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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 02:42 PM
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Our Project Drift car

Announcing Project FD. The car was recently unveiled at the 2004 Los Angeles
Auto Salon. The project is being put together by Rotary Power. The driver is
being provided by Grip Video. The car has major sponsors such as Dunlop,
VeilSide, Deep Racing, and Battle Garage. The car is still in it's finishing
stages and will be ready to take on all major west coast drifting events
such as Formula D, Drift Showoff, and US Drift. The driver, Ross Petty is a
new comer to the US drift scene, but has been drifting for 7 years. Ross
learned drifting at the age of 16 in Okinawa Japan and had refined his
skills during Togue to impress the highly regarded Team Murder from Okinawa.
Ross is now the second member from Team Murder to be competing stateside,
the other being Team Rotora's Ernie Fixmer.


For recent footage of the driver, the video can be seen here:
http://www.gripvideo.com/Ross/RossPetty.mp4

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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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Very nice

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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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it looks fast

and it looks furious.

good luck with it.
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 11:38 PM
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everybody be hiring japanese drivers. CHEATERS! haha.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 02:22 AM
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haha he is one of the only haole guys from Hawaii (other one would be my friend Matt in his white 240 )
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 12:16 PM
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dont worry, the wheels were loaners for IAS. We actually took 3rd place for Mazda Class, even though the motor is not in the car, nor are the seats even bolted down! We've got some black face deep dish wheels going on, as soon as they arrive from Japan.
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 08:07 PM
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very nice, i wish i could go back to honolulu
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Old Apr 9, 2004 | 10:16 AM
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i wish i was funded like that....
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Old Apr 10, 2004 | 07:05 PM
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very nice
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 04:06 AM
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nice
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Old Apr 11, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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how do i play tha video?
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 01:39 PM
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play it with quicktime.
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