Charles Ng

Here is the official list of drivers who are paid and ready to head out for Streets of Long Beach. You will notice an absense of Rhys Millen but an addition of an open wheel racing star. Please remember that the * denotes anyone who is eligible for rookie of the year in 2013.
Saito, Daigo
Gittin, Vaughn Jr.
Pawlak, Justin
Tuerck, Ryan
Aasbo, Fredric
Yoshihara, Daijiro
Gushi, Ken
Grunewald, Conrad
Powers, Matt
Forsberg, Chris
Essa, Mike
Nishida, Robbie
McQuarrie, Tyler
Yoshioka, Toshiki
Bakchis, Odi
Denofa, Chelsea
Wilkerson, Walker
Moen, Kenneth
Field, Matt
Kado, Ryan
Mohan, Kyle
Angelo, Tony
Maeng, Joon
McNamara, Darren
Mordaunt, Patrick
Aono, Taka
Mertzanis, Dennis
Ovcharik, Miroslav
Castro, Jhonnattan
George, Danny
Lee, Alex
Ward, Chris
Goodin, Patrick
Briggs, Dave
Hosford, Corey
Jones, Jeff
Cano Estrella, Carlos
Mendoza Jr., Enrique
Stone, Gabe
Thomas, Nick
Bostrom, Jason*
Graven, Otto
Hamilton, Nate*
Hateley, Andy
Hildebrand, J.R.*
Jacobs, Julian*
Jeanneret, Chris*
Kretschmer, Eugene*
Landerville, Marc*
Moore, Victor
Osaki, Karl*
Pakula, Luke*
Parsons, Will*
Primozich, Rob*
Steele, Josh*
Wang, Forrest
Wicknick, Brandon*
Kearney, Dean
Keezer, Kory*
Rydquist, Carl
Pollard, Mike

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Charles Ng has been attacking the WTCC circuit in Europe leaving his Rx-7 to sit in Southern California over the last season. The car is running a built LS3 with 490whp and a nice 4-speed straight cut dogbox. The car is currently sitting in Temple City, California ready for a new buyer. You can make all purchase inquiries to charlesngracing at gmail.com.

Here are the specs:
Fully built LS3 (dynoed at 490whp)
Tein Super Drift Coilovers
Tein Springs
Nitto NT05s front 235/40/18 rear 275/40/18
Customized bladed front sway bar
Driveshaftshop rear axles
Kaaz 2 way Diff
Enkei Wheels
Bride Racing Seats
4-speed straight cut Dogbox Transmission
Custom Exhaust
Custom Knuckles and lower front control arm kit by Evasive Motorsport (enough angle to chuck a backwards entry)
Wilwood brakes with dual rear caliper setup
Lexan glass windows
FD legal cage and fire system
V-LED HID front lights

Notes:Car has body damages here and there but main frame is still good. Good for drifting comps. Car was capable of getting me to top 8 finishes in FD, or can do more with an even better driver!

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This weekend at Sonoma (former Formula Drift track) you can catch all the World Touring Car Championship guys battling it out in wine country for a debut American race for the FIA series. If you happen to make it out you will catch Charles Ng running for a BMW team. Charles left Formula Drift after the 2011 season moving himself to Germany and competing full time in the WTCC series in Europe. The Hong Kong flag V8 powered Rx-7 has been missed in Formula Drift but we are glad Charles is back for a visit to the United States.

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It didn’t take long before Charles Ng got the itch to step out from behind the wheel of the Team Engstler Liqui-Moly BMW and back into a drift car. At the second round of the World Touring Car Championship in Valencia, Spain, Charles did just that. This past weekend, Charles took to the wheel of the Nissan S13″Safety Car” in between races and put on a show for a new audience as he brought drifting to the World Touring Car Championship. We asked Charles how the touring car crowd reacted to his demo and this is what he told us:

“The crowd was so excited, and EuroSport might have me do demos again in the future. Definitely for the American fans in Sonoma later this year!!”

So for those of you who commented on our last post asking for Charles to bring drifting to the World Touring Car audience, it would appear that Charles Ng and EuroSport have read your comments and delivered.

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We caught up with Charles Ng at Autodromo di Monza in Italy for the kick off of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship to talk drifting, touring cars, and his new position as driver of the Team Engstler/Liqui Moly BMW in the FIA World Touring Car Championship.

As we had previously reported, Charles Ng will not be returning for the 2012 Formula Drift season with his Nitto Tire/Evasive Motorsports FC RX7 as he was picked up to compete in the full FIA WTCC season with Team Engstler. Having had little seat time to prepare with the new BMW, Charles is facing a challenging start to the 2012 season, however when we had spoke with him, he reported that he was shaving off a second with each lap out in the car and was feeling confident looking forward to the rest of the season.

When we asked Charles if he would be returning to drifting, he reinforced his love for the sport, and stated that a return would not be out of the question. Charles asked us to wish his Formula Drift family and friends the best of luck during the 2012 season on his behalf. If you’re on the west coast, you can come out to Sonoma to cheer on Charles Ng when the FIA World Touring Car Championship hits US shores in September at Infineon Raceway.

