The new track layout is quite a change from years past in Vegas. In fact, the whole place looks different in a great way with movement of the paddock area to the side of the parking lot and moved grandstands. Many top drivers made only a few passes but the track seems to be difficult for almost all. Qualifying should be interesting today.
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The most hot place on earth next weekend is hosting a drift event next weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the sixth round of Formula Drift. Below is a complete list of drivers coming to Las Vegas to compete for the big weekend.
|
1 |
Gittin, Vaughn Jr. |
25 |
|
2 |
Saito, Daigo* |
430 |
|
3 |
Pawlak, Justin |
13 |
|
4 |
Yoshihara, Daijiro |
9 |
|
5 |
Tuerck, Ryan |
62 |
|
6 |
Millen, Rhys |
67 |
|
7 |
Aasbo, Fredric |
151 |
|
8 |
Forsberg, Chris |
64 |
|
9 |
Powers, Matt |
665 |
|
10 |
Bakchis, Odi |
723 |
|
11 |
Gushi, Ken |
21 |
|
12 |
Grunewald, Conrad |
79 |
|
13 |
Essa, Mike |
101 |
|
14 |
Moen, Kenneth** |
22 |
|
15 |
Kado, Ryan |
614 |
|
16 |
Yoshioka, Toshiki |
5 |
|
17 |
Denofa, Chelsea* |
88 |
|
18 |
McQuarrie, Tyler |
17 |
|
18 |
Wilkerson, Walker |
95 |
|
20 |
Nishida, Robbie |
31 |
|
21 |
Field, Matt |
777 |
|
22 |
McNamara, Darren |
8 |
|
23 |
Mohan, Kyle |
99 |
|
24 |
Angelo, Tony |
96 |
|
25 |
Maeng, Joon |
51 |
|
26 |
Lowe, Jeremy* |
138 |
|
27 |
Mertzanis, Dennis |
323 |
|
27 |
Aono, Taka |
86 |
|
29 |
Ovcharik, Miroslav* |
235 |
|
30 |
Mordaunt, Patrick |
90 |
|
31 |
Castro, Jhonnattan* |
717 |
|
32 |
Brakohiapa, Tony |
18 |
|
33 |
Lonberger, Luke |
28 |
|
34 |
Marstanovic, George* |
111 |
|
35 |
George, Danny |
7 |
|
35 |
Hosford, Corey* |
232 |
|
35 |
Ward, Chris* |
23 |
|
35 |
Goodin, Patrick* |
46 |
|
39 |
D’Alessio, Nick* |
84 |
|
40 |
Amandio, Emmanuel** |
30 |
|
41 |
Lee, Alex** |
81 |
|
43 |
Jones, Jeff |
29 |
|
45 |
Abbott, Jeff |
518 |
|
45 |
Bell, Ryan* |
19 |
|
45 |
Briggs, Dave* |
24 |
|
45 |
Coomes, Andrew* |
12 |
|
45 |
Fournier, Ian |
11 |
|
45 |
Gallagher, Roland |
425 |
|
45 |
Guild, Joshua* |
702 |
|
45 |
Mendoza Jr., Enrique* |
16 |
|
45 |
Ornelas Jr., Mauricio* |
27 |
|
45 |
Skudlarek, Mike |
20 |
|
45 |
Stone, Gabe* |
15 |
|
45 |
Thomas, Nick |
310 |
Chris Forsberg and Tony Angelo are both huge animal lovers, and both have been traveling the FD circuit with their canine companions in tow this season. During the East Coast Bash, Angelo and Forsberg offered ride-alongs in their cars for a charitable donation. Today, they delivered a check for $3,500 to the local New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NJ SPCA) organization on behalf of Club Loose. It’s great to see professional drivers doing good things for their community.
It’s hard to deny that the V8 invasion has been steadily happening over the last several years. We even run one in our S13 project car, which Dennis Mertzanis is driving in the FD season. There’s some good interviews in this piece from drivers like Rhys Millen, Pat Mordaunt, and Tony Angelo. It looks like this is the first in a series of videos exploring the cars of the series, so stay tuned!
Scion Racing is on their fourth season as a manufacturer in drifting, and is supporting the largest roster to date. With Tony Angelo in the tC1, Freddy Aasbo in the tC2, and Ken Gushi in the FR-S, there’s a bit of an internal rivalry among all three teams. Angelo was the highest qualified Scion driver in Palm Beach, but is sitting lowest in the points standings right now. Watch the Scion Racing team as they battle through another tough round in New Jersey.
Found on Facebook tonight was what looks to be Ryan Tuerck suiting up for his big Air Force flight promised from the Into the Blue mini-series sponsored by the AirForce. The event took four Air Force men into drift cars with Joon Maeng, Tony Angelo, Ryan Tuerck, and Odi Bakchis with the winner being put high into the sky with his pupil. I bet Ryan Tuerck had a hell of a time flying with the Air Force! How do you think the mini series is going so far?
