Yes, the drifting world has been abuzz this morning with this news, here’s the full press release from the team. Tanner is out and will be enjoying Rally-X in Europe along with his TV duties, 2010 FD Rookie-of-the-year Freddy Aasbo will be driving the 2011 tC with the support of Team Need for Speed. Full PR after the jump….
SCION RACING SHIFTS ITS GEARS FOR THE 2011 FORMULA DRIFT SERIES
New Team. New Driver. New tC.
TORRANCE, Calif., February 10, 2011 – Scion Racing announced today that it will debut its new drift team at Round 1 of the 2011 Formula DRIFT series.
The new team begins with the return of team owner and veteran crew chief Stephan Papadakis of Papadakis Racing. Papadakis will join forces with Team Need for Speed in the all-new 2011 Scion tC. The Team Need for Speed Scion tC will be piloted by Formula DRIFT’s 2010 Rookie of the Year, Fredric Aasbo.