Drifting started in Japan approximately 10 years ago

In time, drifting evolved into an officially sanctioned sport called the D1 Grand Prix in which top Japanese professional drivers compete in a series of events to determine the best drifter. Amateur drifting events take place in Europe, Australia and now in the U.S., but the D1 Grand Prix remains the only pro drifting series in the world.

U.S.-based drifting has been an underground sport for the last few years but professional drifting has only taken off in the States recently. In Spring 2003, top professional Japanese drivers participated in a demonstration event in front of a large audience at Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, CA. Now, only six months after that electrifying debut, Slipstream Global Marketing, along with Yokohama Tire Corporation as title sponsor, have brought the D1 Grand Prix All Star Invitational to the U.S. in its official debut appearance outside Japan.