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Category: Behind The Scenes
Behind the Scenes – Life of FD Staff
[ARTICLE] Drift: Michael Essa Wins Formula Drift Rnd 3 Palm Beach by What Monsters Do
[PROAM] VegasProAm Round 3 This Sunday June 9th 2013 @ LVMS
What: VegasProAm Round 3 (Competition)
Where: Outside Road Course @ LVMS
When: June 9th (Sunday) 9am-5pm
Click here to register
Cost: $150.00
Venue Gate Fee: $10.00 – Children Under 12 $5.00
Schedule
6:30am Gates Open to Drivers and Teams
6:30am – 8:25am Tech Inspection
8:30am – 8:50am Mandatory Drivers Meeting/Safety Briefing
8:50am – 9:00am Parade Lap
9:00am – 12:00pm ProAm Practice Session
12:00pm – 12:15pm Mandatory Drivers Meeting
12:15pm – 12:30pm Drivers Staging in number order
12:30pm – 2:00pm Qualifying
2:15pm – 2:30pm Qualifying Results Drivers Meeting
2:30pm – 3:00pm Top 16 Practice
3:00pm – 5:00pm Top 8/16 Tandem Competition
5:15pm – 5:30pm Award Ceremony
Targa Trophy Invasion – Miami to Formula Drift Palm Beach, Florida
RALLY EVENT DETAILS
Targa Trophy is open to all makes of exotic and specialty sports cars including Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Spyker, Mercedes AMG, BMW M, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls Royce, Audi, Lotus, Viper, Corvette, select European & Japanese imports, classic exotics, muscle cars and unique one-off sports cars.
Start Venue & Finish Venue
Start location – Lamborghini Miami/Prestige Imports
Final destination – Formula Drift Palm Beach
Official After Party
Event Entry Fee – $300 + $15 svc fee
- RALLY EVENT FEE INCLUDES
- Entry fee covers 2 VIP FD Access tickets with exclusive Targa Trophy VIP seating (driver and navigator)
- Targa Trophy Rally – Miami to Palm Beach, FL
- 2 Targa Trophy x Us Versus Them Special Edition Event T-Shirts
- Targa Trophy x Formula Drift Special Event Sticker Kit
- Vehicle on display at exclusive Targa Trophy car show inside FD paddok
- Targa Trophy x FD Gift Bag for driver & navigator
+ much much more TBA
[ARTICLE] The unstoppable run of Formula Drift’s mighty underdog Danny George
He’s a Las Vegan. He’s a dad. He’s a guy who isn’t afraid to rock pink-spandex pants (and lipstick). He’s Danny George, the lone Miata driver in Formula Drift. And just like his car, he’s small but powerful.
Photo: Steve Marcus
The car goes from zero to hauling ass before I can suck in a breath, engine whining hard and hot like an animal bearing down. Front wheels cranked and rear wheels spinning, we get sideways. Then it’s gas pedal, knifing into position and sliding through the next corner with creamy white smoke pouring off the tires like dry ice. Rubber shrapnel coats the air. Seconds stretch inside the chaos, so I can see Danny George’s hands and feet and sheer will methodically making this Mazda Miata do things that should be impossible.
“Isn’t it so awesome?” he asks when we stop, and it might be the only time I use the word the way it was intended. Not for a taco shell made of Doritos—for an emotion described in the dictionary as a mix of dread, veneration and wonder.
This is drifting, where a driver breaks the back wheels out of traction while maintaining control through a gracefully violent slide. This is the second time I’ve experienced it inside “the beast,” car No. 7 on the pro circuit known as Formula Drift.
FD is one of the rare competitions on the track where speed isn’t king; in fact, it’s only worth 10 points. A 100-point run is about the perfect line (25 points) and mad style (40 points), kissing the wall with maximum angle (25 points) and showing your personality without ever showing your face. In the qualifying round drivers run solo, followed by tandem eliminations where two cars drift side by side.
