Check out Sam Hubinette Racing with his newly wrapped rig and two cars super refreshed for 2011. The V-LEDS Dodge Viper is being driven by ProDrift champion Dean Kearney and Sam Hubinette’s Dodge Challenger is being driven by Sam Hubinette of course. Discount Tire has hopped on board and the new black/white/red program has a great look to it. Good luck to this team in 2011 and I have a feeling they are going to be a big force for the new year.

We got our hands on the 2011 Rallycross Marketing/Information deck which includes details such as the ESPN2/ESPN television deal that will be broadcasting the series this year. The marketing deck includes Formula Drift drivers and former drivers ACP, Samuel Hubinette, Rhys Millen, and Tanner Foust. Note that all of this might not be final and some things might change before it is released out but this should give you a good idea of what Rallycross has going on.

Read It: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/!files/2011.RallycrossInformation.pdf

Mark Lenardon takes on Formula Drift 2010

A great recap of the 2010 Formula Drift season made by Mark Lenardon who toured around the Formula Drift series this year. It is a great documentation of the 2010 season highlighting everything that has happened including ACP’s Seattle crash and Charles Ng’s Road Atlanta collision.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/mark-lenardon-takes-on-formula-drift-2010-

We have had a ton of drivers/teams hitting me up because they are missing from our Gymkhana Grid list that we pulled from the video was not quite complete. Here is a list from the website of what Formula Drift drivers will be attending in full. Here is the list of Formula Drift drivers PLUS I have been told that Toshiki Yoshioka is in attendance driving the Driftspeed S15. I know we have upset some people calling the event Formula G and auto-x cone drifting at Irwindale Speedway but the longer the events go on the more it just seems to be a Formula Drift moment of fame. They are at the House of Drift, a grid that is well over 50% Formula Drift drivers (per the website), they are using the Voice of Formula D Jarod DeAnda on the microphone so I don’t feel like my assumptions/words in the department are too harsh.

I also would link you to the website but the terms and conditions of the website restrict that under the section “LINKS TO THIS WEBSITE” which states this exactly, “You may not create a link to any page of this website without our prior written consent. If you do create a link to a page of this website you do so at your own risk and the exclusions and limitations set out above will apply to your use of this website by linking to it.” So uhh if you want more information about tomorrows event take the name of the event, put it together and add a .com to the end and you might find the information your looking for. Don’t worry, I screen capped their terms/conditions in case they remove it and claim I made it up.

Here is the drivers list of Formula Drift Stars:
Cody Parkhouse – APEXi Lexus SC430
Kyle Mohan – FC Mazda Rx-7
Toshiki Yoshioka – Driftspeed S15
Daijiro Yoshihara
Stephan Verdier
ACP
Jon Russakoff
Patrick Mordaunt
Joon Maeng
Tony Brakohiapa
Matt Powers
Michael Essa
Ross Petty
Jeff Jones
Calvin Wan

So Gymkhana Grid just released this promotional video promoting the Irwindale Speedway event this weekend and the drivers list read like a Formula Drift event and Ken Block. Well Vaughn Gittin Jr. will be in an unknown car (well he knows but won’t tell us), Tanner Foust, ACP, Dai Yoshihara, and Stephan Verdier. Joon Maeng will also be running in his Lucas Oil S13 seen above along with possibly some other FD drivers that were not listed in the promotion. Will you be attending Gymkhana Grid or Formula G this Saturday?

Sam Hubinette and ACP Talk Formula Drift Irwindale

Watch the Dodge Motorsports team chat through the Formula Drift Irwindale weekend. Sadly neither driver was able to participate in the Top 32. ACP failed to qualify for the event and Sam Hubinette had to DNF after an engine fire made him not capable of repair in time for competition.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/sam-hubinette-and-acp-talk-formula-drift-irwi

Even though Fredric Aasbo missed two rounds of this years Formula Drift series he was still able to secure Rookie of the Year in one of the most competitive years for the title. Here is how the Rookie of the Year standings looked after Irwindale:

1. Fredic Aasbo (279.50 points)
2. Charles Ng (228.50 points)
3. Mad Mike Whiddett (209.50 points)
4. James Deane (202 points)
5. Dean Kearney (182.25 points)
6. Nikolay Konstantinov (127.25 points)
7. Matt Field (103 points)
8. Dennis Mertzanis (97 points)
9. Ian Fournier (61.25 points)
10. Cyrus Martinez (48.75 points)
11. Jeff Abbott (48.50 points)
12. Andrew Comrie Picard (24.25 points)

ACP just took to his Wrecked Magazine blog and announced he is returning in the Dodge Viper this weekend for Formula Drift Irwindale. The car has been changed up a little including a new AEM EMS to run the engine management in the Dodge Viper. You can head over to ACP’s blog and find out what all he said about his return this weekend.

Read ACP’s Blog: http://wreckedmagazine.com/acp/

So the Superrally race ended a lap early or maybe it didn’t but that just adds to the general confusion of X-Games 16 rally events. Regardless of any fudged outcomes three Formula Drift drivers made it into the finals of the Superally. Stephan Verdier held second place in the finals for quite some time and it looks like Sam Hubinette had some car troubles in the Evo X. In the elimination round we saw Ken Block DQ and Sam Hubinette win by spinning out ACP who hopped on the brakes to avoid Ken Block. That was the best run of the night by far! Anyways, in the finals Tanner Foust smashed into Brian Deegan to take position in turn one and took home his second gold medal of the night. This could be his year because he isn’t that far out of the Formula Drift championship chase on top of all these gold medals.

Apparently after the BFGoodrich Media Day earlier this week they went ahead and wrapped the Mitsubishi Evo X with Sparco branding. He still is on BFGoodrich for the weekend and his partner Andrew Comrie Picard is still in the Evo IX with the NOS Energy Drink wrap. Gear up to see them this weekend on ESPN’s X-Games 16.

X-Games 16 Notes:
Sam Hubinette Almost Flips Evo X in Practice
Formula Drift Driver Autograph Signings