The Season Ending

Hey Everyone,

So today marked the final round of Thunder Drift ProAm. The course we drifted today was an awesome layout, even for an unpowered / heavy car like my Lexus. I had scored my highest qualify points total yet, which was 66 out of 100 possible, which was enough to put me in 9th place in the Tandem brackets for Top 16. I was matched up against Adam Swan in his SR20DET powered S13 hatch. Adam led the first run and due to my incosistent front coilover I was not pleased with my follow run. Then it came my time to lead and even then I was not super thrilled, but I had gapped Adam some and he too did not like his follow run. We both figured it would go into a OMT (one more time), but the judges announced Adam as the driver that advances. In the end I know what I did wrong and I am happy Adam advanced.

My teammate and good friend Lexis King (White FC3S RX7) qualified 10th place and would be going against points contender Gabe Stone in his Blu808 LSX powered Camaro. After various OMT's, Stone was out and Lexis advanced. He was then up against Josh Kravitz in his old school Datsun 510 powered by a supercharged KA 240sx engine. Also once again Lex advances forward into the Final 4! This then put him up against Julian Jacobs in another SR powered 240sx. If you haven't guessed it by now, he advanced once again. This would guarantee him at least 2nd place. The final Tandem battle was between Adam Swan (Who beat me in the Top 16) and Lex! In the end Adam Swan took 1st place, but I am thrilled at Lex's performance and his first podium in this series.

Congrats buddy:

I will post more media as it gets released. Make sure to check out the Auto RnD website via the logo box on the right of my blog.

-Joe

The Past Few Months: ProAm via Thunder Drift

Hey Everyone,

So these past few months I have been hard at work changing things in my automotive life. I have competed in three rounds of a Formula D sanctioned ProAm series called Thunder Drift ProAm. The structure and judging criteria is just like Formula D and has practice, qualify, and Tandem competition through a bracket system. This is one of the first big steps needed to achieve my goal of becoming a Formula D licensed drifter.

Another big step was acquiring supporters and sponsors. Big thank you goes out to my long time friend a Pro Time Attack Driver, Jeff Westphal for helping me put proper proposals together. You can view my Supporters/Sponsors and their respective websites via the tab on the right of my blog.

The car has undergone a huge transformation due to new suspension parts and being fully gutted out with a cage in the interiors place.

Upcoming Events:

9-14-2011 Sonoma Drift
9-15-2011 Round 5 of 5 Thunder Drift ProAm

More to come later: