Official Press Release: James Deane to drive Falken Tire S15

[MCNSPORT.com]

It Official, James Deane will be driving the Falken Tire S15 in Round 1 of the Formula Drift USA Championship in association with Falken Tire USA and MCNSPORT.com

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Rod09/Cars/Calvin%20S15/Falken%20S15%201.jpg

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Rod09/drivers%20guests/Darren/03.JPG

James Deane:
" I'd like to thank Falken Tire USA, Darren McNamara, WKD Imports and my Family for making this event possible. Its a dream come through for me to be able to compete in Formula Drift and i'll be looking to repay they're faith in me with a good result on April 10th"

James will add to the growing number of Irish drivers competing in Formula Drift which now stands at four, all past Prodrift Champions

[meego1]

best drift news iv heard all year,most deserved of all to get a drive, best of luck:)

[MCNSPORT.com]

most deserved of all to get a drive, best of luck:)

Hey????????

[sc86]

fuck me fair play to him, what age is he now 17 r 18?
i remember watchin him when he was 15

[Stonie]

seat must go well back in that 15:D well done lad and best of luck.

[1-JAY-Z]

Stuff dreams are made of. Fairplay. Can I ask a nosey question more curious than anything and I know a lot of other would like to know too. Do you get paid for this or do they just pay travel expenses or what?

[s13-ste]

Fair play. 4 Irish drivers in FD now. thats a mini championship right there :D

[MarkoC]

Dreams coming true for some, fair play and good luck :)

[s13-ste]

Do you get paid for this or do they just pay travel expenses or what?

that depends on the deal you work out. i know eric said in an other thread he has to pay his own flights and all but darren doesn't pay for his.

[MacOnTheRack]

Best of luck for the season! :)

[Derk]

Thats f**kin deadly! G'wan the Paddies!
Do us proud... The 4 of ye :D

[meego1]

Hey????????

only mean he shud of been picked up sooner, wel desrveved urself 2 lol:)

[alan180sx]

congrats to james, a real gud driver

best of luck to him, darren, dean an eric dis season

doin the irish proud, says alot bout the quality of drifting in ireland

[James Deane RX7]

Thanks for all the support lads, its a dream come true! When im Stateside I will keep ye all updated with how im getting on true this site:)

[s13-ste]

says alot bout the quality of drifting in ireland

we bitch and moan about PD all the time but it with out a doubt now has to be considered a stepping stone to FD

[Joe]

James you landed a great team of lads backing you with Darren , Wez and the Falken crew and Rs2 is one bad ass car , you will be in love with it , was made for your style of driving !

[Administrator]

Hero spec! Well done James, no less than you deserve! :D Keep us all up to date with goings on Stateside! Best of luck from all the staff on here, no doubt you'll do us proud! :cool:

[Prodrifter86]

ah great news! best of luck james!!!!!!!!!!!!

[S14a johno]

ah fair play, well done, do us proud and kick some ass :D:D:D:D

dont forget all of DI when the house party comes around :P:P

[MikeFitz]

Congratulations and the very best of luck to a man who truly deserves it

[Robbie Daly Ps13]

Congratulations and the very best of luck to a man who truly deserves it

+2............ Its been a long time coming........ I was only saying to the lads last week that i didn't know how he wasn't snapped up yet...........

Serious talented young man............ He'l go far..............!

[Trial_S15]

Congrats James, as everybody has said it's well deserved :D All the best with it, hopefully they'll cop on to themselves and offer you a seat for the whole season :cool:

[BilllyT3B]

Delighted for him,i reckon he'll do realy well...

[James Deane RX7]

Thanks again lads, blown away with all the nice comments! Flying out monday now soo it wont be long coming around, 12days, 12 hours from now to Formula D round 1, Long Beach USA!!!!! :eek: Cant wait

[CarlCF4]

Feckin great news man, fair play to ya, your a credit to irish motorsport young man :)

[geordier1]

really great news,fair play to ya james,well deserved

[G.Lenihan]

fair play, best of luck to all our drivers

[Micko]

really really delighted for ya james best drifty news iv heard in a long time! god knows ya deserve it, just a pity we cant make it over this time ta see you in action:(

[paddymcgrath]

Launched the news up on Speedhunters tonight, head over and give the lad your support in front of the American audience !

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/03/27/news-gt-gt-james-deane-to-compete-at-long-beach.aspx

[eric25]

savage lad fair play some serious talent, best of luck

[James Deane RX7]

Flying out now at 9am tomorrow so next time im on the net ill be in L.A :-) Ill do my best to keep ye all up to date with how im getting on. Thanks again!;)

[Stevo]

Flying out now at 9am tomorrow so next time im on the net ill be in L.A :-) Ill do my best to keep ye all up to date with how im getting on. Thanks again!;)

Best of luck man :cool:

[gem-s13]

Flying out now at 9am tomorrow so next time im on the net ill be in L.A :-) Ill do my best to keep ye all up to date with how im getting on. Thanks again!;)

good luck over there lad

[skinny d]

This is SOOOO cool ! Best of luck James !

[Daraghs14a]

Best of luck Lad.

[James Deane RX7]

Just completed test day 1 in the Falken Tire S15 today and it went really really good! Its an awsome car. Alot better than expected, looking forward to testing it again in the next few days after some small tweeks! Big thanks again to Falken tire and all of ye on here for your support! :)