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Sadly the Evasive FC Rx-7 powered by a LS6 engine won’t be present for the 2012 Formula Drift program. Sadly for you Formula Drift fans who cannot get enough of Charles Ng he is now living in Germany and putting serious focus to the World Touring Car Championship in 2012. I know some of his fans were the most vocal on this website and we will miss his legion of supporters along with his V8 powered Mazda on the grid in 2012. We wish him the best of luck in the series and hope he can turn that ride into something great. He did say that he will certainly come back when time allows! The WTCC and Formula Drift schedule are riddled with conflicts in 2012. Best of luck Charles Ng!

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With the Formula Drift off season now in full effect, some drivers have taken to relaxing while others are still active behind the wheel. We reported that Tyler McQuarrie was busy shattering lap records behind the wheel of the FXMD NSX, and now we focus on Charles Ng who is competing in the World Touring Car Championship.

Charles Ng will take the wheel of the #51 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320TC pictured above at the finale of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship at the legendary Macau Guia Street Circuit. This is the same race circuit that has seen the likes of Senna, Schumacher, and most recently current F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel and is often regarded as one of the most challenging and dangerous race circuits in the world alongside Monaco.

Charles’ last race in the BMW was in Shanghai where he managed to capture a 4th place class victory and 10th place overall. An impressive feat considering the little seat time in the BMW while competing against some of the world’s top touring car drivers.

Practice begins tomorrow and Qualifying on Friday. You can cheer Charles on by catching the race live on Eurosport, or on FIAWTCC.com.  Best of Luck to Charles in Macau!

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The most winning driver in Formula Drift Sam Hubinette took the top qualifying spot this weekend at Irwindale Speedway which is something we haven’t seen from him in sometime. A huge congrats to his performance after a rough start to the 2011 season! Here is how the Top 32 stacked up with Rookie of the Year leader Odi Bakchis missing out with a 33rd place finish.

1.Sam Hubinette – 92.7 points
2. Justin Pawlak – 90.4 points
3. Tyler McQuarrie – 88.4 points
4. Ryan Tuerck – 86.1 points
5. Rhys Millen – 85.9 points
6. Dai Yoshihara – 83.5 points
7. Walker Wilkerson – 83.3 points
8. Robbie Nishida – 83.2 points
9. Conrad Grunewald – 82.3 points
10. Matt Powers – 79.4 points
11. Ken Gushi – 79.0 points
12. Vaughn Gittin Jr. – 77.7 points
13. Fredric Aasbo – 77.3 points
14. Dean Kearney – 77.1 points
15. Luke Lonberger – 77 points
16. Chris Forsberg – 76.9 points
17. Matt Field – 76.5 points
18. Toshiki Yoshioka – 73.1 points
19. Ryan Kado – 72.8 points
20. Kyle Mohan – 72.8 points
21. Michael Essa – 71.2 points
22. Taka Aono – 70.8 points
23. Ross Petty – 68.9 points
24. E. Armandio “Dio” – 68.6 points
25. Dennis Mertzanis – 68.3 points
26. Darren McNamara – 67.9 points
27. Jeff Abbott – 67.8 points
28. Pat Cyr – 66.3 points
29. Kenneth Moen – 66.2 points
30. Cyrus Martinez – 63.3 points
31. Charles Ng – 62.5 points
32. Patrick Mordaunt – 61 points

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Check out the tentative drivers list here for Formula Drift Round 7. No big shockers in the drivers list (hopefully some last minute shocking entries show up) but read it up and down. The finals are going to be up in the air and we cannot wait until the main event:

1. Fredric Aasbo
2. Jeff Abbott
3. Emmanuel Amandio
4. Odi Bakchis
5. Tony Brakohiapa
6. Patrick Cyr
7. Michael Essa
8. Mike Feiock
9. Matt Field
10. Chris Forsberg
11. Vaughn Gittin Jr.
12. Otto Graven
13. Conrad Grunewald
14. Ken Gushi
15. Jim Guthrie
16. Sam Hubinettte
17. Jeff Jones
18. Ryan kado
19. Dean Kearney
20. Nikolay Konstantinov
21. Alex Lee
22. Luke Lonberger
23. Joon Maeng
24. Cyrus Martinez
25. Darren McNamara
26. Tyler McQuarrie
27. Dennis Mertzanis
28. Rhys Millen
29. Kenneth Moen
30. Kyle Mohan
31. Patrick Mordaunt
32. Charles Ng
33. Robbie Nishida
34. Justin Pawlak
35. Ross Petty
36. Alex Pfeiffer
37. Kyle Pollard
38. Saranon Pornpatanarak
39. Matt Powers
40. John Russakoff
41. Ryan Tuerck
42. Matt Waldin
43. Walker Wilkerson
44. Daijiro Yoshihara
45. Toshiki Yoshioka

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