MAKE MY TIRES LAST FOREVER! Chat with the CEO of the FIRST DRIFT specific tire company.

In this episode I chat with the CEO of Valino Tires about various topics.
1. It isn't often you get to chat with the CEO of a Tire Company.
2. It isn't often that tire company makes drift specific tires for the grass roots community.

[@MrMiltonHD]

He is such a chill guy, i met him at Autosport 2019, i had pizza with him

[@IchibanDoriRacing]

Haha I agree, had some drinks with him in Japan during Ebisu drift matsuri

[@ianandresen1717]

Fun times!! Hope to be back in 2021!!!

[@ianandresen1717]

@@IchibanDoriRacing Hope we can chill again soon!!

[@IchibanDoriRacing]

@@ianandresen1717 Definitely. I'm sure we'll meet up again haha I still have your business card and will definitely be stacking up on tires for the upcoming events!

[@alexgadowski7922]

When do you just start a podcast? You would killl it for a car podcaster run it like steevo in a van when ever you get about 45 mins off to the side with someone at an event or some where you're at with a worthy guest if you set it to its own channel i bet it would blow in the car community we dont have enough. But love the content mans keep it up 🤘

[@robvanderkroft6515]

Videos are a whole lot better. There are way to many podcasts

[@bmxstar14]

@@robvanderkroft6515 plus the podcasts are the same thing but with visible microphones. theyre still on video. plus they have drift ambiance in the background

[@amirdarwin6633]

instaBlaster.

[@Intothemassacre11]

Geez if you took a shot every time he slaps his leg you'd die.

[@LoneStarDrift]

rwar

[@ianandresen1717]

Bottoms up!! :)

[@PlenumGaming]

I'm dying! I can't stop hearing it! I hate you.

[@prestons13]

1:45 in and i'm over the slaps.

[@kriswyche]

read this like 5 seconds in and now I can't even focus on what he is saying because all I hear are the slaps lol

[@KameTrick]

This must be what my toddler sees when watching me hang out with fellow car guys 😆 Also whattap, Ian! Made some big moves in the past 4 years!

[@FaworDrifts]

I couldn't 'start' to watch this video, but now I'm in 9minute and this already so great! Love such 'behind the scene' stories about drifting...

[@brakkaschaufelberger5418]

Yooo you need more vids like these love hearing from sponsors

[@StayFoul]

Holy shit... The nonstop leg slapping.

[@GuitarJawn]

Nakamura debeaded his front left tire this past weekend in d1GP and still ran a great lead run. He even beat Fujino in the battle (Edit: it wasn't Fujino it was Ueno. 2 Rounds of a drifting on one track in one weekend tends to blur together)

[@LoneStarDrift]

LINK ME LOL

[@GuitarJawn]

@@LoneStarDriftHEY AARON kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjMkqiFmLtpe5Y and at the 04:16:30 mark

[@ScottBranleyRacing]

Nice another poconos PA guy deep into drifting. I first seen drifting at pocono raceway now I drift there and going to new tracks every year

[@naokinakamuratechniquestud226]

So cool will most definitely shareee

[@dobbzmotorsport3939]

Aaron, you should approach all these companies as a "Grassroots Drift Marketing Consultant." IDK about everyone else, but seeing all the FD dudes last year on the first Drift Week was super cool and gave a "character building" aspect to all of their "brands."(seeing luke fink's personality and chelsea/lz/matt field doing laps in street cars). Doing something like that with Naoki would be sick, and he could travel all over the world doing rad shit. I do my part!, I never once skip an ad on your videos if I can help it!

[@nightterror159]

I’ve never ran valinos but I’m going to make the switch if my tire sponsor gets them in stock. RIP KENDA

[@ijgdjvjd2998]

Hope you will introduce him to T-ray. He would be great spokesman for them here in the us.

[@schassis_eddi]

How’s shipping for 11 items (sweaters, tshirts, tape) going to be $182.50 from Valino Tires USA? I almost bought over $300 in Valino merch and then I saw the shipping is broken.

[@thebrokedrifter7890]

I really hope you do one of these with Nate from villains sportsland!

