Atlanta is a favorite track for many of the drivers in Formula Drift and for fans alike.  This is mostly because of a long downhill straight that leads into a drift-purpose built “horseshoe” turn.  This layout lends itself to some very high speed qualifying runs and tight tandem battles.  However things got a little too tight when Vaughn Gittin Jr. went up against Fredric Aasbo. 

Just as the first run was to begin with Fredric leading, Vaughn Gittin Jr. managed to literally run over the front end of Aasbo Scion.  The amazing part is both drivers managed to keep drifting!  Although Aasbo’s Scion was damaged so he limped through his second run giving Gittin the win.  We have a feeling this incident will be talked about for a long time.

When the action continued it was Daigo Saito who took on all challengers to get the victory.  Darren McNamara took second place and Vaughn Gittin Jr taking third.  Gittin’s podium puts him on top of the points standings, thanks in part to Dai Yoshihara’s early exit in the top 32 battles.

Next up on the schedule is round 3 in Palm Beach, FL.  If round 2 was any indication of things to come, the next round is going to be epic!

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Formula Drift returned to the ATL over the weekend for Round 2 AKA “Road To The Championship” as the grid continues to battle it out for supremacy.  To mix things up the judges changed the layout of the track by having drivers go around the “horseshoe” first instead of at the end which made for some interesting tandem battles.  When the smoke cleared the podium was almost a repeat of Long Beach with Justin “JTP” Pawlak taking the win and Daigo Saito taking third.  However, it was Fredric Aasbo who captured second place instead of Dai Yoshihara (who lost in top 32 to Ryan Tuerck).  The results give JTP a comfortable points lead with 209 total putting him 51.5 points ahead of new second place points holder Daigo Saito while Dai Yoshihara has fallen back to 7th place in points with 118.  If the 2011 champ has any hopes of repeating he has his work cut out for him, meanwhile JTP better watch his back for Daigo as it is more than obvious that he has a very good chance at taking the title in his rookie year!

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