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Tanner Foust takes Sonoma

1st - Tanner Foust
2nd - Rhys Millen
3rd - Bill Sherman
4th - Ryan Tuerck

Final:

• R. Millen vs T. Foust

Final 4:

• R. Tuerck vs R. Millen
• T. Foust vs B. Sherman

Top 8:

• S. Hubinette vs R. Tuerck
• R. Millen vs C. Grunewald
• T. Foust vs V. Gittin
• B. Sherman vs C. Forsberg

Top 16:

• S. Hubinette vs R. Miki
• R. Tuerck vs K. Gushi
• R. Millen vs R. Nishida
• C. Grunewald vs K. Yamanaka
• T. Foust vs M. Takatori
• D. Yoshihara vs V. Gittin
• B. Sherman vs S. Verdier
• C. Forsberg vs K. Mohan

Qualifying:

1. Sam Hubinette - 97.00
2. Tanner Foust - 96.67
3. Bill Sherman - 96.42
4. Rhys Millen - 96.00
5. Conran Gruenwald - 94.5
6. Chris Forsberg - 94.5
7. Dai Yoshihara - 94.25
8. Ryan Tuerck - 93.83
9. Ken Gushi - 93.67
10. Vaughn Gitten Jr - 93.58
11. Kyle Mohan - 93.17
12. Kenji Yamanaka - 92.17
13. Robbie Nishida - 91.75
14. Steph Verdier - 91.75
15. M. Takatori - 91.17
16. Ryuji Miki - 90.72

Taka Leads the Charge into Sonoma!

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:

1. Taka Aono 92.17
2. Kenji Yamanaka 91.58
3. Justin Pawlak 90.67
4. Bill Sherman 90.25
5. M. Haraguchi 89.75
6. T. Yoshioka 88.50
7. Tony Brakahopia 88.33
8. Tony Angelo 85.83
9. JT Wharerau 84.17 92.2mph
10. Blake Fuller 84.17 86.9mph
11. Quoc Ly 84.00
12. Hiro Sumida 83.50 94.8mph
13. Patrick Mordaunt 83.50 84.9mph
14. Steph Papadakis 83.08
15. Ross Petty 82.92
16. Y. Kondo 82.50

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Calvin Wan 81.58
Tyler McQuarrie 81.33

All Ties are broken by entry speeds.

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