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COMPETITION RESULTS FROM 2025 FORMULA DRIFT SUPER DRIFT CHALLENGE DAY 1

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EVENT DETAILS

Date: Friday, April 12, 2025

Location: Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Event: 2025 Formula DRIFT Super Drift Challenge Day 1 at Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

COMPETITORS

  • Trenton Beechum (USA/PRO) – Clonex Racing / ESR Wheels BMW
  • Rome Charpentier (USA/PRO) – Garagistic / Pedal Commander / Kumho Tire / BMW 1 Series
  • Jeff Jones (USA/PRO) – Evol Auto Works / Prisma Labs / BIG Drift Energy / Nissan 370Z
  • Margaritis Katsandis (Greece/PS) – LS Doctor E46 BMW
  • Kasey Kohl (USA/PS) – Mspek Performance / ECU Master Nissan S14.9
  • Sam Maghmoumi (Lebanon/PS) – 961Motorsport E36 BMW S54 Turbo
  • Josh Stuart (USA/PS) – StuartFamDrifting C6 Corvette
  • Daniel Stuke (USA/PRO) – MspeK Performance Nissan Silvia

RESULTS

  1.  Rome Charpentier (USA) – Garagistic / Pedal Commander / Vitour Tires E82 BMW
  2. Daniel Stuke (USA) – MspeK Performance Nissan Silvia
  3. Jeff Jones (USA) – Evol Auto Works / Prisma Labs / BIG Drift Energy / Nissan 370Z
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COMPETITION RESULTS FROM OPENING ROUND OF 2025 FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPIONSHIP IN LONG BEACH

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Fredric Aasbo wins Round 1. Streets of Long Beach announced as venue for Final Round of 2025 PRO Championship season. Larry Chen inducted into Formula DRIFT Hall of Fame

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Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025

Location: Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 

Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Round 1 Competition Heats

RESULTS FOR FD PRO ROUND 1

  1. Fredric Aasbo (Norway) – Rockstar Energy Toyota GR Supra
  2. James Deane (Ireland) – AutoZone Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD 
  3. LZ (USA) – Drift HQ E36 BMW

NOTES

  • Among the new Formula DRIFT competition rules for 2025 is a change to points scoring. In the past, drivers earned points for reaching each heat, with 100 points for a win. Now, drivers gets 10 points for each heat win all the way to the Final. This means success is rewarded more directly and the points battle should be even tighter to the end of the season
  • Aasbo’s win is his first on the Streets of Long Beach course since 2020. He credited his success both to the Kenda Tires the team has switched to, and his ice drifting over the winter
  • The Round 1 Final pitted three-time FD PRO Champion Aasbo against reigning and four-time PRO Champ Deane. Together they’re the two most successful drivers in the series’ 23-year history. Their battle went to One More Time after the judges couldn’t separate their first runs. Aasbo took the win after Deane hit Outside Zone 3 hard, causing the Norwegian to make a major correction
  • Third place LZ continued his strong 2024 form. He finished fifth overall at the end of a season he hadn’t intended to complete. It looks as if 2025 is starting out even stronger
  • Five drivers joined the 2025 FD PRO Championship including three Rookies promoted from Formula DRIFT PROSPEC; 2024 Champion Tommy Lemaire (Canada) plus Connor O’Sullivan (USA) and Austin Matta (USA). Jack Shanahan (Ireland), older brother of Conor and holder of multiple Irish and British drift championship titles, is also a series Rookie
  • Daigo Saito (Japan) returned to FD PRO after a ten-year hiatus. As the 2008 and 2016 D1 GP Champion and the 2012 Formula DRIFT and 2012 FD Asia Champion, he’s a fan favorite but retired from his Top 32 heat with engine failure
  • Jack Shanahan was the top Rookie in Long Beach, finishing 21st overall and leads the Rookie of the Year title race into Round 2. Lemaire finished 22nd and shares the same points as the Irishman
  • Aasbo’s success gave Kenda Tire its first Formula DRIFT win since joining the series in 2023. As a result, Kenda leads the 2025 Formula DRIFT Tire Cup, while he also contributed to Toyota heading the Auto Cup
  • During the Opening Ceremony, photographer Larry Chen was inducted into the Formula DRIFT Hall of Fame. Having captured the action and drama of the series since 2006, Larry has become a fixture at almost every round and his contribution was honored today
  • As a Hall of Fame inductee, Larry’s name will be immortalized on the Formula DRIFT monument, which will be located at the Long Beach venue this summer. Joining previous inductees Rhys Millen, Samuel Hubinette and Tanner Foust, each has received a commemorative crystal plaque plus a custom Hall of Fame ring. Made by Jostens, each ring is valued at $10,000
  • Jostens was chosen for its experience making rings for the NFL Super Bowl, NBA World Championship, MLB World Series, plus NASCAR, IndyCar, NHRA, Supercross, NCAA National Championships and more
  • And in a special announcement, Formula DRIFT revealed the Final Round of the 2025 PRO Championship will take place in the City of Long Beach using large portions of Shoreline Drive. For the first time, Formula DRIFT will have its own unique and independent street course venue, which will be vastly different to Round 1: Streets of Long Beach. The event will be titled, Shoreline Showdown
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QUALIFYING SEEDING BRACKET RESULTS FROM OPENING ROUND OF 2025 FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPIONSHIP IN LONG BEACH

