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Hübinette Shoots for Breakthrough at ‘House of Drift’

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Newport Coast, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2011) — There’s not much that two-time Formula DRIFT (FD) champion Samuel Hübinette hasn’t accomplished in his career. The man known as the “Crazy Swede” has the most career wins of any FD driver, but victory has eluded him at the most prestigious venue on the FD circuit — legendary Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway, also known as the “House of Drift.” Hübinette will look to end that drought at Irwindale with a victory in the 2011 FD season finale, scheduled for Oct. 7–8.

Hübinette has earned a number of podium finishes at Irwindale, including one to clinch the 2006 FD championship. The Dodge Motorsports BFGoodrich Dodge Challenger pilot and his Samuel Hübinette Racing (SHR) driver and teammate, Dean Kearney, who will once again take the wheel of the V-LEDS Dodge Viper SRT10, are poised for strong runs in the Irwindale field.

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A Quick Catch Up With Dean “Karnage” Kearney After ProDrift Finals

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If you don’t know who Dean Kearney is, he drives the V-Leds Dodge Viper for Team SHR in the Formula Drift series. Dean was kind enough to give us a nice quick wrap-up and break down of his first entry to ProDrift in a while by attending the ProDrift Finals as well as some insight on the upcoming Formula Drift Finals and trying to become a resident in the states for the upcoming new year. Check out what we got from our man Mr. Karnage!

 

 

EverythingDrift: So how was it returning to ProDrift for their final event and Qualifying 6th overall in a car you have never driven? How do you feel you placed overall through out the competition? 
Dean “Karnage” Kearney: Returning to Prodrift was awesome! I have had the idea of returning to Prodrift on my mind for quite some time, even to do the odd event or maybe a full season but to return for what was the best European drift event ever staged to date was incredible. The Prodrift finals had the normal huge domestic entry in excess of 50 cars split into 2 classes over two days while the large number of international champions meant that even qualifying for Top16 was going to be tough and leave a lot of competitors upset! Lets not forget, this was not an exhibition event and there was still a 2011 Prodrift championship to be decided away from the glitz and glamour of all the International names competing. The crowd may have been in favour of all these top drivers competing but there was some drivers who were hoping to wrap up a season strong and could have done without all these FD and current champions from other series. I made a last minute decision to enter after seeing the hype built up around what is called “Japfest” which is held annually at Mondello Park and where Prodrift have used Japfest to stage their finals each year. A large crowd is guaranteed especially with the likes of Dai Yoshihara and Team Need for Speed who are all seasoned Formula Drift competitors so after a few phone calls to try and track down a car capable of being competitive my entry was confirmed on Thursday evening.

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SHR Announcement: Sam Out/Kenneth Moen In For Formula Drift – Round 5

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Dear Sponsors and Supporters,

I’m happy to announce that Kenneth Moen will once again be behind he wheel of the SHR Dodge Challenger as a special guest driver for the next Formula Drift round at Evergreen Speedway Monroe, WA on July 22 – 23. Moen is incredibly talented and put in a respectable showing at New Jersey. I’m excited to see how he performs in his second event.

As with New Jersey, Kenneth will be driving at Evergeen so that I may continue to pursue the TORC off-road PRO Light division Championship for Ram, Mopar and BF Goodrich.

Dean Kearney will stay in the SHR-V-LEDS Dodge Viper, continuing to represent the majority of SHR sponsors as well.

Very Best,

Samuel

SHR Road Atlanta video

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SHR invades Atlanta from Ross Fairfield on Vimeo.

Sam Hubinette and company invades Road Atlanta for the 2nd round of Formula Drift competition.