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Formula Drift Atlanta Controversy

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So I was able to make it up to Atlanta this weekend for Round 2 of Formula D, and I have hundreds of photos to sift through and started writing the recap but after working on the site latency and the 12 hour drive back yesterday I’m still a little winded. So that will wait, in the meantime I will say that I feel that I was extremely lucky to be there for 2 really controversial events that I feel will not be forgotten anytime soon.

First was the race between Danny George and Ryan Tuerck, both drivers I am really fond of and was rooting for, I went into this match thinking that the new 2JZ FR-S was going to just be a monster and pull but it didn’t and Danny did an amazing job on his lead run. The trouble started right off the bat on Tuerck’s lead run where Ryan claimed that Danny hit in and caused the spin and the judges (after a long review) awarded Tuerck the win. It seems now that more video is being released, this one by LORENinHD, that seems to show a different angle.

The other monsterous(you’ll get it in a second) event was when Vaughn Gittin JR seemed to forget he was following another car and powered over the front of Fredric Aasbo’s tC. When it first happened my jaw dropped but then to see both drivers continue the run was amazing, not a single person was sitting. They ended up going OMT for an unknown reason and giving Gittin the win, but it was an amazing match.

Neither of the results from these matches were favored by the crowd and it was loud and clear to everyone there, I have never heard a FD crowd boo as loud as when Tuerck was announced the winner or when Gittin moved on. So check back tomorrow for a full recap but there are two of the most talked about events as of right now. The other things that I’ll go into more detail in the recap was the amazing run Forrest Wang dropped vs Daigo Saito as well as the qualifying results disaster than left a lot of people confused going into Top32.

Formula D – Round 2 – Atlanta – Qualifying Results

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Hey all, just got home from the track and it was an absolutely awesome day, handed out a bunch of stickers(have more for tomorrow) and got to share the site. Anyway what you are here for, the top 32 match-ups tomorrow and qualifying results.

Aasbo (1st) vs Walker Wilkerson (32nd)
Kenny Moen (16th) vs Robbie Nishida (17th)
Matt Field (8th) vs Chris Ward (25th)
Vaughn Gittin Jr (9th) vs Dave Briggs (24th)
Denofa (4th) vs Joon Maeng (29th)
Jeff Jones (13th) vs Kyle Mohan (20th)
Daigo Saito (5th) vs Pat Mordaunt (28th)
Forrest Wang (17th) vs Miro Ovcharik (21st)
Mike Essa (2nd) vs Corey Hosford (31st)
Dai Yoshihara (15th) vs Conrad Grunewald (18th)
Matt Powers (7th) vs Will Parsons (26th)
Chris Forsberg (10th) vs Taka Aono (23rd)
Justin Pawlak (3rd) vs Pat Goodin (30th)
Danny George (14th) vs Ryan Tuerck (19th)
Darren McNamara (6th) vs Nate Hamilton (27th)
Odi Bakchis (11st) vs Toshiki Yoshioka (22nd)

Now there seems to be some issues that haven’t been released yet that caused some changing in positions during the drivers meeting and these are what I seem to find being the final information, however according to what Was initially heard during live stream I didn’t expect to see Wilkerson or Hosford and instead see Jeremy Lo and Brandon Witnick, but I’m sure we will find out soon enough. Either way check us out on Instagram @ShiftTherapy for lots of photos at the event

Kenny Moen Brings New Supra to FD Atlanta

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So it looks like Kenny Moen brought a Supra to FD Atlanta, think he’ll drive it after the hard hit at Long Beach? We’ll see soon.

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Hosford4Hoonigan? You Decide

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Corey Hosford is at it again with DriftIdiot for his latest … I’m not even sure what this should be called, all I know is when I watched this I couldn’t decided rather to laugh or cry… so I did both. So check it and let [HOONIGAN] know what you think, #Hosford4Hoonigan

Mad Mike Goes Crazy On The Crown

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So earleir this week Mad Mike Whiddett, the crazy new zealander released a video of him in the mind blowing quad turbo MADBUL RX-7 drifting through 47 corners over 10.4km of road and up through 1076 meters of elevation with a just awe-inspiring performance at The Crown Range in Queenstown, New Zealand.

I personally love how that monstronsity of a car spits fire nearly the entire time and how its a battle to even get traction for him at the start. The ability to control such a beast is just… It leaves me speechless really. He also yesterday released the behind the scenes footage/making of this video which is a pretty cool short itself.

Anyway mad props and respect to Mad Mike Whiddett for this great video.