What a turn of events at Formula Drift Long Beach! Due to the weather, safety officials and drivers have decided to forgo qualifying runs. Due to the rain in Long Beach it was decided that it wouldn’t be safe to continue with qualifying for competition, mainly due to the nature of the course.
The Long Beach event is held at turns 9, 10, and 11 of the Long Beach Grand Prix course. If you’ve never watched the Long Beach Grand Prix, the turns are walled off heavily for spectator protection. Competition will happen rain or shine tomorrow, the safety officials just want to see every car make it to competition. The qualifying chart will go back to the 2015 results, and the new drivers will bring up the rear to complete the 32 car bracket. The drivers are placed as follows.
- Fredric Aasbo
- Ken Gushi
- Chris Forsberg
- Ryan Tuerck
- Odi Backhis
- Justin Pawlak
- Forrest Wang
- Matt Field
- Alec Hohnadell
- Kenneth Moen
- Vaughn Gittin Jr.
- Dean Kearney
- Tyler McQuarrie
- Chelsea DeNofa
- Pat Goodin
- Pat Mordaunt
- Mad Mike Whiddett
- Charles Ng
- Geoff Stoneback
- Dai Yoshihara
- Jhonnattan Castro
- Robbie Nishida
- Michael Essa
- Kristaps Bluss
- Kyle Mohan
- Matt Coffman
- Jeff Jones
- Alex Heilbrunn
- Juha Rintanen
- Cameron Moore
- Faruk Kugay
- Shengjun Zhang
Drivers will face off in the qualifying brackets as usual, here’s the list of how things will go down.
Freric Aasbo vs. Shangjun Zhang
Pat Mordaunt vs. Mad Mike Whiddett
Matt Field vs. Kyle Mohan
Alec Hohnadell vs. Kristaps Bluss
Ryan Tuerck vs. Juha Rintanen
Tyler McQuarrie vs. Dai Yoshihara
Odi Backhis vs. Alex Heilbrunn
Dean Kearney vs. Jhonnattan Castro
Ken Gushi vs. Faruk Kugay
Pat Goodin vs. Charles Ng
Forrest Wang vs. Robbie Nishida
Kenneth Moen vs. Michael Essa
Chris Forsberg vs. Cameron Moore
Chelsea Denofa vs. Geoff Stoneback
Justin Pawlak vs. Jeff Jones
Vaughn Gittin Jr. vs. Robbie Nishida
Competition starts tomorrow with the top 32 at 11 AM, the Final 16 face off at 3:30 PM. All times are Pacific Standard Time.
If you’d like to watch competition live, check out http://www.formulad.com/live
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