lance feliciano - tentative backgrounder

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"Somehow, I knew that I was born to

be a racer my whole life.”

Fil-Am Professional D1 Champ!

Lance Feliciano: Fast becoming an icon in the Drifting arena.

Lance Feliciano made history in October 2006 by being the only Filipino-American licensed professional

Drifting racing champ. At that time, he was among the only 38 licensed U.S. professionals from across

America. In a press release by Drift & RWD sports magazine, he was named "one of the next superstars

to watch in 2007”.

Currently, Lance continues to be among the youngest professional racers in the world of Drifting. “I want

to be the first Filipino car race champion in the United States. Now, it's more than a dream to me, it's my

goal in life. I want to be the champion of Drifting. After Drifting, I want to go to different kinds of racing...”

As a kid, Lance liked to watch the popular drifting videos from Japan. His dad also used to teach him in



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the hills and mountains of Antipolo. He started joining amateur events in 2005. In October 2006, he

entered the Pro-Am, amateur events you have to win if you want to turn Pro . “There was a Pro-Am within

the whole west coast region. We all battled from the Irwindale Speedway, 55 to 60 drivers, and I won

first.”, relates Lance.

He was ranked No. 1 in the west coast, and was sent to Las Vegas, in Laughlin, to represent the west

coast region. Lance Feliciano won the 2nd over-all in the nationals and was one, among only four, to get

a Professional license. In November 2006, Lance was only 19-years old and was the youngest racer in

the world of Drifting to be given professional status

"I knew that I was born to be a racer my whole life. I feel so passionate about racing that I can't think of

anything I'd rather do in my life but race. In 2005, I raced in the World Championship and people were

saying, "Who is this kid trying to prove something – he just came from nowhere?' And I was coming on so

strong that they wrote about me and mentioned me in their press release saying: The Japanesechampions need to watch out because if the U.S. pro drivers are going to give them a run for their money.

There's going to be plenty of rookies giving 100 percent, like Casper Canul and Lance Feliciano. These

guys are definitely going to be the next superstars of Drifting."

Formula-D

Formula-D is the name of United States drifting series (incidentally, is Japan's equivalent championship in

Japan, the D1 Grand Prix Series). The series is sponsored by the popular video game series, Need for

Speed (official name is Need for Speed Formula Drift Presented by Circuit City. It was inaugurated in

2004, and is a division of the Sports Car Club of America).



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Heritage of Champions

4-year old Lance at the race track with his dad and uncle.

It is also interesting to note that Lance is the grandson of Olympian sharpshooter Chito Feliciano, whose

father, in turn, was the fencing champion and partner of Philippine National hero Jose Rizal in the 1800's.

At the 1954 Manila Asiad, Chito Feliciano won a gold medal in shooting and a gold medal in the 1958

Tokyo Asiad. He also pioneered TV production of GMA Ch. 7 in the 1960's and started the first dance

show, which ran for 10 yrs. He died in a helicopter crash in the early „70s.

(http://youtube.com/watch?v=8jDsc1uVgzI&feature=related)

Although Lance is a pretty much

self-made in what he has

accomplished so far, his lineage

can be traced from a bloodline

of champions. At a young age,

he was already growing up in an

environment of speed and cars.

His father, Larry Feliciano, used

to be a rally champion in the

Philippines in the 80's, and

raced for Mitsubishi. Lance’s

uncle, who also lives in

California, was also a race car

driver .and was a big influence

to him.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8jDsc1uVgzI&feature=related






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Lance Wows the Philippines

In his recent visit to the Philippines, Lance Feliciano performed high precision drifting demos at the Clark

Freeport Zone. It was a well-attended event and Lance wowed the crowd with his awesome drifting

techniques. He also was involved in creating the LF Drift Team and set-up a Drift Training School. Whiz

Oil, LF Performance, Von Braven Corp., C! Magazine, Tsikot.Com, Top Gear, Auto Extreme, NU107,

99.5Campus Radio, SM Clark, PepTV, Titty Twister Bar, and The Sausage Bar helped support his brief

stay in the country. Lance plans to be back in the Philippines in July 2008.

For more info: http://www.lancefeliciano.com/

http://www.lancefeliciano.com/




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