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Nadine Toyoda
FULL NAME: Nadine Sachiko Toyoda
TEAM NAME: Drifting Pretty
CITY: Arcadia
STATE: California
CITY BORN: Arcadia, CA
YEAR OF BIRTH: 10/28/1979
YEAR STARTED TO RACE PROFESSIONALY: 2005
VEHICLE (YEAR/MAKE/MODEL): 1989 240SX
MOTOR: S13 SR20DET BLACK TOP
HP: 285
BEST TIME (ET and MPH)/ACCOMPLISHMENTS: I drift like there's no tomorrow!
  • 2nd place Drift Invite Tandem competition 2006
  • Top 16 of 50 Drift Day Competition 2006
  • First Woman Drifter to drive drifting exhibition at SEMA 2005
  • First American Woman Drifter to grace the cover of Japanese Magazine 2005
  • Top 10 (of 60), Drift Showoff Competition 2005
  • #2 Qualifier in Drift Showoff Competition 2005
  • Top 10 (of 47), Drift Day Competition 5 2005
  • 1st Place, Dori Puri Cup (Drifting Competition) 2005
  • 2nd Place, Nisei Week Import Showoff, Nissan Showoff 2005
  • 2nd Place, Land Ho Drifting Competition, Advanced Class 2005
  • Certified Advanced Driver by Drift Association, LLC 2005
  • Top 16 (of 43) Drift Day Competition 2005
  • 1st Place Dori Puri Challenge (All-woman Drifting Competition) 2004
  • Founder of America's First Woman Drift Training Program 2003
  • Participant in Yokohama Tire Hot Import Nights Tour 2004
  • Drifting Instructor for Drift Association LLC (2003-Current)
  • Planning Committee Chair for SoCal240sx.org (2000-Current)
  • First Woman Drifter to be sponsored by a tire company 2003
HOBBIES: Collecting jewelry, designing websites, teaching women how race and drift, beanie babies, and collecting Japanese drift magazines.
MENTORS: Benson Hsu (Pro FD Driver), Alex Pfeiffer (Pro FD Driver)
HERO: Danica Patrick
FAVORITE FOOD: Italian
FAVORITE MUSIC: R&B, Hip Hop, Trance, and Classical
FUTURE GOALS: Win as many drifting competitions as possible! Set the bar high for women in drifting. Open an accounting firm. Have a happy family. Expand my non-profit organization (Drifting Pretty) nationwide and be dubbed the "National Society for the Advancement of Women In Drifting."
CURRENT SPONSORS: Fujita Air, Kumho, Performance Nissan of Duarte, CA, Enkei, Peak Performance, Advanced Clutch Tehnology, Apex USA, Swift Springs, Design Haus, and Sparco
WORDS OF WISDOM: A few rules I live by:
A class act will finish first.
If you don't have anything nice to say, then shhhhhh!!!!
Strength and independence will give you the ability to do anything you put your mind to.
Positivity, optimism, and determination are what fuels success.
Have faith in what you do, where you're going, and who you are.
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