Posts Tagged "Eric O’Sullivan"

Apparently when Eric O’Sullivan went out for his second run he got caught up in all sorts of oil left on the track from the previous car that shut down the track for 20 minutes for oil cleanup. According to someone from his team on the exit of the bank oil was left everywhere causing Eric to make a huge correction and get a low score (65.0).  He filed a protest with Formula Drift after requesting another run and being denied from what we are told.

I am guessing Eric O’Sullivan isn’t going to get very far with this complaint especially since he made the Top 32 it appears as I type this (JTP is running) up for the site. Matt Field who ran before Eric we are told also spun due to the oil issues but we haven’t had a chance to speak with him. They focused cleaning up the oil on the front straight failing to remove it from other locations is the report we got from EOS team members. Should be interesting to see if anything happens with this and we will update you guys.

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Last year I made some predictions for Seattle found at “5 Things We Know Will Happen This Weekend at Formula D” where I listed the same events in this post and got most of them right. The only one I don’t remember happening last year is #4 which was a pleasant surprise.

Eric O’Sullivan landed second place on the podium for his first time in his Formula D career making #5 happen. #3 happened with a little sprinkle during qualifying if I remember right, this also happens and the locals are unfazed but some of the drivers I feel get on tilt making the whole event interesting. #2 happened because this Seattle crowd is one of the best in the series. #1 was none other than Falken Tire driver Daijiro Yoshihara and his huge wreck into the bank entry “Daijiro Yoshihara Crash [SNAPSHOT]” which you can see at this snapshot. The Lexus was totaled and never returned to competition. This is what lead Daijiro Yoshihara into his S13 which appears to be a blessing in disguise. So now it’s just a matter of who will make my predictions come true this year……

5.Someone will podium for the first time in their Formula D career.
4. We will smell horse manure.
3. It will rain.
2. The crowd will stay and go insane no matter what weather conditions.
1. We will have huge accidents.

Posted in Chris Forsberg, Daijiro Yoshihara, Eric O'Sullivan, Formula D, Major Announcements, Rumors/Gossip, Tyler McQuarrie | 9 Comments »

According to his website, Eric has been hard at work getting the F20 V-TEC powered Toyota Corolla in shape for ProDrift Round 3 this upcoming weekend in Dublin, Ireland. Eric stated the car has been neglected since it’s run at the 2008 Redbull World Championship. He has been hard at work getting the car back in shape and could very well take home a victory at ProDrift Round 3. Maybe a good performance will translate into Formula Drift Round 4 in Seattle just around the corner.

Read About his Return to ProDrift in the F20 VTEC Corolla: http://ericosullivan.com/wordpress/2010/06/vtec86-mkiii-the-comeback/

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Many people told us that the head mechanic for the Dynamic Autosport team did not make the trip to Formula Drift New Jersey for unknown reasons. Many people in the drifting circle feel that Adam Depner is the glue holding the team together, and his absence would be felt greatly. With both Gruppe-S cars having mechanical problems after the Thursday practice, the team stayed up all night fixing the GT-R, but Eric O’Sullivan resorted to wrenching on his own car Friday morning. Eric was forced fix a broken drive shaft and a CV boot problem on his own or not compete, but electrical gremlins kept him from making a full qualifying pass for the second time this season. Eddie Kim won team owner of the year last year, but this is another rough event for Eddie Kim and his whole organization.

