Team Mopar® Driver Samuel Hübinette Shoots for His 10th Career Win at Formula Drift Round Four: High Stakes
Center Line, Mich. — Ten is the lucky number for Mopar® NuFormz Racing Dodge Viper SRT10® driver Samuel Hübinette as he heads into the Formula Drift Round Four: High Stakes on July 12. The two-time Formula Drift champion will seek his 10th career win when the Formula Drift Series makes its inaugural stop at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Hübinette and the NuFormz Racing team, led by team owner Shaun Carlson, are also fighting to reclaim the top spot in the Formula Drift points standings. Team Mopar’s Hübinette is in second-place, just 31 markers behind leader, Tanner Foust.
“We’re in the points chase. We’re second in points, which is phenomenal,” Hübinette said. “We obviously want to be in first, so we’re doing all we can to get back on top. We have some test sessions planned next week to get our Mopar-powered Viper dialed in at Vegas. We want to do well and keep the momentum up and turn it into a championship in the October finals. Breaking in the Vegas track with a 10th career win would be a huge positive momentum gain for the entire Mopar, BFGoodrich and NuFormz Racing team.”
The Formula Drift Round Four: High Stakes in Las Vegas, like the previous stop in New Jersey in June, is a new venue for the Formula Drift Series. Hübinette, who has competed under the Team Mopar banner since the inaugural Formula Drift season in 2004, will need to familiarize himself with the new track in order to choose the best drifting line on the new course. He and his fellow drifters will have another formidable obstacle to deal with—the scorching heat of the Las Vegas desert.
“Vegas is a new venue. It’s going to be fun to try to adapt to a new track,” said an optimistic Hübinette. “It’s going to be a fast, crazy, hot venue where we all are going to have to make sure that we have our stuff put together because it’s going to be very easy for the engine to overheat or for other issues to come up with the high temperatures. I think that’s where we will have the advantage. The reliability and durability of our Mopar power plant will really pay off under these tough conditions.”