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EVENT DETAILS

Date: Friday, April 4, 2025

Location: Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 

Event: Formula DRIFT PRO Round 1 Seeding Bracket Qualification

RESULTS FROM FD PRO SEEDING BRACKET

1.   Daniel Stuke (USA) – MspeK Performance Nissan Silvia

2.   Ben Hobson (USA) – Pennzoil Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD

3.   Andy Hateley (USA) – The Drift Wizard E46 BMW

NOTES

  • Formula DRIFT uses a competitive Seeding Bracket format for driver qualification into the competition heats. The first 20 competition places were locked in by the ranking achieved by drivers at the previous Round, which in this case was Round 8 in 2024. The remaining drivers must qualify for one of 12 places in competition via the Seeding Bracket
  • The Seeding Bracket format has been reconfigured to ensure all drivers in the Top 32 competition heats have a driver to battle rather than a bye run. To achieve this, the lowest ranked drivers who lose their Top 16 Seeding Bracket heat, and fall outside the leading 12 drivers, will be eliminated
  • Thirteen drivers competed in the Top 16 Seeding Bracket in Long Beach to fill the 12 places in Top 32 competition. This meant only one would be eliminated; and the lowest ranked Top 16 heat loser was Federico Sceriffo (Italy) in the Pennzoil / FuelTech / VP Racing Fuels Ferrari 599 GTB
  • Also new for 2025, drivers will receive three Championship points for each Seeding Bracket heat win. The overall winner of qualification will receive prize money
  • The previously unavailable option of One More Time (OMT) has been added to Seeding qualification, just as it is in the Main Event. It allows the judges to request the drivers repeat both runs if they were unable to select a heat winner on their first runs. It can only be utilized once per battle. The option was exercised twice today
  • In an update to the three-man Formula DRIFT judging panel, Brian Eggert (USA) and Reese Marin (USA) will attend every round, while Robbie Nishida (Japan) and Vernon Zwaneveld will rotate through the season. Nishida adjudicated in Long Beach
  • The Type S PRO Seeding Bracket was won by Daniel Stuke (USA) in a hard-fought battle with Ben Hobson (USA), whose second place was a return to form for Hobson who only qualified twice last season
  • 2025 Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Rookies must qualify through the seeding bracket to reach the competition heats. They included Jack Shanahan (Ireland), older brother of Conor and holder of multiple Irish and British drift championship titles. He was joined by 2024 FD PROSPEC Champion Tommy Lemaire (Canada) plus Connor O’Sullivan (USA) and Austin Matta (USA) – all three earned a 2025 FD PRO competition license by finishing top three in PROSPEC
  • Although not a Rookie, Daigo Saito (Japan) has returned to FD PRO after a ten-year hiatus. As the 2008 and 2016 D1 GP Champion and the 2012 Formula DRIFT and 2012 FD Asia Champion, he’s undoubtedly a force to be reckoned with
  • Both Shanahan and Saito entered the 2025 Series after they were granted a license on the basis of an International Petition. Because they were unranked, Formula DRIFT first stacked the PRO drivers by 2024 rank and then the promoted PROSPEC drivers. The international drivers were stacked alphabetically and a number draw was performed on all drivers in the Seeding Bracket. That number is randomly selected and always between 4 and 7. The aim is to ensure that over the course of the season, drivers will pair in the Seeding Bracket with those of similar parity and finishes, without facing the same driver at every Round
  • As a result of the ranking, Shanahan faced Saito in their Top 16 heat. And while Saito lost the Top 16 heat and Shanahan would be knocked out of the Top 8, both drivers advanced into the competition heats
  • Rookies O’Sullivan and Lemaire were also paired for the Top 16 qualification and again, with Sceriffo the lowest ranked heat loser, both Rookies advanced
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FORMULA DRIFT TO BROADCAST LIVE IN SPANISH WITH NEW PARTNER PX SPORTS IN LATIN AMERICA (LATAM)

