COMPETITION RESULTS FROM 2025 FORMULA DRIFT SUPER DRIFT CHALLENGE DAY 1

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Friday, April 12, 2025

Location: Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Event: 2025 Formula DRIFT Super Drift Challenge Day 1 at Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

COMPETITORS

• Trenton Beechum (USA/PRO) – Clonex Racing / ESR Wheels BMW
• Rome Charpentier (USA/PRO) – Garagistic / Pedal Commander / Kumho Tire / BMW 1 Series
• Jeff Jones (USA/PRO) – Evol Auto Works / Prisma Labs / BIG Drift Energy / Nissan 370Z
• Margaritis Katsandis (Greece/PS) – LS Doctor E46 BMW
• Kasey Kohl (USA/PS) – Mspek Performance / ECU Master Nissan S14.9
• Sam Maghmoumi (Lebanon/PS) – 961Motorsport E36 BMW S54 Turbo
• Josh Stuart (USA/PS) – StuartFamDrifting C6 Corvette
• Daniel Stuke (USA/PRO) – MspeK Performance Nissan Silvia

RESULTS

1.  Rome Charpentier (USA) – Garagistic / Pedal Commander / Vitour Tires E82 BMW
2. Daniel Stuke (USA) – MspeK Performance Nissan Silvia
3. Jeff Jones (USA) – Evol Auto Works / Prisma Labs / BIG Drift Energy / Nissan 370Z

COMPETITION NOTES

• The drivers were equally split between the Formula DRIFT PRO and PROSPEC Championships. However, the latter don’t compete on the Streets of Long Beach course during their competitive season, giving the PRO drivers an advantage 
• Driver match-ups for tandem competition runs were decided by a random draw in the absence of qualifying runs
• Charpentier won the all-PRO Final after a tight battle with Stuke. But the BMW driver was able to place his car more accurately on both the lead and chase runs, giving him the unanimous judge’s decision
• Second place Stuke defeated his MspeK teammate Kohl in the Final 4 before narrowly losing to Charpentier
• Jones took third after succumbing to Charpentier’s precision driving in the Final 4 battle
• Tune in to the Formula DRIFT livestream on Saturday evening to watch all the action from Super Drift Day 2 

ABOUT SUPER DRIFT

• Super Drift Challenge is an invitational event. Competitors are drawn from the Formula DRIFT series but do not score points towards the FD PRO or PROSPEC Championships
• Formula DRIFT has a long history with the Grand Prix of Long Beach, dating back to 2005 when the series was invited to conduct an annual full-course drift demo for GP fans
• In 2012, Super Drift was introduced, offering a more traditional Formula DRIFT
• Elimination competition format for spectators to enjoy
• In 2006, Formula DRIFT worked with Grand Prix of Long Beach to establish its own standalone Championship round using Turns 9 to 11
• Round 1 of the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship season takes place the weekend before the Grand Prix. Streets of Long Beach. It has since become a mainstay of the annual eight-round Formula DRIFT calendar
• Formula DRIFT has announced it will return to Streets of Long Beach on October 17-18 to host Round 8 on a brand new course layout utilizing parts of Shoreline Drive. Titled Shoreline Showdown, tickets for the Final Round of the 2025 season are on pre-sale at formulad.com
• Drifting is judged on a driver’s line through the course, angle in the turns, and style throughout the run. The chase car’s proximity to the lead car is also a crucial factor in the tandem competition runs

FORMULA DRIFT NEXT ROUND

Round 2 of FD PRO Championship will take place at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta on May 8-10 along with Round 1 of the Link ECU PROSPEC Championship. Please visit formulad.com for ticket information, driver profiles, special content, and the event livestream.