Drifting Results

Yoshioka Takes Las Vegas at the Helm of a Corolla

Not a newcomer to the top of the Podium in Las Vegas, as he won the D1GP Las Vegas event in July of 2006, but a first time winner in Formula D, Toshiki Yoshioka and his Toyota Corolla won the inaugural Formula Drift Las Vegas event.

The AE86, the one from the cartoon, the one that inspires countless parking-lot cone circles, the one that gives a first taste of drifting to aspiring amateurs, has finally stepped onto the top rung here in the United States. Of course it was followed in quick succession by a Dodge Viper and Pontiac GTO with Bald Eagle endangering displacements and Exxon Valdez fuel tanks, but a new hope is born.

Maybe this will be the warning shot across the bow that gets everyone to realize that drifting is not all about outrageous cars and million-dollar builds. Or just maybe, What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas?

1st - Toshiki Yoshioka
2nd - Daijiro Yoshihara
3rd - Samuel Hubinette
4th - Michihiro Takatori

Finals:

• D. Yoshihara vs T. Yoshioka
• S. Hubinette vs M. Takatori

Final 4:

• S. Hubinette vs T. Yoshioka
• D. Yoshihara vs M. Takatori

Top 8:

• M. Takatori vs T. Brakiohapa
• S. Hubinette vs M. Orido
• D. Yoshihara vs R. Nishida
• R. Millen vs T. Yoshioka

Top 16:

• T. Foust vs R. Nishida
• D. Yoshihara vs C. Forsberg
• M. Takatori vs C. Wan
• J. Russakoff vs T. Brakiohapa
• S. Hubinette vs R. Tureck
• M. Orido vs Y. Kondo
• R. Millen vs K. Gushi
• T. Yoshioka vs S. Verdier

Qualifying:

1. Tanner Foust
2. Samuel Hubinette
3. Rhys Millen
4. Michihiro Takatori
5. John Russakoff
6. Toshiki Yoshioka
7. Manabu Orido
8. Daijiro Yoshihara
9. Chris Forsberg
10. Y. Kondo
11. Stephan Verdier
12. Tony Brakiohapa
13. Calvin Wan
14. Ken Gushi
15. Ryan Tureck
16. Robbie Nishida

Formula D High Rolling Vegas: Unseeded Qualifiers

Formula Drift 2008 Las Vegas Unseeded Qualifiers:

1. Robbie Nishida - 94.42
2. Ken Gushi - 93.67
3. Manabu “Max” Orido - 92.75
4. Justin Pawlak - 89.58
5. Toshiki Yoshioka - 89.00
6. Yasu Kondo - 88.50
7. John Russakoff - 88.00
8. Taka Aono - 87.67
9. Tony Angelo - 87.42
10. Hiro Sumida - 87.08
11. Calvin Wan - 86.67
12. Joon Maeng - 83.67
13. Quoc Ly - 82.33
14. Tomy Suell - 77.92
15. JT Wharerau - 76.67
16. Tony Brakahopia - 76.08
17. Henry Schelley - 75.83***

***Due to issues with immigration, Irish driver Darren MacNamara (currently holding 10th place in points) will not be attending Saturdays main event, and 17 unseeded drivers will join the Top 32.

You can read about what happens in the Vegas night after qualifying smoke clears over at SpeedHunters, as Antonio takes you behind the scenes and after hours.

In 2008, Tanner Foust Conquers New Jersey

1st - Tanner Foust
2nd - Tyler McQuarrie
3rd - Rhys Millen
4th - Daijiro Yoshihara

Final:

• Tanner Foust v Tyler McQuarrie

Final 4:

• Daijiro Yoshihara v Tyler McQuarrie
• Tanner Foust v Rhys Millen

Top 8:

• Daijiro Yoshihara v Chris Forsberg
• Samuel Hubinette v Tyler McQuarrie
• Tanner Foust v Ryuji Miki
• Rhys Millen v Conrad Grunewald

Top 16:

