It was probably closer to about 20 photos but honestly I always just find myself chillin’ at FD Long Beach more than ‘working’. All my other creator friends seem to be so stoked about this event and I get it, it’s super fun shooting drifting and what not but I enjoy this event so much more for the general vibe of it. It’s the first big event of the year, it’s on the scenic streets of Long Beach, I get to see a lot of my friends, etc. I’d rather just hang out, ya know? I brought my camera and all my gear fully imagining a scenario where I’d get a complete day of shooting in but I was just having so much fun that I didn’t even want to pull my gear out. Before I gave up on my quest to collect content, I did gather these 17 or so photos which I’ll throw up here just so you guys have something to look at. There’s a ton of merch I have to get to the post office this week so I’m plenty occupied. If you ordered something, you’ll get it in the next few days. I’ve been up until like 6 AM every morning just to get everything packed and shipped. Your patience is much appreciated as always. Thanks for the support!…

Forrest Wang’s Get Nuts Lab Nissan S15 Silvia looking spectacular and remaining one of the few great looking Formula D competition vehicles. Really wanted to get some better shots of this car but it’s always roped off so I couldn’t get close enough to it…

Yuta and Keisuke were back in town for the weekend to set-up a booth for HKS USA at FD Long Beach. The Evasive-built HKS USA FK8 Civic Type R demo car was used for the booth and looked great per usual…

The newly developed HKS Suction Kit for the FK8 K20C engine. Quality goods from HKS which also includes a bolt-on blow-off valve application for the FK8 CTR…

Over at Eneos display area was the Evasive Motorsports Pikes Peak Challenge Toyota 86 which will be piloted by Daijiro Yoshihara…

Our annual JDM Wong photobomb was checked-off the list early in 2019…

StopTech big brakes and Advan GT wheels on the Pikes Peak Challenger 86…

Toyota had a nice display at FD hosting the Papadakis Racing Drift Demo 2019 Corolla with a nice livery wearing traditional Toyota Motorsports colors…

Under the hood of the now rear-wheel drive Corolla is a turbocharged 2.5L 2AR engine from the new Toyota RAV4 which produces about 1000HP…

Fredric Aasbo signing autographs for fans who showed-up to watch the qualifying runs on the Friday of Formula D LBC weekend…

Piotr Wiecek’s Worthouse 2JZ-powered S15 Silvias getting worked on…

You can also see James Deane’s S15 in the background, both still looking identical with the same aero and liveries as we’ve come to know them in the last few years…

Toyota 2JZ-GTE powerplant with Brian Crower cams, Tomei pulleys, a Borg Warner EFR9180 turbo and a 150-shot of direct-port nitrous…

Ryan Tuerck at the autograph signings, ironically, I captured this shot by accident but it kinda worked out nicely…

And a shot from Saturday when I snuck into the grandstands and watched the actual drifting for the first time ever since I first attended a D1 GP event here in the U.S. over ten years ago. This was before the Top 16 competition began. I left soon after because I’m not invisible and people were obviously very aware I was in their seats…

That’s all for FD LBC. *SHRUGGGG*….