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Dai Yoshihara Takes 1st at Formula D Seattle (PR)
SEATTLE (July 24, 2011) – Team Falken’s Daijiro “Dai” Yoshihara took first at Evergreen Speedway’s Formula Drift “Throwdown” and took the lead in the 2011 Championship. It was the first win for Falken at Evergreen and the second win for Dai this season.
Driving the Discount Tire/Falken Tire Nissan S13 (240SX), Dai qualified 4th, while teammates Tyler McQuarrie and Justin Pawlak were 1st and 2nd, respectively, after Friday’s qualifying session. Defending Formula Drift Champion and Teammate Vaughn Gittin, Jr., qualified 12th, Darren McNamara in 19th and Falken privateer Ross Petty 25th.
Four of the five Team Falken drivers made it through the Top 32 round. Unfortunately, Justin Pawlak, who has been leading the Formula D standings virtually all season long, failed to move forward due to a mechanical failure, however, he remains second in the 2011 Championship, just 15 points behind Dai.
Hankook Drivers Bring Home Two Podium Positions At Formula Drift Round 5: Throwdown
WAYNE, N.J., July, 25, 2011 – Hankook drivers Chris Forsberg and Fredric Aasbo took home two podium positions for Hankook Tire this past weekend at the fifth round of the Formula Drift season at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington. Forsberg and Aasbo finished in second and third place respectively. Spectators and fans alike flooded the sold out event to see the best-of-the-best in Formula Drift battle for series points.
The race weekend, which is always an incredibly popular stop during the Formula Drift season, began with all five Hankook drift drivers qualifying into the top thirty two. The ending was equally as exciting with Hankook drivers, Forsberg, Aasbo and Rhys Millen, fighting their way to the front and holding three of the top four positions. Aasbo narrowly beat out Millen for the third place finish.
The finals matched 2009 Formula Drift champion Chris Forsberg, in the Hankook Nissan 370Z, up against Daijiro Yoshihara in his Nissan S13. After an extremely tight race, Forsberg brought home a second place podium finish. Hankook’s second and third place finishes at round five bring its total to three podium positions in the past two events. Hankook driver Conrad Grunewald won last month at Formula Drift round four in New Jersey.
KW TV Episode 5: Formula Drift Battle in Seattle (Video)
Odi Bakchis x DSTROYR
Formula Drift Pro Odi Bakchis and DSTROYR have teamed up.
Odi is running the brightest and most unique wrap on his LS1 S14 this season. For this collabo DSTROYR took a cue from Odi and his car, not going for the usual black tee! So head over to there site and be sure to pick one up for $22.00 and support one cool guy and check out all the other great products they offer.
Vegas Pro-Am – Registration Open and Event Info
Schedule
1:00pm Gates Open to Drivers and Teams
1:00pm – 2:30pm Tech Inspection
2:35pm – 2:50pm Drivers Meeting/Safety Briefing
2:50am – 3:00am Parade Lap
3:00pm – 3:50pm Practice Session 1
4:00pm – 4:50pm Practice Session 2
5:00pm – 5:50pm Practice Session 3
6:00pm – 6:50pm Practice Session 4
7:00pm – 7:30pm Dinner
7:30pm – 7:45pm Drivers Staging in number order
7:45pm – 9:00pm Qualifying
9:10pm – 9:20pm Qualifying Results Drivers Meeting
9:25pm – 9:35pm Tandem Order Staging
9:45pm – 11:00 Top 8/16 Tandem Competition
11:00pm – 11:30pm Award Ceremony