[COVERAGE] Formula Drift Round 1 Streets of Long Beach // Photo Coverage – By Stancenation

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2013 marked the 10 year anniversary of the Formula Drift series and once again people from all over made the journey to Long Beach for the first round of the season. This year around I was fortunate enough to get my media pass last minute as well as access all the way up top where judges, announcers and most of the cameras were. Big thanks to the Formula Drift crew for that. Let’s take a look at some qualifying and top 16 photos now..

Photos By: Jordan Adkins exclusively for StanceNation.com

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[COVERAGE] Drift: Dai Yoshihara Victorious at Formula Drift Round 1 By: What Monsters Do

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Formula Drift kicked off it’s tenth season in Long Beach, California. It was another amazing event with over 50 drivers competing to a sold out crowd! Competition was fierce with Dai Yoshihara not only qualifying in first place but coming out victorious – with Vaughn Gittin JR in second and Chris Forsberg in third. More Formula Drift Round 1 action after the jump!

 

Matt Powers S14 Fatlace Formula Drift Round 1 2013

Top 16 competition included Matt Powers going against the 2011 champ Dai Yoshihara in an S14 vs S13 battle. After two good run’s Dai took the win.

Aasbo Scion TC vs Daigo Saito Lexus Formula Drift Long Beach

Both Aasbo and 2012 FD champion Daigo Saito were on top of their game with very close runs. They ended up going “One More Time” twice… so two more times. After 3 almost perfect battles, Daigo had a correction on the last clipping point and it cost him the win. Aasbo moved on to the Great Eight.

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[VIDEO] GoPro: The Streets of Long Beach

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Shot 100% on the HD HERO2® camera from ‪http://GoPro.com.

Formula Drift star Tyler McQuarrie and IndyCar Series standout JR Hildebrand share their perspectives on driving The Streets of Long Beach 2012, one of the most historic venues in motorsports.