Formula Drift: Ivan Lim does us proud

So what if it's just 24th out of a field of 32?

On his debut USA appearance in Formula Drift, at Round 7 of the series at Irwindale Speedway in Los Angeles, our very own Ivan Lim is amongst names like Manubu Orido, Vaughn Gittin Jr, Ryuji Miki, Rhys Millen, Tanner Foust... Get the picture?

Ivan drifts in a S13 in the Formula Drift USA series. The S13 was built and maintained by Pac-Rim Motorsports and tuned by HKS USA. Formerly driven by experienced Formula Drift competitor Daijiro Yoshihara, the Silvia runs 420 whp courtesy of a built SR20det and HKS GT PRO 3037 blower combo, with more suspension components than you can shake a stick at...

Check out the full specs here.

Ivan's appearance marked Singapore’s first appearance at the highest level of professional drifting. Some of you may think that he's over there living large (cue: drifting in the day while hitting the club with hot promo girls like the one shown above) but here's a reality check from his blog excerpts:

When people ask me what i have seen in So Cal, i’ll tell them Gearheinz power and service... , Irwindale speedway and American tyre depot...

I didn’t get any practice as i went up a week before race day and had to work on the vehicle from 0700hrs till 0200hrs daily and only managed to get 3hr plus of sleep! The time difference didn’t help too and i was totally exhausted.

We should all be proud that of what Ivan is doing, putting blood, sweat and tears into pursuing his dreams and putting Singapore on the drifting world map.

Check out Ivan's blog for more here.