a competitive car for Chris and he had to use his backup car, the SR20DET 350Z for a few rounds as he sorted out the V8 and its chassis. He had two unfavorable rounds of the seven, though he still qualified. 2005 Chris competed in the Team Falken Password JDM Silvia S15. His last battle of the season was also the season finale and was against Rhys Millen in his GTO. Super Street documented the drama: “The finals between Rhys Millen and Team Falken’s Chris Forsberg would be something for the books however. On Forsberg’s old 350Z, he had a sticker that said “too close for missiles, switching to guns!” Well, in the season finale and the final battle, the sticker could have read ‘where there’s smoke, there’s fire!’ That’s right, in blazing glory and a fiery drift battle, Forsberg’s rear bumper lit up as he went completely sideways through the course at speeds only Millen could duplicate. A one more time was in the works which proved too much for Millen’s GTO. Suspension problems would ensue on the GTO as Forsberg continued his consistency through the track at blazing speed producing tons of smoke.” Chris moved on to win the round and would attain his first Formula Drift win. 2004 In 2004 Chris placed second at his first ever Formula Drift event at Road Atlanta and followed it up with another podium finish at round 2 in Houston, Texas. As a privateer, Chris broke Sam Hubinette’s year long undefeated streak at Irwindale Speedway which could be looked at as one of the turning points of his career. Chris would drive the 350Z SR20DET for part of the inaugural season, and for one race had to switch to a borrowed Nissan Silvia S13 because of technical difficulties. The SR20DET Z finished the campaign. After Irwindale, the team participated in a D1 event in which Chris became the first American driver to beat a Japanese driver, Team Orange’s Kazuhiro Tanaka. Formula Drift Competition Cars |- Special Projects and Vehicles 1975 Datsun “Gold Leader” x RAD Industries 280Z In 2014 Chris purchased a stripped-down RB motor equipped 1975 280Z for $4,000 with no intention of making it a show car, that is until AEM approached him about displaying it in their 2016 SEMA booth. With help from RAD Industries some of the car’s build specs include: CarbonSignal seats, carbon/suede door cards/center console,