Los Angeles, CA (May 13, 2008) – Live Sockets Entertainment in conjunction with the Redline Time Attack Series will produce the Live Sockets Battle Series,
a head-to-head racing competition, pitting some of the country's top tuners
against one another on California Speedway's 21 turn, 2.8 miles Auto Competition
Course. This unique event will run within the Redline Time Attack weekend July
19-20th at the famed Fontana raceway. Rules/regulations and a list of teams
participating in the series will be announced shortly.
“Fontana (Speedway) in this configuration with the banked turn in play
is a going to be insane,” says Thuy Dang, Live Sockets Executive Producer.
“This may be the first time for many of these teams to run the cars on
the larger road course and we're excited to see how everyone will adjust to
this configuration and format.”
Formula Drift New Broadcast Deal
By press release on 2008-05-12, 14:48:50 MDT
LONG BEACH, Calif. – May 12, 2008 – Drifting, the fastest-growing motorsport, will slide into millions of households as Formula DRIFT announces a comprehensive and exclusive race programming schedule with SPEED TV. The 2008 Formula DRIFT Championship Series will air on SPEED beginning on Sunday, October 26 and continue through December 21, 2008.
The eight-stop Formula DRIFT Championship Series and World Championship programs will air over nine Sundays during the 4 PM (EST) / 1 PM (PST) time slot. Sunday, November 30 will be a “bye” on the air schedule. Each episode will showcase one Round of the Championship Series beginning October 26 with Round 1 – “The Streets of Long Beach” and continue all the way through the National Championships and into the final episode showcasing the inaugural Formula DRIFT World Championships. Each episode will re-air during the week immediately following the initial broadcast.
“SPEED is the innovator of the 24-hour motorsports network. We are excited to be joining the likes of other world class motorsports to be aired on SPEED,” said Jim Liaw, president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. “We have worked off-season to find a home to host our TV programming on a consistent, marketable schedule, and SPEED has given us that.”
The Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Series will be shot in HiDef and will focus on all the race action, on and off the track. Check your local listings or visit the Formula DRIFT website at www.formuladrift.com for more information.
Join the Live Sockets Marketing Team
By chairman of the bored on 2008-05-07, 08:32:44 MDT
Want to join the Live Sockets Marketing Team?
We are looking for a few dedicated staffers/interns/promoters who share a passion for cars and people. You will be helping us spread the word about our awesome-ness online and at nationwide automotive events. This is a great opportunity to contribute to our grassroots marketing campaign, meet industry people and attend Motorsport events. We are looking for a variety of people with different talents, including writing, graphic design, street marketing, etc.
In short, if you got skills and are self motivated, we want you on our team!
SUPER GT Round 3 Fuji
By Press Release on 2008-05-06, 05:46:50 MDT
ZENT CERUMO SC430 (Tachikawa/Lyons) Wins for First Time this Season
The FUJI GT 500KM RACE, Round 3 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, took place at Fuji Speedway (one lap 4.563 km x 110 laps) in Shizuoka Pref. on May 4, and victory was won by the ZENT CERUMO SC430 driven by Yuji Tachikawa and Richard Lyons for the first time this season.
Tachikawa and the ZENT CERUMO SC430 have had many successes at Fuji Speedway, but yesterday they had to settle for 2nd place in the qualifying as the pole position was taken by the TAKATA DOME NSX. But, as the competitors lined up for the 14:00 start, the ZENT CERUMO SC430 team was determined to make up for that.
Live Sockets Invades HIN Chicago
By 247Motoring.com on 2008-05-01, 01:39:26 MDT
The Live Sockets crew will be attending Hot Import Nights in Chicago, IL on May 10. 2008. It's been a while since we've been to the windy city so be nice to us and visit the Live Sockets/247Motoring booth and look for great deals and meet some of the peeps behind the scenes.
Man Robs Game Stop for GTA IV
By chairman of the bored on 2008-04-29, 21:58:48 MDT
A 27-yr old San Diego man maced employees at the local Game Stop and ran off with a few copies of the Grand Theft Auto IV game released this week. The suspect surrendered to police at a nearby Japanese restaurant moments later.
The moron should have ran straight home and popped in the game. Unfortunately, he could face felony robbery charges for this incident.
This game looks awesome but fork out the $60 and buy it or just steal the money from your mom to get it.
Best Motoring Rally Evo vs Tuned S2000
By chairman of the bored on 2008-04-29, 15:22:51 MDT
New BMI impressions...We got a chance to check out the new Best Motoring DVD
last nite and were impressed. The Touge Showdown segment was excellent as usual
but it seemed like Keiichi always gets to drive the fastest car and usually
has some kind of an advantage in all of these segments....hmmmm.
The K20A battle features some serious hybrid muscle with the Spoon Civic EK9
and J's Racing Fit GT both outfitted with the K20A motor. Here are some screenshots
from the DVD. Get it at 247motoring.com.
Formula D Round 3 Moves to Englishtown
By press release on 2008-04-29, 15:12:35 MDT
For immediate release
April 28, 2008
LONG BEACH, Calif. – April 28, 2008 – Formula DRIFT Round 3: The Gauntlet has been relocated to New Jersey’s Englishtown Raceway in Englishtown on June 14, 2008. The change of venue is due to the previously announced closing of Wall Township Speedway.
The closure of Wall Speedway only impacts the location for Formula DRIFT Round 3: The Gauntlet. The event will be held on its originally scheduled date of June 14. Englishtown Raceway’s 1.35-mile Road Course will provide the backdrop for the drifting track and will offer drivers and fans a unique course that will host its first major drifting competition.
“The selection of Englishtown not only provides an ideal location for the world’s top drifters to compete, but brings a major championship to this historic raceway,” said Jim Liaw, president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. “By moving the event to Englishtown, we were able to keep our original schedule and we are confident fans will experience a very entertaining event.”
Ticket prices start at $25 and Formula DRIFT will also be offering reserved seating. Reserved seating will save a purchased seat for the entire event so fans will not have to worry about losing their seat. General admission and reserved seating tickets can be purchased online at www.formuladrift.com.
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