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The series is sponsored by the popular video game series, '' Need For Speed ''. Its official name is ''Need for Speed'' Formula Drift Presented by Circuit City . It was inaugurated in 2004, and is a division of the Sports Car Club Of America . The 2006 series schedule has seven rounds, all at a different track. These are the locations Formula D is expected to visit next year:
The asterisk next to the Long Beach and Evergreen venues denote that they are new venues. The Long Beach round took place on a Sunday, while the Road Atlanta, Chicago, Infineon, Evergreen, Wall and Irwindale rounds will take place on a Saturday. Olivia Munn will begin hosting the ''Formula D'' show for G4 in 2006. Rossi Morreale was the show's host in 2005 . Jarod DeAnda is the Public Address announcer at each event, earning him the moniker, "The Voice of Formula D." G4 airs each round on a tape-delayed basis. G4 does not limit themselves to just airing the rounds. One new half-hour episode premieres each month, looking at Formula D behind-the-scenes. During the first season, these shows also looked at a drifting car G4 themselves were having built from scratch, and how that process went about. In addition to Munn, there are also two people working the pits — driver interviewer Mayleen Ramey , who is a roving reporter for the half-hour episodes, and a second anchor, who patrols around the car show at each event. In 2005, G4 used three reporters for this job. From the round in Wall to the round in Houston, actor Emeka held the job. At the Infineon round, '' Attack Of The Show '' co-host Kevin Pereira took the duties, while ''Street Fury'' host Big C finished things out in Chicago and Irwindale. In 2006, there will be two new co-hosts for Munn, although only their first names (Adam and Brandon) are presently known. Munn has a picture of her and her co-hosts on her MySpace. Formula D has somewhat of a partnership with the Champ Car World Series , holding demonstration events at Champ Car race weekends, most prominently, the Long Beach Grand Prix . There is also a Formula D in Australia , which was announced in June 2005. The three tracks Formula D Australia visited in 2005 are Mallala Motorsport Park in South Australia , Oran Park in New South Wales , and Winton in Victoria . The series is held in conjunction with the DRIFT AUSTRALIA Championship . The American Formula D series has more tire manufacturers than any other motor racing series in the world, with seven manufacturers ( Nitto Tires , Toyo Tires , Yokohama Tires , Falken Tires , Cooper Tires , Dunlop Tires , and Kumho Tires ). LIST OF COMPETING DRIVERS Tony Angelo (Falken/DA FD3S Mazda RX-7 ) Taka Aono (Falken AE86 Corolla ) Casper Canul (Nitto Tires Nissan 240SX S14) Ernie Fixmer Chris Forsberg (Falken/Drift Alliance Nissan Silvia S15) Vaughn Gittin, Jr. (Falken/DA Ford Mustang ) Ken Gushi 具志健士郎(Toyo Tires Ford Mustang ) Ryan Hampton (Falken/DA 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ) Samuel Hubinette ( Mopar Dodge Viper ) Benson Hsu (privateer Nissan Sileighty ) Tyler Mcquarrie Toyota Supra Rhys Millen (Rhys Millen Racing Pontiac GTO ) Bryan Norris Stephan Papadakis ( AEM Honda S2000 ) Ross Petty Mazda RX-7
Hiro Sumida (Falken Toyota Chaser ) Rob Fleming (Enjuku Racing Nissan 240SX S14) Matt Vassallo (Enjuku Racing Nissan 240SX S13) Calvin Wan (Falken Infiniti G35 ) Daijiro Yoshihara (Rockstar/Nitto Nissan S13 )
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ALL-TIME FORMULA D EVENT WINNERS LIST # Samuel Hubinette — 6 wins (2004 at Road Atlanta, Houston, and Infineon; 2005 at Road Atlanta and Chicago; 2006 at Long Beach) # Rhys Millen — 2 wins (2004 at Irwindale; 2005 at Wall) # one win each for Chris Forsberg (2005 at Irwindale); Ken Gushi (2005 at Houston); and Calvin Wan (2005 at Infineon) EXTERNAL LINKS
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