With just four days to the season opener of the 2012 Drift Allstars European series, the hype has been building more than ever before, especially with many previous Drift Allstars champions and international champions confirming attendance to the series.
Birmingham Speedway, although quite small, is very much what the series is about; bringing drifting to urban environments, and is located just five minutes from Birmingham City Center.
James Deane is back for 2012 in his newly built team Falken Tire/Full Stop 500hp Mazda RX-7. Can James be the very first back to back champion after his 2011 championship win?
Round 2 in Atlanta was full of intense battles, surprises, and tons of awesome. With a repeat from round 1, Justin “JTP” Pawlak took home first place in his 2013 Falken Tire Ford Mustang RTR. After being defeated by Dai Yoshihara for the 2011 Formula Drift Championship, Justin has come back on fire and showing he’s ready to win in 2012.
In second was Fredric Aasbo in his Need for Speed Scion tC followed by Daigo Saito in his Achilles Radial Lexus SC430 with another third place finish, putting him in second place for overall points. After Long Beach, Aasbo was in twelfth place overall but with this round’s podium finish, he has now moved to third. Remember, it’s still early in the series, so we’ll have to see what the coming events bring as the drivers compete for the overall 2012 championship. Stay tuned for more coverage!
Our trip from Los Angeles to Atlanta started Saturday morning, after picking Ross up the previous night. We left early, after only sleeping 3 and a half hours we started our trip. Our recap of day one and two after the jump!
Seeing as Myself and Drew Fishbein are hitting the road tomorrow to Atlanta for Round 2 of Formula D, I figured why not look back to Long Beach with Daijiro Yoshihara, and the Behind the Smoke Episodes. Sit back and enjoy Episodes 2 and 3 and GET HYPED for Atlanta!
Sunday, April 30th was the start of Drift Colorado’s 2012 points series. Round 1’s event was held at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park out in Commerce City. The venue features a stadium that seats 18,000 people for sporting events, concerts, and festivals. Not only that, but there are 24 fields available to play on and multiple parking lots to drift park on. DSGP has been very welcoming in the past couple of years to allow drift events to be held in “Lot G” of their massive sports complex and the other nearby lot for a pit area and parking.
Welcome back guys! As you may have read at the end of my intro blog, we headed into Prodrift Round 1 in Ennis, Co. Clare, down a Pro license and a sponsor. No biggie though, as the only thing on my mind was going forward and making this awesome new car work. The fact that we have Formula D Falken Tire driver Darren McNamara bringing his knowledge as our chassis guru and crew chief didn’t hurt either!
