September 13th, 2008 - Geoffrey Chandler
Longtime grassroots supporter and DriftLive favorite, Taka Aono, has taken the top unseeded qualifying spot. Except when he is drifting his swank Cressida wagon, Taka is a hardcore AE86 driver, and has been behind the wheel of a Corolla since the early days of drifting in Southern California. Sonoma has not typically been a track that favors Corollas because climbing back up the hill after the huge slid down tends to require some power. Hopefully the turbo setup that Taka is running proves up to the task.
Unseeded Qualifiers:
- Taka Aono 92.17
- Kenji Yamanaka 91.58
- Justin Pawlak 90.67
- Bill Sherman 90.25
- M. Haraguchi 89.75
- T. Yoshioka 88.50
- Tony Brakahopia 88.33
- Tony Angelo 85.83
- JT Wharerau 84.17 92.2mph
- Blake Fuller 84.17 86.9mph
- Quoc Ly 84.00
- Hiro Sumida 83.50 94.8mph
- Patrick Mordaunt 83.50 84.9mph
- Steph Papadakis 83.08
- Ross Petty 82.92
- Y. Kondo 82.50
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Calvin Wan 81.58
Tyler McQuarrie 81.33
All Ties are broken by entry speeds.
Results from everythingdrift.com