• Daijiro Yoshihara v Darren McNamara
• Chris Forsberg v Vaughn Gittin Jr
• Samuel Hubinette v Blake Fuller
• Tyler McQuarrie v Tony Angelo
• Tanner Foust v Stephan Verdier
• Ryuji Miki v Ryan Tureck
• Rhys Millen v Ross Petty
• Michihiro Takatori v Conrad Grunewald

Qualifying:

1. Daijiro Yoshihara - 98.75
2. Tanner Foust - 97.50
3. Rhys Millen - 97.13
4. Samuel Hubinette - 96.88
5. Tyler McQuarrie - 96.75
6. Michihiro Takatori - 96.75
7. Ryuji Miki - 96.38
8. Chris Forsberg - 96.25
9. Vaughn Gittin Jr - 93.63
10. Ryan Tuerck - 93.38
11. Conrad Grunewald - 92.50
12. Tony Angelo - 92.50
13. Blake Fuller - 91.5
14. Ross Petty - 91.38
15. Stephan Verdier - 90.63
16. Darren McNamara - 90.63

Results via www.everythingdrift.com

Formula D New Jersey 2008: Unseeded Qualifiers

1. Justin Pawlak - 96.50
2. Ryuji Miki 95.00
3. Tyler McQuarrie - 94.00
4. Dan Willie - 92.00
5. Tony Angelo - 91.25
6. Steph Papadakis - 90.50
7. Doug Vanden Brink - 90.00
8. Gary Lang - 89.75
9. Hiro Sumida - 88.75
10. Calvin Wan - 88.63
11. Henry Schelley - 88.35
12. Ross Petty - 87.50
13. Ken Gushi - 87.13
14. Brian Peter - 86.13
15. Blake Fuller - 83.88
16. Pat Mordaunt - 82.00
17. Joon Maeng - 72.50
18. Chris Kregorian - 70.00

Results from www.everythingdrift.com

Pontiac and Millen Dominate Podium at Formula D Atlanta

After sitting out the first race of the season due to mechanical issues, Rhys Millen (Pontiac Solstice) has returned to Formula D with a bang. To add gravy to his first win of the 2008 season, teammate Daijiro Yoshihara (Pontiac GTO) managed to grab fourth place. It also seems worth mentioning that 3 of the top 4 cars were Pontiacs. Ryan Tureck (Pontiac Solstice) and Mitsuhiro Takatori (Nissan Skyline) rounded out the top 4 with 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

1st - Rhys Millen
2nd - Mitsuhiro Takatori
3rd - Ryan Tureck
4th - Daijiro Yoshihara

Top 4:

• R. Tureck v M. Takatori
• R. Millen** v D. Yoshihara**

Top 8:

• T. Foust v R. Tureck
• S. Hubinette v M. Takatori
• V. Gittin Jr v R. Millen
• D. Yoshihara v B. Sherman

Top 16:

• T. Foust v K. Yamanaka
• D. Yoshihara v R. Nishida
• M. Takatori** v C. Forsberg**
• R. Millen v D. McNamara
• H. Sumida v R. Tuerck
• S. Verdier v B. Sherman
• S. Hubinette v C. Grunewald
• V. Gittin, Jr** v P. Mordaunt**

**Match went “One More Time.”

Qualifying:

1. Tanner Foust
2. Vaughn Gittin, Jr.
3. Dai Yoshihara
4. Samuel Hubinette
5. Mitsuhiro Takatori
6. Stephan Verdier
7. Rhys Millen
8. Hiro Sumida
9. Ryan Tuerck
10. Darren McNamara
11. Bill Sherman
12. Chris Forsberg
13. Conrad Grunewald
14. Robbie Nishida
15. Patrick Mordaunt
16. Kenji Yamanaka

[Official results from www.formulad.com/blog]

Ryan Tuerck and His Solstice Take Englishtown

1st- Ryan Tuerck
2nd- Nathan Brasz
3rd- Forest Wang
4th- Stewart Lasek

[via www.wreckedbagazine.com/blog]