Conrad Grunewald

Here are the drivers found on the poll for the 2011 Formula Drift Awards that are presented at the banquet after the season ends. Here are the nine questions which each have four options selected by Formula D. I heard they are going to make a new category this year called driver who missed driving their own race car the most but I don’t think we need multiple choice options for that one (this is a joke for you non sense of humored people).

1. Crew Member of the year (this person can be the crew chief, mechanic, suspension engineer, etc.)

A. Mike Kojima (Discount Tire S13/Dai Yoshihara)
B. Scott Dodgen (Discount Tire S13/Dai Yoshihara)
C. Kevin Wells (NOS Energy Drink 370z/Chris Forsberg)
D. Costa Gialamas (Team Need for Speed S14/Matt Powers)

2. Team Manager of the year (this person can be the manager, owner or the person instrumental in managing the team well)

A. Jonathan Bradford (Falken Tire)
B. Stephan Papadakis (Team Need for Speed Scion tC)
C. Chris Forsberg (NOS Energy Drink 370z)
D. Ron Bergenholtz (Full Tilt Poker Mazda Rx-8)

3. Hardest Charging Driver of the Year”
A. Matt Powers
B. Dai Yoshihara
C. Darren McNamara
D. Walker Wilkerson
E. Conrad Grunewald
F. Justin Pawlak

4. Best Drifting Style:
A. Matt Powers
B. Dai Yoshihara
C. Ryan Tuerck
D. Fredric Aasbo

5. Spirit of Drifting:
A. Joon Maneg
B. Ross Petty
C. Walker Wilkerson
D. Dai Yoshihara

6. Best Style (the person with the best overall style this season, not driving style)
A. Matt Powers
B. Matt Field
C. Ross Petty
D. Dai Yoshihara

7. Most Improved Driver:
A. Odi Bakchis
B. Cyrus Martinez
C. Justin Pawlak
D. Matt Powers

8. Best Comeback of the Year:
A. Rhys Millen
B. Fredric Aasbo
C. Odi Bakchis
D. Vaughn Gittin Jr.

9. Best Looking Car of the Year:
A. Dai Yoshihara
B. Matt Field
C. Fredric Aasbo
D. Chris Forsberg

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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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Here are the Top 32 pairings for todays big event. Right now if your eye is on the championship you will care about Tyler McQuarrie Justin Pawlak and Dai Yoshihara photographed above. They are on the same side of the bracket and scheduled to meet in the Final Four if they can win their respective tandem battles for the weekend. Sadly Tyler McQuarrie and Justin Pawlak are on opposite sides of the ladder so they would not meet until the finals for a battle that would be huge after the controversy of the weekend.

Matt Powers Vs. Jeff Jones
Matt Field Vs. Fredric Aasbo
Conrad Grunewald Vs. Matt Walden
Ken Gushi vs. Tyler McQuarrie
Chris Forsberg Vs. Alex Lee
Ryan Tureck Vs. Charles Ng
Vaughn Gittin Jr. Vs. Cyrus Martinez
Darren McNamara Vs. Kyle Pollard
Rhys Millen Vs. Sam Hubinette
Dean Kearney Vs. Patrick Mordaunt
Kyle Mohan Vs. Dennis Mertzanis
Michael Essa Vs. Armando “Dio”
Robbie Nishida Vs. Justin Pawlak
Otto Graven Vs. Odi Bakchis
Daijiro Yoshihara Vs. Ross Petty
Ryan Kado Vs. Toshiki Yoshioka

UPDATE at 6:41pm: Formula D changed the Top 32 due to points not given to Ryan Tuerck. No update of rankings as of Top 32 has been posted or provided as of the event going on live in progress. We apologize for the errors in this post.

Posted in Charles Ng, Chris Forsberg, Conrad Grunewald, Daijiro Yoshihara, Darren McNamara, Dean Kearney, Formula D, Jeff Jones, Justin Pawlak, Ken Gushi, Michael Essa, Patrick Mordaunt, Rhys Millen, Robbie Nishida, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr. | 8 Comments »

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Issue 20 features Matt Powers in a way you have never thought about him before. He talks V8′s, his will to win, and a bunch of other stuff inside the 20th issue of Wrecked Magazine. Conrad Grunewald who hasn’t had a podium since the Houston 2005 event sits down and talks about his great run at New Jersey this year resulting in a first place finish. Last years Fantasy Drift champion who also happens to be a grassroots drivers gets highlighted in one really cool profile piece. The Industry Insider sits us down with Joshua Herron where we talk about his video productions and the Eazy Dolly he has used for production. A small update on Project V8 240sx as she moves towards her public debut. All of that and much more inside the 20th issue of Wrecked.

Read Wrecked Magazine Issue 20: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/issues/issue20/issue20.html 

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So I spent a few minutes doing math (negating logic) and discovered that heading into Formula Drift Las Vegas 15 drivers still have a shot at the championship. While some of them will be quickly eliminated once Dai Yoshihara scores a qualifying spot in Las Vegas it is still pretty awesome to see that so many drivers could in theory make it happen. Thank Wrecked Magazine for doing math that you didn’t want to do or have no idea how to do later.

