April 26th Round 1 Competition w. GaelenNorman.ca

Photo’s by Gaelen Norman

Yoshi Shindo Coverage @ Evergreen Drift - Round 1 Championship

April 26th 2009 - Round 1 Results

Here are the results from Evergreen Drift Championship Round 1 competition.

Results
1st	Ian Fournier
2nd	Victor Moore
3rd	Trent Stromkins
4th	Zach Hornberger

Top Qualifier: Victor Moore

2009 Season Standings

Round 1 Detailed Results
Check out the photos at these locations:

Griffin Ross

Gaelen Norman

Yoshi Shindo

Afro Matt

Photo: Adam Subitch

Round 1 Qualifying Scores

Car #	Driver	Score		Car #	Driver	Score
23	Victor Moore	90		114	BrendanTherriault	54
64	Ian Fournier	83		52	Mike Philips	43
34	Peter Funatake	82		112	Andrew Coomes	41
111	Chris Jeanneret	82		177	Pete Shroeder	40
137	Artur Sarkissian	76		81	Russell O’Connell	38
36	Chris Scremin	76		4	Mark Couts	37
99	Roland Gallagher	75		140	Scott Goodman	34
93	Gleb Antanov	74		132	Kyle Flammang	29
54	Earl Smith	72		6	Tony Carreon	29
25	Tyler Archuleta	72		68	Roland Edgar	25
187	Ryan Massrey	69		129	Garrett Therriault	17
94	Ricky Henderson	68		40	Julia O’Connell	10
147	Zach Hornberger	67		22	Eddi Hughes	0
100	Trent Stromkins	66		104	Jai Flores	0
66	Walker Wilkerson	65		15	Jay Lawlor	0
76	Justin Elin	64		32	Kelly Thorpe	0
133	Pat Lee	63		125	Nathan Randal	0
8	Nick Jimenez	62		56	Tyler Kabe	0
7	Rob Primo	60		146	Steven Thompson	0
135	Dustin King	57

Aftermath! Photography Duo - Danny Sullivan and Yoshi Shindo! @ Evergreen Drift - April 19th

Siam’s S13 - Snap back understeer. Best of wishes.

Danny Sullivan and Yoshi Shindo hit the track last Sunday to cover the Evergreen Drift open practice session. With Round 1 of the Evergreen Drift Championship coming up fast on April 26th, drivers get their last second 6 hour practice in. The event was packed full of Pink Power Ranger action (Ms. Laura Lee), Team Instant Party and Drift Safari invasion.

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Evergreen Drift Championship // Round 1

The time is upon us - The start of Evergreen Drift’s 5 round season championship.

Be there on Sunday 4/26 to watch the season kickoff for the 2nd annual championship series.

Drivers will test their skills and battle for points on the road to becoming the Evergreen Drift Champion.

Event Info //

* Date - 4/26/09
* Location - Evergreen Speedway at the fairgrounds in Monroe, WA
* Drifting from 11am to 5pm
* Pit gate opens at 9am and close at 12pm
* Drivers - $100
* Pit pass - $30
* Grandstands - $10 (Kids under 12 Free!)

Full driver information is on the Registration Page.

Last year Victor Moore provided the consistent high quality runs required to become the 2008 champion and earn an invite to the Formula Drift ProAm qualifier in Long Beach.

This year the talent is better than ever, the cars are more extreme, and the action will be more intense with changes to the competition format.

Changes for this year include:

Two Classes >

// 5/8th class - Tandem battles on the full sized FD course. 80 MPH 4th gear entry speeds and no room for mistakes with the best drivers in the Northwest gunning for ProAm glory.

// 3/8ths class - This class gives all skill levels a chance to compete. If you can pass tech you have a shot at winning. For those who do not have a cage and cannot tandem our Pseudo Tandem elimination format allows all drivers the opportunity to compete head to head in bracket eliminations with a shot at the podium.

// Top 32 Tandem - We are expanding from top 16 to top 32 bracket eliminations. That means more head to head competition and a bigger gauntlet for the top guns to reach the podium.

When the tire smoke settles trophies, cash, and product certificates will be awarded to the top 4 finishers  and top qualifier in each class.

Ditch that boring baseball game and come watch Evergreen Drift drivers put on a killer show.

Don’t believe it? Watch Abbitt Wilkerson video from the Round 3 of 2008 for proof.

Evegreen Drift Event September 1st, 2008 from Abbitt Wilkerson on Vimeo.

Presented by:

Open Drift - Sunday 4/19

This Sunday is the last open drift session before the start of the 2009 Evergreen Drift championship series.

Drivers // get in gear and take advantage of the last chance to dust off your skills and shake down your winter builds before the competition hits.

Fans // come on out and watch the Northwest finest drifters going at it.

Details //

• Date - 4/19/09
• Location - Evergreen Speedway at the fairgrounds in Monroe, WA
• Drifting from 11am to 5pm
• Pit gate opens at 9am
• Drivers - $80
• Pit pass - $30
• Grandstands - $10 (Kids under 12 Free!)

Full driver information is on the Registration Page

The last event was a ton of fun with LOTS of runs for all. If you are a 5/8ths driver get on out as the Canadians were lonely out there.

See you at theTrack!

Thanks to our sponsors:

Earl Smith In The 2009 Drift Office S13

On April 5th, Earl Smith from Comrades and Drift Office took me for a spin in the new Drift Office S13. Earl’s going all the way in 2009, retiring the lovely RX7 and picking up something with a little bit more torque. I asked him on the starting grid during the live interview, “Earl, whats the big difference between the S13 and your FC?” Earl responded, “It’s like my RX7 hyped up on steroids.”

With a swapped in SR20DET, they bolted on a 2871R, popped in 550ccinjectors and topped it off with a Enthalpy Rom Tune. The piping features a Tial BOV, Intake and Greddy FMIC. The team at Drift Office did a good job with this SR. On the dyno, they threw down impressive numbers, pushing out 334hp and 248lbs of torque.

Photo by Danny Sullivan

Powertrain

• SR20DET
• 2871R
• 550cc Injectors
• Enthalpy ROM Tune
• Tial BOV
• Intake
• Greddy FMIC

Drivetrain

• Exedy 3-puck
• Kaaz 2-way

Suspension

• Tanabe Sustec Pro 7 Coilovers
• Subframe spacers
• Traction rods

Exterior

• Full Vertex Aero
• Altezza Tailights (I insisted)

If you have any questions about aftermarket products and recommendations, feel free to contact Bob at Drift Office.

If you are a local driver, feel free to submit specs, photos and video to: hughes@nissanpacific.com

Drift Office
Suite #6 4040 Auburn Way North
Auburn, Wa 98002
Tel: 253 520 3888

Abbitt Wilkerson’s - Team Instant Party Promo

Abbitt is at it again, as he collaberates with local drivers, Team Instant Party, to throw together a short flick. Some of the footage was clocked at the April 5th event, enjoy!

Drivers Featured: Walker Wilkerson, Mark Couts, Roland Gallagher, and Gleb Antonov!

Team Instant Party Promo from Abbitt Wilkerson on Vimeo.

Yoshi Shindo - April 5th Exhibition

As many of you know, I covered the event Sunday April 5th via Twitter with behind the scene pictures. Meanwhile, Yoshi Shindo followed up on all the action by posting photos on his Flickr. Check’em out below or click here.

Behind The Scenes w. Eddi Hughes

If you haven’t caught the Twitter bug, I’d advise you to stay away. But if you feel like following me on Twitter, by all means.

Saturday April 4th, I decided to buy an iPhone. Now I’ll be eating Ramen and rice for a while, as I save up for my coilovers. I figured out that the App TwitterFon enables users to take photos with the camera and tweet them out. The announcers, Matt Risher and Ross Churlin were up in the booth getting live updates as I posted photos. If you were spectating in the grand stands, you probably heard me giving interviews and live commentary mid-drift. I apologies in advanced if I slurred my words, I couldn’t keep my breath.

This here is Ian Fournier, he’s 21, drives for Team Canada (Drift Safari), TheSkylineShop.com and DriversEdgeAutosport.com - As you can tell, he’s passionate about this sport.

Give credit to Walker Wilkerson, Mark and Gleb Antonav keep giving it their all. Team Instant Party is here to stay.

Nick, aka “Kiwi Killer” qualifies for Hellaflush, the problem is trying to get him on the site. Fail

Who’s this!? AngryEarl Smith in an S13!?

Gleb “Smoke for Days” Antonav rocking the widebody 180sx, waiting on paint.

This here is Trent Stromkins of Drift Safari, he drives for ShowStoppersUSA.com WheelsWest.ca TechnoToyTuning.com DriversEdgeAutosport.com - in the SR-Rolla, believe me: it’s fast!

The Drivers Meeting, 10:45AM Sharp!

If your serious, and you want in at ProAm, you’ll want to learn how to drift the “Big Boys Bank” aka 4th gear on the 5/8ths. Dress code strictly enforced.

Roland Gallagher of Team Instant Party not drifting, he’s just mean muggin.

Trent’s tire after 4 runs on the 5/8ths. These tires are totaled out.

Gaelen Norman from GaelenNorman.ca and covering the event.

Earl Smith from Drift Office and Tire Dogs locked & loaded!

WHOA! NO HE’S NOT!

Here’s the Mad JDM Solution.

How do you like the BN Sport Ferrari Hatch on a true 180SX? According to BN Sports Japan, there were only 10 Ferrari Hatch’s imported into the U.S.

Matt Risher, Ross Churlin, Tristan and Nicolai up in the announcers booth enjoying the view.

Well, lets just say this. April 19th is the next Open Drift event, April 26th is Round 1 of the Evergreen Drift Championship. To all the spectators, drivers, sponsors and Johnson Productions, thank you!