MONSTER DRIFT: After dark in the desert
Watch Vaughn take on the heat and roll the dice once again in Las Vegas in his Falken Tires Monster Energy Drink Ford Mustang. After a long hard weekend in the dark he takes home 3rd place finish and his fourth podium of the season.
Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/monster-drift-after-dark-in-the-desert
Resident blogger Tony Angelo is keeping the trend alive by picking up a missile car Mazda Rx-7. Many of the pro drivers seem to be picking up cars that can be taken to the track and abused without the hassle of damaging expensive parts that come on the competition vehicles. As competition cars get a little more extreme I have a feeling this trend will continue to grow as the competition cars get more expensive. I have a feeling you should keep your eye out for this FC Rx-7 at the local Clubloose events now that Tony Angelo is a resident of New York City.
Love is the Drug by Justin Shreeve
Justin Shreeve cooks up an amazing video from the scorching hot temperatures of Las Vegas. Take a look at the sideways action from round 5. Big angle, smoke and Justin’s choice of music and shooting style fits perfectly together to bring home a great video. Be sure to check out the end to see Tommy Roberts and Forrest Wang total their cars.
Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/love-is-the-drug-by-justin-shreeve
The big buzz has been about the full Falken Tire podium but two drivers deserve credit that nobody has been chatting about. For starters, Kyle Mohan drove fantastic in his Rx-8 all weekend and pulled off a second place in qualifying. This performance secured his career best qualifying finish. He looked great in tandem which I hadn’t seen an A+ performance from him since Irwindale 2009. His Top 16 battle against Alex Pfeiffer I didn’t feel like should of went OMT but it was a pretty close battle. I think Kyle easily could of had a top 8 finish for the weekend which makes him a possible free agent pick up in Fantasy Drift.
The other driver who blew me away (luckily he is already on my Fantasy Drift Team) was Tony Brakohiapa. Deep down I always knew he had some pure driving talent but his Mustang seems to be holding him back a little with the constant issues. Some people he drove against had issues on his way to a top four finish but don’t let that take away from the performance he put down. He was running into the first turn so hot he ran into Vaughn Gittin Jr. on initiation which resulted in him finishing in fourth place. These are two drivers I would watch out for in Round 6/7 who could provide a shake up in the championship ranks with an early round upset.
Drift Aliiance QUALIFYING CONTEST: Rd 2-3
Check out the Drift Alliance Films video featuring the qualifying speed and early entry contest they run internally at every round of Formula D. Watch as Road Atlanta and Wall Speedway unwind and the drivers try to stop the dominance of Vaughn Gittin Jr. in their respective categories.
Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/drift-aliiance-qualifying-contest-rd-2-3-
Check out a great blog from Dennis Mertzanis about his adventure that was Formula Drift Las Vegas. Even though he failed to make Top 32 he has quite a story about his whole Formula Drift weekend. This was his fifth career pro drifting event. Read up about his new Kenda Tire was running and his weekend performance.
Words cannot even describe how much fun we had off-roading with Vaughn Gittin Jr. just before Formula Drift Las Vegas. A nice public park behind the Air Force Base and the LVMS CORR truck course gave us every opportunity to test and enjoy this SVT Raptor. It was quite a treat to have Vaughn Gittin Jr. manhandle the completely stock Ford truck for hours off-road and then hand it back to us so we can take it to the hotel. It was quite impressive and we have a few hundred photos packed in a gallery of our day out in the dirt.
Check out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=192
Check out Ryan Tuerck’s blog about his weekend at Formula Drift Las Vegas. It looks like he hopped on the Wrecked Magazine Gardella Racing blog to tell us about his Formula Drift weekend with the LS7 powered Pontiac Solstice. It was a tough weekend since he lost to Vaughn Gittin Jr. in the Top 16 which pretty much eliminated him from a championship hope. Find out what he had to say at the Gardella blog.
Read Ryan Tuerck’s Blog: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gardellaracing/2010/08/29/ryan-tuerck-fd-vegas-blog
Check out Ken Gushi’s blog about the struggles they had during Formula Drift Las Vegas. They had quite some issues over the weekend but managed to keep the car together and Ken competing. Here is what he had to say about the weekend,
“So we just finished our event at Formula Drift Round 5 Las Vegas. Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on our side this time. So far, the first half of the season has been well for us. This event sort of turned things around. First of all, we did not have adequate testing time to get the car dialed in for this venue.”
Keep Reading About Ken Gushi’s Adventure:
http://kenshirogushi.blogspot.com/2010/08/formula-d-vegas-event-horrible.html
MotorMavens has put together a event to find out who has the fasted drift car by throwing them down the drag strip. There will also be a car show in the pits. Saturday, September 4th (Labor Day Weekend) We’re teaming up with our friends at IDRC and DSPORT Magazine to present the Drift Car Quarter Mile Challenge at California Speedway in Fontana. We’re calling out ALL DRIFT CAR OWNERS to sign up for this special event and show the drag-only guys how fast your drift cars really are!”
Drivers List
Chris Forsberg Z33 350Z
Fredric Aasbo JZA80 Supra
Ross Petty S15 Silvia
Joon Maeng RX8
Calvin Wan FD3S RX7
Kyle Mohan RX8
Source:Motormavens.com
