Chris Forsberg Racing- Event Recap

Event Date: 5/10/2008

Event Name:
Round 2 of the Formula Drift Championship

Where:
Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA

Review:
Round 2 of the Formula Drift Championship invaded the south for the 5th straight year this last weekend. The threat of incoming thunderstorms didn’t detour the record crowd from cheering on the world’s best drifters as they slide around the technical high speed Road Atlanta Drift course. The NOS Energy Drink Drift Team looked great during practice runs setting some of the highest entry speeds recorded. But prior to qualifying, the judges decided to move the location of where they captured the entry speed affecting their original gear setup and producing lower entry speeds for qualifying. The team still qualified in the top 16 getting them into the main event that night. The Tandem battles were very unique as many new comers with slower cars cause several of the top faster drivers to make mistakes while running behind them. This was the case for Chris Forsberg, driver of the NOS Energy Drink Nissan 350Z as he was defeated by Mitsuhiro Takatori in the Top 16 round of tandem.

Quotes
“We were happy to make it to the tandem rounds. In our first tandem round , we ran against D1 Driver and Formula Drift newcomer Takatori. I caught him much quicker then I anticipated on the upper half of the track causing me to make a slight error on a clipping point giving him the round win.”

“We are very pleased to maintain the 1st place position in the championship”

Event Finish
11th

Championship Placement:
1st Place (tied with Samuel Hubinette)