El Toro Fields Event
Date: June 16th, 2007
American Gymkhana Association (Torrance, CA) would like to thank it’s sponsors and all that came out to attended the kick off of the 1st inaugural event at El Toro fields in Irvine California, March 31st 2007. It was a groundbreaking event; “successful” is to say the least. With original expectations set at 30 to 40 participants and 300-600 spectators, we had 78 participants and over 1,800 spectators! The event drew in a good mix of auto enthusiast from all over the industry. OE’s like Mitsubishi came out with their 2008 New Lancer, Powerhouse tuners like Crawford Performance, RSR & XS came out with their monster-tuned cars. Professional drivers came out like Rally America’s Ken Block & Tanner Foust also Formula D pro drifters Dai Yoshihara, Chris Forsberg, Alex Pheiffer, Stephan Verdier, Samuel Hubinette and D1’s Yoshioka. Many that came out felt the vibe and
excitement of the good’ old days when import drag racing first came into the scene. IGN.com called it “one of the best grassroots events they ever attended”.
As any sport evolves, even a very niche sport like drifting has found itself grown out of the budget of the common enthusiast as it has become mainstream. Gymkhana fills that gap and provides a race venue not just for rear wheel driver cars, but also for front wheel drives, all-wheel drives and even low house powered econ cars like the Honda Fit & Scion’s.
American Gymkhana Association is not making a new sport, only reintroducing a sport that has been around for a while, well respected and rich in history to a new generation of drivers, and re-energized a market with parallel synergy from
Autocrossing, Drifting and Rally interests consumer. Giving them one big playing field. Our courses are going to integrate things that American drivers are familiar with but a hybrid of all 3 sports.
American Gymkhana’s backbone is the strong support from manufactures that believe in the strength of grassroots, and it is people that participate in these events fashion the future of this industry. With the endorsements from some of the most respected companies in the industry: 5 Zigen, A-Spec Products, Autobacs USA, BRIDE, Falken Tires, Meguiars, Pacific Rim, Tanabe, Toyo Tires and Works Bell. We are at the forefront of a NEW Motorsport trend in the US and would like to thank you for your support.
Links on American Gymkhana coverage:
http://cars.ign.com/articles/777/777735p1.html
http://jeffslee.com/gallery/list.php?exhibition=40
http://www.thespeedlounge.com/
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1234881
http://www.jtuned.com/content/templates/mrt.aspx?articleid=609&zoneid=3
http://www.xs-engineering.com/company.asp?filter=news&id=57
American Gymkhana video links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQS1sJbAkWU
http://www.crawfordperformance.com/news/ken_gymkhana.shtml
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Winners of the March American Gymkhana event:
1st place:
P class:
Unlimited
Wes Hamachi
time: 53.95
1st place: D class
Modified
Greg Profeta
time: 56.691
1st place: SA class, stock
#58 Michael Palero
time: 58.46
1st place: N class, stock
#49 Ryan Kelly
time: 1.01
2nd place: D class
modifed
Kat Tran
time: 56.9
2nd place:SA stock
Alex Chang
time: 1.02.10
2nd place: N
stock
Johnny Chan
time: 1.01.5
2nd place: P class Unlimited
#42 Mike Snachez
time: 54.56
3nd place: P class
unlimited
Jeremin Choencharalit
time: 55.6
3nd place: D class
modified
Rich Pena
time: 58.0
3nd place: SA class stock
Luke Duplesse
time: 1.03.9
N Class:
Car# Car Drivers Name Class Best time
49 Lotus Elise Ryan Kelly N 1:01.01
25 Fit Johnny Chen N 1:01.54
15 S2000 Carlos Herrera N 1:02.56
75 240SX Nobu Obata N 1:08.32
60 RX7 Chris Placer N 1:10.12
SA Class:
Car# Car Drivers Name Class Best time
58 GLI Michael Palero SA 58.46
