Matt Powers

Here is a comprehensive list of drivers that will be in action at Round 2 Road Atlanta. Get ready for what will be one of the best round of the 2012 Formula Drift season. Enjoy the drives list below. With 50 drivers signed up this is most likely the largest grid in Formula Drift Road Atlanta history.

1. Fredric Aasbo
2. Jeff Abbott
3. Emmanuel Amandio
4. Tony Angelo
5. Taka Aono
6. Odi Bakchis
7. Tony Brakohiapa
8. Dave Briggs
9. Jhonnattan Castro
10. Andrew Coomes
11. Nick D’Alessio
12. Chelsea DeNofa
13. Michael Essa
14. Matt Field
15. Chris Forsberg
16. Danny George
17. Vaughn Gittin Jr.
18. Patrick Goodin
19. Conrad Grunewald
20. Ken Gushi
21. Zoltan Hadju
22. Brad Hettinger
23. Corey Hosford
24. Jeff Jones
25. Ryan Kado
26. Alex Lee
27. Luke Lonberger
28. Jeremy Lowe
29. Joon Maeng
30. George Marstanovic
31. Darren McNamara
32. Enrique Mendoza Jr.
33. Dennis Mertzanis
34. Rhys Millen
35. Kenneth Moen
36. Patrick Mordaunt
37. Robbie Nishida
38. Maurico Omelas Jr.
39. Miroslav Ovcharik
40. Justin Pawlak
41. Matt Powers
42. Daigo Saito
43. Mike Skudlarek
44. Gabe Stone
45. Nick Thomas
46. Ryan Tuerck
47. Chris Ward
48. Walker Wilkerson
49. Daijiro Yoshihara
50. Toshiki Yoshioka

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After a qualifying session that had more Formula Drift Rookies than previous years,  Ryan Tuerck took home the top qualifying.  The rest of the qualifying order is below:

1. R. Tuerck
2. R. Millen
3. V. Gittin Jr.
4. J. Pawlak
5. E. Amandio
6. D. Yoshihara
7. T. McQuarrie
8. C. Grunewald
9. D. McNamara
10. R. Kado
11. F. Aasbo
12. C. Forsberg
13. K. Mohan
14. K. Gushi
15. G. Marstanovic
16. T. Aono
17. M. Powers
18. D. Saito
19. J. Lowe
20. M. Essa
21. T. Angelo
22. C. Denofa
23. P. Mordaunt
24. K. Moen
25. R. Nishida
26. J. Maeng
27. M. Field
28. T. Yoshioka
29. R. Petty
30. O. Bakchis
31. N. D’Alessio
32. D. Mertzanis

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Here is the official list of drivers for Formula Drift Round 1 at Streets of Long Beach. A huge field thanks to the large number of rookies playing into this season. This will be one rookie race where everyone is looking at D1GP champion Daigo Saito to win. This gives the other 18 rookies one big target to chase through the 2012 season.

1. Daijiro Yoshihara
2. Justin Pawlak
3. Chris Forsberg
4. Darren McNamara
5. Tyler McQuarrie
6. Matt Powers
7. Ryan Tuerck
8. Conrad Grunewald
9. Rhys Millen
10. Kyle Mohan
11. Vaughn Gittin Jr.
12. Fredric Aasbo
13. Toshiki Yoshioka
14. Ken Gushi
15. Ross Petty
16. Odi Bakchis
17. Michael Essa
18. Walker Wilkerson
19. Matt Field
20. Dean Kearney
21. Dennis Mertzanis
22. Joon Maeng
23. Patrick Mordaunt
24. Ryan Kado
25. Taka Aono
26. Luke Lonberger
27. Jeff Jones
28. Robbie Nishida
29. Kenneth Moen
30. Emmanuel Amandio
31. Kyle Pollard
32. Jeff Abbott
33. Tony Angelo
34. Tony Brakohiapa
35. Ryan Bell
36. Carlos Cano
37. Jhonnattan Castro
38. Andrew Coomes
39. Nick D’Alessio
40. Chelsea DeNofa
41. Ian Fournier
42. Peter Funatake
43. Roland Gallagher
44. Danny George
45. Patrick Goodin
46. Joshua Guild
47. Corey Hosford
48. Jeremy Lowe
49. George Marstanovic
50. Daigo Saito
51. Gabe Stone
52. Nick Thomas
53. Chris Ward

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You can now buy tickets for Formula Drift Streets of Long Beach for both days, single day Saturday, and VIP tickets. Last year we saw Vaughn Gittin Jr. miss qualifying, some insane tandem battles, and the rise of Team NFS star Matt Powers. It looks like you can also pick up tickets for a few other upcoming FD events! Follow the link below to pick up your seats before Streets of Long Beach is a sell out.

