Pick up the new issue out on newstands today! The Gruppe-S STi driven by Eric O’Sullivan is on the cover. Enjoy & Support the Drifting motorsport!
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Eric O’Sullivan reviews his first round in the USA
Update 2: Eric O’Sullivan & Gruppe-S Subie
As the Gruppe-S Subaru nears completion, we got a quick sneak peak of it compliments of Eric. You can see the completed vehicle in 2 days! We will get you snaps as soon as its available!
Update: Eric O’Sullivan & Gruppe-S Subaru
Eric is on his way over and the car will be completed and ready for him to drive for Formula Drift: Round 1 on the streets of Long Beach this week. As the car is now in its final stages of prep. Should be done by Tuesday and we look forward to seeing it and Eric out there. Take the jump for some more snaps.
Eric O Sullivan To Compete In Formula Drift Series With Rockstar Energy Drinks & Hankook Tires
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
26/3/09 – Dublin, Ireland
ERIC O SULLIVAN TO COMPETE IN FORMULA DRIFT SERIES WITH ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINKS AND HANKOOK TIRES
Former Prodrift Series Champion and current JDM Allstars Triple Crown Series Champion Eric O Sullivan has announced plans to compete in Formula Drift series in the United States for the 2009 season. Eric will be joining Robbie Nishida at the Dynamic Autosports/Gruppe S Team in a 2007 Subaru Impreza STI for the 7-round series, which commences April 11th-12th on the Streets of Long Beach, California.
After witnessing a monumental performance at the World Drift Championship event in Long Beach last November, Eric’s title sponsors Rockstar Energy Drink and Hankook Tires will be helping him to achieve his goal of challenging some of the best drifting talent in the World for the championship. O’Sullivan earned his bid to the invite-only World Championships through his 2007 series championship in the Irish Pro Drift series, Prodrift European Series 3rd place overall and added a JDM All Stars Triple Crown championship to his resume in 2008. O’Sullivan drove his Honda F20-powered AE86 Corolla in the competition, and was able to claim a respectable 15th-place qualification despite being the lowest-powered car in the field. Continue reading
Gruppe-S Subaru STi Mock-Up
The mockup is the first draft of the paint scheme which will grace the Gruppe-S Subaru STI for the 2009 Formula Drift season. To give the team an idea of how it would look, HPI painted a custom Subari body RC car. We found some sneak peak snaps of the RC car and the mockup(Pics after the jump). Enjoy! Continue reading