( @TAngelodrift ) and facebook ( facebook.com/tangelodrift ) to see what Tony Angelo has in store for 2012.

Supporting the team further will be: Alpinestars, Electric Sunglasses, Exedy, Drift Alliance, Brian Crower (BC) and much more TBA!

Road Atlanta and Formula Drift recently created a once-in-a-lifetime VIP experience package for one lucky Drift Atlanta fan! Here’s the catch….the winner had to design the new Drift Atlanta logo! The current logo needed a fresh new look so the contest encouraged our creative and dedicated fans to demonstrate what Drift Atlanta is all about…in a logo. There was very little criteria given, just design a logo for the most youthful and thrilling event that Road Atlanta hosts.

After receiving hundreds of submissions, we carefully looked through and picked out the new Drift Atlanta logo that best represented the look and feel of the event. Road Atlanta and Formula Drift are proud to announce Taylor Apt from Buena Park, California as our winner! Taylor wins an awesome VIP package for Drift Atlanta this Spring that includes 4 tickets to the event, a drift ride along, VIP seating in the announcer tower and more!

We would like to thank all the Road Atlanta and formula Drift fans for participating in this contest and look forward to seeing you all at the event, May 11-12!

Oliver Petalver of MotorMavens.com recently sat down with Kyle Mohan. Kyle went in-depth on the high’s and low’s of 2011 and what you can expect to see during the 2012 Pro Championship season.

CLICK HERE for the full story and the rest of the images.

Aurimas ‘Odi’ Bakchis unveiled the new design for his Nissan 240 that will be used during the 2012 season courtesy of 702 Graphics, M7, Nexen Tire, DSTROYR and Feal Suspension.

[Photos: Oliver Petalver]

Road Atlanta is holding a contest to find the person who can design the most creative Drift Atlanta logo. We are looking for a unique and exciting logo with a new twist to use as the icon for this event! All submissions must be turned in via e-mail to driftlogocontest@roadatlanta.com by January 14th at 5pm.

Provide your first and last name, street address, no post office boxes, city, state, zip code, telephone number and email address.

The winner will receive:

• $200.00
• Four General Admission tickets to the 2012 Drift Atlanta event and one parking pass
• VIP seating for the winner only in the Announcer Tower (not offered to public)
• Drift car ride for the winner only with a pro driver on track (only for the winner, not offered to public)
• The total value of the contest winnings is $750

CLICK HERE for more information and contest rules.

Earlier this morning, Scion sent out some very exciting news about Ken Gushi set to drift the FR-S during the 2012 season.

“The FR-S is an amazing display of Scion’s ability to produce an affordable performance vehicle. Until now, the Scion tC has been the main platform for motorsports and racing. We’re excited to announce that Scion Racing and GReddy Racing have teamed up to create the ultimate FR-S drift car for the 2012 Formula Drift season! Make sure to keep your eye on Ken Gushi and the Scion Racing team, who will be piloting the FR-S in the upcoming season.”