Buy Tickets: http://formulad.com/schedule/tickets/

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Matt Powers at WDS in China

Check out Matt Powers tearing it up in his China S14 that is mocked after his Formula Drift competition car. Matt Powers finished the WDS event in second this year in this mocked S14. He finished second behind Vaughn Gittin Jr. in this WDS event who brought a demo version of his Ford Mustang out.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/matt-powers-at-wds-in-china

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Mark Lenardon – Chronicles of Irwindale

One of the first and best looking drift videos captured by Mark highlighting Final Fight at Irwindale Speedway. This was the first season ender that gave several drivers a huge opportunity to win a championship. Dai Yoshihara, Justin Pawlak, Darren McNamara, AND Chris Forsberg all had a shot to win it big this season. Watch how the weekend unfolded.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/mark-lenardon—chronicles-of-irwindale-

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Back in 2010 Matt Powers finished the season in 16th place and he managed to knock that down to 6th in 2011 with a great performance all around this year. One of his big upgrades was from his KA Nissan engine to a GMPP LS7 giving him tons of horsepower and torque on demand. He could earn this award next year by taking home the championship perhaps?

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Matt Powers hit Chris Forsberg at LBC and Darren McNamara at Road Atlanta so who else could earn this award for Hardest Charger. After those two actions at the beginning of the year he was even warned to tone it down a little bit! Matt Powers never backed down this year and has one beat to hell S14 chassis to prove it. He earned the hardest charger award by far.

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Matt Powers (far left) is a surfer, San Diego bum, 80′s rocker, and race car driver all in one. His style is unmatched in the grid and unique attitude makes him stand out. Team Need for Speed grabbed him up after his rookie rise to a podium at Irwindale Speedway. Team Need for Speed has helped him take a step into the next level all around. Even though he bailed on the Mattley Crew his swagger has carried him an easy Best Personal Style award.

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The most winning driver in Formula Drift Sam Hubinette took the top qualifying spot this weekend at Irwindale Speedway which is something we haven’t seen from him in sometime. A huge congrats to his performance after a rough start to the 2011 season! Here is how the Top 32 stacked up with Rookie of the Year leader Odi Bakchis missing out with a 33rd place finish.

1.Sam Hubinette – 92.7 points
2. Justin Pawlak – 90.4 points
3. Tyler McQuarrie – 88.4 points
4. Ryan Tuerck – 86.1 points
5. Rhys Millen – 85.9 points
6. Dai Yoshihara – 83.5 points
7. Walker Wilkerson – 83.3 points
8. Robbie Nishida – 83.2 points
9. Conrad Grunewald – 82.3 points
10. Matt Powers – 79.4 points
11. Ken Gushi – 79.0 points
12. Vaughn Gittin Jr. – 77.7 points
13. Fredric Aasbo – 77.3 points
14. Dean Kearney – 77.1 points
15. Luke Lonberger – 77 points
16. Chris Forsberg – 76.9 points
17. Matt Field – 76.5 points
18. Toshiki Yoshioka – 73.1 points
19. Ryan Kado – 72.8 points
20. Kyle Mohan – 72.8 points
21. Michael Essa – 71.2 points
22. Taka Aono – 70.8 points
23. Ross Petty – 68.9 points
24. E. Armandio “Dio” – 68.6 points
25. Dennis Mertzanis – 68.3 points
26. Darren McNamara – 67.9 points
27. Jeff Abbott – 67.8 points
28. Pat Cyr – 66.3 points
29. Kenneth Moen – 66.2 points
30. Cyrus Martinez – 63.3 points
31. Charles Ng – 62.5 points
32. Patrick Mordaunt – 61 points

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