This is the Top 32 Competition Bracket from tonight’s Round 4: All In event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Live blog updates throughout the evening and also round by round Tweets via Formula DRIFT Twitter.
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Here are some photos from yesterday’s practice and qualifying. Congrats to Robbie Nishida for taking the #1 qualifying position. Some notable notes are points leader Darren McNamara failed to qualify into the Top 32 competition as his motor blew in the Falken / Sears Auto Center Saturn Sky and Rhys Millen failed to qualify as well.
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Miki Taka – Miss Formula Drift 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
4:00 PM – Gates Open to the Public
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – FD Pro Am: Top 8 Competition
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM – Formula DRIFT Competition: Round of 32
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM – Half-Time Break
9:30 PM – Opening Ceremonies
10:00 PM – Formula DRIFT Competition: Round of 16 to Finals
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Round 4: All In Qualifying Results
Congratulations to Robbie Nishida for Qualifying 1st.
Driver: Car #: Score:
1 R. Nishida 31 96
2 K. Ueo 15 95.4
3 J. Pawlak 13 95.1
4 M. Haraguchi 326 91.6
5 D. Yoshihara 9 89.7
6 S. Hubinette 77 88.5
7 C. Rydquist 46 87.5
8 S. Verdier 12 85
9 M. Essa 101 83.5
10 C. Forsberg 64 82
11 T. Suell 777 81.2
12 K. Mohan 99 80.7
13 E. O’Sullivan 35 79
14 K. Yamanaka 7 78.9
15 R. Tuerck 44 76.6
16 K. Gushi 5 74.1
17 T. McQuarrie 17 73.5
18 T. Aono 86 71.3
19 V. Gittin 25 71
20 T. Foust 1 70.8
21 P. Mordaunt 90 68.9
22 R. Miki 26 67
23 B. Sherman 22 64.8
24 Y. Kondo 52 62.5
25 R. Petty 808 62.2
26 M. Takatori 23 60
27 A. Pfeiffer 88 59.8
28 K. Hayashida 33 59.2
29 J. Maeng 51 57.8
30 T. Brakohiapa 18 55.7
31 M. Powers 32 52.7
32 C. Canul 30 46.5
33 J. Jones 29 38.3
34 D. McNamara 8 38
35 J. LeJeune 333 27.4
36 R. Ewerth 27 24.3
37 R. Millen 6 21
38 C. Parkhouse 562 0
39 G. Lang 68 0
40 C. Kregorian 14 0
41 C. Wan 3 0
Notable notes…point leader Darren McNamara fails to make it into Top 32 competition due to car problems in his Saturn Sky and trying to qualify in teammate Calvin Wan’s Nissan S15. Rhys Millen also fails to qualify into the Top 32.
Round 3: Great 8 Competition Round by Round LIVE
Ken Gushi vs. Taka Aono. Gushi leads and keeps a smooth line and Aono gives chase. A little gap between the 2 cars. Aono leads and has great angle…Gushi stays close…Aono corrects…Gushi advances into the Semi-Finals.
Darren McNamara vs. Samuel Hubinette. DMAC leads and Hubinette gives a close chase and sticks to the DMAC. Good battle. Hubinette leads and stays high on the bank and DMAC sticks super close to Hubinette’s car. AMAZING! DMAC sticks on his door. DMAC advances into the semi-finals!
Battle of the 350Z. Tyler McQuarrie vs. Chris Forsberg. Another great battle with Forsberg sticking close to McQuarrie, but McQuarrie had amazing speed, while Forsberg washes out on the transition. 2nd run Forsberg leads and McQuarrie stays very close shadowing Forsberg. Tyler McQuarrie gets the win and moves into the Semi-Finals.
Vaughn Gittin Jr. vs. Robbie Nishida. Gittin leads into the bank and stays high, Nishida stays tight. Nishida goes a little shallow and his car shuts down. Seems to have lost a gear and heads int the pits. 5 min rule called. Nishida withdraws due to mechanical failure. Gittin moves on to the Final 4.
Final Four coming up..stay tuned.
Round 3: Top 16 Competition Round by Round
Round-by-Round updates will be on this blog post for the Top 16. Also be sure to follow Formula DRIFT on Twitter for more!
Ken Gushi vs. Ross Petty – Petty’s car breaks down giving Gushi the win.
Taka Aono vs. Pat Mordaunt – The first run was close and second run was close…the judges ask for the drivers to stick closer together and give the fans what they want to see. One More Time as it was too close to call. In the OMT battle Pat spins on the first run. Close 2nd battle, but it’s not enough and Taka Aono moves on.
Darren McNamara vs. Ryuji Miki – Great close 1st run. Darren chases. 2nd run..DMAC gives chase on Ryuji Miki. Miki not looking too good on the 2nd run. DMAC sticks close. McNamara moves on to the Great 8.
Tony Brakohiapa vs. Samuel Hubinette. Hubinette gives a great first run – staying close to the clipping points…Tony B leads in the 2nd run. Hubinette gives chase on the bank…Tony B taps the wall and loses control and gives the win to Samuel Hubinette.
Tyler McQuarrie vs. Kenji Yamanka. Tyler initiates early on the bank…Yamanaka goes aggressive and goes wide…McQuarrie pulls ahead. Kenji leads and both drivers go fast on the bank…Tyler adjusts a bit then goes back after Kenji…too close One More Time. Both drivers go to paddock to switch out their tires. The action continues. Tyler gets close to railing and high on the bank…great angle and lots of smoke…Yamanaka stays behind…good run by both. Yamanka leads and McQuarrie stays super close…wheel to wheel action…McQuarrie moves on to the Great 8.
Justin Pawlak vs. Chris Forsberg. Both drivers are fast and high on the bank…Forsberg sticks to JTP’s bumper…lots of smoke and amazing run by both. Forsberg leads and JTP chases…Forsberg high on the bank and JTP catches up on the transition and sticks to the rear tire of Forsberg…great driving! Chris Forsberg advances after an amazing battle.
Rhys Millen vs. Robbie Nishida. Rhys leads and has more angle. Robbie comes up behind. Good run. Robbie leads and Rhys sticks close to the bumper of Robbie. Lots of smoke and very fast run from both. Too close to call. One more time. Drivers go to change tires. 1st run on the OMT. Rhys and Robbie stay close and both give good runs. 2nd run Robbie leads and Rhys sticks close. The judges can’t decide and each has a different decision. One more time. Changing tires again. Rhys leads and Rhys straightens out…looks like he broke something. Rhys heads directly to the start line and chases Nishida. Millen seems to have steering problems. Robbie Nishida moves on.
Vaughn Gittin vs. Joon Maeng. Gittin leads and stays high on the bank…Maeng gives chase and catches up to Gittin’s bumper. Maeng gets aggressive! 2nd run Maeng leads. Maeng keeps a strong line and Gittin catches and sticks close. Close battle. Vaughn Gittin moves on after a great battle!
We head into the Great 8!