1. Daijiro Yoshihara
2. Justin Pawlak
3. Chris Forsberg
4. Darren McNamara
5. Matt Powers
6. Tyler McQuarrie
7. Ryan Tuerck
8. Conrad Grunewald
9. Vaughn Gittin Jr.
10. Kyle Mohan
11. Fredric Aasbo
12. Toshiki Yoshioka
13. Rhys Millen
14. Ken Gushi
15. Odi Bakchis

Posted in Chris Forsberg, Conrad Grunewald, Daijiro Yoshihara, Darren McNamara, Formula D, Fredric Aasbo, Justin Pawlak, Ken Gushi, Matt Powers, Rhys Millen, Ryan Tuerck, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr. | 8 Comments »

Evergreen Speedway is the most exciting round of the year by far over and over again. This year eliminated Justin Pawlak in the Top 32 and allowed Dai Yoshihara to take back his championship reigns. The top 25 is going to be shaken up through Las Vegas and Irwindale Speedway this year we have a feeling resulting in the best season of Formula D history. Here is how they came out of Evergreen Speedway:

1. Daijiro Yoshihara (412 points)
2. Justin Pawlak (397 points)
3. Chris Forsberg (369 points)
4. Darren McNamara (345.50 points)
5. Matt Powers (328.50 points)
6. Tyler McQuarrie (317 points)
7. Ryan Tuerck (308 points)
8. Conrad Grunewald (300 points)
9. Vaughn Gittin Jr. (291 points)
10. Kyle Mohan (266 points)
11. Fredric Aasbo (250 points)
12. Toshiki Yoshioka (238.25 points)
13. Rhys Millen (207 points)
14. Ken Gushi (188.75 points)
15. Odi Bakchis (185.50 points)
16. Walker Wilkerson (185 points)
17. Ross Petty (184.25 points)
18. Joon Maeng (165.50 points)
19. Matt Field (159.75 points)
20. Matt Waldin (159 points)
21. Otto Graven (158.75 points)
22. Dennis Mertzanis (157.50 points)
23. Charles Ng (152.25 points)
24. John Russakoff (146.50 points)
25. Dean Kearney (128.75 points)

Posted in Charles Ng, Chris Forsberg, Conrad Grunewald, Daijiro Yoshihara, Darren McNamara, Dean Kearney, Formula D, Joon Maeng, Ken Gushi, Kyle Mohan, Matt Powers, Matt Waldin, RESULTS, Rhys Millen, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr., Walker Wilkerson | 2 Comments »

Some teams could care less about the mid-season tech day while other teams are scrambling to comply with the new changes that go into effect for the weight/tire rules. While some people have said they are not concerned about the new changes in rules we have heard of teams adding weight and reducing weight in prep for this tech day. Some teams such as Nitto Tire drivers are having problems with limited tire size availability looking towards the rest of the season. The cars will be getting on the scales along with a general tech overlook. If any teams have issues we will be reporting of these issues next Thursday!

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Here is how the championship stacks up after the New Jersey Wall event. JTP did a great job defending his lead as everyone else finds themselves chasing the 363 point leader. Here is how the Top 25 stack up.

1. Justin Pawlak – 363 points
2. Daijiro Yoshihara – 306 points
3. Darren McNamara – 291 points
4. Chris Forsberg – 280 points
5. Matt Powers – 273.50 points
6. Conrad Grunewald – 272 points
7. Ryan Tuerck – 245 points
8. Tyler McQuarrie – 244 points
9. Vaughn Gittin Jr. – 228 points
10. Toshiki Yoshioka – 213.75 points
11. Kyle Mohan – 204.50 points
12. Fredric Aasbo – 169 points
13. Ken Gushi – 164.50 points
14. Ross Petty – 160 points
15. Walker Wilkerson – 160 points
16. Matt Waldin – 159 points
17. John Russakoff – 146.50 points
18. Matt Field – 135.25 points
19. Otto Graven – 134.25 points
20. Rhys Millen – 130 points
21. Taka Aono – 127.75 points
21. Charles Ng – 127.75 points
23. Odi Bakchis – 127.50 points
24. Joon Maeng – 108.50 points
25. Dennis Mertzanis – 103.25 points

Posted in Charles Ng, Chris Forsberg, Conrad Grunewald, Daijiro Yoshihara, Darren McNamara, Formula D, Fredric Aasbo, Ken Gushi, Kyle Mohan, Matt Waldin, Rhys Millen, Ryan Tuerck, Tyler McQuarrie, Vaughn Gittin Jr. | 1 Comment »

Dan Jenkins did an outstanding job capturing the carnage from yesterday’s event at Wall Speedway with our 700+ image gallery. Round 4 at Wall Speedway in New Jersey saw Conrad Grunewald capture his first-ever First Place victory and Dan captured all the action of Saturday’s main event, including the various wrecks throughout the day in detail.

Check out the gallery here: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=240

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