[@LoneStarDrift]

I plan to!

[@vasileiosgiannoutsos1699]

I wonder who is the other black listed driver in FD

[@LoneStarDrift]

I don't know if that person is still blacklisted lol, and I don't want to get into it lol.

[@von...]

like actually or are you saying you know but dont want to say? cuz pls tell me if you know lol

[@vasileiosgiannoutsos1699]

@@von... I really don't know. I wish I knew

[@woddow]

@@LoneStarDrift Orion from Haggard garage ?

[@smileyguyz]

@@woddow LMAO

[@Turbski1]

So are these drift specific tires actually good? Might want to order a pair if they do actually last.

[@trevorbriggz]

Valino should sponsor Noriyaro, I heard of their Greeva's from him and plan on ONLY running them if they fit my need and last a while this year :)

[@TheRwdyAudi]

Can I get a link to purchase? I need to get some tires for the this year car😎

[@emanh4keem_san420]

Even Valino sponsored FR Legends aka arcade mobile drift game,that the most amazing stuff.As I remember,did Valino did a comp. in the game correct me if I wrong

[@86Spain]

tsuchiya keiichi, thats so japanese and love how he conducts the interview, so clever questions to make the best of the guy, his knowledge and experience

[@ianandresen1717]

I've learned it's quite rude to call elder people/people you respect by their first name in Japan :) Unless you have a close relationship with them. I guess that rubs off sometimes even when I mention them in English..;)

[@86Spain]

@@ianandresen1717 i know I know, usually they say the surname first and then the name, that's why I noticed it, tsuchiya keiichi instead of keiichi tsuchiya 😜

[@86Spain]

@@ianandresen1717 also, very interesting interview Ian! Will look after a distributor that can sell to Spain, would love to try this tires on the corolla ✌️✌️ You've done an awesome work, keep it up! Best wishes!

[@deiviy]

Why is Nakamura in FD blacklist? lol

[@LoneStarDrift]

He did burnouts in a booth at Formula D at Irwindale and got booted out if I remember correctly.

[@LazySativa]

Is forrest wang the other blacklisted driver?

[@LazySativa]

Also 100+Rep for nakamura being the true hoonigan

[@waider]

Lol Nakamura just doesn't give a shit, props to him. I remember when he got caught by the cops doing streeto and he said he wanted to practice.

[@lolramen]

@@LoneStarDrift This is what I thought of when you said blacklisted drivers, but didn’t realize it was him. Wasn’t someone else doing them too? I wanna say the animal style guys, but I’m probably making shit up.

[@tagallstar]

Comment #1 what up Lonestar🔥🔥

[@LoneStarDrift]

HOWDY!

[@TheBarrettCompound]

He grew up not far from me, Pocono is about an hour from me.

[@gorka7509]

Funny how I was thinking about why this isn't a thing yet literally hours ago... talk about perfect timing lol Loved the question at 18:10 I wonder if they will make a budget more practice focused really high treadwear tire for low powered cars or if they're going to be focusing on the more competitive side of drifting as it looks from this interview

[@LoneStarDrift]

They just did a hard compound tire that Alexi over at Noriyaro drove on recently in his latest video. So yes they are making some longer lasting "matsuri" tires.

[@gorka7509]

@@LoneStarDrift gonna check that out now, thanks! Just peeped their products and the greevas on 215/45 might be on my shopping cart soon

[@DriftJesus]

Ian is the man

[@jakfrizz]

*SLAPS KNEE* *SLAPS KNEE* *SLAPS KNEE* *SLAPS KNEE*

[@ianandresen1717]

Lol :)

[@TheRealTieLUR]

Im here for Aaron selling Naoki advantages for coming on drift week 🙌 👏

[@LoneStarDrift]

Valino already said the are down to send him over once the Covid stuff is done, I just have to keep having Drift Week adventures lol! Or maybe I take a super small group of drivers over to Japan for a Drift Week!

[@ianandresen1717]

@@LoneStarDrift Either way, I'm down!!

