QUALIFYING RESULTS FROM FINAL ROUND OF 2023 FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Toxic

EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, October 13, 2023
Location: Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, CA
Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 8: Type S Title Fight

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QUALIFYING RESULTS FROM ROUND 8 OF 2022 FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPIONSHIP AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY

Posted on October 14, 2022 by George

QUALIFYING RESULTS FROM ROUND 8 OF 2022 FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPIONSHIP AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Friday, October 14, 2022

Location: Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, CA

Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 8: Title Fight

RESULTS FROM FD PRO QUALIFYING

Fredric Aasbo (Norway) – Rockstar Energy Toyota GR Supra
Wataru Masuyama (Japan) – Buy Now Japan Nissan Silvia S15
Branden Sorensen (USA) – US Air Force / Sorensen Motorsports BMW

NOTES

The track at Irwindale Speedway reverted to the 2019 layout, giving drivers a new challenge and allowing each run to end facing the main grandstand and the event judges
The weather was cool and cloudy for the FD PRO K&N Knockout Qualifying session
For yet another season, Formula DRIFT Irwindale sold out on both Friday and Saturday as fans came out to see the Championship decided
Qualifying first with a 91-point run, Aasbo gained three valuable Championship points, narrowing the gap to title leader Field from 14 to 11 points as they go into the competition heats on Saturday
Masuyama on 88 points and 18 year-old Sorensen on 87 both achieved their best qualifying results to date with very respectable runs
Qualifying fourth, Matt Field (USA) scored no points in K&N Knockout Qualifying driving his Drift Cave / Falken Tire C6 Corvette. He scored the same 87 points as Sorensen but lost out with an inferior style score
Top Rookie qualifier was Nick Noback (USA) who qualified 20th in the KoruWorks E46 BMW. He sits third in the Rookie title chase behind Mike Power (USA) and Daniel Stuke (USA). All three scored 78 points in K&N Knockout Qualifying but Noback had the superior style points
35 drivers attempted to qualify for the Top 32 competition heats, which meant three would be eliminated. After the Knockout Qualifying Format (KQF), Kazuya Taguchi (Japan), Taylor Hull (USA) and Trenton Beechum (USA) took an early bath
Even before the competition began, Toyota had amassed enough points to claim the 2022 Formula DRIFT Auto Cup title thanks in particular to powerful performances from Aasbo, Ryan Tuerck (USA), Ken Gushi (Japan) and Kazuya Taguchi (Japan)

ROUND 8 TOP 16 FD PRO QUALIFYING

POSITION	NAME	POINTS
1	Fredric Aasbo	3
2	Wataru Masuyama	2
3	Branden Sorensen	1
4	Matt Field
5	Travis Reeder
6	Alec Robbins
7	Rome Charpentier
8	Aurimas Bakchis
9	Dylan Hughes
10	Jeff Jones
11	Ryan Tuerck
12	Chelsea DeNofa
13	Adam LZ
14	Yves Meyer
15	Justin Pawlak
16	Jhonnattan Castro

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Formula D Link Engine Management Pro 2 Championship Rd.4 Finals Coverage

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Toxic

There is no place like home, as we come back to the world famous “House of Drift” Irwindale Speedway to end the 2018 Pro2 session. Unlike the Pro drivers having 8 rounds throughout the year, Pro2 drivers only have 4 rounds. There is no room for error and anything can happen. Only the top 8 overall drivers will have the chance to get their Pro license for next year.

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Formula DRIFT 2016 Irwindale | Driven 2 Drift [Ep. 9]

Posted on October 24, 2016 by George

It all came down to this: Formula Drift’s season finale at the infamous House of Drift, the round where a champion is crowned and the action is at its highest extreme.

For team SR by Toyota, it’s our last round of competition representing the SR by Toyota brand, and all three drivers—Fredric Aasbo (Papadakis Racing/Nexen SR by Toyota tC), Ken Gushi (GReddy Racing/Nexen SR by Toyota 86) and Ryan Tuerck (O’Reilly/Gumout/Hankook SR by Toyota 86)—were prepared to go the entire distance for the win or go out fighting.