I was on fire this weekend. The Nuformz/BFGoodrich Viper ran flawless and I had a lot of fun. Evergreen Speedway is definitely one of my favorite track on the FormulaD circuits.
I qualified 3rd on Friday and that put me up against my Team mate for this event, Pat Mourdant. Pat is a great young driver and he has his future before him.
I took of a little bit when leading him and I was close when following him. I moved on to Top 16. Props to Pat though for running so hard with that car!
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Today was a good day in the Nuformz/BFGoodrich Viper. I had a good practice in the morning and we did some changes to the Viper. After 2 good runs I qualified 3rd overall and i feel ready for the competition tomorrow!
Drift Ya Later!

1. Ryan Tuerck 80.3
2. Ross Petty 79.3
3. Sam Hubinette 77.7
4. Justin Pawlak 77.3
5. Daijiro Yoshihara 74.6
6. Tyler McQuarrie 74.6
7. Chris Forsberg 73
8. Tanner Foust 73
9. Vaughn Gittin Jr. 71.4
10. Darren McNamara 70.8
11. Taka Aono 70.8
12. Tony Brakohiapa 69
13. Eric O’Sullivan 68.1
14. Ken Gushi 67.9
15. Stephan Verdier 67.4
16. Robbie Nishida 67.1
17. Joon Maeng 66.8
18. Michihiro Takatori 63.6
19. Rhys Millen 63.5
20. Kenji Yaminaka 59.4
21. Kyle Mohan 58.7
22. Yasuomi Kondo 57.4
23. Michael Essa 55.6
24. Alex Pfeiffer 53.5
25. Tommy Suell 50.9
26. Calvin Wan 50.6
27. Ron Ewerth 43
28. Ryuji Miki 42
29. Jodin LeJeune 34
30. Patrick Mordaunt 20

I had a great day testing at Evergreen Speedway. The car ran really good and I felt fast out there.
After Las Vegas we found out that we were 175 hp down. With that extra power back the car feels very competetive. It should be a good weekend!

It turned out to be an interesting week at the round 3 event. We came out early to get some testing done on Wednesday to make sure we had the right gearing and set up.
I had not been on that track with the viper sense 2006. So I wanted to make sure we had everything under control.
Then on Friday for the qualification it was raining and collected a lot of water on the track, so FD decided to move it forward to the same day as the competition. It was the right thing to do. So Saturday we all got on the the track in the early morning and it was still a wet track but after some time it started to get better traction.

The power steering pipe broke and Team Nuformz did a great job fixing it in time

Due to rain today we had to move the qualification to Saturday morning. So we will have testing 8am in the morning and then after that go straight in to qualification.
We did go out to get a feel of the wet track and it was slow and not to exiting to watch. The great thing is that I am running on the KDW’s from BFGoodrich and they are wet and dry tires. So I definitely felt in control even in the wet condition sideways.
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Mopar(R) NuFormz Dodge Viper SRT10(R) Formula Drift (FD) driver Samuel Hübinette suffered an earlier-than-desired exit on Saturday, May 9 in the Round Two: Proving Ground FD event at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga. Hübinette earned one round win before losing to eventual event winner Chris Forsberg in the Top 16 round of tandem eliminations.

Team Mopar driver Samuel Hübinette scored one round win before losing in the Top 16 at the Formula Drift Round Two: Proving Ground event at Road Atlanta on Saturday, May 9. The crowd was the largest ever to attend a Formula Drift event at the venue.

After two great qualification runs Samuel took fifth out of 38 teams at Road Atlanta. Tomorrow it’s all about tandem and Samuel had several good tandem runs in the practice. He feels confident for tomorrows competition!

Team Mopar driver Samuel Hübinette owns a series-high nine career Formula Drift (FD) wins, yet the two-time champion (2004, 2006) hasn’t visited the top spot on the podium since his triumph in the June 2007 FD West Virginia event. The “Crazy Swede” will look to return to his winning ways and bring home his 10th career victory this weekend at the FD Round Two: Proving Ground battle. The event is scheduled for May 8–9 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga.

Team Mopar driver and two-time Formula Drift champion Samuel Hübinette is gunning for his first win since June 2007 at this weekend's FD Round Two: Proving Ground event, scheduled for May 8–9 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Ga.

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