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Formula DRIFT has entered into an agreement with PX Sports to broadcast the Main Event Top 16 competitions from each of the eight FD PRO Rounds. The broadcast will be live across the PX Sports network with details available here: pxsports.com/outlets

President of Formula DRIFT Ryan Sage said, “We have been looking for a solution for a number of years to give the Spanish-speaking world access to FD events and PX Sports has agreed to bring in their own commentators and broadcast our Main Event and Top 16s.” He continued, “We’re very aware of the popularity of drifting in LATAM and there’s also been a huge push by our Spanish-speaking drivers to figure this out, so it’s a huge win for us to work with a powerful partner such as PX Sports.”

Alejando Mercado of PX Sports said, “We are thrilled to bring the electrifying competition of Formula DRIFT to the Spanish-speaking audience in LATAM. Drifting has a massive and growing fanbase across the region, and this partnership ensures they will now have front-row access to the action, expert commentary, and the passion that makes this sport so unique. At PX Sports, our mission has always been to elevate motorsports and action sports, and this is a perfect step in that direction.”

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FORMULA DRIFT WELCOMES NEW SERIES SPONSORS MEGUIAR’S® AND ENEOS OIL

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As we hurtle ever closer to the Opening Round of the 2025 Formula DRIFT PRO Championship on April 4-5 on the Streets of Long Beach, we just have time to sneak in a couple of announcements. The series is delighted to welcome the return of both Meguiar’s and ENEOS Oil as Associate Sponsors.

As one of the world’s leading car care brands, Meguiar’s needs no introduction. They’re also FD OGs, having sponsored the series in the early days and now returning to enjoy the tremendous growth that’s taken place over the past 22 years.

As part of its sponsorship program, Meguiar’s videos will be aired on the free-to-view event livestream during competition weekends. Spectators will also see the instantly recognizable logo around the track, while visitors to both Southern California Formula DRIFT rounds can visit the Meguiar’s booth to learn more about their products and speak to representatives about specific cleaning solutions.

Anybody wishing to know more about the industry-leading Meguiar’s car care products or to view their informative car care video series should visit the website at meguiars.com.

The ENEOS Motor Oil logo will be very familiar to anybody who has visited Japan. Seemingly with a gas station on every street corner, ENEOS is Japan’s largest oil company and supplier to the vast majority of Japanese and Asian car companies. In fact, ENEOS engineers can be found in the R&D departments at many of the major manufacturers, blending oils specifically for many of your favorite performance cars. Known as the Original JDM Motor Oil, ENEOS is probably what your car was designed for if it was engineeered in Japan. And the company’s unrivalled experience means your car will benefit from its engine and transmission oils, whereever it was built. 

As a special bonus to Formula DRIFT fans, ENEOS is offering a 20% discount on its oil products every time an ENEOS-sponsored driver stands on the podium this year. And considering they support both Fredric Aasbo and Odi Bakchis – who finished second and third respectively in 2024 – there should be no shortage of opportunities. Scoring seven podiums last year, Team ENEOS is hoping to increase that number in 2025. 

To learn more about ENEOS Oil and its products, please visit eneos.us

“We’re excited to welcome these leading brands back to the Formula DRIFT family,” said Ryan Sage, President of Formula DRIFT. “We’re happy that companies are seeing the tremendous growth in our series and want to be part of it, engaging with the best fans in the world!”