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eDRIFTorial: Championship Implications for Formula D R8 Irwindale

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words Carlos Cano Estrella

photos eDRIFT staff photographers

Good evening drift fans, well, it’s very much out of Frederic Aasbo’s hands at this point. We would have had to see James Deane’s car in a similar situation to this (in other words broken) during qualifying. He currently sits 96 points ahead of Aasbo at 582. With a score of 94 in today’s qualifying session “The Machine” secures, not only a bye run for tomorrow’s main event, the 2017 Formula DRIFT championship!

Aasbo currently sits on 486 points and is fighting to stave off the hungry drivers who currently sit underneath him in the standings.

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Lawrence PRO2 Championship, Forsberg Podium Finish Cap Triumphant Weekend for Hankook Competition Drivers

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Fort Worth, Texas (September 12, 2017) – Hankook Competition driver Kevin Lawrence captured the Formula Drift PRO2 Championship Friday during the series’ final round at Texas Motor Speedway, a successful weekend for Hankook drivers that also included a podium finish for defending Formula Drift champion Chris Forsberg.

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Tanner Foust Sweeps Red Bull GRC Seattle

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It wasn’t as smooth of a path as Saturday’s clean sweep, but Tanner Foust remained undefeated in Red Bull Global Rallycross events at Evergreen Speedway with a Supercar final victory on Sunday. Foust bested his Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross teammate Scott Speed, who had been perfect heading into the main event, with Subaru Rally Team USA’s Patrik Sandell finishing third.

“It’s true—Scott could have swept the title this weekend,” said Foust. “We held him off from that, but more importantly we held off Steve Arpin from gaining points. Finishing 1-2 twice puts Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross in the championship 1-2 with Scott leading. It was just an amazing effort from all the guys, and I’m so happy for the whole team.”

Much like Foust on Saturday, Speed was perfect in his heats and semifinals to take the top spot heading into the main event. But a terrific start from Foust, the four-time Fan Favorite Driver of the Year, enabled him to grab a lead that he would never relinquish. Behind them, Sunday polesitter Sandell would take his second podium in the past four races, while Supercar newcomer Austin Cindric and Saturday polesitter Chris Atkinson would complete the top five.

In GRC Lites, Christian Brooks won the battle, but Cyril Raymond won the war in Sunday’s main event. After a first-lap collision claimed James Rimmer’s car and forced a red flag and restart, Raymond restarted in the lead despite missing his entire hood and front bumper, but Brooks used a later Joker Lap strategy to make the pass and take his third victory of the season. Still, second-place points were enough for Raymond to claim the 2017 Lites title—his second in eight days, after earning the European title in France last weekend.

Full Supercar results from Red Bull Global Rallycross Seattle II are as follows:

  1. Tanner Foust, #34 Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
  2. Scott Speed, #41 Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
  3. Patrik Sandell, #18 Subaru Rally Team USA
  4. Austin Cindric, #19 Bryan Herta Rallysport
  5. Chris Atkinson, #55 Subaru Rally Team USA
  6. Austin Dyne, #14 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
  7. Steve Arpin, #00 Loenbro Motorsports
  8. Mitchell deJong, #24 Honda Red Bull Olsbergs MSE
  9. Sebastian Eriksson, #93 Honda Red Bull Olsbergs MSE
  10. Oliver Eriksson, #16 Honda Red Bull Olsbergs MSE

The 2017 Red Bull Global Rallycross championship will conclude on October 13-14 with th championship final in Los Angeles. Once again, the season will come down to the final race with the champion to be determined. Stay tuned to RedBullGRC.com and Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @GRCseries for more information.

R35 GT-R – New Look for Varis

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While I have just written about this very car in ‘Taming the Beast…Varis Clad R35 GTR’ the owner promptly changed the overall color of the car along with the looks as soon as we had wrapped up the initial shoot.

With New Zealand’s weather being favourable to those that like rain, planning a new photoshoot proved slightly difficult and couple that in with working full time…things were never going to be easy. CRC Speedshow comes around once a year and this year will be featuring this immaculate machine at the entrance to the show, so pretty much smack dab in the forefront of what’s expected to be a fun filled weekend.

Running very quickly out of time and patience I made the decision to do a very quick and impromptu photoshoot with the owner and my incredible new shooter Ken, and while the location was slightly off putting to say the least, I think we both did our best to make it work.

Color wise the car now sports a dolphin grey wrap and adoring the rear to supplement its girth is a carbon clad APR wing. While these two additions are not ground breaking they certainly change the overall finish of the original car to something a little more menacing. Rainbow tint wrap was added to the headlights as homage to the WTAC HKS GT1000 R35 GT-R and certainly looks the part to compliment the neutral grey finish.

 

Overall this was not considered a full shoot due to the location and time so while these pictures are published for now, a full and proper photoshoot will be coming up very soon.

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