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Patrick Mordaunt completed his second season as a professional driver in Formula Drift in 2009.
Pat talks about how he got into drifting, his 2009 car - his 450/whp Nissan s14, his top 3 highlights of the season, and his plans for his third pro season in 2010.
Patrick Mordaunt 2009 Season from Will Roegge on Vimeo.
On the Dunlop Japan blog, this picture of a Blitz R35 GT-R drifting showed up in a post. Its hard to tell, as its a single picture, if it is the car that Blitz has been working on, or just a normal R35 GT-R getting sideways. I did a Google translate on the page, and nothing was very specific. The wheels look similar, but the graphics and hood are different from the car that was shown at TAS 2009.
There is a rendering of the “Dunlop D1 Skyline 2010” and its not an R35 GT-R, looks like the same old ER34 Skyline. So either the rendering is wrong, or the R35 is not ready to drift in 2010.
Source : Dunlop Blog
Former NHRA Pro Stock and Sport Compact racer Shaun Carlson died Oct. 4. He was 35. Carlson previously had been diagnosed with Brugada syndrome, also known as Sudden Unexpected Death Syndrome (SUDS), a genetic disease that is characterized by abnormal electrocardiogram findings and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death, but it is unknown whether that contributed to his death.
I had met Shaun back around 1997 when he was shooting a vehicle for Turbo Magazine. We were at Mile Square Park with our Astrovan, shooting for Sport Truck, and he was there. I had read his articles, and looked at his pictures in Turbo magazine. He had the long blonde hair, and was a few pounds lighter than over the last few years. Over the years at Import Drag race events, shows, SEMA , and later drifting, we had run into each other. We weren’t friends, but knew each other. He was a good guy, always smiling, always cool. Lots of people have been reacting with shock, and their tributes to Shaun. Its a shame, just taken too early.
Picture : Merritts Facebook
Walk around . Tuning an RB25DET powered S14. Turbonetics GTK-450 turbo. Power FC , LC-1. Datalogit. Dynojet. 440 whp/420 ft-lb . Having some issues with the boost controller controlling boost.
Center Line, Mich. — Mopar®, Chrysler LLC’s Parts division, announced it will end its majority sponsorship of the NuFormz Racing team, which competes in the Formula Drift (FD) Series. Mopar’s sponsorship of the NuFormz Racing team will conclude following the June 5–6 event at Wall (N.J.) Speedway.
“As part of Chrysler’s comprehensive restructuring plan to revitalize our business and succeed as a stronger car company, we’re rigorously reviewing all expenditures and making tough business decisions,” said Mike Accavitti, Director of Brand Marketing and Strategy, Chrysler LLC. “The decision to end Team Mopar’s sponsorship of NuFormz Racing was difficult because of our long-term relationship with the team and all of the success we’ve enjoyed competing in Formula Drift.
“We wish the team nothing but the best in the future,” Accavitti added. “At this time, we plan to continue supporting our other racing sponsorships into the foreseeable future.”
NuFormz Racing team owner Shaun Carlson and driver Samuel Hübinette have enjoyed long and illustrious careers competing under the Team Mopar banner. Carlson debuted with Team Mopar beginning in 2002 as a driver in the NHRA Sport Compact division. He went on to pilot the Team Mopar/SRT® Dodge Stratus R/T NHRA Pro Stock car for Don Schumacher Racing during the 2006 season.
Carlson and Hübinette teamed up in the FD Series in 2004 and quickly shot to the top of the emerging new motorsport. Hübinette claimed victory in the first-ever FD event in his Mopar Dodge Viper, maintained by Carlson, and went on to capture three of four 2004 events and the overall championship in the inaugural FD season. Hübinette, with Carlson as team owner, powered to his second FD championship in 2006. Hübinette, owner of a series-high nine career FD wins, also claimed runner-up finishes in the FD point standings in 2005 and 2008.
“I had a great eight-year run as a member of the Team Mopar family, and want to thank the company for all the great memories I’m taking away,” said Carlson. “It’s a tough decision, but given the current economic environment inside and outside of racing, I certainly understand it.
We’re going to work as hard as ever to cap off our success with Team Mopar with a convincing win at The Gauntlet race in early June.”
