The third round of Vegas Drift Pro Am kicks off at the end of July at Las Vegas Motor Speedway at the Bullring Lot. If you haven’t been to one of the local Pro Am events in Las Vegas then you are missing out on one of the most fun grassroots series in the United States. We covered Round 1 at the Bullring Lot which you can see in our Wrecked Magazine Gallery of Vegas Drift here. We recommend showing up for qualifying as a fan so you don’t have to fend off the Nevada sun! Here is the schedule for anyone wishing to attend and drivers they still have space available for you as well.

1:00pm Gates Open to Drivers and Teams
1:00pm – 2:30pm Tech Inspection
2:35pm – 2:50pm Drivers Meeting/Safety Briefing
2:50am – 3:00am Parade Lap
3:00pm – 3:50pm Practice Session 1
4:00pm – 4:50pm Practice Session 2
5:00pm – 5:50pm Practice Session 3
6:00pm – 6:50pm Practice Session 4
7:30pm – 7:45pm Drivers Staging in number order
7:45pm – 9:00pm Qualifying
9:10pm – 9:20pm Qualifying Results Drivers Meeting
9:25pm – 9:35pm Tandem Order Staging
9:45pm – 11:00 Top 8/16 Tandem Competition
11:00pm – 11:30pm Award Ceremony

Justin Pawlak/Andrew Coomes Part 1

Formula Drift points leader Justin Pawlak took into coaching Formula Drift Pro Am from the northwest Andrew Coomes in his V8 Rocketbunny S13. Justin came out to prep him before a local Pro Am event. Here he is from his practice with JTP to his Pro Am event running in competition.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/justin-pawlak/andrew-coomes-part-1

The 2011 season for Formula Drift Pro Am has been a great one so far this year. PBIR’s Pro Am was held with Streetwise Drift and had a great turnout of drivers for the weekend. In the end however former pro Doug Van Den Brink took home the victory over the local Florida drivers. The local Enjuku Racing driver Patrick Goodin took home third place after a battle with Charles Thompson.

Top 4 Battles
-Doug Van Den Brink beats Charles Thompson
-Ryan Kaufman beats Patrick Goodin

Final Results
1. Doug Van Den Brink
2. Ryan Kaufman
3. Patrick Goodin

Hold the Line Round 1 at Monticello Pro Am

The Monticello Motorclub was taken over by the new Formula D Pro Am series called Hold the Line. The northeast has produced some of the best drivers in American professional drifting history and now they are bringing up new Pro Am drivers through this Hold the Line series. A track with a touch of class and hungry Am drivers sets the scene for this great video.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/hold-the-line-round-1-at-monticello-pro-am-

The weekend was full of grassroots and Pro Am events around the country and the northwest was no exception. They kicked off the Evergreen Drift Pro Am series with a Round 1 event. The event took place at the Formula D Evergreen Speedway circuit. The top qualifier was Andrew Commes who also took home first place overall in the event.

1st – Andrew Coomes
2nd – Mike Phillips
3rd – Peter Funatake

Photo Source: http://bigboymedia.net/

Wrecked Magazine blogger Dave Briggs continues his rampage of California drift events by taking home another win at Just Drift. This one comes at Horse Thief Mile for Top Drift Round 2. In the Top 16 he made some contact with the 16 place car but was able to get it back out in the Top 8 without a problem. He was able to wheel the ASD/Falken S14 to a first place qualifying spot and a top finish at Just Drift. Enjoy the Just Drift gallery if you would like to see how the event went. Here is how the Top 3 wound up:

1st Dave Briggs
2nd Nieko Gunther
3rd Dave Westfall

Ricky Cervantes set out to take on Just Drift’s Top Drift Round 2 at Willow Springs this weekend. He came back with a 400+ image gallery packed full of content and dirt drops from the event at Horse Thief Mile. Dave Briggs was the winner of the event in his ASD/Falken Tire S14 seen above.

Check Out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=226

The first ever Hold the Line Pro Am event was held today at Monticello Motor Club. The results are in from the this first event that we have heard went off without a hitch. Here is how the podium wound up:

1st – Miro Ovcharik
2nd- Mats Baribeau
3rd- Dan Savage

The Las Vegas Motor Speedway venue was invaded for late April to kick off the Vegas Drift Pro Am series. Sa Jamil Hogan grabbed a camera and documented the Round 1 event for the website. The top chargers of the Saturday event included the winner Andrew Hateley and local star Joshua Guild. This event just happened north of the XDC Phoenix event that was going on at Firebird Raceway.

Check out the Gallery:  http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=223

The 2011 season is in full swing all around the world now and Am series are no exception to the mix. Former Formula Drift driver Andrew Hateley took home the victory at the Bullring Lot yesterday. Las Vegas Motor Speedway throws it all at the young drivers as one of the harder and faster Am courses in the country. The number #1 qualifier for the day and winner of the Retaks “Insane Entry” award was Eugene Remishevskly. Here is how the podium cleaned up below.

1. Andrew Hateley
2. Joshua Guild
3. Tony Cisneros