EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2025
Location: Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Event: 2025 Formula DRIFT Super Drift Challenge Day 2 at Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
COMPETITORS
- Trenton Beechum (USA/PRO) – Clonex Racing / ESR Wheels BMW
- Rome Charpentier (USA/PRO) – Garagistic / Pedal Commander / Kumho Tire / BMW 1 Series
- Jeff Jones (USA/PRO) – Evol Auto Works / Prisma Labs / BIG Drift Energy / Nissan 370Z
- Margaritis Katsandis (Greece/PS) – LS Doctor E46 BMW
- Kasey Kohl (USA/PS) – Mspek Performance / ECU Master Nissan S14.9
- Sam Maghmoumi (Lebanon/PS) – 961Motorsport E36 BMW S54 Turbo
- Josh Stuart (USA/PS) – StuartFamDrifting C6 Corvette
- Daniel Stuke (USA/PRO) – MspeK Performance Nissan Silvia
RESULTS
- Daniel Stuke (USA) – MspeK Performance Nissan Silvia
- Rome Charpentier (USA) – Garagistic / Pedal Commander / Vitour Tires E82 BMW
- Jeff Jones (USA) – Evol Auto Works / Prisma Labs / BIG Drift Energy / Nissan 370Z
COMPETITION NOTES
- The eight selected drivers were equally split between the Formula DRIFT PRO and PROSPEC Championships. However, the latter don’t compete on the Streets of Long Beach course during their competitive season, giving the PRO drivers an advantage
- All four PRO drivers won their Top 8 battles against their PROSPEC rivals and advanced to the Final 4
- In a repeat of Day 1, Jones took third after again capitulating to Charpentier’s precision in the Final 4
- And in a further repeat of yesterday’s Final, Charpentier and Stuke faced off for Super Drift honors. This time, the Nissan driver got the nod from the judges on a split decision. Stuke’s clean initiation on his lead run and better proximity in the chase position gave him the narrow win
- Charpentier appeared unbeatable all night in his BMW but made minor errors in the Final to finish second
- Formula DRIFT Super Drift will return to the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach to entertain the fans. And the Formula DRIFT Final Round 8 will take place on a brand new Streets of Long Beach course on October 17-18 for fans who want to see more of the world’s top drifting series
ABOUT SUPER DRIFT
- Super Drift Challenge is an invitational event. Competitors are drawn from the Formula DRIFT series but do not score points towards the FD PRO or PROSPEC Championships
- Formula DRIFT has a long history with the Grand Prix of Long Beach, dating back to 2005 when the series was invited to conduct an annual full-course drift demo for GP fans
- In 2012, Super Drift was introduced, offering a more traditional Formula DRIFT
- Elimination competition format for spectators to enjoy
- In 2006, Formula DRIFT worked with Grand Prix of Long Beach to establish its own standalone Championship round using Turns 9 to 11
- Round 1 of the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship season takes place the weekend before the Grand Prix. Streets of Long Beach. It has since become a mainstay of the annual eight-round Formula DRIFT calendar
- Formula DRIFT has announced it will return to Streets of Long Beach on October 17-18 to host Round 8 on a brand new course layout utilizing parts of Shoreline Drive. Titled Shoreline Showdown, tickets for the Final Round of the 2025 season are on pre-sale at formulad.com
- Drifting is judged on a driver’s line through the course, angle in the turns, and style throughout the run. The chase car’s proximity to the lead car is also a crucial factor in the tandem competition runs