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Eric O’Sullivan Formula Drift Diary on Round 2

Formula D driver Eric O’Sullivan released a video from the Formula Drift Road Atlanta event. He shows part of his trip from Ireland to the United States. He then talks about Friday qualifying and how he failed to fail making the Top 32 even with the Hankook/Seibon WRX finally up and running.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/eric-osullivan-formula-drift-diary-on-round-

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Eric O’Sullivan Blogs About Driveless Adventure to Formula D Long Beach

Check out Eric O’Sullivan and his video blog from the 2010 Formula Drift Long Beach weekend. Even though Eric O’Sullivan was unable to drive his Subaru WRX due to some engine problems. Here is how his week went in the United States minus about 12 trips to the Dubliner in Long Beach.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/eric-osullivan-blogs-about-driveless-adventu

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These are some things Eddie Kim and Gruppe S said to us back in February on twitter. Here is the original post where they made stuff up we said and @ replied it to me. Well I just wanted to bring it up since neither of the Gruppe-S cars made it to the track to start the 2010 season. This pretty much eliminates both cars from a realistic race at the 2010 championship. If you guys are going to talk smack back to us on the Internet at least have the cars ready so you can really shut us at Wrecked Magzine up!

Two of the most talented drivers on the grid sat out and messed up hundreds of Fantasy Drift teams instantly. Luckily we will be issuing Eric O’Sulivan / Robbie Nishida team owners in Fantasy Drift one point each for vehicle malfunction since they were not ready. A funny fact was that in our original post we never mentioned his motor program and he replied to us about that comment. I guess we will see you guys at Road Atlanta for Round 2.

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We caught Eric O’Sullivan first who was double fisting some beer in typical Irish fashion at the Fantasy Factory.

Here is Chris Forsberg with Drift Alliance Stay Hungry Director Andy Laputka.

Newly signed Redbull Energy driver Ryan Tuerck was in attendance as well.

Patrick Mordaunt showed up who will be driving his S14 at Streets of Long Beach instead of his new Nissan 350z.

Alex Pfeiffer and Justin Pawlak hanging out before they compete on Friday.

Falken Tire driver Darren McNamara was at the party gearing up for Streets of Long Beach.

Drift Alliance Ace Brian Wilkerson was at the party who flew out this week to test and drive the BMI Racing Mazda Rx-8 four rotor this weekend at Streets of Long Beach.

Matt Powers made an appearance as a 2010 Team Need for Speed member.

Posted in Chris Forsberg, Darren McNamara, Eric O'Sullivan, Formula D, Justin Pawlak, Matt Powers, Ryan Tuerck, Vaughn Gittin Jr. | 5 Comments »

Eric O’Sullivan posted this on his blog from when he arrived in town on Monday. Looks like they are still hammering away on the Nissan GT-R. Clearly Robbie Nishida hasn’t gotten any seat time in this baby yet and the Streets of Long Beach is awful narrow. I said before I feel sorry for Robbie being thrown into this car without any testing on a chassis that has never drifted before. Even though Eddie Kim told me not to worry about him I just cannot help it. It’s going to be a tough order to step up at Long Beach but we will see if he can do it.

Source: http://ericosullivan.com/wordpress/2010/04/long-beachday-1-update/

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I was going to do individual posts for each driver but with three guys reporting engine problems just before Long Beach I figured we could call it the Engine Troubles of 2010 post.

1. Eric O’Sullivan (Subaru WRX) – Had troubles on the dyno which didn’t allow him at Media Day. We were told by Eric the motor was blown but didn’t get any details. Sounded confident it will be ready for Friday. He seemed ready to attack Streets of Long Beach this week.

2. Sam Hubinette (Dodge Challenger) – Ran into problems on the dyno as well. Prevented him from testing this week but car will be ready for Streets of Long Beach. I was told it was an oil pump issue if I remember right? Sam Hubinette has a great team behind me so I have no doubt the car will be ready for Friday.

3. Joon Maeng (Full Tilt Mazda Rx-8) – During one of the later Media Day sessions the motor made this horrid sound on deceleration and other teams told us the motor was blown. I didn’t run into the Bergenholtz later in the day as they rolled out but I am pretty sure that is what happened since several people told me the same story. Those guys know what they are doing as well so Joon should have a car ready for Friday practice/qualifying.

4. Ross Petty (Garage Boso/Falken S15) – Early in the morning they ran into motor troubles and loaded up on the trailer back to the shop. Not sure on the details of his problems since they packed up and quickly left.

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