[@MatthewAlenius]

20:35 it seems to me that they're trying to be much more than a tire company- more like a lifestyle brand focused around drifting

[@em2attic]

I need some 265 and or 255/35R19 in that high treadwear in the U.S. plzzzz lol

[@kurzjames]

Tell us more about the FD driver blacklist, Aaron 😂

[@smac919]

Aaron, Look up Kohashi from Linglong, dude fuuuuuuucks lol. He clinched the D1 2020 season before the final round even started. That’s why Linglong does so well lol.

[@mattsmith-doiron5612]

I'd love to contact this guy and let him know I made a replica (visual and performance) of Valino Pergea tires for Assetto Corsa under the name Simulation Squad. I made them because I've heard everyone rave about them, and because they look so cool.

[@ianandresen1717]

Thanks for the support! You can contact any VALINO International page directly to get in touch with me. :)

[@1jzfc999]

Why is naoki on fds black list? Thats hilarious

[@tuned4life]

Because he is to good xD, dude litterally will destroy everyone. And before the people start yeah but aasbo, saito, deane blabla, they are good yes but this guy is the goat

[@1jzfc999]

@@tuned4life highly doubt that is why he's black listed. He's awesome but that doesn't necessarily translate to being able to go to another championship and dominate. Theres a big difference between competition drivers and stylistic fun drivers.

[@LoneStarDrift]

He was black listed for doing a burnout in a booth at Irwindale during a FD round if I remember correctly.

[@codyiscody]

A few years ago at Irwindale he and some of the Super -D guys did burnouts in the pits, I think Formula Derp has a video of it on Instagram.

[@waider]

@@1jzfc999 Naoki can hand their asses to any driver in any car, not only prodrift cars.

[@AaronAndresen]

VALI VALI VALINO!!!!!!

[@Beerrtt69]

I want that sponsor haha

[@driftingbrandonc.6480]

Is Zestino tire and Valino tire the same company or Atleast the owned by the same owner at the top of the chain? What happened to Zestino tire since the whole LumpLump Mexico scandal? Can’t wait to finally try Valino tires on my built set of vskf. Greeva 08D look so good.

[@nathanluong2981]

I just wanna know if he has anything to do with the Zestino G-Rex ads lol

[@ianandresen1717]

No relation worth mentioning. What is G-Rex? A new watch!?

[@nathanluong2981]

@@ianandresen1717 a compound that has one of the most culturally amazing marketing advert I’ve seen in a very long time

[@tloh141]

winning in editing would sell the shit out of those tires. the internet is a powerful thing when wielded correctly.

[@acdc374]

I can see why you switched to Valino for LSD after hanging out with this guy. Pretty legit stuff, they'll probably end up on my build

[@blakenflams]

yes aaron ling long has been taking all them D1 w's

[@LoneStarDrift]

The name over here sounds like a fake tire company name. We used to see Ling Long and the Happy Win Tire Company or whatever at SEMA and laugh. We thought they were scam fake companies or something! What a time to be alive!

[@waider]

@@LoneStarDrift the name still sucks tbh

[@cumanator]

Ling longs are popular in nz very good front tyres too

[@LostDrifter361]

@@LoneStarDrift ling long acquired atlas tire and thats who you will see with all the D1 wins is the atlas tire team if that makes you feel better lol

[@zmohan69]

@@LoneStarDrift or bc in the usa mavis tire sells ling longs and most the ling long tires ppl see is the crowwinds which are super cheap garbage passenger tires that cost basically nothing

[@12mstokman]

Why do people from Japan call daigo Saito “saito daigo”? Heard it quite a few times in a variety of places

[@Beerrtt69]

Bond james bond ....

[@LxrdGmail]

In japanese they say the last name first but idk why he says it in english

[@LoneStarDrift]

Names are backwards there. Ken Nomura is "Nomuraken" when you hear it said by the Japanese announcers. The surname is descriptive of the person and comes first. It almost makes more sense that way than the way we do it from the old school perspective of describing where a person is from and then their name. But also, if you are from that region and everyone had the same surname it would get annoying reusing it all the time, and is easier to use the first name. I don't know lol.

