Round 3: Top 16 Competition Round by Round

News

Posted on

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!

Round 3: The Gauntlet Top 32 Qualifying

News

Posted on

Today’s Top 32 Qualifying was very exciting. Both Ken Gushi and Tyler McQuarrie tied with the same top score, but Ken had a higher speed so he earns the top spot. The biggest upset of the day comes with current Formula DRIFT champion Tanner Foust spinning in both his qualifying runs and failing to qualify into the Top 32 competition.

Be sure to stay tuned to the Formula DRIFT Blog and Twitter for live updates throughout the day.

Ken Gushi
Ken Gushi

Tyler McQuarrie
Tyler McQuarrie

Qualifying Drivers – Top 32

Driver: Car #: Score:

1 K. Gushi 5 95.9
2 T. McQuarrie 17 95.9
3 R. Millen 6 94.6
4 D. McNamara 8 93.9
5 S. Hubinette 77 93
6 V. Gittin 25 89.6
7 J. Pawlak 13 89.5
8 D. Yoshihara 9 88
9 P. Mordaunt 90 87.1
10 C. Forsberg 64 86.2
11 R. Tuerck 44 84.7
12 S. Verdier 12 84.4
13 R. Miki 26 84.1
14 R. Nishida 31 82.9
15 K. Yamanaka 7 80
16 R. Petty 808 77.9
17 C. Canul 30 77.7
18 M. Waldin 24 77.6
19 K. Mohan 99 76
20 M. Takatori 23 75.9
21 T. Brakohiapa 18 74.9
22 J. Maeng 51 74.1
23 D. VanDenBrink 19 72.6
24 E. O’Sullivan 35 70.6
25 T. Aono 86 70.4
26 C. Wan 3 66
27 T. Suell 777 63.8
28 J. Wagner 412 55.2
29 J. Jones 29 52.6
30 R. Ewerth 27 49
31 C. Kregorian 14 46
32 G. Lang 68 28

Round 3: The Gauntlet Clear and Sunny

News

Posted on

The weather out here at Wall Speedway has cleared from the rains yesterday. The forecasted weather will be clear and sunny in the mid 70’s, which will be beautiful for today’s Formula DRIFT event. So come prepared and ready to enjoy another great event.

Photobucket

Formula Drift – New Jersey – Thursday Practice

News

Posted on

After meeting up with Formula Drift Chief Steward Randy at Newark Airport this morning we headed to Wall Speedway track to check out the action of the Thursday Practice…

The Track was dry but we had on/off drizzles – Check out the Photos:

Vaughn Gittin

Joon Maeng Justin Pawlak
Daijiro Yoshihara Patrick Mordaunt

I got a ride along with Mr. Ross “Boso” Petty

Ross Petty

Darren McNamara Ryhs Millen
Ken Gushi Taka Aono

NuFormz Team lost their main Sponsor (Mopar) but they are here to give everything they got – Sam and NuFormz team are 100% committed to the Sport!

Sammuel Hubinette

Ken Gushi Ryan Tuerck
Tanner Foust Dai

Check out my Flickr Set for more photos and Stay tuned for Live photo updates.
Also, make sure you tune in to Jarod’s Twitter – LIVE Round by Round updates via The Formula Drift Twitter.

j.martinez