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Evergreen Drift NW ProAm Championship // Flash Results

The tire smoke has settled on the 2010 Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm Championship.

Congratulations to the Round 5 podium finishers:

1. Kyle Pollard (Top Qualifier)
2. Andrew Coomes
3. Mike Phillips

Full Round 5 results here.

Evergreen Drift thanks Longacre Racing and Campbell Nelson Nissan for their continued support.

With all 5 rounds in the bag we have the season results and Formula Drift license and invite results:

1. Peter Funatake - Formula Drift Pro License
2. Mike Phillips - ProAm Nationals Invitation
3. Andrew Coomes - ProAm Nationals Invitation
4. Kyle Pollard - ProAm Nationals Invitation
5. Nik Jimenez - ProAm Nationals Invitation

Full 2010 Season Results here.

The Wild Card invite is still in deliberation and will be announced shortly!

Our media guys are busy posting all the photos from the event so check back for more media and hit Leon Cheung’s Flickr set from the event.

We look forward to the ProAm nationals in October and will be rooting for all the Evergreen Drift drivers to bring home even more Formula Drift Pro licenses!

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9/3 - Evergreen ProAm and OPEN DRIFT Finale

On Friday, September 3rd the Evergreen Drift ProAm competitors will face each other for the final time in 2010 to determine who takes the championship, the Formula Drift Pro license, and the ProAm Nationals invitations.  The coveted license will be awarded to the season champion and invitations to Nationals are awarded to 2nd through 5th place season finishers with one wild card invite to be awarded by Evergreen Drift officials.

The current standings for the top contenders are:

1. Peter Funatake - 349 points
2. Mike Phillips - 308
3. Andrew Coomes - 274
4. Kohei Nakamura - 192
5. Kyle Pollard - 171
6. Nik Jimenez - 157
7. Walker Wilkerson - 150
8. Trent Stromkins - 104

The points are close and drivers will be forced to go all in and leave nothing on the table to earn the prize in the unpredictable game of ProAm competition.

To top it off we are holding an Open Drift in conjunction with the ProAm event for even more drift action. It is the very last open drift of 2010 and the last chance to practice for the final round of the Grassroots Competition series which has it’s final round on 9/12.

This is also the last chance to participate in the NWN All Forum car meet. Come to the back gate, park in the pits, and show off your car. Forums are encouraged to roll in together and rep your community. Beat the fair parking and park in the pits!

Start Labor Day weekend early and enjoy drifting!

Due to the Fair there are some changes to prices, parking, and schedules so be sure to check these details!

NOTE: Traffic in Monroe is heavy during the fair so please leave early and allow extra travel time! We recommend  you carpool to save on parking costs and hassles!

Schedule:

• 12pm - Back Pit Gates Open
• 1 pm - Open Drift and ProAm practice Starts
• 4 pm - Front Gates Open for Fair Combo Tickets
• 6:30 pm - ProAm Qualifying
• 8 pm - ProAm Opening Ceremonies
• 9:30 pm - ProAm Podium

Pricing:

Fair/Race Combo Tickets

• What: Ticket for Fair and Drifting
• Where: Tickets only available at Fair Ticket Booths on the 3rd (no advanced ticket sales). Entry through fair gates and front of Grandstands
• When: Fair hours 10am - 10pm. Carnival hours 11am - 11pm.  Speedway Grandstand gates open at 4pm (No entry to Speedway Grandstands prior to 4pm).
• Parking: Park in main fair parking lots. $8 per car. No Re-entry.
• Prices:
  • Adult (16 - 61): $12
  • Youth (6 - 15): $8
  • Seniors (62+): $8
  • 5 & under: FREE

Back Gate Entry

• What: Entry for drivers, pit crew, forum car meet participants, and fans.
• Where: The back pit gate. See the Registration Page for directions.
  
• When: 12pm until 8pm
• Parking: 1 car included with driver entry fee, Hot Pit Pass, or Forum Meet Entry
• Prices:
  • ProAm Competitor - $150
  • Open Drift Driver - $80
  • Hot Pit Pass (Driver Crew Only) - $20
  • Spectator with Car - $15
  • Spectator - $10

For additional information, directions, and special event details see the ProAm Event Info page.

Don’t miss this last chance for open drift and witness the final battles of the 2010 Evergreen ProAm Championship!

