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OMGDrift.com driver Kyle “The Menace” Mohan has sent us the first episode of his season long video series. Have a look and show some love to the purple rotary powered monster
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OMGDrift.com driver Kyle “The Menace” Mohan has sent us the first episode of his season long video series. Have a look and show some love to the purple rotary powered monster
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More after the jump
As of this past Friday, Caitlin and I are on our “Summer Break”. What does that mean? Well, we both were able to take from Friday to the following Sunday off! 10 days of sleeping in, doing whatever we wanted, and this 2013 Ford Mustang was one of the things that helped kick it off. On a whim we decided to go up to Oregon for Bash To The Future and instead of just taking the Element up we decided to pick up a brand new 2013 Mustang for our drive up.
My first driver’s blog of the season! I missed doing these things! For the rest of the season I’ll try to give a little personal insight on each round of Formula Drift.
After a rough offseason, the possibility of doing anything this year seemed pretty bleak. I ended last season with this grand scheme of changes I wanted to make for 2013, upgrades to the car, all of this offseason practice to become a better driver, a new truck, etc, etc. None of that was happening and I was thinking of just postponing my return to 2014. Then that turned into “Why am I being such a bitch? Why not just do 1 or 2 of the close to home events if I have the money at the time?” Then as luck would have it, 2 weeks before round 2 in Atlanta, some really awesome sponsors jumped on board, and we were off and running! We scrambled to get the car back together, loaded up our trusty 1984 Chevy dually, and hit the road. Then I blew it in Atlanta, but hey it’s been a while, and plus this is a Palm Beach recap, so who cares? Haha
After a disappointing first event at Road Atlanta, I was really looking forward to Palm Beach. It’s about as “home track” as it gets for us, and we had a pretty decent showing there last year, giving Rhys a good run in top 32.
This past weekend wraps up Round 3 of the 2013 Formula Drift series with results that were a mixed bag of exciting wins for some and an upsetting loss for others.

It’s not very often that a photographer has the opportunity of traveling to a professional level event only 30 minutes from his hometown. Luckily for me, starting in 2011, Formula Drift added Palm Beach to their US series. With a track so close and a group of friends who also shared my love for racing, I had made the trip to PBIR many times before Formula Drift started traveling to Florida. I’ve come to know the small track like the back of my hand, watching it transform into the great facility it is today. Surrounded by Florida’s finest wildlife, Palm Beach International is certainly a unique stop on the trip that Formula Drift makes across the country.
The qualifying results are in for Round 3 in West Palm Beach and today is the main competition! This has some great battles lined up, be sure to watch the livestream to see!
#1 Justin Pawlak
#2 Kenny Moen
#3 Daigo Saito
#4 Chris Forsberg
#5 Mats Baribeau
#6 Dai Yoshihara
#7 Vaughn Gittin JR
#8 David Briggs
#9 Tony Angelo
#10 Conrad Grunewald
#11 Matt Field
#12 Taka Aono
#13 Ryan Tuerck
#14 Miro Ovcharik
#15 Chelsea DeNofa
#16 Chris Ward
#17 Robbie Nishida
#18 Fredric Aasbo
#19 Forrest Wang
#20 Odi Bakchis
#21 Michael Essa
#22 Brandon Wicknick
#23 Darren McNamara
#24 Joon Maeng
#25 Jeremy Lowe
#26 Ryan Kado
#27 Danny George
#28 Tyler McQuarrie
#29 Dean Kearney
#30 Pat Goodin
#31 Jeff Jones
#32 Kyle Mohan
Who do you want to see on the podium?
Road Atlanta is one of the many homes of Formula Drift and one that holds significance to FD with it being one of the first venues to host the series. It’s also a widely known favorite amongst drivers and fans due to the awesome atmosphere. Spectators bring their tents, lawn chairs, grills, and come stockpiled with beer for the weekend. Can’t get much better than that! More after the jump!
Once the car was loaded up on the rig and on its way out to Atlanta, we could finally relax for a day or so. It was a hard transition getting the car ready after Long Beach. We found things we wanted to change and improve, as well as fixing what we tore up. Our flight landed, we picked up the rental car, which was the worst smelling piece of junk I’ve ever gotten, and headed out to our hotel. We had some dinner and went to sleep. The next day was practice and we had a whole bunch of stuff to unload and set up.
Congratulations to Daigo Saito on his first place win in the Achilles Radial / Bridges Racing SC430. That’s a wrap for Formula Drift Round 2 at Road Atlanta! Stay tuned for more coverage from this weekend, you won’t want to miss it.
#1 Daigo Saito Achilles Radial / Bridges Racing Lexus Sc430
#2 Darren McNamara Falken Tire 1995 Nissan 240SX S14
#3 Vaughn Gittin JR 2014 Monster Energy Nitto Tire Ford Mustang RTR
Congratulations to the #1 qualifier, Fredric Aasbo!
Here are your Top 32 qualifiers for Round 2:
1. Fredric Aasbo 90.5
2. Michael Essa 89.8
3. Justin Pawlak 88.4
4. Chelsea DeNofa 87.6
5. Daigo Saito 84.5
6. Darren McNamara 81.4
7. Matt Powers 80.7
8. Matt Field 79.6
9 .Vaughn Gittin Jr. 79.1
10. Chris Forsberg 77.9
11. Odi Bakchis 77.9
12. Forrest Wang 72.9
13. Jeff Jones 72.2
14. Danny George 71.2
15. Dai Yoshihara 70.6
16. Kenny Moen 68.8
17. Robbie Nishida 85.1
18. Conrad Grunewald 84.9
19. Ryan Tuerck 75.4
20. Kyle Mohan 74.8
21. Miro Ovcharik 72.4
22. Toshiki Yoshioka 72.3
23. Taka Aono 71.6
24. Dave Briggs 70.4
25. Chris Ward 69.8
26. Will Parsons 69.8
27. Nate Hamilton 68.9
28. Pat Mordaunt 67.8
29. Joon Maeng 67.7
30. Pat Goodin 63
31. Corey Hosford 59
32. Walker Wilkerson 58.9
