Team Mopar® Driver Samuel Hübinette Takes No. 12 Spot in Long Beach Qualifying
Long Beach, Calif. (April 10, 2009) – Team Mopar® driver and two-time Formula Drift (FD) champion Samuel Hübinette began his 2009 FD season by taking the No. 12 spot in qualifying today at the Round One: Streets of Long Beach event.
Driving his Mopar NuFormz Dodge Viper SRT10®, Hübinette was awarded a score of 77.1 by the FD judges on his first run, followed by a 77.4 on his second and final qualifying pass, which earned him the No. 12 spot out of a field of 43 cars battling to make the Top 32. The “Crazy Swede,” the career FD wins leader, will seek his tenth winner’s trophy tomorrow.