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Chris Forsberg

A member of Drift Alliance, Chris stays true to full throttle full lock driving style


Chris noticed his love for speed and competition at the age of six, racing bicycles with his brother. He first got into cars at the age of 10 attending drag racing events with his uncles at Maple Grove Raceway Park in Pennsylvania. He was then introduced to flat track motorcycle racing watching his cousin slide around the track. This is what planted the seed for sliding things around. At 14 he used to take out the family tractor and get it into third and slam on the brakes which made it slide around the yard. When he became old enough to drive he would borrow a friend\'s MKIII Supra and drift it around a cone course he set up in a parking lot. This passion lead him to watching Intital D and Option Videos, which influenced him to sell his truck and purchase his first car, a 1988 Mazda RX-7.

After buying the RX-7 Chris became heavily involved in the east coast drifting scene. By the age of 20 he helped run the first regularly schedule East Coast Drift events. He was 21 when D1 announced they were coming to America for a drivers search so he packed up his RX-7 on a flatbed rental truck and drove 3,000 miles to California. Chris later became the American Driver for Signal Auto. In 2004 Formula D debuted their national drift series and Chris began competing. After 5 years of competition, he built a reputation for his high speed precision driving skills, and became a major supporter of the drift community worldwide.