October 17, 2011 (Howell, NJ) Irish drifting champion Eric O’Sullivan has vowed to return to 2012 Formula Drift competition with renewed ambition following an unexpexcted early exit from the season finale at Toyota Speedway Irwindale, California.
Following damage sustained to the Gardella Racing Mobil 1 Pontiac Solstice during the first qualification session, O’Sullivans efforts during his remaining pass of the course failed to reach the mark required for passage into the main competition on Saturday October 8th.
Greatly dissapppointed with the result, O’Sullivan was confined to spectating at the sell out finale and reflect on what was a challenging year for the 2009 Formula Drift rookie of the year.
“Irwindale Speedway will test every aspect of a car and driver,” explained O’Sullivan. “Unless you’re 100% comfortable and committed to the course, and with such an unbelievably strong grid of drivers, you can’t just expect to make the grade. Today we fell short and the result is not a fair reflection of the efforts that we put in as a team during 2011.”
That said, O’Sullivan remains upbeat about the off season and is confident of a more successful 2012. “I am determined to become completely comfortable in the Pontiac Solstice during the off-season. The team knows this car inside out, and with some dedicated test sessions before we begin our 2012 campaign, I’m confident we can get Gardella Racing back on the podium where they rightly belong,” continued O’Sullivan. “I would personally like to thank all of our fans, sponsors and friends for the support that they have shown us during this season. We are dedicated to re-paying this support with success during 2012.”
With the Gardella Racing team now back at New Jersey headquarters, work has already started on the 2012 program. With exciting announcements expected during the winter off-season, you can keep up to date on all their information via the teams official media channels at www.gardellaracing.com and www.facebook.com/gardellaracing.
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