The rain came down in qualifying and did mange to mix things up a little bit. Towards the end of the second runs the track did clear up allowing the top 10 powerhouse drivers put down relatively dry passes. Here is how they finished on the day:
1. Odi Bakchis (M7 Japan/Nexen Tire Nissan 240sx)
2. Vaughn Gittin Jr. (Monster Energy Drink 2013 Ford Mustang)
3. Fredric Aasbo (Need for Speed Scion tC)
4. Dai Yoshihara (Discount Tire Nissan 240sx S13)
5. Chelsea DeNofa (BC Racing E36 BMW)
6. Chris Forsberg (NOS Energy Nissan 370z)
7. Kenneth Moen (Lutz Performance Nissan 350z)
8. Conrad Grunewald (Hankook Tires Chevrolet Camaro)
9. Ken Gushi (Greddy Scion FR-S)
10. Darren McNamara (Falken Tire S15 Silvia)
11. Ryan Tuerck (Retaks Nissan 240sx S13)
12. Tyler McQuarrie (Go Pro/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Camaro)
13. Rhys Millen (2013 Hyundai Genesis)
14. Justin Pawlak (2013 Ford Mustang)
15. Robbie Nishida (Achilles Tire Lexus SC300)
16. Luke Lonberger (Hankook Tire Chevrolt Corvette C6)
17. Daigo Saito (Achilles Tire Lexus SC430)
18. Joon Maeng (Nitto Tire Mazda Rx-8)
19. Ryan Kado (Nexen Tire Nissan 350z)
20. Michael Essa (GSR BMW Z4)
21. Dennis Mertzanis (Kenda Tire/Fuelculture.com Nissan 240sx S13)
22. Kyle Mohan (Nexen Tire Mazda Rx-8)
23. Matt Powers (Need for Speed Nissan 240sx S14)
24. Patrick Mordaunt (APEX’i Lexus SC430)
25. Chris Ward (S13 Nissan 240sx)
26. Tony Brakohiapa (eBay Motors 2013 Ford Mustang)
27. Danny George (Crabbroker.com Mazda Miata)
28. Tony Angelo (Scion Racing Scion tc)
29. Taka Aono (Megan Racing Toyota Corolla AE86)
30. Jhonnattan Castro (Progreso Bank Nissan 350z)
31. Miro Ovcharik (Sikky Engineering Nissan 240sx)
32. Nick D’Alessio (Elite JDM Nissan 240sx)
Here is a complete and tentative list of drivers attending Formula Drift Round 4 at New Jersey. The roster features 50 drivers which might be the biggest field filled at Wall Stadium to date. It looks like they are doing much better than the 32 drivers that ended up being fielded last year. Here is who has signed up:
1. Justin Pawlak
2. Daigo Saito
3. Dai Yoshihara
4. Rhys Millen
5. Ryan Tuerck
6. Chris Forsberg
7. Odi Bakchis
8. Fredric Aasbo
9. Vaughn Gittin Jr.
10. Toshiki Yoshioka
11. Michael Essa
12. Matt Powers
13. Kenneth Moen
14. Ken Gushi1
15. Ryan Kado
16. Kyle Mohan
17. Walker Wilkerson
18. Tyler McQuarrie
19. Joon Maeng
20. Chelsea DeNofa
21. Conrad Grunewald
22. Darren McNamara
23. Tony Angelo
24. Matt Field
25. Robbie Nishida
26. Taka Aono
27. Robbie Nishida
28. Dennis Mertzanis
29. Jeremy Lowe
30. Luke Lonberger
31. Corey Hosford
32. Miroslov Ovcharik
33. Amandio Emmanuel
34. Tony Brakohiapa
35. Patrick Mordaunt
36. Danny George
37. Patrick Goodin
38. Chris Ward
39. Nick D’Alessio
40. Jeff Jones
41. Zoltan Hajdu
42. Jeff Abbott
43. Dave Briggs
44. Andrew Coomes
45. Mauricio Ornelas Jr.
46. Mike Skudlarek
47. Gabe Stone
48. Nick Thomas
49. Jhonnattan Castro
50. Brad Hettinger
Vaughn Gittin takes home the top Qualifier spot at Formula Drift West Palm Beach. The rest of the qualifying order follows below:
1. V. Gittin
2. M. Ovcharik
3. T. McQuarrie
4. O. Bakchis
5. D. McNamara
6. R. Millen
7. T. Brakohiapa
8. W. Wilkerson
9. J. Pawlak
10. C. Forsberg
11. R. Tuerck
12. D. Saito
13. T. Angelo
14. D. Yoshihara
15. K. Moen
16. M. Essa
17. F. Aasbo
18. M. Powers
19. C. Ward
20. C. Denofa
21. C. Grunwald
22. T. Aono
23. C. Hosford
24. R. Kado
25. L. Lonberger
26. T. Yoshioka
27. J. Lowe
28. K. Mohan
29. J. Maeng
30. R. Nishida
31. K. Gushi
32. M. Field
Another top 16 tandem battle we caught with some help from Brian Casse is the entry accident between Walker Wilkerson and Tony Angelo. Tony has managed to make two Top 16′s in his return to Formula Drift as a driver with the Scion Racing tC. He was lined up and following second year driver in his Fatlace / Falken Tire S13.4 for a Top 16 tandem battle. Walker came flying down the hill and Tony Angelo over entered right into him making Walker Wilkerson have a pass into the Top 8.