64 240SX Alex Chang SA 1:02.10
65 240SX Luke Duplesse SA 1:03.91
19 240SX Don Nguyen SA 1:17.66
2 Lancer Mitsubishi SA 1:20.36
D Class:
Car# Car Drivers Name Class Best time
1 MR2 Greg Profeta D 56.691
3 240SX Kat Tran D 56.962
61 WRX Rich Pena D 58.033
27 240SX Bernard Nguyen D 58.48
71 240SX Jonathan Hartendorp D 58.52
4 Celica Adrian Torries D 59.52
7 S2000 Shuichiro Yamawaki D 59.52
54 Corolla Ronny chen D 59.60
55 240SX Garrett Hamachi D 59.61
8 WRX Eddie Chu D 1:00.14
14 Corvette Bob Girardi D 1:00.72
43 Corolla Jay Serrano D 1:00.87
24 350Z David Beas D 1:00.91
63 240SX Ray Diaz D 1:00.91
37 350Z Ben Leongson D 1:00.93
66 240SX Amanda Lam D 1:01.21
57 Sil 80 Mac Charoensub D 1:02.20
20 Corolla Matt Perkins D 1:02.71
62 Rudy Reynoso D 1:02.84
39 240SX Kathryn Tanaka D 1:03.75
78 Beetle Jacob bond D 1:04.32
59 Corolla Takuya Machida D 1:05.42
44 240SX Rirantoro Kurniawan D 1:05.62
51 Willy Chauara D 1:05.82
26 Corolla Wilson Vuong D 1:05.92
74 RX7 louis Gajon D 1:05.92
22 Corolla Lan Birmingham D 1:06.04
P Class:
Car# Car Drivers Name Class Best time
31 WRX Stephan Verdier P 50.98
56 Corolla Wes Hamachi P 53.95
40 S2000 Ken Motonishi P 54.10
30 WRX Ken Block P 54.18
42 Corolla Mike Sanchez P 54.56
70 MR2 Jeremin Choenchavalit P 55.61
9 EVO Aspec P 56.361
41 Corolla Alex Sanchez P 56.54
69 240Z Larry P 56.80
46 240SX Quac Ly P 57.76
47 Intregra Sue Tran P 57.81
28 Corolla Mark English P 57.94
45 350Z Chris Foresberg P 59.67
50 Albert Aguiliar P 59.87
13 Corolla Tuan Nguyen P 1:02.34
21 Celica Richard Rabe P 1:03.63
18 Corolla Stenen Choh Jr P 1:05.92
29 Corolla Anthony Santos P 1:09.46
No Designation:
77 Lotus S7 Alex P. 53.80
52 Edward Cho 53.97
10 Aspec- Takashi 57.75
76 Lancer Mitsubishi 58.31
5 Terry Stoneclpher 58.57
35 58.78
67 Jeff Luile 59.12
68 Adam Mathews 59.23
53 Alex Villereal 1:01.52
72 Kat A 1:02.12
17 Corolla Ritchey Reyes 1:02.58
23 Aspec- charlie 1:04.47
36 1:04.52
12 Aspec- Allen 1:04.82
6 Marvin Banting 1:05.57
11 Aspec- Logan 1:05.66
16 Aspec- Euan D.N.F.
Fee: $120.00
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DIRECTIONS TO EL TORO FIELD:
Printable Directions...
From the 405 Fwy:
Take the Sand Canyon Road exit. Head east on Sand Canyon.
From the Northbound exit make a right at the bottom of the ramp.
From the Southbound exit make a left at the bottom of the ramp.
· Follow Sand Canyon Rd. for approx 1 mile.
· Immediately after going under the I-5 freeway overpass, turn right onto Marine Way.
· Proceed ½ mile to the El Toro (gate 9) entrance guard shack located straight ahead.
· Follow signs to the AMCI Drive Center
From the 5 Fwy:
Take the Sand Canyon Road exit.
From the Northbound exit:
- Follow ramp down to the stoplight and turn right on Sand Canyon
- Immediately move to the left turn lane (25ft.) and turn left on Marine Way
- Proceed ½ mile to the El Toro (gate 9) entrance guard shack located straight ahead.
- Follow signs to the AMCI Drive Center
From the Southbound exit:
- Turn left onto Sand Canyon and immediately move to the right lane
- Immediately after going under the I-5 freeway overpass, turn right onto Marine Way.
- Proceed ½ mile to the El Toro (gate 9) entrance guard shack located straight ahead.
- Follow signs to the AMCI Drive Center
Important rules:
- Stay on the marked path to your location
- Do not wander or explore the base
- Stay within the speed limit as Irvine PD actively tickets on the base.
Payments/ refund Policy:
Payments can be mailed in, paid on Myautoevent.com, or paypal
Refunds are set by the following:
-All refunds will be issued one week after the event date
-100% refunds will be issued for cancellations made 2 weeks prior to the date of the event.
-50% refunds will be issued for cancellations made 1 weeks prior to the date of the event.
-There will be no refunds issued for cancellations on the day of the event.
