Formula Drift Round 5 Las Vegas

With temperatures soaring over the 100 degrees Formula Drift made its 5th stop of the Season at Las Vegas Motor Speeway. It was a very exiting battle between 32 drivers but one stood out Tyler Mcquarrie and his Falken Nissan 350z after beating team-mate Dai Yoshihara due to technical problems with his car.

Vaughn Gittin Jr took third making him the current point leader for the Championship  with  439 points followed by Dai Yoshihara with  417 and Tanner Foust wit  386.

The level of competition is raised as the conclusion of the season comes to an end.

Tony Brakohiapa was the surprise after of the event placing 4th for the first time of his carrear as a Formula Drift driver.

Samuel Hubinette ”The Crazy Swede”  Took first in qualifying to top 32 with entrée speed up to 100mph yes it might be a big car but the Challenger has proved that it can be as good as the Viper.

I tough the Vegas strip will be bright but not a bright as the V-LED/Intec Racing drove by Dean Kearney.

The next stop for Formula Drift will be at Infineon Raceway, September 10th and 11th.

2010
08/28
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On The Drivers Seat

 During are trip to Vegas for XDC round 2 we were welcome by a very friendly person who introduce him self even without knowing we were part of media covering the event,I’m talking about Former Formula Drift Driver Casper Canul who seen very exited and happy being in competition again after a short break from Drifting.

Many people had been wondering why he decided to stop drifting professionally and the answer was to spend more time with his Family since Professional Drift Drivers  spent a lot of time away from home during the Formula Drift Season or doing Drift Demos. 

 Casper Canul is the first professional Latino that had compete in The Formula Drift Series and have achieved podium finishes making him the Top Latino Drifter,he also know for reach to the Latino Drift fans with his bilingual skills, Canul is currently driving a Nissan 240SX S13.5 and he will be competing the XDC Series.

Riding with Casper on Top 16 elimination at XDC Vegas

 Some of his Carrere high lights while he was a Formula Drift Driver were:

2005

3rd Place Podium Finish

Formula Drift Road Atlanta, Georgia 7th Qualifier

Formula Drift finished as a Seeded Driver (Best 20)

2006

Formula Drift 2nd Place Podium Finish

Formula Drift Finished 5th in point Overall

Formula Drift Qualified All 7 events

Formula Drift’s Comeback of the year award

2007 Racing Appearances:

2nd Place Team Drift Competition Cleveland, Ohio

Finished 10th Overall in Formula Drift Series

Here in the Drift Empire are happy that a very skilled driver and great person is back on the action.

Good Luck Casper.

For more info about Casper Canul visit : http://caspercanulracing.com/ and www.autoafondo.com

2010
05/27
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Results from Round 2 Xtreme Drift Circuit

 

Odie Bakchis take Round 2 of Xtme Drift Cicuit at the New Road Course at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Second Place goes to  Quoc Ly and Third Arizona’s native George Marstonavic.

1st Place  Odie Bakchis  and 2nd Place Quoc Ly

  May 24, 2010 (Las Vegas, Nev.)

    It was a hot and windy day at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Road Course where Odie Bakchis a debuting driver in the XDC series that not too long ago Place Second at the Top Drift competition held by Top Drift at Willow Springs Raceway.

 Bakchis pulling away from Ly to Take First Place of Round 2 XDC

It wasn’t an easy day for Bakchis since he had to face Nate Brasz in Top 16 and Former Formula Drift Driver Casper Canul in Top 8 who’s car was having engine problems after defeating Pollard in Top 16.

Top 8 battle Casper Canul vs Odie Bakchis

Bakchis will advance in order to face none oder than Ryan Kado current point leader in the Top Drift Competition.

Ryan Kado who had defeated FD Drivers Forrest Wang and Alex Pfieffer on Top 16 and Top 8 ,  Bakchis then defeated Kado when Kado’s engine gave up.  Bakchis into the final against Ly. With Kado’s car unable to continue, Marstonavic automatically earned third place.

3rd Place George Marstanovic

2010
05/24
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This Saturday XDC Round 2

 

Las Vegas Speedway will be the Playground for Round 2 of the XDC tour don’t miss out.

2010
05/17
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Round 2 of FD Atlanta

Thanks to Justin Shreeve for making this awesome video and letting me post it on The Drift Empire

For More Justin Videos click here http://www.vimeo.com/justinshreeve

2010
05/16
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Results from Formula Drift Atlanta

  Daijiro Yoshihara Takes Round 2 of the Formula Drift series at Atlanta after battling  Vaughn Gittin Jr , Dai Runs were very solid trough out the whole event with great entry speeds and great door to door chases.

First Place : Daijiro Yoshihara

Second Place:Vaughn Gittin Jr

Third Place:Chris Forsberg

2010
05/08
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Formula Drift Live from Atlanta

Click the banner below to Watch Live Stream from Atlanta

2010
05/08
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Top 32 Formula Drift Atlanta

Driver: Car #: Score:
1 T. Foust #34 34 92.8
2 R. Tuerck #44 44 91.7
3 C. Grunewald #79 79 89.5
4 D. Yoshihara #9 9 89.4
5 R. Millen #6 6 87.6
6 M. Essa #101 101 87.1
7 V. Gittin #25 25 86.9
8 C. Forsberg #64 64 84.4
9 S. Hubinette #77 77 83.7
10 J. Maeng #51 51 83.5
11 R. Nishida #31 31 82.6
12 D. McNamara #8 8 82.4
13 P. Mordaunt #90 90 80.1
14 R. Miki #26 26 79
15 K. Mohan #99 99 78.6
16 C. Ng #84 84 76.3
17 K. Gushi #33 33 74.8
18 R. Petty #808 808 72.6
19 J. Pawlak #13 13 70.5
20 T. McQuarrie #17 17 69.6
21 T. Aono #86 86 69.6
22 M. Powers #665 665 69.3
23 D. Kearney #43 43 68.8
24 D. VanDenBrink #19 19 68.4
25 C. Martinez #951 951 68.4
26 M. Takatori #5 5 66.9
27 S. Verdier #12 12 65.8
28 C. Parkhouse #562 562 65.7
29 M. Whiddett #111 111 64.9
30 F. Wang #30 30 63.3
31 D. Mertzanis #323 323 62
32 M. Waldin #23 23 59.5

2010
05/07
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Shake

Mike Essa made a stop at Willow Springs during the Top Drift practice sessions and run some nice tandem runs with Justin Pawlak, I was able to stick the go pro on his new beast and got some nice footage.

We would like wish luck to Mike at Formula Drift Atlanta , and I would like to Thank  the Justdrift staff for giving me the Access to shoot at their event.  

Sorry I dint stay for  competition but I had to work day after since The Drift Empire at this moment is run by only one man.

2010
04/27
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Results from Top Drift Round 2

1st place – Mike Bomac Bolanos

2nd place – Odi Bakchis

3rd place – Ryan Kado

2010
04/26
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