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KMC Wheels Super Drift Challenge – Event Info and Drivers List
The KMC Wheels Super Drift Challenge, which will take place both nights on the eastern end of the race circuit – turns 9, 10 and 11 – will feature 13 of the sport’s top cars and drivers.
Friday’s action will include practice and qualifying runs, while Saturday will see the teams compete for a $25,000 prize purse. On Sunday, the Super Drift Challenge cars will drift the entire race circuit after the featured IndyCar Series race.
Grand Prix fans that purchase any admission ticket for Friday or Saturday racing activities will be able to see that night’s KMC Wheels Super Drift Challenge. Seating for the Super Drift Challenge will be in Grandstands 16, 18, 24, 25 and 26 on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Drivers List
Odi Bakchis
Joon Maeng
Mike Essa
Robbie Nishida
Dean Kearney
Brandon Wicknick
Forrest Wang
Conrad Grunewald
Charles Ng
Jeff Jones
Alec Hohnadell
Kyle Mohan
Justin Pawlak
Friday, April 17
7:00 AM Gates Open
7:45 AM TUDOR Championship Practice
8:00 AM Lifestyle Expo Opens
10:45 AM Pirelli World Challenge Practice
11:45 AM Pro/Celebrity Race Practice
12:30 PM Verizon IndyCar Series Practice
1:30 PM Indy Lights Practice
2:00 PM Verizon IndyCar All Driver Autograph Session in INDYCAR Paddock (open to all spectators)
3:00 PM Pro/Celebrity Qualifying
3:45 PM Verizon IndyCar Practice
4:45 PM TUDOR Championship Qualifying
6:00 PM Lifestyle Expo Closes
6:45 PM Tecate Light Fiesta Concert (Concert Stage)
7:00 PM KMC Wheels Super Drift Challenge Practice (Turns 9-10-11)
7:45 PM KMC Wheels Super Drift Challenge Qualifying
Saturday, April 18
7:00 AM Gates Open
7:55 AM SPEED Energy Off-Road Series Practice & Qualifying
8:00 AM Lifestyle Expo Opens
8:30 AM Pirelli World Challenge Qualifying
9:15 AM Indy Lights Practice
10:00 AM Verizon IndyCar Practice
11:40 AM Pro/Celebrity Race
12:55 PM Indy Lights Qualifying
2:00 PM Verizon IndyCar Qualifying & Firestone Fast 6
3:30 PM TUDOR Championship Pre-Race
4:05 PM Tequila Patron Sports Car Showcase (Race #3 of the 2015 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship – 100 min)
6:00 PM Lifestyle Expo Closes
6:45 PM Rock-N-Roar Concert Starring Vince Neil of Motley Crue (Concert Stage)
7:00 PM KMC Wheels Super Drift Challenge Finals (Turns 9-10-11)
Sunday, April 19
7:00 AM Gates Open
7:20 AM SPEED Energy Off-Road Race #1
8:00 AM Lifestyle Expo Opens
8:38 AM Indy Lights “Drivers Start Your Engines”
8:45 AM Indy Lights Race
10:00 AM Verizon IndyCar Warm Up
11:20 AM Mothers Exotic Car Parade
11:50 AM SPEED Energy Off-Road Race #2
1:30 PM Verizon IndyCar “Drivers Start Your Engines”
1:37 PM TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH (Race #3 of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series)
3:55 PM Drifting Demonstration
4:30 PM Pirelli World Challenge Race (1 hour)
5:30 PM Lifestyle Expo Closes
*Schedule subject to change without notice
CLICK HERE for more information about the entire Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend.
Deezy the Dragon: The First ever Drifting Book for Children
Deezy the Dragon: The First ever Drifting Book for Children!
April 6, 2015 (Los Angeles, CA)— Awesome Zoo Crew and Formula Drift present Deezy the Dragon. The first ever Drifting book for children! The hard-cover, illustrated 32 page picture book (ISBN# 978-0-9852168-6-3) is the perfect gift for any young child ages 0-10 interested in animals, music, racing, and action-sports. This is the fourth release from the Awesome Zoo Crew book series and is available for $14.99 (Hard Cover) pre-order at www.DeezyDragon.com. A $2.99 (E-Book) version can be found on iTunes, iBooks, and Amazon Kindle.
Follow the adventures of Deezy the Drifting Dragon and crew as he learns the ropes of drifting for his first time. Kids will learn valuable lessons along the way such as teamwork, never giving up, sportsmanship, and facing your fears. The hard cover comes with stickers, and a souvenir flyer of Deezy Dragon. The #DeezyDragon theme song can be purchased for $0.99 on iTunes and Amazon.
You can also follow, and watch Deezy Dragon on his YouTube channel www.youtube.com/DeezyDragon or Facebook www.facebook.com/DeezyDragon and Instagram www.Instagram.com/DeezyDragon
Deezy the Dragon is much more than a children’s book character. Aside from a theme song, App, coloring book, video game, music video, and merchandise line in development, we have a life size dragon costume of Deezy who meets, interacts, and plays with the children. Be on the lookout for Deezy at a Formula Drift event near you!
For pricing, events, merchandise and more information contact
Brian Allen
323-364-3361
Rest In Peace Mark Lenardon
On behalf of the entire Formula DRIFT staff, we’d like to offer our condolences to the friends and family of Mark Lenardon following his passing.
Rest in Peace Mark.
#IAMMARKLENARDON
CLICK HERE for more information on how you can help.
Air Force Renews Sponsorship with Formula DRIFT
Long Beach, Calif. – April 15, 2015 – Formula DRIFT has renewed their sponsorship with the Air Force. This marks the sixth consecutive season with the Series.
“We’re pleased to partner with the team at Formula Drift for our sixth consecutive season,” said Maj. Jacob L. Chisolm IV, chief of the National Events Branch at Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service. “Our involvement helps us reach out to a sector of our target audience, while inspiring and building awareness about who we are as a service. It’s win-win for both of us.”
“We are honored to have our military represented at Formula Drift,” said Ryan Sage, Vice President and Co-Founder of Formula DRIFT. “The Air Force has a high standard for recruiting and the fact they’ve chosen to partner with Formula Drift for the last 6 years speaks highly of our fans and the series.”
In addition to the Formula DRIFT sponsorship, the Air Force will continue to support driver, Ryan Tuerck. Beginning at Round 2 at Road Atlanta, the Air Force will support the series with either the Vapor or X1 super car mobile tour on display in the Formula Drift paddock area. Fans attending Round 3 at Orlando Speedway and Round 4 at Wall Speedway will have the chance to experience the Air Force Rapid Strike Flight Simulator.
Formula DRIFT continues to Round 2: Road to the Championship at Road Atlanta on May 8-9, 2015. Tickets are available and can be purchased via www.formuladrift.com.
