There, in 2002, they competed in the first Club Loose drifting event, what is now the longest running drifting event in the United States.īecause the sport is so young, it's not quite the revenue-generating powerhouse that Formula One auto racing has become. "We went to Raceway Park in New Jersey," he says, "and these guys basically proposed running drift events because we were tired of getting in trouble." He and his friends sought out a place where they could compete safely. Police cracked down by ticketing offenders and suspending licenses. In the small town of Doylestown, Penn., he taught himself how to drift race.īut the practice was both illegal and unsafe.
Intrigued, Forsberg decided to try it out himself.
Forsberg's journey started in the late 90s, he tells CNBC, when a friend living in Japan sent him a video of drivers sliding their cars through the streets.
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