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Evergreen ProAm Round #4 - Results

Congratulations to the winners of ProAm Round #4!

1. Trent Stromkins - $300 and $25 Longacre Racing Certificate
2. Peter Funatake - $200
3. Walker Wilkerson - $150

• Top Qualifier - Walker Wilkerson - Longacre Racing Tire Pressure Gauge

The lineup featured ProAm drivers from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia:

• Andrew Coomes
• Peter Funatake
• Mike Phillips
• Nik Jimenez
• Kyle Pollard
• Trent Stromkins
• Walker Wilkerson

Walker has jumped into ProAm mid-season and made the podium in his 2nd showing. He took top qualifier honors for round 4 and has proven to be a tough adversary straight out of the gate.

Trent is a 5/8ths OG and 2009 FD ProAm Nationals veteran. This is is first Evergreen event this season due to engine rebuilding woes. With is car back together he drove down from BC by himself to compete just for fun.

The final battle took 2 one more time rounds to settle as both drivers made errors due to mechanical difficulties. Peter Funatake lost power steering and Trent had a loose downpipe that caused him to lose power if he let the engine drop below 4000 rpm. Both drivers had to use all their skill to drive around these problems.

It was a tough decision but the judges chose Trent for his consistent wall riding high speed lines on the bank.

The season standings have been updated and with one more round to go Peter Funatake’s second place finish keeps him in first place overall ahead of Mike Phillips by 41 points. With the drivers all gunning to finish in the top 5 to earn the invitations to ProAm nationals anything could happen at the final round on September 3rd. Sunset is starting earlier and it will be a showdown under the Friday night lights that drift fans won’t want to miss.

Evergreen Drift would like to thank all the dedicated fans, volunteers, sponsors, and drivers that make these events so great!

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Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm Championship // Round #

After Round #3 the battle is on! The top two competitors are within 15 points of each other, let’s see who will get closer to their professional FD license at the end of this round Mike Phillips or Peter Funatake.

Washington maintains it’s substantial lead over Oregon and BC in the regional points race. You can see where everyone stands on the ProAm results page.

Check out all the action and find out who will emerge victorious in this fourth round of the championship.

• Got a cool car? All forums and enthusiasts are again invited to park in the pits to show off your ride in the Northwest Nissans hosted All Forum Showoff Meet. If you are interested in being the organizer for your forum email drift@evergreendrift.com for more details and we’ll give your group a shout out over the PA!

Click through to the event details page for full event information including online pre-registration for drivers and media, schedule, prices, and car meet details.

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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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Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm Championship // Round #3

Drivers - It’s not too late to register to drive in this unique ProAm event.

Fans - Your Formula D Seattle tickets include admission to the Round #3 ProAm. Be sure to be in the stands to cheer on your local drivers!

Media - All media credentials are through FD. Evergreen is not able to grant any media passes for this event but you can register so we can be sure to promote your work on EvergreenDrift.com

For full event details see the official event page.

Stop by the ProAm pits, Evergreen Drift, and NWN booths to say hi!

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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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Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm Championship // Round #2

After Round #1 Ian Fournier is leading the overall championship points while Mike Phillips is the highest ranked amateur in the quest for the Formula Drift professional license that’s up for grabs to the season’s top finishing amateur champion.

Washington has a substantial lead over Oregon and BC in the regional points race. You can see where everyone stands on the ProAm results page.

Check out all the action and find out who will emerge victorious in this second round to the championship.

• Got a cool car? All forums and enthusiasts are again invited to park in the pits to show off your ride in the Northwest Nissans hosted All Forum Showoff Meet. If you are interested in being the organizer for your forum email drift@evergreendrift.com for more details and we’ll give your group a shout out over the PA!
• For Round #2 we have a very special contest on tap. NOS Energy Drinks is bringing out their mobile gaming rig for the Road to Formula D contest. Earn a chance to win a $2,000 car upgrade gift certificate, a ride along with Formula D Champion Chris Forsberg, Xbox360, Need for Speed – Shift video game, Griot’s Garage Complete Car Care System, and a year supply of NOS Energy Drink! Qualify on the Need for Speed Shift time attack challenge at this NOS Energy Drink event stop and earn a spot to become the CHAMPION on July 10, 2010 @ Formula Drift: Round 4

Click through to the event details page for full event information including online pre-registration for drivers and media, schedule, prices, NOS contest, and car meet details.

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