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Ryan Sage combined his business and marketing background with his passion for tuning cars, to bring Japan's D1 Grand Prix to the United States and bring Formula Drift ( @formuladrift) to the world.

Now in its 21st season, Formula Drift (or Formula D) is the United States' premier drifting series, with 84 licensed drivers and dozens of household names from the automotive sector.

Ryan drops by from his office in Long Beach, to tell us how it all began, how US car culture has changed the sport of drifting forever, what it's like to experience one of his events - and behind the scenes stories from more than two decades leading the sport.

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