USDrift and Midwest Drift Union joined forces earlier this month for their first ever BRO/AM collaboration event at the newly opened Dominion Raceway road course for both of their fourth and final rounds of the 2016 season. Each series would run their own Top 16 brackets with the winners from each series’ event competing against each other for bragging rights of the best on this side of the Mississippi River, as well as winning their weight in Smartmouth Brewing Company beer.

Repeating a similar end to that of the 2015 season, Austin Meeks from Spartanburg, SC would win the last event of the USDrift season again. This time Meeks would win in his Committed Service Brand swapped LSX V8-powered 1996 Nissan 240SX running on Achilles Radial Tires. Riley Sexsmith, from Hamilton, Ontario in his 2007 NV Auto 2JZ powered Subaru Impreza STI running on Achilles Radial Tires would take the win in the last event of the Midwest Drift Union season.

Since the final tandem was an exhibition match, the judges from both series would vote and if there was a tie, the announcer would cast the deciding vote with help from the crowd if needed. However, after both runs, the judges went with 3 votes for Meeks, 2 votes for Sexsmith, and 1 vote for a “One More Time”; giving the win and a 154lb assortment of Smartmouth Brewing Company beer to Meeks for the win.

The 2016 USDrift PRO/AM Series concluded with Round 4 and a huge congratulations to all who competed this season, especially to Dylan Hughes, Chris Cotrupi, and Matt Pollock who all earned their 2017 Formula DRIFT PRO2 Licenses. The 2017 USDrift schedule should be released shortly and include some more track day events at Dominion Raceway that aren’t strictly competition based.

2016 USDrift PRO/AM Series Round 4 Standings:

1. Austin Meeks	Committed Service Brand Nissan 240SX	First Place
2. Kenric Meyer	BMW M3	Second Place
3. Kyle Wood	Johnston Research & Performance Nissan 240SX	Third Place

 

2016 USDrift PRO/AM Series Season Standings:

1. Dylan Hughes	MA-Motorsports Nissan 240SX	348 points
2. Chris Cotrupi	Nissan 240SX	331 points
3. Matt Pollock	JNR Nissan 240SX	327 points
4. Thomas Palmerino	Mazda Miata	265 points
5. Kyle Wood	Johnston Research & Performance Nissan 240SX	262 points
6. John Windham	Freak Show Nissan 240SX	213 points
7. Brian Riccio	Nissan 240SX	211 points
8. Ben Williams	Fresh Roots Mazda RX7	189 points
9. Kenric Meyer	BMW M3	188 points
10. Justin Hoitsma	Faction Motorsports Nissan 240SX	170 points

Full season standings can be found on the USDrift website here.