Formula Drift Evergreen Speedway qualifying ended today with Tyler McQuarrie taking the top spot. The rest of the qualifying order is below:

1 Tyler McQuarrie – 94.5
2 Justin Pawlak – 93.5
3 Rhys. Millen – 89.6
4 Daijiro Yoshihara – 86.9
5 Odi Bakchis – 86
6 Conrad. Grunewald – 85.1
7 Joon. Maeng – 83.7
8 Fredric. Aasbo – 82.1
9 Dean. Kearney – 81.3
10 Ryan. Tuerck – 80.3
11 Michael. Essa – 76.4
12 Vaughn. Gittin – 75.7
13 Matt. Powers – 75.1
14 Walker Wilkerson – 74.7
15 Chris. Forsberg -74.5
16 Alex. Lee – 72.8
17 Alax. Pfeiffer – 71.4
18 Otto. Graven – 71.2
19 Darin. McNamara – 71
20 Charles. Ng – 66.8
21 Matt Field – 66.5
22 Kyle Mohan – 65.1
23 Toshiki Yoshioka – 64.6
24 Roland Gallagher – 62.8
25 Ross Petty – 61
26 Ken. Gushi – 60.6
27 Cyrus Martinez – 60.5
28 Robbie Nishida – 57
29 Jeff Jones – 56.1
30 Ryan Kado – 55.2
31 Dennis Mertzanis – 52.3
32 Luke Longberger – 52.2

Ryan Tuerck has moved on to the Top 16 already since only 31 drivers could produced a score  and moved on into the main event. Here is the Top 31 looks for this weekend. I am pretty sure Jim Guthrie broke a Formula Drift world record with the lowest qualifying score in history with a 27.9.

1. Ryan Tuerck – 91.2
2. Vaughn Gittin Jr. – 89.2
3. Daijiro Yoshihara – 89
4. Conrad Grunewald – 86.3
5. Tyler McQuarrie – 85.9
6. Chris Forsberg – 84.2
7. Justin Pawlak – 83.9
8. John Russakoff – 81.5
9. Ryan Kado – 81.4 (Takes 9th due to higher speed)
10. Ken Gushi – 81.4
11. Ross Petty – 79.2
12. Joon Maeng – 78.2
13. Otto Graven – 76.7
14. Kyle Mohan – 75.7
15. Darren McNamara – 74.6
16. Matt Field – 72.7
17. Kenneth Moen – 72.6
18. Fredric Aasbo – 72.4
19. Michael Essa -71.3
20. Matt Waldin – 69
21. Odi Bakchis – 68.9
22. Charles Ng – 68.6
23. Eric O’Sullivan – 67.6
24. Toshiki Yoshioka – 65.2
25. Matt Powers – 64.7
26. Luke Lonberger – 61.7
27. Walker Wilkerson – 61.7
28. Dennis Mertzanis – 60.9
29. Taka Aono – 55.6
30. Dean Kearney – 53.2
31. Jim Guthrie – 27.9

Over at Yahoo! they captured some amazing photographs of the Tony Brakohiapa Ford Mustang fire. My favorite is the one framed with Joon Maeng drifting and the flaming Ford Mustang pacing down the straightaway in the background. With the stands loaded with NASCAR Craftsman Truck fans we are sure they got a taste of drifting they won’t forget with a flaming finish line cross.

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This four car tandem didn’t lack much entertainment as Tony Brakohiapa had to pull off and fly down the straightaway as he dumped flames everywhere at Texas Motor Speedway. Michael Essa, Joon Maeng, and Fredric Aasbo had no problems completing the four car tandem session around the track while all this happened. When I asked some people in attendance at TAS they just told me they ran away and had no idea what was wrong with the car. They did mention it appeared he has it all fixed and ready to go back out.

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Here you can see Joon Maeng staged and ready for run at Texas Motor Speedway tomorrow. The IRL race that Formula Drift will be doing the demo at comes on VERSUS tomorrow at 4:30pm PST. Drivers such as Fredric Aasbo, Kyle Mohan, and Patrick Mordaunt are in attendance to perform. Sadly Patrick Mordaunt has suffered some transmission problems so we are not sure if he will still be in attendance for the demo. Here is a snapshot we received from Formula Drift showing off the number plaque from this event at Texas Motor Speedway.

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If your a diehard Joon Maeng fan you should head over to the Bergenholtz Racing Facebook Page where you can follow Joon Maeng in the Nitto Tire Mazda Rx-8 from inside the car. It is a pretty cool camera view and allows you to get a great feel of what it is like inside a drift car during a Formula Drift event.

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We caught up with a handful of drivers this weekend as they prepared their cars to hit the road and make their way to Texas Motor Speedway for the Ultimate Drifting Demo on June 11th. On hand was Fredric Aasbo returning in his old competition Japan Auto Supra, Joon Maeng in his S13, Pat Mordaunt’s S14, Jeff Abbott’s Miata, Charles Ng in his Evasive Motorsports FC RX7, and Roland Gallagher in his teal S13.

As their cars were loaded onto the Formula Drift rig, I took the time to chat with the drivers, and everyone was unanimously excited for the Texas Motor Speedway demo event. Check out the Indy Race on June 11th for the Ultimate Drift demo and Top 8 competition. In the meantime however, check out our mini gallery of the demo cars below.

We just posted about the Palm Beach International Raceway track layout and now we have our hands on the drivers list for this event in Florida. Here is who is currently signed up for the event:
1. Fredric Aasbo
2. Taka Aono
3. Odi Bakchis
4. Tony Brakohiapa
5. Pat Cyr
6. Michael Essa
7. Mike Feiock
8. Matt Field
9. Chris Forsberg
10. Vaughn Gittin Jr.
11. Otto Graven
12. Conrad Grunewald
13. Ken Gushi
14. Jim Guthrie
15. Zoltan Hadju
16. Brad Hettinger
17. Sam Hubinette
18. Jeff Jones
19. Ryan Kado
20. Dean Kearney
21. Luke Lonberger
22. Joon Maeng
23. Darren McNamara
24. Tyler McQuarrie
25. Dennis Mertzanis
26. Rhys Millen
27. Kyle Mohan
28. Patrick Mordaunt
29. Charles Ng
30. Eric O’Sullivan
31. Justin Pawlak
32. Ross Petty
33. Alex Pfeiffer
34. Matt Powers
35. John Russakoff
36. Mike Skudlarek
37. Ryan Tuerck
38. Matt Waldin
39. Walker Wilkerson
40. Daijiro Yoshihara
41. Toshiki Yoshioka

Joon Maneg threw this “track layout” up on twitter representing the potential layout at Palm Beach International Raceway coming up in 12 days. This really doesn’t give us much to go with other than the track could be a big letter S. That was more of a hint than we had before so we’ll take it as we start to get excited for Round 3 of Formula Drift coming around the corner!

KW TV Episode 3: Formula Drift at Road Atlanta

Watch KW Suspension highlight their star studded cast of Formula D drivers performing at Road Atlanta. The video shows off the huge following Matt Powers has at Road Atlanta (almost a cult like following we felt like) for the event. Joon Maeng laid down some amazing qualifying laps and Fredric Aasbo had some insane entries coming down the hill. The event was completed with a victory from Daijiro Yoshihara in the Discount Tire S13.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/kw-tv-episode-3-formula-drift-at-road-atlanta