The 2012 Just Drift event series is locked in at Willow Springs just north of Los Angeles, California with plenty of events for Am drivers to get practice and excitement in for 2012. At least one event from February to December in 2012 provides drivers and fans with tons of entertainment.

1. February 25/26 – Horse Thief Mile – Open Practice/Drift Clinic
2. March 24/25 – Balcony – Top Drift Round 1
3. April 28/29 – Balcony – Open Practice/Drift Clinic
4. May 26 – Balcony – Open Practice/Drift Clinic
5. May 27 – Horse Thief Mile – Top Drift Round 2
6. June 23/24 – Horse Thief Mile – Open Practice/Drift Clinic
7. July 28 – Night Streets – Top Drift Round 3
8. August 24/25 – Speedway – Top Drift Round 4
9. September 15 – Speedway – Night Open Drift Session/Drift Clinic
10. November 17/18 – Horse Thief Mile – Open Practice/Drift Clinic
11. December 15/16 – Balcony – Toy Drift 2012

Dave Moore went out to Willow Springs to capture Round 4 of Just Drift recently. This event marked the end of the four event season finishing off some great competition over the year. We have a 400+ image gallery filled with photos as the drivers competed into the night at WSIR. Below are the Round 4 results:

1st place – Neiko Gunther
2nd place – Enrique Mendoza
3rd place – Ryan Bell

Check Out the Gallery: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=264

Ryan Clemens who works at Hot Line Performance (Justin Pawlak’s shop) was able to take home top honors at Just Drift Round 3 this weekend. He drove hard in his LS1 powered FC Rx-7 (seen following above) resulting in a great victory for the weekend. Steffan Moy who landed in second place is actually Fredric Aasbo’s spotter as well giving another great connection to Formula Drift in this grassroots competition.

1. Ryan Clemens
2. Steffen Moy
3. Ryan Bell

The guys at ACT Clutch are sponsoring the Just Drift local grassroots series in Southern California. ACT will sponsor all the Drift Clincs, the Pro Am Series and even the famous All-Star Bash. ACT Clutch is a proud sponsor of Wrecked Magazine and supports several Formula Drift drivers including Ryan Tuerck. They are growing their support in the sport of drifting across the map. Here is what Cheralyn Smith from ACT had to say about the new series sponsorship.

“We’re very happy to have joined forces with JustDrift as the Co-Title Sponsor of the ProDrift series, All Star Bash and Drift Clinics,” said Cheralyn Smith, Marketing Manager at ACT. “Their support of the next generation of drifters, especially in our local area, is right in line with the ACT grassroots approach.”

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

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

Go check out our podcast on Itunes keyword: wrecked magazine for video or you can catch this one on our myspace at myspace.com/driftingmagazine in our videos. The event was wild and the track is very very unforgiving. Just Drift and Ziptied hosted a great event and we look forward to more action today (starts in like 3 hours) so keep posted for Sunday videos and updates! Who will survive the Zip Tied All Star Bash II weekend? Not many…
Forest Wang took home the gold today in the Top Drift Round 5 Finals. Just for driving like a gangster all day we figured Forest deserved some love on the blog.