Forrest Wang

The Friday event in Texas counts towards the points for the final of the West portion of the championship, with the actual season finale having a separate qualifying and tandem session tomorrow. 15 of the 17 drivers entered earned a qualifying score, which means the top qualifier would earn a bye. That top qualifier was Mike Pollard, building on the success he’s had this year north of the border in Canada. Of note are Texas locals Will Parsons, Stewart Leask, and Fielding Shredder doing well, Sarah Burgess making the cut for the first time this season, and Jim Guthrie returning from his big Vegas crash in the same Mustang. Tandem for this final West event will happen later tonight.

Here’s the full qualifying order:

1 – Mike Pollard
2 – Forrest Wang
3 – Will Parsons
4 – Steve Angerman
5 – Geoff Stoneback
6 – Dan Savage
7 -Nate Hamilton
8 – Chelsea Denofa
9 – Jim Guthrie
10 – Sean Guthrie
11 – Garrett Nikolich
12 – Stewart Leask
13 – Fielding Shredder
14 – Josh Steele
15 – Sarah Burgess
16 – BYE

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The XDC season is coming to an end next weekend in Texas after five rounds of the series are in the books for 2012. The east coast standings are already locked in with three rounds and these drivers await just the final round in Texas. Nate Hamilton sits in 1st with 279 points, second is Chelsea DeNofa (226), third is James Evans (209), and fourth is Dan Savage with 206 points.

The west coast drivers have only seen a double round in Phoenix this season so they will have the opportunity to compete in a third round the day before the finals in Texas to even out the point structure. Right now Forrest Wang sits in first with 228 points, second is Stewart Leask (198), third is Will Parsons (163) and Nate Hamilton (163) tied in third place. Keep in mind the west coast drivers lack points because they have a third round in Texas before the main event.

I reached out to the technical director Michael Collins of the series to be clear if Nate Hamilton for the finals would be able to combine his east coast and west coast championship points together for a win. We will update this post when more information comes available on the topic at hand.

Friday passes are $10.00 for the third round of the west coast XDC series and the XDC Finals/HIN Saturday event tickets are $20.00. You can buy a weekend pass for $25.00 for the Texas Motor Speedway event as well.

Buy Tickets: https://xdc.webconnex.com/tmstickets2012

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Somehow in all the craziness of Vegas, we didn’t get a chance to post the final results of the ProAm event that happened at Las Vegas Motor Speedway! Vegas Drift pulled off another great event, and was able to showcase the talent of several local drivers on the same course as the Formula D pro drivers. Here are the results of the final round of Vegas Drift ProAm 2012:

1st – Forrest Wang – Las Vegas, NV
2nd – Eric Hill – Huntington Beach, CA
3rd – Brandon Wicknick – Layton, UT
4th – Andy Hateley – Malibu, CA

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Andy Hateley and Forrest Wang both have a plethora of experience, and both have driven in Formula D previously. The semifinal run between these two drivers at Vegas ProAm at Las Vegas Motor Speedway resulted in a car-to-car collision between Wang and Hateley when Wang was leading. Hateley was forced to retire due to the damage to his car, but both drivers earned licenses in Formula D. A photographer posted an image on Facebook, tagging both drivers, where the above comment exchange ensued between both drivers. We don’t create the drama, we simply report on it.

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Forrest Wang took the home the Top Qualifier spot in the Vegas ProAm. The Vegas ProAm  took place today under the hot Vegas sun on the Formula Drift track. The rest of the ProAm qualifying order is below:

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Round 4 of the Vegas Drift ProAm series will be happening simultaneously as the Formula D event later this month. The drivers list is a bit smaller than previous events, mostly due to requiring full FD-spec safety equipment. Nevada local Forrest Wang has been doing quite well in the local series, second only to his GetNutz teammate Garret Nikolich. Wang finished It will be good to see these guys do battle on the same track as the FD big boys. Wang has done well in XDC and NOPI Drift in years past, so it’s not surprising to see him near the top of the ProAm rankings.

Here’s the current drivers list:

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Another great event went down in Las Vegas this weekend with Round 3 of the Pro Am series taking place! Forrest Wang took home the win who is now a Vegas local. The Las Vegas Motor Speedway track was driven on into the late hours of the night with a ton of fans coming out even with the 100+ degree heat. Here is how the podium stacked up:

1. Forrest Wang (Nevada)
2. Alex Villabrille (California)
3. Derrick Lopez (Utah)

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Over the big Memorial Day weekend Just Drift wrapped up Top Drift Round 2 at Willow Springs and put some big players in drifting on the podium for the weekend. With help of great sponsors like ACT Clutch this series is able to stay alive and produce great Formula Drift stars such as Justin Pawlak (currently in 1st place in the Formula Drift championship) who came through the Just Drift program. Here are the results from Round 2:

1- Forrest Wang
2- Dan Brocket
3- Tyler Wolfsont

Photo: mikebomac via Instagram

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Here are the championship standings and two round west coast region results currently for XDC. Here we have 22 drivers who have scored points in the Firebird Raceway double round weekend. The results put Forrest Wang far in the lead moving forward into the 2012 season.

1. Forrest Wang (228 point)
2. Stewart Leask (198 points)
3. Nate Hamilton (163 points)
3. Will Parsons (163 points)
5. Brandon Wicknick (129 points)
6. Mike Pollard (113 points)
7. Garret Nikolich (111 points)
8. Vitaly Sopkin (101 points)
9. Joe Haven (93 points)
10. Danny George (90 points)
11. Eric Hill (85 points)
12. Josh Steele (60 points)
13. George Marstonovic (58 points)
14. Sean Guthrie (51 points)
15. Tyler Wolfson (50 points)
16. Nick Soehren (39 points)
17. Corey Hosford (34 points)
18. Jim Guthrie (33 points)
19. Dan Brockett (29 points)
19. Jon Owens (29 points)
21. Daniel Kuo (25 points)
22. Bucky Laing (22 points)

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Forrest Wang manages to go back to back this weekend with two wins at the double round XDC weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. The podium shook up a little bit with a Formula Drift rookie making one awesome performance in his Crab Broker Mazda Miata. The day two aftermath of XDC put Forrest Wang well ahead in the points chase for the 2012 season. Here is how the podium finished up.

1. Forrest Wang
2. Stewart Laesk
3. Danny George

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