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Bolt-on Performance by BFGoodrich Tires
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010SHR DODGE/BFGoodrich Drift Team roars into the road to the Championship
Monday, May 10th, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BRASELTON, Georgia (SAMUEL HÜBINETTE RACING) – Samuel Hübinette Racing’s Dodge/BFGoodrich team roared into the second round of the Formula DRIFT championship at Road Atlanta this weekend with enthusiasm and momentum.
The new two-car team, featuring team owner Hübinette behind the wheel of a new Dodge Challenger and drift newcomer Andrew “ACP” Comrie-Picard in the familiar Dodge Viper, were popular with fans at the event putting on a strong showing on the track in practice and competition rounds.
Hübinette’s performance in the Dodge Challenger drew huge reaction from the packed audience. The aggressive car, with its grumbling 800-plus horsepower, is rapidly becoming a fan favorite.
“We were really quick and the car ran well, yet we still have some more development to do,” said Hübinette. “We have to be happy to have qualified in the top 10 bracket, but we will keep tweaking things to be even more competitive.”
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FormulaD Atlanta- Round 2
Sunday, May 9th, 2010After round two in Formula Drift I ended up on 8th place over all. Not the direction I wanted to go but over all still a very fun weekend.
With the performance upgrades from the BFGoodrich KDW 335s in the rear I was extremely fast around the course. The Challenger ran flawles the whole weekend except a few mods we found out was to weak. Like one of the tie rod we had put in for example.
Dodge had the first ever free Drift ride excebition for anyone to experience. You got to get rides on a small drift track with Chargers and Challengers. It was a success right away and the lines were long.
We also raffled off 3 ride alongs with me, so they got to experience a drift ride in the new SHR/Dodge/BFGoodrich Challenger at Road Atlanta
The event was sold out and the fans were AWESOME. Thank you all for the support for my new SHR-DODGE/BFG team.
We are leaving the cars over in Atlanta at The HAYES Dodge dealership and prep them here for the next round. Hayes Dodge Dealership are the number 1 Mopar parts dealership in the world. We have became friends over the years and they are always so helpful and supportive.
Brad and Ryan will stay till Tuesday an get some fresh Royal Purple oil in the engines and mount a new K&N filter on the Challenger.
Thank you all for coming out to the event an support FD.
Samuel
Exciting Formula Drift debut for new Dodge team
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010ATTENTION NEWS, MOTORSPORT and AUTOMOTIVE EDITORS
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Exciting Formula Drift debut for new Dodge team
LONG BEACH, California (SAMUEL HÜBINETTE RACING) April 12, 2010) – This weekend marked an exciting debut for the two-car Dodge/BFG team at Round 1 of the 2010 Formula Drift season.
Team owner and driver Samuel Hübinette drove the new Dodge-BFGoodrich Challenger to sixth-place overall at the Long Beach season opener, collecting some solid points to start the year. A packed field saw nearly 50 cars and drivers competing for top series points at the event.
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Formula Drift Long Beach, Round 1
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Photo Credit to the worst photographer ever Ron Bermudez!
On February 10th we had a stock Dodge Challenger 2010 sitting on the drive way to ES Motorsports shop in Riverside California.
At that time we did not have much time to get ready to start building a whole new Drift/Race car.
So we had to find a engine builder, carbon fiber supplier, wheel sponsor and many other partners to make this happen.
With a lot of hard work from Team SHR-Dodge/BFG, ES Motorsports, Stack Performance, AIT Carbon and all the others that stepped up to the plate and believed in me. We ALL made this happen in a period of two months.
With only a few hours of testing at Adams Motorsport park two day days before the event, we qualified 8th and finished 6th over all in the championship chase. That is something we are very proud of.
Now we know what we need to start to work on to make the Challenger even faster to keep up with the smaller and lighter cars out there on the FD field.
The car was so much faster right out of the box then I expected. The cool thing with the Dodge Challenger is that it feels so much smaller when you drive it. And with the performance upgrade from the BFGoodrich KDW 335s in the rear it really helped me with the forward and sideways grip we needed. When you get out on a track surrounded with cement walls you really need to have trust in your “only contact” with the ground and that is the tires.
Now we will re group and start to prep for next weekends Long Beach GP demo.
It will be ACP, Pheiffer and myself for the team drift. ACP did great in the Viper he just need some more seat time and he will be golden. So the GP will be good for him because you get a lot of driving during that weekend.
2010 Dodge Challenger built
Friday, March 26th, 2010
Putting on the rear carbon fiber panels from AIT and getting the roof scoop in place.
We are now 1 day away from the tech day.
The suspension got all done over the weekend. The Weld wheels arrived on
Monday and we put on the BFGoodrich tires to put it on the ground.
AIT delivered the carbon fiber doors, fenders, hood and trunk on
Thursday. The engine was a week and a half delayed so that’s been
quite frustrating. The good thing is that we got to use another engine
for the engine mounts. The engine is arriving today…
The design wrap should arrive on Thursday from competition graphics
and be wrapped on Friday night.
