EVENT // FORMULA DRIFT PRO-AM @ IRWINDALE

Last weekend, Formula DRIFT held their first ever Pro-Am National Championship, pitting top amateurs from around the country ( including a few of our friends from Evergreen Drift) against one another at what has been called the 'House of Drift,' the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale.

ColdTrackDays correspondent and DriftFotos photographer, Larry Chen, was on hand all weekend and has since submitted some rather impressive images from this epic event.

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2009 Formula DRIFT Pro-Am Nationals Results:

1st- Ian Fournier
2nd- Mike Pollard
3rd- Chelesa DeNofa

Congratulations to the following Top 16 drivers who also earned a 2010 License

1 Mike Pollard
2 Ian Fournier
3 Nikolay Konstantinov
4 John Russakoff
5 Brad Hettinger
6 Chelsea DeNofa
7 Charles Ng
8 Jeff Abbott
9 David Blunt
10 Russell Walker
11 Keith Wong
12 Ameen Rizvi
13 Cyrus Martinez
14 Stewart Leask
15 Keith Arreola
16 Derek King

Three additional FD Pro Licenses were issued to drivers that the judges felt had strong drifting skill but were not able to qualify due other reasons such as mechanical failure.

1 Victor Moore
2 Tommy Roberts
3 Roland Gallagher


For a look at more photos from the Formula DRIFT Pro-Am National Championship, click here

Photo: Larry Chen
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey