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Round 3 // Pictures and Recap
August 17, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Round 3 had hands down the best tandem battles yet witnessed at an Evergreen Drift competition. Last season it wasn’t until the top 4 bracket did the tandem action start to get intense. This year, with the drivers and their cars advancing at a rapid pace the competition gets crazy at the great 8.
After a overcast and gray week Sunday brought clear sky and 70 degree temps. Perfect for a day at the track.
During the driver’s meeting Chief Judge Chris Emory instructed everyone to get as high up on the bank as possible for the best score. Many drivers obliged sliding at 60mph with their rear wheels just feet from the edge of the track.
Here Nikolay and Peter are mixing it up at the top.
My personal high line award goes to Rob Primo. First off, Primo was driving his ’street car’ which is a RHD converted with bone stock SR that is still running OEM sidemount intercooler. We now call him ‘Commander Primo’ as he has a brand new white drivers suit with his name and the US flag embroidered on the waste band which makes him look like the worlds tallest astronaut. It was quite a site to see ‘Commander Primo’ in a full race suit in his street car!
Anyways, during the top 16 round Rob was taking the high line literally. The last 1/4 of the bank he did a tail slide with both wheels off in the dirt and his frame rails scraping on the pavement edge! The amazing thing was he continued his drift with perfect speed and angle and completed a the rest of the run flawlessly!
No picture of the tail slide but but here is Commander Primo working all 200hp to the max.
The high line got really crazy in the free runs after the competition with every other driver dirt dropping the bank at full speed. I haven’t seen any photos yet of the dirt drops so photags - post them if you got them. I predict that more and more drivers will be going for the ‘dirt drop’ for the ultimate gangster line.
When we got to the top 8 the non-tandem drivers had been eliminated setting the sage for the best tandem battles of the year.
Trent Stromkins leads Victor Moore
Every competitor was going all out and there were so many rounds with the chase car only feet away from the lead car’s door from initiation to the last clip.
This was Nikolay’s first Evergreen Drift local competition in the now famous RB 180sx. Nikolay was putting on an insane smoke show and was having to do tire changes after 4 or 5 runs!
The top 4 finishers were sent out for a 4 car tandem victory lap.
After a ton of super close battles the Victor Moore emerged the winner of the day!
Victor dedicated the win to his grandfather who passed away just the day before the event. The Evergreen Drift staff gives our condolences to the Moore family.
The top 4 for Round 3 and their spoils!
- Victor Moore - $200
- Roland Gallagher - $150
- Peter Funatake - $120
- Nikolay Konstantinov - Longacre Racing Product Certificate
Full results and the updated season standings can be found in the results post.
Winning round 3 keeps Victor Moore in the championship lead. With only 1 more round to go can Victor hold on and become a repeat champion? One things for sure, he’ll have to earn it as the other drivers won’t let up one bit and anything can happen!
Whatever you do, don’t miss the Evergreen Drift Championship finale on September 13th!
Thank you to David Hintze of Gwag Design for the awesome photos.
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