Instructors
_ Name Status Region
_ Taka Aono Chief Instructor National
_ Hiroo Sumida L1/101 National
_ Alex Pfieffer L1/101 National
_ Wesley Hamachi L1/101 National
_. Quoc Ly L1/101 National
_ Casper Canul L1 California
_ Ken Gushi L1 California
_ Chris Forsberg L1 California
_ Ben Schwartz L1 National
_ Calvin Wan L1 National
  John Yim L1 National
. Geoff Wise Drift Day authorized National
. Yoshie Shuyama Drift Day authorized National
. .JP Mendoza Drift Day authorized California
. .Mark Adalba Drift 101 authorized National

 

Advance Drivers

Advance driver pre-approved for 2005.  Any driver not listed, must have finished in the top 16 at any Formula D event or place in the top 3 at the following amateur competitions:

 

Drift Showoff

Drift Day competition

RS-R Drift Festival

D1 Driver Search

 

Any driver that would like to qualify for the advance driver program must apply by paying a $25.00 fee prior to any Drift Day event.  The driver must be able to drift the course set up by Drift Association in the morning and complete the course with minimal error.  Drift Association will only allocate 5 spots at each event.
_Name   _ _
George Bond (norcal) Benson Hsu Alex Pfeiffer Takahiro Fujita
Billy Tam  (mid west) Taka Aono Andy Yen Conrad Grunewald
Simba Nyemba (mid west) Hiro Sumida Ryan Hampton Samuel Hubinette
Tim Gillette (mid west) Wes Hamachi Kyle Mohan Brian Norris
Eric Wortman (mid west) Vaughn Gitten Jr. Rhys Millen Hubert Young
Stanley Tran Ko Kagiya Chris Forsberg Tyler McQuarrie
Mark Mondoy Ernie Fixmer Ben Schwartz Daijiro Yoshihara
Rodrigo Saturno Casper Canul Calvin Wan

Richie Fukumoto

Jeff Jones Henry Shelley Eric Jacobs Brandon Friedman
Bryan Rogers David Shao Derrick Rodgers Andrew Hateley
Jeff Lushe Mike Sanchez Ryan Hampton Geoff Wise
Jin Nakamura Barry Wong Mike Sanchez Richard Parise
Yuri Ranum Ken Gushi Alex Chang Jeff Lushe
Mark Sanchez James Bondurant "Chinky" Tino Krualphan
Justin Pawlak (E-JD) Tanner Foust Martin Hajarni Gary Liu
Jonathan Mcdonald Quoc Ly Ross Petty Lance Kirinoff
Patrick Mordaunt Davis Ikeyama Chris Milano Mark Aldalba
Gary Lang Yoshie Shuyama Paul LI Nadine Toyoda
Ben Reyes Thao Nguyen Colin Frost Adam Mathews
Mickie Frial Mario Partida Joe Dycus Verena Mei
Ed Johnson (New Mexico) Bernard Lee Martin Cromwell Takeshi Aizawa
Blair Sato (New Mexico) Amanda Lam Kelvin Arreola Greg Thek
David Souvannaysouth (New Mexico) JP Mendoza