Three returning champs with nine titles among them join a host of newcomers and other veterans for an exciting start to a milestone year.
, Calif., 30 drivers in purpose-built drift cars battled it out for the best start to the eight-event season. With two spots unfilled on the Pro grid, number-one qualifier Ryan Tuerck and three-time champ Irishman James Deane got byes in the first round.
The rules further say that you get 10 minutes to fix anything that breaks in a crash, plus your choice of another five-minutes you can take any time for whatever reason you want to. It took Field’s “Drift Cave” crew seemingly forever to get the hood off Field’s Corvette because of the impact. Then they had to figure out which broken things they had time to fix.
Yes Field, perhaps anticipating just such a crash, had in the offseason commissioned a CAD-designed entirely new front structure for his Corvette that would allow quick repairs and replacements of busted parts, like intercoolers and steering boxes. It worked! The advantage of Formula Drift over other motorsports series is that it not only attracts the critical 18-24-year-old demographic, but deals almost exclusively in it. And the series continues to draw in more viewers, participants both in its Pro and Prospec categories, as well as increasing this season’s prize money.
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