Chris Forsberg
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| Born: | April 6, 1982 | |
| Hometown: |  Doylestown, PA |
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| Awards: | 2005 Formula D Best Comeback | |
| 2006 Formula D Best Looking Car | ||
| 2006 Meguiars Cleanest Drift (Formula D Round 5) | ||
| Formula D Statistics | ||
| 2006 Position: | 12th | |
| Best Position: | 3rd | |
| First Event: | 2004 Round 1 (Atlanta, GA) | |
| First Win: | 2005 Round 6 (Irwindale, CA) | |
| Overall Statistics | ||
| Wins | Podiums | Top Tens |
| 2 | 4 | 14 |
| All stats current as of January 31, 2006. | ||
Chris Forsberg, originally of Doylestown, Pennsylvania in Bucks County, has been living and working as a professional driver in Los Angeles County since the summer of 2003. He represents one fourth of the notorious drift team known as Drift Alliance. The remainder of the group is comprised of Tony Angelo (Doylestown, PA), Vaughn "JR" Gittin Jr. (Annapolis, MD), and Ryan Hampton (Glendora, CA). Despite the relatively short time he has spent in California thus far, his resume is quite impressive. Since picking up and driving cross-country in his Dodge Ram pickup, modified 350Z in tow, Chris has managed to drive for such big names as Signal Auto, Motorex and Falken Tire. His sponsor list has been graced by the likes of Sears Auto Center, Blitz USA, Tein USA, Rockford Fosgate, XS Engineering, Enkei Wheels, Von Zipper, Project ยต, Tanabe USA, to name a few.
[edit] Cars Driven
- 00-03 Mazda RX7 (FC) with a rotary engine intitially, then a Nissan SR20DET motor swap
- 03-present Nissan 350z (Z33) with a supercharged VQ engine initially, then a Nissan SR20DET motor swap
- 05-06 Falken Tire Nissan Silvia (S15)
- 06-present Nissan 350z Roadster (Z33) with a stock Nissan Titan 5.6L V8
[edit] Notable Career Accomplishments
- designing courses and instructing at early DGTrials events
- Aces High member of DGTrials
- featured in an October 2003 Wired magazine article on drifting, alongside Tony Angelo
- the first American to beat a Japanese D1 driver in tandem
- beating the undefeatable Samuel Hubinette in Formula D
- 5th place finish in D1 Grand Prix (at Fontana)
- gaining first Formula D win during the 2005 season finale at the Irwindale Speedway, defeating new series champion Rhys Millen in the event's final round
