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Conrad Grunewald Makes The Move to Megan Racing and Taka Aono Gains a Teammate

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Conrad Grunewald announced yesterday that he will be moving from BC Racing suspension to Megan Racing for his 2013 Formula D Camaro being built by BRE Motorsports. It also looks like Taka Aono will be moving to Hankook tires and sharing space and team support with Conrad at Conrad’s new full trailer in the padock.

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Also here are some photos of Conrad’s new Camaro being built over at BRE. Caption on the Engine said it’s a Chevy COPO engine producing over 1000 HP, dunno how true that is or what it will be producing at the wheels by the end.

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Video of the RS-R NASCAR v8 Powered Toyota FT-86

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A little while ago Fredric Aasbo posted this jewel on YouTube. although it’s not long it sounds pretty sick.

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NASCAR V8 Powered FR-S Heading to Formula D Asia

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So after the 2012 Formula D season it was said that RS-R would not be returning to Formula D, I guess that meant just to the US Formula D because yesterday Fredric Aasbo Instagrammed that he was at Suzuki Twin Circuit in Japan testing RS-R’s latest creation a Toyota TRD NASCAR V8 powered Scion FR-S for the Formula D Asia season. He will be sharing this car with Max Orido for the Asia series. The car is stated to put out 700+hp. This should be crazy to see sideways given the power to weight….

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Scion FR-S / Toyota FT-86 Convertible Spotted in South Africa

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A member of ft86club.com spotted this Scion FR-S/Toyota FT-86 down in Cape Town, South Africa. Toyota was just recently teasing the ‘possibility’ of an unveiling of a FT Open within the next month and now this. Doesn’t look too shabby, with the popularity of the FR-S/BRZ in Formula D is it possible we may get some more verts back in the lineup?
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Conrad Grunewald Retires 2012 Camaro to Build… Another Camaro?

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Last night Conrad Grunewald, pilot of the Hankook Camaro and star of the dozen restarts match between Daigo Saito vs Conrad Grunewald took to Facebook last night to post the following photo of his 2012 Formula D Camaro announcing its retirement.
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After about a dozen people asking what was next and hoping for something new he just said it would “Still a Camaro of course. This one is going to be amazing though.” Not sure how amazing a Camaro can be, but let’s see. He also took a moment to respond to a fans inquiry about selling the Camaro and poke fun at Mustangs.
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