LONG BEACH, CA – Team Falken returned to a familiar place Saturday night, April 1st – the winner’s circle – as James Deane carried the tire manufacturer to victory at the Long Beach round, the opening session of the 2017 Black Magic Formula Drift Pro Championship. Deane, a five-time Irish Drift Champion and five-time European Drift champ, qualified 2nd and basically led the field of 30 the entire evening.
Falken Teammate Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis qualified 8th and finished 4th overall, while Falken Rookie Piotr Wiecek, a three-time Polish drift champ, finished 10th.
“This was a triumphant return for our six-car Team Falken operation and for James Deane,” exclaimed a jubilant Steven Wong, Falken’s Supervisor of Motorsports & Events. “I’m so excited for James, who is running full-time in Formula Drift with Falken after competing on a limited schedule nearly seven years ago.”
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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Formula DRIFT Round 1: Streets of Long Beach Results; James Deane Makes His Return to the Series and Takes the Victory
Long Beach, Calif. – April 2, 2017 – Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship presented by BlackVue Dash Cameras kicked off the 14th season with an exciting day of action at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Round 1: Streets of Long Beach. Irish driver James Deane returns to the Series and gets the win in the Worthhouse Drift Team / Falken Tire Nissan S15.
“What a way to start the season,” said Jim Liaw, president and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. “With not only a capacity crowd, record numbers on the Livestream, but proof that Formula Drift is truly an international series where the best of the best come to compete.” Continue reading