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 | ||
| Meguiars Cleanest Drift
(Formula D Round 5, 2006) |
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| Meguiars Cleanest Drift
(Formula D Round 2, 2007) |
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| 2007 Biggest Rivalry
(against Tanner Foust) |
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| 2007 Hardest Charger | ||
| 2007 Driver of the Year | ||
| 2007 Triple Crown Champion | ||
| Formula D Statistics | ||
| 2008 Position: | 1st | |
| Best Position: | 1st | |
| First Event: | 2004 Round 1 (Atlanta, GA) | |
| First Win: | 2005 Round 6 (Irwindale, CA) | |
| Last Win: | 2008 Round 1 (Long Beach, CA) | |
| Overall Statistics | ||
| Wins | Podiums | Top Tens |
| 9 | 14 | 19 |
| All stats current as of April 22, 2008. | ||
Chris Forsberg (born April 6, 1982), is an American self-taught drifting driver from Doylestown, Pennsylvania who currently competes in the Formula D series in his Nissan 350Z for NOS Energy Drink and Maxxis Tires.
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[edit] History
Chris noticed his love for speed and competition at the age of six, racing bicycles with his brother. He became interested in cars at the age of ten while attending drag racing events with his uncles at Maple Grove Raceway Park in Pennsylvania. He was then introduced to flat track motorcycle racing while watching his cousin slide around the track. This is what planted the seed for sliding things around.
At fourteen he used to take out the family tractor, get it into third gear and slam on the brakes which made it slide around the yard. When he became old enough to drive he would borrow a friend's MKIII Supra and drift it around a cone course he set up in a parking lot. This passion lead him to watching Intital D and Option Videos, which influenced him to sell his truck and purchase his first car, a 1988 Mazda RX-7.
After buying the RX-7 Chris became heavily involved in the east coast drifting scene. By the age of twenty he helped run the first regularly schedule East Coast Drift events. He was twenty-one when D1 announced they were coming to America for a drivers search so he packed up his RX-7 on a flatbed rental truck and drove 3,000 miles to California. Chris later became the American Driver for Signal Auto.
In 2004 Formula D debuted their national drift series and Chris began competing. After three years of competition, he built a reputation for his high speed precision driving skills, and became a major supporter of the drift community worldwide.
[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 Falken Tire Nissan Silvia (S15)
- 06-present Nissan 350z Roadster (Z33) with a 350 HP Nissan Titan 5.6L V8
[edit] Achievements
[edit] 2008
- Placed 1st at Formula Drift Round 1, Long Beach Grand Prix
- Placed 1st at Formula Drift Team Drift, Long Beach Grand Prix
- Became 2nd most winningest driver in Formula Drift history
[edit] 2007
- Placed 1st at Formula Drift Round 2, Road Atlanta
- 1st privately owned team to win a Formula Drift Pro Championship event
- Placed 1st at Ziptied All Star Team Drift, Willow Springs
- Placed 1st at Formula Drift Team Drift, San Jose
- Placed 1st at Formula Drift Round 5, Infineon Raceway
- Judge of the 2007 Drift Mania Canadian Championship series
- Placed 2nd in overall wins for Formula Drift Pro Championship
- Placed 2nd at Formula Drift Round 7, Irwindale Speedway
- Tires.com Triple Crown Champion
- Placed 2nd in Formula Drift Series Championship
[edit] 2006
- Placed 1st at Formula Drift Team Drift, Long Beach
- Placed 1st at World Drift Series Team Drift Beijing, China
[edit] 2005
- 1st American to beat a Japanese D1 driver in tandem competition
- Placed 5th in first ever D1 Grand Prix US vs. Japan, Irwindale Speedway
- 1st Place at Formula Drift, Irwindale
[edit] 2004
- Only driver to defeat Samuel Hubinette in Formula D 2004 season competition.
- Placed 2nd at inaugural Formula Drift, Road Atlanta
- Placed 3rd at Formula Drift, Houston
- Placed 3rd in Formula Drift Series Championship
[edit] 2003
- Course designer and instructor at first organized East Coast events. (DGTrials 2003)
- Aces High member of DGTrials.
- Featured in October 2003 Wired magazine article on drifting, alongside Tony Angelo.
