The organizers recruited nine (9) drivers from its premier PRO Championship to join them for the second annual Skills Battle presented by . This year's Skills Battle took place at The House of Drift – Irwindale Speedway near Los Angeles – and challenged the teams, drivers and fans to prepare for the start of the new season, which returned to its traditional eight-round national series format.
ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝ Features Editor, Ricky Chu was on-site and had a chat with 2011 Formula DRIFT Champion, Daijiro Yoshihara.
2021 COMPETITORS
- Aurimas Bakchis (Lithuania) – Falken Tire / Feal Suspension Nissan S15
- Trenton Beechum (USA) – Clonex Racing / Nexen Tire Ford Mustang
- Dan Burkett (USA) – RAD Industries / GearWrench / GT Radial Toyota Supra
- Rome Charpentier (USA) – Garagistic / Federal Tire BMW E36
- Michael Essa (USA) – FCP Euro / Liqui Moly / GT Radial BMW M3
- Dylan Hughes (USA) – Royal Purple / GT Radial BMW E46
- Jeff Jones (USA) – Jeff Jones Racing / GT Radial Nissan 370Z
- Kyle Mohan (USA) – KMR / Renewable Lubricants / Mazdatrix Mazda RX-8
- Daijiro Yoshihara (Japan) – Turn 14 Distribution / Falken Tire / ENEOS Oil Subaru BRZ
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Features Editor: Ricky Chu () / Videographer: Mikey Dang ()
(As seen in ŔÖ˛Ą´«Ă˝ Tuning 365 Episode 33 on )
