So....Ummm first of all, I have to point out that it was FREAKING HOTTTTTTTT in NC!! It's a good thing I have lots of NOS coolers full of ICE and cold Nos to keep me happy. :o)
I had a GREAT time in NC...HIN turned out to be a great show...(especially after the sun went down, haha) and I also got to hang out with my BFF who lives down there now! SUCH a fun weekend...I had a good time at a few spots in Charlotte.
Enjoy the pics!! Next time, CHI-TOWN!
P.S.... I'm trying to upload other pics I have of the booth and forsberg's car....but they won't upload for some reason :o( Sowwwyy
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CORISSA'S NC RECAP
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Chris Forsberg and the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team headed to “Sin City” Las Vegas, NV for round four of the 2009 Formula Drift Pro Championship Series this last weekend. With outside temperatures soaring over 108 degrees and track temperatures over 150 degrees, the team fought the heat all weekend drinking NOS Energy Drink and water to keep cool and to give them the energy to be their best. The Las Vegas event in July is generally the hottest event of the year, but it never seems to stop the fans from coming out in droves. For the fourth straight event this year, Formula Drift saw record attendance as the series continues to prove it’s the largest, most competitive drift series in the world.
Formula Drift’s redesigned course provided the fans with some of the best drift action the series has had all year. The high heat during the day and the 50 degree cool off of the track at night caused the teams to work overtime chasing track conditions to find maximum grip. "The heat in Vegas is almost unbearable,” said Forsberg. “Our Mishimoto radiator helped keep us cool through our non-stop evening of tandem battles and multiple one more times! And thanks to our Maxxis tires, we never had to worry about our tires falling apart due to the ridiculous surface temperatures!"
Forsberg qualified the team into the 10th place position pairing them up against the always unpredictable and fast “Wild” Bill Sherman. Sherman was running strong in practice leading into the event, but the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team was able to edge him out advancing him to the “Top 16” bracket of tandem. Forsberg then defeated Michihiro Takatori to move into the “Great 8” where he lined up against Drift Alliance team mate and good friend Ryan Tuerck. Forsberg and Tuerck’s tandem battles were so close that the judges required them to run the course 3 separate times in order for them to determine the NOS Energy Drink 350Z the winner.
“Tuerck is my absolute favorite person to tandem with,” stated Forsberg. “He is so good, and so consistent, that I can follow him closely without ever having to worry about him making a mistake.”
The win also propelled Forsberg to the lead in the Championship standings.
In the “Final Four”, Forsberg fought against former Drift Champion, Ryuji Miki. Miki was able to edge out Forsberg sending him to the consolation round against Tyler McQuarrie to decide the third place position. Both Forsberg and McQuarrie battled hard and put down great runs. The two were so close the judges called a “One More Time” to decide a clear winner. Both drivers again came in with blazing speeds and deep angle, but the judges declared Forsberg the clear winner giving the NOS Energy Drink Drift Team their second podium this year and moving Forsberg to the top of the Championship points.
“We are very excited to be leading the Championship midway through the season,” said Forsberg. “My Team has worked very hard to put us in this position and I know we’ll have to keep it up. We have had some tough times in Seattle in the past 2 years, but we will learn from our mistakes and try our best to stay on top!"
The points Championship is heating up as the season moves past the half way point as Forsberg and the team hold a slim 13 point lead over Tuerck. The next round in the Formula Drift Pro Championship will be held at Monroe Speedway, in Monroe, WA on August 7th and 8th.
Team NOS Energy Drink Round 3 Result:
Chris Forsberg is 3rd Place
Team NOS Energy Drink Formula Drift Standings:
Chris Forsberg is 1st Place
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FORMULA DRIFT ROUND 4 - LAS VEGAS, N
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This past weekend our friends at Mitsubishi Motors North America put on their annual Mitsubishi Owners Day (M.O.D.) event. In short it’s a day for all diamond star lovers to come together and spend a day rooted in anything and everything Mitsubishi. Normally we are not able to attend this event due to scheduling and distance but this year we decided to come pay our friends at Mitsu a visit.
Mitsubishi officials greeted us on Friday as we rolled our NOS Energy Drink 3 car hauler into the lot. They had clearly been spending all day and then some on this event. After some heavy lifting and positioning we had the AMS/ NOS Energy Drink Drag car and Time Attack car along with the ACP/NOS Rally car all staged in front of our booth, directly across was none other than Ryan Gates extremely accomplished Blue AMS EVO X Modified Class Time Attack car making it quite a display!
The morning of the show was intense. Even though the show was not scheduled to start until 9am the event staff had to let people in at 6:30 as they were starting to back up into the intersection. By 10 am all 450 T-shirts we had brought were GONE! Our email sign up list....FILLED. We were taken back by how many EVO's were in attendance. Everyone was so nice and respectful; honestly you could not get a better crowd.
Road Race Engineering brought their Dynapack dynamometer out to the event for some exhibition runs. We were asked to put our Drag EVO on for a spin. After swapping out some old spark plugs the AMS/NOS Energy Drink Drag EVO was able to put down 1180AWHP at 47 psi establishing a new world horsepower record for the EVO!
All in all, this event was WELL worth the near 70 hours of driving across the country. The guys at Mitsubishi, fellow vendors, customers and friends all made us feel right at home in sunny CA. Also big thanks to our friend Luke Munnell from Import Tuner Magazine http://www.importtuner.com/index.html for the awesome pictures!
Next the AMS team heads to Colorado for the 2009 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb where David and Allison Kern will compete in the AMS/NOS Hill Climb EVO July 14-19. The AMS/ NOS Energy Time attack EVO is also scheduled to compete in the round 4 of Redline Time Attack in Nashville TN. July 25th & 26th.
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AMS sets a new horsepower record @ 2009 Mitsubishi Owners Day – Cypress CA.
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