EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, April 19, 2024
Location: Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Event: 2024 Formula DRIFT Super Drift Challenge, Day 1
COMPETITORS
- Rome Charpentier (USA) – Garagistic / Pedal Commander / Vitour Tires E82 BMW
- Jonathan Hurst (USA) – MRCOOL Cadillac XLR
- Kasey Kohl (USA) – MSPEK Performance Nissan S14.9
- Kyle Mohan (USA) – KMR / Renewable Lubricants / Mazdatrix RX-8
- Connor O’Sullivan (USA) – RTS / GT Radial E46 BMW
- Daniel Stuke (USA) – MSPEK Performance Nissan Silvia Spec-R
- Robert Thorne (USA) – ASM E46 M3
- Forrest Wang (USA) – Get Nuts Laboratory / Yellowspeed / Vitour Nissan S15
RESULTS
- Forrest Wang (USA) – Get Nuts Laboratory / Yellowspeed / Vitour Nissan S15
- Rome Charpentier (USA) – Garagistic / Pedal Commander / Vitour Tires E82 BMW
- Jonathan Hurst (USA) – MRCOOL Cadillac XLR
COMPETITION NOTES
- Formula DRIFT President Ryan Sage was joined by guest announcer, FD PRO driver Ken Gushi, a 21-year veteran of the series
- The Super Drift judging panel included Gushi (Japan), 2011 PRO Champion Dai Yoshihara (Japan), and new FD series judge Vernon Zwaneveld (Netherlands)
- Driver match-ups for tandem competition runs were decided by a random draw in the absence of qualifying runs
- Competitors from both the Formula DRIFT PRO and PROSPEC Championships entered their competition vehicles into the Super Drift Challenge
- Style-king Wang became a three-time Super Drift winner following a super-close battle with Charpentier in the Final. His previous victories include a double win in 2019 and third place in 2021
- Second place Charpentier successfully competed in his new E82 BMW competition car
- Third place Hurst had an incomplete score during his lead run against Charpentier, allowing Rome to advance to the Finals against Wang
