RAD Team Tandem Competition

Thanks to Robertson’s Honda and AV Harley Davidson

R.A.D. Experience in cooperation with the 17^TH Annual Thunder on the Lot presents:

RAD TEAM TANDEM COMPETITION for the kid's charities of the Antelope Valley

JUNE 11 and 12, 2011

Antelope Valley Fairgrounds

   Prizes:

1^st –Trophy and  $1800

2^nd –Trophy and $450

3^rd –Trophy and $225

   3-car team minimum, 6-car team maximum

   $150 per driver

·    Your entry fee gets you:

·         Two days of driving: June 11 practice, June 12 Competition

·         Tires (yes, tires for each driver)

·         And you help out the kids charities of the Antelope Valley

May 15, 2011 last day of registration, late registration fee of $50 per driver will apply after.

Loads of Track time!

Schedule will be out soon.

Pro Driver Judges will be announced soon.

Rules and criteria to be announced by the Pro Driver Judges on the day of the competition.
In order to get 100% on the point system, you need a team of 4 cars. Deviations from this number will be altered by adding or reducing points.

3 cars = -10%
4 cars = 0%
5 – 6 cars = +10%


*A MINIMUM OF 4 POINT ROLL CAGE WITH DOOR BARS REQUIRED
I would like to see Technical Inspection Requirements

Spectators are welcome. Tickets are $10 each. Drivers come in free.

Ride along tickets will be sold at the fairgrounds.

The 2011 Kids Charities of the Antelope Valley include:

·    Antelope Valley Christian School Scholarships

·    AV Guild of Children's Hospital

·    A.V. Saddle-Up Therapeutic Riding

·    Antelope Valley Special Olympics

·    Antelope Valley Family YMCA

·    Boys & Girls Club of Antelope Valley

·    Care Net

·    Children’s Center of Antelope Valley

·    Desert Christian School Scholarships

·    Earthbeat

·    Grace Resource Center

·    Healthy Homes

·    High Desert Children’s Dental Clinic

·    Lancaster Kiwanis Youth Scholarship

·    Palmdale Lions Eyecare Program

·    Royal Family Kids Camp

·    S.A.V.E.S.- So. A.V. Emergency Services

·    Sounder Foundation

·    The Painted Turtle Camp

·    United Community Action Network (UCAN)

·    United We Mentor

·    Valley Child Guidance

·    Valley Oasis Shelter

·    Yes2Kids

Upon sending payment, please copy then paste the following in the payment details:
Paypal address:  register@rad-experience.com

0.      RAD TEAM TANDEM COMPETITION

1.      Team Name:

2.      Team Drivers Names:

3.      Contact number for each driver:

4.      Email for each driver:

5.      Emergency contact number for each driver:

6.      Name and Relation to emergency contact number for each driver:

7.      Tire size for each driver:

8.      How did you find out about us?

Questions? Want to sponsor the event? Email Ryan Fadera: ryanf@rad-experience.com

Also visit www.thunderonthelot.com for more info about the event

See you guys there!

I would like to register and pay for RAD TEAM TANDEM COMPETITION

I would like to see Technical Inspection Requirements

Formula D Qatar Winners

This is just one of the several reasons why I wake up early.Congratulations to Tanner Foust for winning Formula D Qatar. Taking second place is Djan Ley of Malaysia and Fredric Aasbo getting 3rd. Can't wait for Formula D Long Beach!!!! (photo credit j.martinez)

Video of the Week 73: Moscow Drift

XDC LA Rd1 Winners!

Congratulations to 

Chelsea DeNofa

for winning XDC's 1st round for 2011 and defending his 2010 XDC Championship title. Taking 2nd place is Odi Bachkis, George Marcstanovic for taking 3rd and Joshua Steele taking 4th!

More about the event, models and sick rides are coming up within the week, for the meantime here is an official release from XDC.

DeNofa begins XDC Championship Defense with a win in Irwindale

March 12, 2011 (Irwindale, CA) – Chelsea DeNofa, from Seabrook, Texas, defeated Aurimas ‘Odi’ Bachkis from Wrightwood, California, in the final round of tandem competition at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale to win the first Xtreme Drift Circuit event of 2011.

