The Official Website of: MAD MIKE WHIDDETTANNOUNCEMENT: D1GP 2012Magic Total Car Produce unveils their D1GP competition car for 2012 at the Tokyo Auto Salon and given the livery there is no guessing as to who they have teamed up with to pilot the RX7 quad rotor.
Madmike is excited about the forth coming D1GP events and had this to say “For me this is a dream come true, to be given this opportunity to compete in Japan and team alongside Kawato San again is an honor. We paired in 2010 for the Red Bull project ‘Drift-N-Ice’ using Kawato’s 13b turbo powered FD RX7 for the job and I was impressed with the performance and workmanship. For the past few months now we’ve been exchanging emails with the team at Magic Co, they’ve built an amazing car for me and I can’t wait to get some seat time. The Japanese RX7 which I’ve aptly nicknamed named ‘JAPBUL’ for now, has been built very similar to ‘MADBUL’ my NZ based RX7. Both cars have N/A 4 rotor engines but I’m being realistic and understand that it will take time to adapt to. D1GP has their own style of Judging and that will be another aspect for me to come to terms with but overall I’m looking forward to the challenges ahead.” Madmikes D1GP season kicks off April 14th with rounds 1 & 2 in Odaiba Tokyo. Mike says “I’m looking forward to this track, I’ve watched a truck load of Option dvd’s over the years and there is definitely a degree of difficulty about it. The run up strip has aggressive bumps that will test the suspension, then after initiation there is a long outside clipping zone. I’ll be battling with cars easily pushing over 1000hp and lining up against some of my hero’s that have been in the game longer than anyone else in the world.” We look forward to following Madmike on his journey.
MADMIKE takes out "CAR of the Year"
Here's what Speedhunters had to say "And finally we come to the Speedhunters Car of the Year. This award sees the category winners pooled together for a final round of voting, and this year you appointed Mad Mike as the best of the best. His Red Bull / Team Need for Speed MADBUL RX-7 is now in its fifth generation, and arguably it's the best yet."
See the 2nd part of the awards here
MADMIKE Wins "Drift car of the year" AwardIn this year's Speedhunters Awards, landslide victories were few and far between. However Pro Drift Car of the Year proved to be a one horse race with Mad Mike's 5th generation MADBUL RX-7 claiming 41% of the votes. Mike's win rounded out a clean sweep for Team Need for Speed, which claimed the top three positions!
to see the other winners for 2011 follow this link
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After taking out the illustrious "Drift car of the year" award on Speedhunters.com MadMike was up against all the other category winners for "Car of the year" award.
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