This passed weekend you could find 10 – 12,000 of your closest drifting friends all huddled together watching motorsport madness as cars strategically slid around the mapped out Road Atlanta course of Formula Drift. There was a lot going on at Road Atlanta over the weekend. Formula Drift held their series there (PRO, PRO2, World) and Global Time Attack was also there at the exact same time.
Driving for Konig was FD Pro driver Patrick Mordaunt and Pro2 Drivers Nate Hamilton, Kevin Lawrence, and Josh McGuire. You can see all their finishes here:
PRO: http://www.formulad.com/standings-2016
PRO2: http://www.formulad.com/pro2-standings-2016
On the PRO side Pat Mordaunt was on FIRE!! I mean seriously Atlanta is a great track for him and he didn’t disappoint. After qualifying Pat drew Dean Kearny and was able to defeat him to advance to the top 16. In the round of top 16 Mordaunt was matched up with 2nd seated qualifier and former Formula Drift Champion Chris Forsberg. The match would be a tough but extremely exciting. That is EXACTLY what it was. Pat drove flat out both runs and even though Forsbergs Nissan 370z has around 1000hp and Mordaunt’s 350z only has about 650hp they drove neck in neck. So much so that it pushed the judges to call it a draw and make them run ONE MORE TIME!
Unfortunately after hanging some new tires Pat dipped off track with his front wheels and the match went to Forsberg. Either way it was still an amazing effort and driving from Pat Mordaunt. We’re proud to have him driving for us.
Check out how exciting the run is….watch it here:
Wrecked Magazine also had some interesting thoughts about Pat. Joey Redmond (editor of Wrecked Magazine) wrote his “10 Things I learned at Formula Drift Road Atlanta”. But here is a quote: “This track just gets Pat Mordaunt or Pat just gets this track. He always manages to impress here. I think if his Top 16 battle was against anyone but Forsberg or Vaughn on this weekend he would of been in the Great 8 easily.”
You can check that out here: Wrecked Magazine – 10 things learned from FD Atlanta
Finally if you’re interested in checking out all the action the Wrecked Magazine Formula Drift Road Atlanta image gallery is up (brought to you by Konig). Check it out! FORMULA DRIFT – ATLANTA – IMAGE GALLERY
