2012 Top Drift Round 2

Just Drift's Top Drift rd 2 was held at the Horse Thief Mile track of Willow Springs International Raceway at Rosamond Calif on May 27, 2012. Top Drift is one of the grassroots drifting series that allows Professional-Amature (Pro-Am) drivers to get a professional license for Formula Drift if you win the series.

Ryan Fadera of RAD Experience and a lot of local and out of state drivers participated. This round filled up the track and around 50 drivers competed to qualify for Top 16 to battle for tandem drifting.

Charlie Ongsinco, founder of Just Drift, said that if the same number of drivers or more will participate next year, then they will adjust the qualifying results to Top 32 instead of the traditional Top 16.

There were a lot of good drivers and the weather is perfect for a fun-filled drifting competition. As usual, there were some unfortunate drivers who experienced mechanical failure. And there were drivers who were drifting good during practice runs but during qualifying messed up their drifting lines. It might be the pressure of knowing that you have to"Go Big or Go Home" during qualifying.

At the end of the day, Tyler Wolfson took 3rd place, Dan Brocket finished 2nd place and Forrest Wang took first place. Congratulations to all the winners!

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Forrest Wang showing crazy angles, consistency and a lot of smoke during qualifyings.

 Dan Brocket during qualifying runs.

Tyler Wolfson during qualifying runs. (Photos by: Richard Fadera)

Again, congratulations to all winners! (Above photo by: Mike Bolanos)

See you guys at Top Drift Round 3 on July 28, 2012 at the Streets of Willow, Willow Springs International Raceway at Rosamond California! 

RAD Experience would like to thank their sponsors:

Lavish Salon & Spa;

Big Johns Performance Tires Service; and

Nissan of Valencia.

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Ryan Driving for Kumho Tires Promotional Video

Fadera Brothers Drifting for Charity

Fadera brothers drifting for charity - raising fund to fight poliomyelitis.

RAD Experience in partnership with Rotary Wheels of Willow Springs and Lancaster West Rotary presents Drifting Demo to fight Poliomyelitis
April 7, 2012
Willow Springs International Raceway: The Balcony Track

Driver: Richard Fadera

Car: 1991 Nissan 240sx Hatch KA-NA

Sponsors: Nissan of Valencia, Big Johns Performance Tires Service and Lavish Salon and Spa

Drifting for Charity

RAD Experience in partnership with Rotary Wheels of Willow Springs and Lancaster West Rotary presents Drifting Demo to fight Poliomyelitis
April 7, 2012
Willow Springs International Raceway: The Balcony Track
Driver: Richard Fadera
Car: 1991 Nissan 240sx Hatch KA-NA
Sponsors: Nissan of Valencia, Big Johns Performance Tires Service and Lavish Salon and Spa

RAD Experience Fund Raising Event to Fight Poliomyelitis

Just Drift's 2012 Top Drift rd 1

Just Drift had its 1st round of Top Drift for 2012 on March 25 at the Balcony track of Willow Springs International Raceway. There was a good amount of attendance of drivers, spectators and fans. 

There were a lot of good drivers who were getting good runs during practice. 

They were all set and tuned for the day.

Drivers getting good angles and giving out smoke.

But some drivers like John Batel had car issues even before qualifying runs.

There were a lot of different platforms for this round. It varies from stock KA to V8's.

I believe that there is only one car on this round who drifts with a 4-door, Cressida.

But as the practice runs were almost over and qualifying runs was about to start, it started to rain.

That made the qualifying runs more interesting.

The qualifying runs were so unpredictable that a lot of drivers who were doing good during practice were spinning out on their qualifying runs since they were all tuned to drift on dry pavement.

Overall, the season opener of Top Drift was a success. Congratulations to George Kilada (1st place), Dan Giraldo (2nd place) and Dan Brockett (3rd place). We can not wait for the next round! (Photos by: Richard Fadera)

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Ryan Fadera Geared Up for 2012 Top Drift rd 1

Ryan Fadera called me yesterday asking if we can do a quick photo shoot of him and his Nissan 240sx drift car. I have a scheduled photo shoot that day but squeezed in a quick 10 minute shoot with him.

Ryan is physical therapist during the week but a pro-am drifter during the weekend. Ryan is also the founder of R.A.D. Experience which organizes drifting events in southern California. Ryan is all geared up in preparation for the 1st round of Top Drift. He is also planning to complete all through out the season. 

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