Welcome to the official GReddy USA blog. -Think of this as our online weekly "GReddy Times," a venue for us to report what's going on or what just happened at GReddy USA this week (new products, new projects, racing news, even online store specials.) On our blog you can see what we are up to in the GReddy Sales floor, R&D garage, on the road or even from our Headquarters in Japan.
#FDSTL - World Wide Technology Raceway, St. Louis, Missouri Sept 5-6 Ken Gushi Motorsport's competition debut for the GReddy Performance Achilles Tire Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Supra at #FDSTL - 12th overall after Saturday's, Rd.1 and Sunday's Rd.2 events.
* Also scroll down to the bottom of this post for the behind the build video...
IG: "Had hell of a first round here at @formulad . Firstly, I injured my back last week (slipped a disc) and have been pretty much immobile throughout the weekend. Had my awesome team work on everything while I sat around. And I couldn’t deliver for them on my top32 battle against @alecrobbinsracing ! Great drive from Alec as he’s been on fire all weekend. Round 2 tomorrow, so we’ll give the new @toyotaracing#GRsupra a wilder drive! Can’t thank my team enough for covering all bases while I sit out like a grandpa. "
IG: "And that’s a wrap for our first double header @formuladweekend! We’re currently sitting 12th with our brand new @toyotaracing#GRsupra. The car is so beat up but we learned quite a few different things and will be applying those changes for the next rounds. Special thanks to the entire Formula Drift staff for going beyond to keep us safe while we do what we love. And thanks to my team for literally having my back while I threw out my back! And to everyone who checked in on me! The car is coming back to @greddyperformance on the @achilles_radial rig. Video of how this monster was created will be up on my YouTube this week!"
2016 is gearing up to be another great year for GReddy, with more new products, projects and fun; let's take a quick look back at some of the accomplishments we achieved in 2015...
At the SEMA Show, GReddy Special Projects Division's 2015 project build was for the Fast and the Furious series star, Sung Kang(Han). This special 1973 Datsun 240Z build, named the "Fugu Z," was documented online inZ Dream a 5 episode series, by the Speed motors on Fox and the eGarage team.
Built in just over 2 months, this special build was finished just in time to reveal before the SEMA Show at the GReddy HQ. It then went on to be featured in the main lobby of SEMA Show and won "Best in Show" in the Gran Turismo Awards(and our 4th Best Asian Import Award)
The GReddy Racing Japanese and USA Teams were equally as successful in 2015 with a D1 Grand Prix Series Championship and a 2nd Overall in the, super competitive, Formula Drift Pro Championships...
In just his 2nd year in the Team TOYO TIRES Drift - TRUST Racing 35RX
Dspec GT-R, Masato Kawabata captures his 3rd D1Grand Prix Series
Championship, with 2x wins (4x podioums) & 1x Top Qualifier in the 5 round, 2015 season.
(plus 3x 2015 Exhibition Event Wins)
2015 also became a break-out season for Ken Gushi and the GReddy Performance - Scion Racing FR-S. In Ken's 4th season with the GReddy Team, Ken produced an impressive 4x podiums, 2x Top Qualifiers as well as record for OMTs in one event in the 7round series. The result for the 2015 Formula Drift Pro Championship was 2nd overall with no signs of slowing down for 2016... Ken's 2nd place finish at the season finale in Irwindale Speedway with an injured car showed his confidence and great driving skill.
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Also expanding in 2016 will be our new line of automotive inspired lifestyle merchandise, BOOST BRIGADE by Greddy. Look for new unique items to add to the collection of Caps, Tees, Jackets and Sweatshirts we released in 2015...
GReddy Performance Products, the Authorized North American Rocket Bunny Distributor has also expanded the exportation of Mr. Miura's TRA Kyoto line with the Pandem aero kits...
With 4 rounds down and 3 rounds to go, Ken Gushi is sitting 4th in the Formula Drift Pro Championships. Cheer on the GReddy Racing x Hankook Tire x Scion Racing FR-S Team in #FDSEA as we make a charge at the top spot on the Formula D podium!
http://www.formulad.com/live
Friday Qualifying: 12:10pm PST
Saturday Top32: 1:40pm PST
Main Event: 5:00pm PST Check out the latest full Scion Racing Driven 2 Drift Episode below:
