Congratulations to Falken Tire for there Formula Drift Round 3 Podium Sweep in Palm Beach, FL.
Falken Tire Podium Sweep
Justin Pawlak takes the Victory and the Lead in the Championship.
Congratulations also go to Vaughn Gittin Jr. for his Second Place finish and Darren McNamara for taking 3rd.
All of the Falken Tire vehicles prepared by ASD run custom TEIN coilovers. Some kits are from our normal offerings while others are custom. Each kit is then tailored to the ASD chassis setup and driver.
Tyler in his Falken Tire Nissan 350Z vs. Jeff Jones
Mustang (JTP) vs. Mustang (JR)
Falken (JTP) vs Falken (D-Mac)
Congratulations to all the drivers. The event looked like a lot of fun in the sun.
Only our engineer attended Friday’s practice and qualify. A few of us here in the office watched qualifying from live stream on various websites. We were disappointed that not all our sponsored vehicles qualified for the event but I guess that is how it goes. Part of what makes it exciting to watch. “Any Given Sunday.”
After Friday’s Qualify
DMac qualified the highest amongst TEIN users in 6th position.
Tyler McQuarrie qualified two spots behind in 8th.
JTP got the 11th spot.
Charles Ng qualified 20th.
2010 Champion Vaughn Gittin Jr unfortunately did not qualify. Hopefully JR tears it up at Rd. 2 in Atlanta.
Found another competitor, Guthrie on TEIN Super Racing coilovers. Guthrie unfortunately did not qualify but his FD3S looks pretty buff. Might remember this car from HERE.
Saturday’s Main Event
The weather was awesome with clear skies and a nice cool ocean breeze. Spectators filled all the stands around the track and between rounds there was plenty to see. Full vendor area, race pits, car show and of course food.
The stands were packed with spectators.
The vendor area had both products and vehicles on display.
Found a twin turbo Mustang from HESS Motorsports which we sponsor in the Exedy booth.
Lots of high quality cars on display for the FATLACE show.
Cruising through the car show area I found Abe K.’s Lexus on display. He is rocking FLEX Sedan coilovers and a Platnium VIP cup kit.
I was fortunate to get a VIP wristband from a friend at NOS who had a hospitality tent and their own section of bleachers. Here is the view from their bleachers.
CONGRATULATIONS to JTP, Falken Tire and ASD. TEIN Coilovers for the WIN!
To those of you who follow the drifting scene, particularly the Formula D series that has been receiving nationwide and international coverage, many of you may already be familiar with the Falken and Monster Energy Falken Tire livery. We are very fortunate to be the suspension suppliers for quite a few of their vehicles, such as their Saturn Sky driven Darren Macnamara, Nissan 350z driven by Tyler Mcquarrie, and the Ford Mustang’s of Justin Pawlak and Vaughn Gittin Jr.
Ever since Falken’s entry into Formula D, they’ve been placing themselves quite high among most contenders in this series, claiming many 1st place victories, as well as a championship title. But their full-fledged attack came about with the enlistment of Autosport Dynamics, Inc. (ASD) who handle all the vehicle builds for the aforementioned cars, as well as all vehicle maintenance.
Mind you, Autosport Dynamics expertise goes well beyond their experience with Formula D. They’ve also had their hands in NASCAR, SCORE, F1, SCCA, NASA, and British F3. That’s quite a resume for a company that started in the 1980’s. And, these services aren’t limited to teams, either. Yes, they offer their services to the public!
