SERIES NEWS: COMPETITION RESULTS FROM ROUND ONE OF 2021 FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPIONSHIP

EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, May 8, 2021
Location: Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA
Event: Round 1: Royal Purple Road To The Championship Presented By O’Reilly Auto Parts

RESULTS
Winner: Aurimas Bakchis (Lithuania) – Falken Tires / Feal Suspension Nissan S15
Second: Matt Field (USA) – Falken Tire / Drift Cave Chevrolet Corvette
Third: Vaughn Gittin Jr (USA) – Monster Energy Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-D

NOTES

FD ATL 2021 represents back-to-back wins for Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis, who won the Final Round of the 2020 FD PRO Championship at Irwindale Speedway
FD ATL was Matt Field’s first podium since he scored two second place finishes in 2018 at FD NJ and FD STL
The top two finalists are Falken Tire teammates
The Round One winner was only decided after Bakchis and Field ran “One More Time” in the Final after both were judged “incomplete” on their first runs
Reigning FD PRO Champion, Vaughn Gittin Jr, finished third as he sets about defending his title
Top placed Rookie was Branden Sorensen (USA) driving his 212 Performance / Sorensen Motorsports BMW
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta hosted the first competitive FD event in 2004 and has remained on the calendar ever since (2020 excluded)
With FD ATL starting in daylight and ending after dark, all PRO competitors ran with TYPE S undercar LED lighting