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Grassroots #2 Videos

The video guys have finished some edits from the last Grassroots competition round.

Gaelen Norman, who usually shoots photos, took some time between his runs to film and then throw together this video.

The next video is from newcomer Will Nakassa. It opens with a pan of the top 16 opening ceremonies which is why you see a bunch of the drivers with their hands on their hearts for the national anthem. Will doesn’t have the full HD setup that some of our other video guys do but he pulls it off with a lo-fi feel. A cool edit with some Black Sabbath!

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Grassroots Championship Round 2 // Flash results and Media

Congratulations to the Round 2 podium finishers!

1. ‘Miata’ Mike Lukomskiy  - $200
   

2. Tyler Grimsley (+ Top Qualifier) - $150 + $25 Longacre Certificate and Mechanics Gloves for Top Qualifier
   

3. 3rd - Nick Schnell - $120
   

Event results for all drivers can be found here.

After 2 of three rounds Mike Lukomskiy is now leading with 202 points. Right behind him is Tyler Grimsley (159), Nick Schnell (146), and Chris Armstrong (140). With only one more round left in the Grassroots Championship we’ll see who can take the top honors home. Can Mikes winning streak be stopped? Will some new driver show up and take points away from the current leaders? Looks like we’ll have to wait till 9/12 to find out!

Thanks to all the drivers, fans, and especially the workers pulling double shifts!

And thanks to all the photographers and media. Check out these galleries for more action and check back for video as it gets finished!

• Griffin Ross
• Yoshi Shindo
• C.Mondoy
• Brandon Thai
• Photo Finish Media

Miata Mike FTW -

Top 16 Lineup -

Next up: ProAm Round #4 on Friday 8/13. See you there!

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ProAm #3 full results posted

Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm Championship //

Round #3 - 7/10/2010

Results

Results
1st	Kyle Pollard
2nd	Nik Jimenez
3rd	Kohei Nakamura

Top Qualifier: Peter Funatake

These results put Peter Funatake in 1st place for the championship and the FD License with Mike Phillips hot on his heels only 15 points behind with only 2 rounds left to go!

Washington has jumped solidly in the lead of the Regional points race with 636.5 points and Oregon trails at 454 and BC at 374.25.

Check the ProAm Season Standings page to see how your favorite driver is doing. With 2 rounds left in August and September it’s still anyone’s game and there is a chance for a new driver to jump in and dominate Rounds #4 and #5 and still walk away with an invite to ProAm Nationals.  Paging Rob Primo!

Hit the jump for more details ~

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ProAm #3 flash results!

An epic round of Evergreen Drift ProAm is in the books.

Final results are:

1. Kyle Pollard
2. Nik Jimenez
3. Kohei Nakamura
4. Peter Funatake

Kyle had only driven in one drift event in over 2 years prior this ProAm round and had never slid the 5/8ths bank. He was driving a borrowed car that just had ITBs installed and the ECU tuned a couple days before the event (this means he was risking mechanical issues with untested upgrades for those not up on the jargon). Even with 176HP at the wheels from a Honda S2000 engine swap the Corolla was still underpowered for the mega sized FD pro course but Kyle quickly figured out how to make it work and drifted to the top of the podium! Outstanding.

Stay tuned for more media, pictures, and full results.

Watch FD live all day on the DriftStream - http://www.justin.tv/driftstream

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ProAm Round #3 Qualifying Results

The Qualifying results are in from Round 3 Evergreen Drift ProAm.

1. Peter Funatake
2. Kohei Nakamura
3. Kyle Pollard
4. Nik Jimenez
5. Andrew Coomes
6. Mike Phillips
7. Walker Wilkerson

Practice and qualifying was eventful with wall taps and mechanical gremlins for many drivers but everyone has pushed forward and all cars are set to take the track tomorrow.

The tandem eliminations start at 1pm this Saturday the 10th so don’t miss the action as the drivers go door to door for the champagne.

Nikolay Konstantinov was the only Northwest pro to make the FD top 32. Roland’s transmission blew just before qualifying, Ian was just edged out of the 32, and Victor missed the cut as well. Congratulations to Nikolay for being the first ever Evergreen Drift driver to qualify in an FD top 32! Full FD results here.

Check out the Photo Finish Media gallery for early pictures from Thursday and qualifying today.

Stop by the Evergreen Drift booth for free stickers and to enter the free raffle to win Longacre racing hats and mechanics gloves!

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Kohei strikes gold again in ProAm Round #2

Straight off of winning the Evergreen Drift Grassrooots Championship Round #1 Kohei Nakamura returns and takes 1st place in ProAm Round #2!

The podium results were:

• 1st - Kohei Nakamura
• 2nd - Peter Funatake
• 3rd - Mike Phillips
• Top Qualifier - Peter Funatake

Full detailed results for all Round #2 drivers -  2010 Evergreen ProAm Round 2 Results

These results put Peter Funatake in 1st place for the season after two rounds but Mike Phillips is only 3 points behind him for both the overall Championship and the Formula Drift license points races. With 3 rounds to go it’s still anyone’s game.

Oregon has also jumped into the lead for Regional points series with Washington 2nd. BC has jumped up back into contention thanks to the 3 drivers that participated in this event and only 22.75 points separate BC from Oregon.

Check out the Season Championship Points page to see how all the points races are shaking out.

Besides points the podium drivers earned the following swag for their efforts.

First Place took home -

• $300
• Longacre tire pressure gauge
• Liquid Chill  from Mishimoto

Second place got -

• $200
• Liquid Chill  from Mishimoto

Third Place scored -

• $150
• Liquid Chill  from Mishimoto

Top qualifier Peter Funatake received a $25 product certificate from Longacre Racing.

We expect some video recaps and for the time being you can take a peek at these galleries from the event -

• Griffin Ross
• Gwag Designs
• JReading
• Gaelen Norman

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ProAm Prizes

The Evergreen Drift crew has been working hard and several sponsors have stepped up to offer some great prizes for the proam.

Of course the main objective for the drivers is the four invitations to the ProAm National finals at Firebird Raceway near Phoenix, AZ on December 5th. If a driver that already has an invite finishes in the top four the invite will go to the next highest placed driver.

To sweeten the deal for the drivers Exedy Globalparts USA will award the top placing amateur driver with $1,000! To qualify for the contingency, drivers must run the required Exedy Decal.

For the podium finishers the following prizes will be awarded.

• 1st - 1/2 inch Snap On 18v impact wrench
• 2nd - Longacre Temperature Compensated Digital Tire Pressure Gauge
• 3rd - Special Edition Speedware Motorsports Sparco Tide gloves ($189 MSRP). $25 gift certificate and T-Shirt from Full Throttle Bottles

All drivers that pre-register online will receive a gift certificate to Canyons Restaurant. Canyons is located just down the street from the speedway and is the official afterparty spot of Evergreen Drift.

There is still time for driver to register so if you meet the ProAm rules requirements and want to battle against the best drivers the Northwest has to offer sign up at the registration page ASAP!

If you are a sponsor and would like to partner with Evergreen Drift for the ProAm event please contact us at drift@evergreendrift.com.