George Marstanovic, from Flagstaff, Arizona, finished third overall after winning the Consolation Round when Maui, Hawaii’s Joshua Steele, driving the NST / NOS Energy Drink / Neverslo Nissan S13.4, was unable to make the second run of the round.

For DeNofa, the 2010 XDC Champion and driver of the Nexen / Non Stop Tuning / Technica BMW E36, the road to the final round was not an easy one. After qualifying first for the event, he enjoyed a bye run in the first round when Robert Turnbow’s Toyota Cressida was unable to compete. DeNofa then survived the toughest battle of the day when he went two One More Time’s against Forrest Wang before advancing to the Final Four where he had yet another One More Time against Marstanovic before advancing into the Final.

Backhis, driving the Forged Racing Radiators / Godspeed Nissan S13 and winner of the XDC Las Vegas event in 2010, also had to survive a One More Time against Will Parsons in the Great Eight. He then defeated Steele to advance to the final against DeNofa.

“It feels great to get the win after winning last year’s championship,” said DeNofa after the podium presentation where he was awarded a check for $3000 for his victory. As top qualifier, DeNofa also took home an additional $500. “I can’t think of a better way to start the 2011 championship. The Nexen / Non Stop Tuning / Technica BMW E36 was working really well and I’m really looking forward to the next XDC event in Arizona.”

Bachkis’s chance at victory slipped away in the Final when he had a correction as he followed DeNofa into the inner bank of Toyota Speedway. He still put in a strong lead run but DeNofa didn’t put a wheel wrong while following to seal his victory.

“I got really close to Chelsea as we transitioned and I didn’t expect that,” said Backhis, who took home $2000 for his runner-up finish. “Chelsea was super fast which made it a really fun tandem round, it was too bad that I made the mistake on the first run.”

The drivers of XDC Irwindale earned $9000 in cash prizes, with $1000 paid to the top-three drivers in qualifying and the rest paid to the top eight drivers in tandem competition.

DeNofa’s quest for a second XDC championship will resume April 22-23 at the XDC West championship event at Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Arizona.

XDC Rd1 LA Driver's List

Here we go, 2 more days before the 1st round of XDC for 2011 season. This season, XDC have a pretty   good drivers lined up so I am pretty sure it's going to be RAD!  Goodluck to all drivers!

Xtreme Drift Circuit Rd1

Xtreme Drift Circuit (XDC) will have its first round for 2011 at Toyota Speedway, Irwindale on March 12, 2011. Aside from Championship Drift Competition, there will also be the Remix Car Show, bike show, and models' lounge. More info at XDC's website.

Video of the Week 72.5: Shane crashing at the Balcony

I just saw one of our buddy's video in Facebook of him crashing his S13 at the Balcony.

Pretty  RAD, Shane!

Video of the Week 72: Naked Girl Burn Rubber in Mike Essa's Drift Car

Filming Day for Big Rig Drifting

We were invited by Mike Ryan, 9-time Pike's Peak Champion, in El Toro Airport in Irvine on February 28 and March 1, 2011 to drift for his promotional video.

We got there 11:00AM, unloaded stuff and had lunch. After a good meal, Ryan started his S13 and had his warm up runs. The place is so huge that you can initiate in 4th gear or even 5th! No poles or walls to worry!

I also had a chance to drift the strip but unfortunately I can not post the video due to censorship... (Blame Joshua, he is the commentator of the video! Lol!) We let Joshua do some donuts and figure 8s but as soon as he turned the car, the tire popped. This is the only downside of El Toro, it is not tire friendly!

After changing to new pair of tires, we were called to film. 

The camera crew that were filming the video is the same crew that filmed Top Gear. 

Unfortunately, the Big Rig had some mechanical issues on the first day that halted the filming and decided to call us back for another day of shooting.

The next day, the truck is up and running! Ready to tear some Michelins! The camera crew have no fear as they were filming side by side with the truck and they were doing three wheels too while shooting!

Here is Mike Ryan drifting his Big Rig!

The crew's using a Canon 7D connected with a complicated, hella expensive video lens set-up!

Mike going full speed with his semi!

The beast under the hood!

And here is Mr. Michelin at the end of the day!

Video of the Week 74: Lucas Oil "Drifter" Commercial with Joon Maeng