At the same time we been working on our rig and truck. We got a 48″
trailer and a Dodge truck getting prepped too.
The Viper is waiting on parts to be modified for ACP. It is
competition ready but need to be prepped and fitted with his seats.
It’s all coming down to the last week and Brad an the boys at ES Motorsports are doing a great job to get the car ready in time.
The carbon fiber dashboard in it's place.
BFGoodrich tires and the Weld racing wheel ready to go
Getting the carbon fiber parts from AIT
ES motorsports in Riverside is helping us build the car
Drift Ya Later
Samuel
Two-time US drift champion takes on Japan
Friday, March 26th, 2010ATTENTION NEWS, MOTORSPORT and AUTOMOTIVE EDITORS
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Two-time US drift champion takes on Japan
TOKYO, Japan (Samuel Hübinette Racing; March 24, 2010) — Two-time drift champion Samuel Hübinette is in Japan this weekend to make a surprise appearance in the D1 Grand Prix championship drifting series.
“It’s an honor to be competing in Japan where the sport of drifting started,” said Hübinette. “The style is different here and I’m really looking forward to competing against these guys.”
Hübinette was expected to show some American muscle, taking on the largely Japanese field in a Dodge Viper, but the logistics of this round mean he will take part in a vehicle provided by D1 veteran Takahiro Ueno.
The event will pose some unique challenges for Hübinette, who said he expects to have only about an hour of testing in the right-hand drive car before the contest starts on Saturday.
“Being in a right-hand drive car definitely makes it more challenging,” said Hübinette. “In drifting you need to make quick adjustments and there is no time for thinking – you just have to react. It’s going to take some time to get used to having the e-brake and the gear shift on the left side.”
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Hübinette Forms Samuel Hübinette Racing, Announces Two-Car Team for 2010
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Newport Coast, Calif. (SAMUEL HÜBINETTE RACING) — Two-time Formula DRIFT (FD) champion Samuel Hübinette is returning to the FD series with a new factory-backed Dodge team in 2010.
After six successful seasons with the NuFormz Mopar/BFGoodrich team, Samuel Hübinette is moving on to a new chapter in his illustrious career. Hübinette will strike out on his own in 2010, forming his own racing operation, Samuel Hübinette Racing (SHR). With support from sponsors including Dodge and BFGoodrich tires, Hübinette’s SHR organization will field a two-car team for the 2010 FD season.
“This is a new chapter for us,” said Hübinette. “I’m very excited to be back in competition and to take on a new role as team owner this year.”
The veteran Hübinette will drift his new Dodge Challenger, while FD newcomer Andrew “ACP” Comrie-Picard will take the wheel of the team’s familiar Dodge Viper SRT10.
“We’re looking at a strong year and a strong team for 2010,” said Hübinette. “We’re pleased to bring the Dodge Challenger into the series, while still showing off the capabilities of the Dodge Viper. I’m excited to see what ACP can accomplish.”
Comrie-Picard is an accomplished rally driver who won the 2009 North American Rally Championship.
Both Hübinette and Comrie-Picard will be competing on BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW tires.
Turning the wrenches for both Comrie-Picard’s SHR-Dodge/BFG Viper and Hübinette’s Challenger is Brad Manka. The SHR crew chief maintained Hübinette’s NuFormz Viper during the 2008 and 2009 FD campaigns.
Hübinette has competed in the FD Series under the NuFormz Racing banner since the series’ inception in 2004, capturing two championships in his first three seasons. Hübinette to date owns the most wins (nine) of any FD Series driver.
The two-time FD champion was dealt an enormous blow when NuFormz team owner Shaun Carlson passed away suddenly last October. Hübinette will carry on in memory of his departed friend and colleague.
“Shaun’s tragic death was a shock to us all,” said Hübinette. “We hope to do him proud out there this season.”
ABOUT SAMUEL HÜBINETTE
A native Swede, Hübinette has been living and competing in the United States since 2001. He became a US citizen in 2006.
When he isn’t drifting, Hübinette is also a working stunt driver in car commercials and in Hollywood productions including the Fast and the Furious franchise, Crank2, and the upcoming film Knight and Day.
Hübinette developed a taste for speed in his native Sweden, where he earned a reputation for pushing snowmobiles, motorcycles and cars to their limits. He competed as a driver in Touring Car racing on a team for Volvo from 1997 through 2000 and worked for Volvo Cars for nine years as a stunt driver and test driver in product development for the company.
He has also worked as a performance driving instructor, including a three-year stint at the Skip Barber Racing School, where he was a member of the elite Special Product Group.
Last year Samuel became a “specialist reserved officer” with LAPD.
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Shaun Carlson Tribute
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Shaun Carlson Tribute from Formula DRIFT on Vimeo.
Samuel Hübinette Drift 2009 by Ross Fairfield
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Check out this video of Samuel Hübinette Drift season 2009 by Ross Fairfield.
Sam Hubinette 2009 from Ross Fairfield on Vimeo.