[@ianandresen1717]

I'm just naturally used of calling him by his "real name". Unless you are a close friend of the person you are speaking to or about, it is rude to call anyone in Japan by their first name. For me, I'm used of calling him respectfully, so it just comes out that way.

[@Susguts]

shouldve asked about zestino

[@user-it2zt7yp4z]

23:00 why they are not allowed???

[@lolramen]

Tire manufacturers have to be approved to compete in FD. I think they instated this because Daigo came over with Achilles and made everyone else that had invested a lot of money into FD look bad. A sort of protect your investors sort of thing if I remember correctly.

[@user-it2zt7yp4z]

@@lolramen oooh ok... Thanks man

[@LoneStarDrift]

All tires run in Formula D, and most other racing series, have to put serious money into the series in the form of a "buy in" for their tires to be approved, on a yearly basis. It helps the series have healthy money to run a higher budget event and be a platform for the companies to sell their products in and showcase them. So to run have your tire be an approved tire within FD, I would guesstimate that you would need to spend between 40k to 200k per season depending on if you are just getting your tire approved for use vs being the "presenting sponsor" like Achilles did for awhile. Mind you I have no idea what I am talking about and those are guesses, but they are probably decent guesses. So in order for a single driver to run a tire that isn't already approved, the tire company would need to "buy in" to the series, as well as support that driver in order for their product to be successful in appearance and do a good job. There is no reason to buy in and then just get destroyed from a marketing perspective, unless you are bad at being a marketing guy. So realistically a tire company running in FD or any professional series would need to spend even more money to have their tire showcased by supporting both the driver and the series for it to be worthwhile.

[@von...]

@@LoneStarDrift thanks for taking the time to write this reply mane, i appreciate it

[@TitillatedGoat]

17:15 🙋🏻‍♀️ ill drift for free!! 😄😄 ill look good with cameras pointed at me hahah ill wear your merch so long as it fits nice 😏 haha but yes very good point Aaron man you give away to many great ideas haha

[@streethatetattoo2939]

lone star drift dose not stop putting other people and styles down .... sadd

[@junglistmassiv]

fr

[@DayoftheJakeL]

Ask him about fred

[@Perc-bh5oy]

This tire company should sponsor Taylor ray

[@Vgk36]

Aaron is so god damn smart . So many valid points especially winning in editing ! Fuckin savage

[@LoneStarDrift]

thank you for the compliment.

[@robvanderkroft6515]

Need to get Taylor ray to meet this guy he deserves a sponsorship and would be a great ambassador

[@von...]

anyone know who the US-based driver who was blacklisted from FD that Aaron was talking about? We can delete the thread after you tell me if you want to keep it lowkey out of respect

[@SEEYOUNEXTTUESDAY-45]

Dude looked uncomfortable as shit

[@torqueywheelies6579]

this guy shady

[@von...]

why?

[@ianandresen1717]

Don't sweat the shades!! ;)

[@torqueywheelies6579]

@@von... guy says whats right for that time... smthn shady about him

[@marcelfapso6368]

too long questions...just let him talk please..

[@LoneStarDrift]

welcome to my channel, where I talk more than the people I am interviewing lol!

[@marcelfapso6368]

@@LoneStarDrift No hate, I like your channel, I saw lot of your videos. But this times questions was sometimes just too long. Just my opinion. :)

[@user-it2zt7yp4z]

@@LoneStarDrift 😂

[@lolramen]

@@LoneStarDrift You just get enthusiastic and one question leads to another question before they get a chance to answer the first one. It’s just a side effect of having more organic, conversational interviews like this. You could try making a short list of important questions to make sure you touch on, but still letting the interview go wherever, but that could lead to spots where you just totally change topics and it doesn’t flow as well. One thing I will say I’ve noticed after watching your videos for years now, is that when you ask stuff like “why do you choose to do this this way?” Sometimes it can come across as more of “why aren’t you doing this this way instead, which makes more sense?” This guy was chill, but it seems like a few times before it has made people a little uncomfortable.

[@robvanderkroft6515]

@@marcelfapso6368 easy solution start your own channel and try interview people