Jun 15 2011

Drifting at Texas Motor Speedway

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We arrived Texas Motor Speedway on Thursday, June 9th to unload and prepare for the Ultimate Drift Demo before the Nascar Truck/Indy Race.  Here we are drifting in the scorching Texas heat along with fellow Formula Drift drivers.

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The Lucas Oil Nitto Tire S13.5 felt completely different with the new Megan Racing Suspension components. I’m glad that the suspension has a wide range of adjustability. The Megan Racing brakes worked perfect on the vehicle and stopped on a dime whenever I applied the brakes .

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Texas Flag flying in………

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Here at the autograph session taking pictures and getting to know new fans. They were all very excited for the Ultimate Drift event! Talking with the fans and seeing their positive reactions makes my day!

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Thanks for the pictures @ WhatMonstersDo.com and @ Driftfotos.com !

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All in all it was a successful event! All the drivers did a phenomenal job and gave a good show here at Texas Motor Speedway! It was good to see the Indy/Nascar Truck teams show interest during our drifting sessions! Thank you all for your support!

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Jun 7 2011

Ultimate Drifting in the Lucas Oil Nitto Tire S13.5

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 The Lucas Oil Nitto Tire S13.5 will be at Formula D Ultimate Drifting Pre-Race Spectacular out in Texas Motor Speedway on June 9-11th.  It’ll be great drifting in front of  thousands of INDYCAR race fans. I’m looking forward to this adventure! It’ll be my first time drifting at TMS. 

Ticket info and more details can be found HERE

 

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 The vehicle has been dropped off at the FD rig for transport on May 28th 2011. It’s going to be a busy but yet a fun month of June! I got a call from my good friend David and mentioned the temp out in Texas is around 100 Degrees Fahrenheit. So he made sure that I must hydrate myself ahead of time. I’m so thankful to have good friends and supporters around my life! Without them I wouldn’t be where I am now. Thank you all for always looking out and making it possible for me to go out to live the dream and passion!!

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Photos from Wrecked Magazine can be found here.

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All the new upgrades/mods have been installed at Road Race Engineering located in Santa Fe Springs Ca. With the help of S-Empire we installed a brand new Precision Turbo, New engine harness, Megan Racing Suspension, brakes, sway bars, bushings, Enjuku Racing Intake Manifold (ISIS) and the list goes on….

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Jun 7 2011

Formula D Palm Beach International Raceway

Team Bergenholtz Racing flew in early to Titan Motorsports and heading towards Palm Beach International Raceway. I was so pumped to be driving the Nitto Tire Mazda RX-8 at this new venue out in Florida!

 

 

 

Here is Ron Bergenholtz and Kurt Gasper working hard and preparing for the main Formula D event! It’s such a blessing to have a dedicated team and always to have an innovative outlook! Good rest during a race is very important so our team member Kurt was nice enough to let us stay at his place to recharge/refresh. Thanks Kurt!!

 

 

Photo above by : Bobby Luffman

 


The PBIR track was a simple and short layout. As long as the entry was on point the rest of the course was a jiffy. We ended up qualifying 9th with an 85.3 point run and a top entry speed of 91.4 MPH. The first turn was similar to Road Atlanta so our plan of attack was to come in backwards but at the same time not to kill too much speed. After the first clipping point there was a 2nd inner clipping point right after the transition, outer zone in front of the judging tower and then the last clipping point on the left before the finish line. It took only about 15 seconds to run through the entire course.

For the Top 32 Battle we were matched up with our Nitto Tire Teammate Charles Ng driving the Evasive Mazda RX-7. We knew it was going to be a great battle and a straight up match. After we lead the the first run Ed Bergenholtz on the radio said we need to push hard on the follow lap. So I did just that. But unfortunately on the straightaway there was a slight gap from a hiccup getting into 3rd gear so I initiated drifting a little later to make up the gap. We were right on Charles’s door but the judges docked us for the late initiation and unfortunately got eliminated earlier than expected.

It’s never an easy feeling to get out of the battle. But I know we have what it takes and can do better! I’m optimistic about the rest of the events and we’ll move forward!

 

 

It was great to meet and talk with all the fans out in Florida! I was impressed that Tyler in the photo above had a gift ready for me since last year! I’m amazed how fans traveled from Canada, Arizona, Colorado, etc. to cheer us on at the track! Thanks for all of your support and words of encouragements!

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