After a rough Friday with lot’s of mechanical problems with the car, the Nuformz boys worked hard and got the car quite dialed in for Saturdays competition. We were fighting with to much traction from the BFGoodrich kdw’s in the oval, with the gearing we had to run. So to be able to keep a good drift in the fast part of the track I had to take away the rear wing. That caused us lack of speed but a more reliable drift.
In top 32 I went up against Fredrik Aasbo from Norway. We had a good battle and when I was following him I tapped the wall in the infield. I did a little correction, but still kept the Shaun Carlson/BFGoodrich Viper drifting. The judges called the win to my advantage and I moved on to top 16. I have to give props to Fredrik Aasbo for a great battle.
Before rolling out for the top 16 introduction, there was a tribute to Shaun that was amazing. I went out there and tried to do my best for Shaun and the NuFormz team.
In top 16 I was matched up against Joon Maeng. He has become great driver and I believe the most improved driver in the last year. We had a great battle and the judges called it a “one more time”. Then when I was following him in to the infield he was going much slower then I expected so I ended up spinning behind him. Of course I thought that it was over for me, and I though for my self that this will be my last time going around on this track for a long time. So when I was going to lead him I went big, close to the walls and really tried to give the fans a great BFG smoke show. Then Joon spun at the same place I did. He told me he was struggling with power and had to clutch kick it to keep the drift. I though it was going to be a “on more time”, but the judges called the win to my advantage after Joon was shallow in the oval when following me.
In top 8 I was going against Tyler Mcquarrie. Again I was up against a great guy. Before going up against Tyler I was currently on 3rd place in the points standings for the Championship, so this was the battle for 3rd place in the Championship. We had a good battle, but unfortunately Tyler had a faster car than me this time. If I was going to loose 3rd place to someone, Tyler was the guy! Big congrats to him for a great season, well deserved.
Also Congrats to Chris Forsberg for his first Championship and to Ryan Tuerck for his win yesterday and his 2nd place in the Championship.
Overall it was a great event. The house of drift was sold out and the crowd was amazing. I’m glad we could finish the season in tribute to Shaun.
Drift Ya Later

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