MotoIQ Radio: Wes Dumalski GTA Review, Professional Awesome, Brad Lim and Jonathan Bradford of Falken Tire, and Bryan Bridges of Bridges Racing

By Justin Banner and Kerryann De La Cruz

MotoIQ's own Wes Dumalski will join us first for our all Road Atlanta, all the time show. Well, actually, not everything happened at Road Atlanta. Oh, well, we're trying to be more Professional and awesome, but we'll bring on Professional Awesome instead to talk about their plans for the rest of 2013 after that bad crash at RA. Then Brad Lim and Jonathan Bradford break up the mononitny of Road Atlanta with talks about their ALMS weekend and their Formula Drift weekend at... Road Atlanta. So much for that! Finally, Bryan Bridges will come on to talk about Daigo Saito's win at Round 2 for the Formula Drift 2013 Championship. Hah! Bet you thought I was going to say Road Atlanta again before the end of this, didn't you?! Oops. Got questions? Type them in the comments or on the MotoIQ Facebook Page!

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Formula Drift 2013: Round 2 - Road Atlanta

By Justin Banner

Daijiro Yoshihara was in the catbird seat after taking home the win at Round 1 of the Formula Drift Pro Championship presented by Go Pro at Long Beach. Hot on his heels are Vaughn Gittin, Jr, Chris Forsberg, and Chelsea Denofa who were all looking for that weak spot in Dai's armor. With Round 2 at Road Atlanta, Dai was also looking like the favorite, but he's been the favorite before and it's bitten him hard. Would Dai make it out of Hotlanta with the points lead or would someone take a shortcut on the "Road to the Championship" and take the number one spot?

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The Rest of the Story: Tony Angelo's Scion FR-S Feature

By Justin Banner

You've followed along with the build and now it's time to see what came out of the Sandy Salvage FR-S! We dive into the details of the US Air Force Scion FR-S that Tony Angelo will be piloting for the 2013 Formula Drift Season. We'll look a bit further than the build up articles were able to and show you the parts that make this FR-S the beast that it will be this season!

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MotoIQ Radio: Willow Springs MPTCC Review, Edo Stepanyan, Road Atlanta Drift Preview, and Jacob Leveton

By Justin Banner and Kerryann De La Cruz

Well, since we didn't do a review, we'll do a recap of the MPTCC Round 2 at Willow Springs Raceway and we'll interview Edik "Edo" Stepanyan right after! Then it's time for drifting! We'll talk about the upcoming round at Road Atlanta and then have Jacob Leveton on to discuss the favorites and look to see what the history of this track is like. We'll also try to get Michele Abbate and Ken Gushi on all here on MotoIQ Radio! Got questions? Type them in the comments or on the MotoIQ Facebook Page!

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MotoIQ Radio: The Long Beach Grand Prix, Michael Essa of GSR, GMG Racing Interview, and we talk about the MegaShop

By Justin Banner and Kerryann De La Cruz

The Long Beach Grand Prix was this weekend, so Kerryann and I will do a little review on it. Then Michael Essa will come on to talk about his crazy angle E46 M3 and the Motegi Super Drift Challenge. Then James Sofronas of GMG Racing will join us to talk about the R8 LMS and his LBGP weekend. Then Kerryann and I will talk about the new home of MotoIQ, the MegaShop. I'll probably surprise one of the heads of the company with a cold call. Have questions for our guests or want to add your comments to the discussions? Type them in the comments or on the MotoIQ Facebook Page!

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What's In My Pack?

By Mike Kojima

Dora the Explorer has a magic back pack that holds just about anything she might need.  I have a back pack too, except it's not magic or cool.  I often wish it had the ability to come up with stuff I need, like a spare engine, corners of a car, a frame table and other things for tricky situations when I am out in the field.

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MotoIQ Radio: Robby Gordon for Stadium Super Trucks, Review of Round 1 of Formula Drift, Jeff Westphal, and Mike Kojima

By Justin Banner and Kerryann De La Cruz

On this episode of MotoIQ Radio, we have Robby Gordon to talk about his new series and give you guys a glimpse into what he has planed for Stadium Super Trucks. Then, Kerryann and I will do a quick review of Formula Drift Round 1 at Long Beach. Lots of carnage, lots of excitement, and a great preview for the 2013 season. Then, Jeff Westphal will come on to speak about his recent announcement of joining Scuderia Corsa. He's hitting the big time and we can't be more excited for him! Finally, Mike Kojima will be on to talk about his weekend at Formula Drift as Dai's Spotter and Chassis Engineer. Have questions for our guests or want to add your comments to the discussions? Type them in the comments or on the MotoIQ Facebook Page!

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Sneak Peek: The Engines of Formula D 2013

By Khiem Dinh

Formula Drift might just have the most diverse field of powertrain combinations out of any professional motorsport series.  In fact, trying to find a car with the original engine type as the car had off the showroom floor is the exception and not the norm.  In Formula Drift, we have old cars with new engines, new cars with old engines, four to eight cylinders, single and twin turbos, and a shot of nitrous for good measure.  Follow along as we take a quick look at some of the various setups we saw at Formula Drift Long Beach.

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Formula Drift 2013 Round 1: Long Beach

By Justin Banner

Cars breaking, crashing, scraping the Great Wall of Bil, blowing engines up, and pushing hard. This only describes what happened at Media Day! The rest of the event will end up topping all of this and will be one of the First Rounds to remember for some time. Join us as we cover the first round of the Formula Drift Championship presented by GoPro. It's a finish many were not predicting.

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The Assembly: Tony Angelo's Scion FR-S

By Justin Banner, Photos by TAngelo Racing

When we last left Tony Angelo and the Scion FR-S, it was getting down to the wire. The car was taken apart one last time to be primered and finally painted. Now, the chassis has just come back from the paint shop and the car needs to be put back together and loaded for Formula Drift Round One at Long Beach. Did our intrepid Drift Alliance Ace make it? Guess you'll have to keep reading, eh?

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