Behind The Wheel Podcast: FD Edition – RD 6 St. Louis

Behind The Wheel Podcast: FD Edition – RD 6 St. Louis

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In this episode of the Behind the Wheel Podcast, Formula Drift edition, we talk about Formula Drift’s first ever event at St.Louis’s Gateway Motorsport park. This is a heck of a technical course and with such high speed, this is arguably one of FD’s most exciting events of the season so far!

Things really heat up in the Pro 2 Championship race while the actual heat brought some challenges that pushed drivers and teams to the limit, and many to their backup engines, while they all learned a new track. Tune in, we will give you the highlights and throw some smack talk in along the way!

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0:20 | Intro
0:55 | Overall thoughts of FDSTL…New track, outer-zone, rainstorm!!!
7:10 | Some of the best drifting ever!
11:55 | Travis Reeder better than Pro1 drivers!?
20:44 | Matt Field can be champ in 2019!
24:01 | Dean Kearney throws that fire in top 32!
26:02 | DeNofa is a drifting ambassador and the future of drifting
29:57 | Teams deal with engine issues at FDSTL
31:11 | Is Worthouse tandem battle ever going to happen?! Ughh!
32:52 | Gushi is an FD OG and loves these types of tracks
34:31 | Reeder and Hughes separated by 1 point!
36:30 | Aasbo…he’s focused man!
44:00 | Outro / Contact info

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Behind The Wheel Podcast: FD Edition – RD 5 Seattle

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In this episode of the Behind the Wheel Podcast, Formula Drift edition, we cover the ups and downs of Formula Drift Round 5 in Seattle. Seattle was an exciting round that included a lot of contact and collisions, some mechanical issues that most certainly shaped the look of the podium for this season and even saw an epic dance battle!?!?

In honor of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest don’t forget to check out Episode 5 with Matt Vankirk. He gives us some incredible insight into drifting, his program and even how writing an essay got him out of jail for street drifting!

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0:18 | Intro
1:32 | Overall thoughts from FDSEA…collisions, contacts, and dance battles?!?
3:53 | FD heads to St.Louis for the 1st time…its impact on the championship
6:18 | Pawlak the new Mustang King
7:16 | Camron Moore returns with fire!
9:27 | Forsberg’s mechanical issues hurt season
11:08 | Jones brings the confidence
12:40 | Tuerck takes revenge!
15:01 | Did FDNJ cause the mechanical issues?
17:51 | Denofa steals the show with his chase run
20:12 | Daigo Saito hints at U.S. Return
23:30 | Dean’s win could set up back to back Championships
24:40 | Overall recap
25:47 | Talking about Kevin Lawrence
27:40 | Matt Vankirk is getting better and better
29:07 | Outro / Contact info

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Behind The Wheel Podcast: FD Edition – RD4 New Jersey

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In this special, Formula Drift edition episode of the Behind The Wheel Podcast, we cover some of the highlights from Round 4 at Wall, NJ, talk about the points race and even get into how tire smoke may be the one thing that pro drivers coming from Pro2 never saw coming?

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0:18 | Intro
0:52 | Falken Tires goes hard at Wall!
2:12 | Ken Gushi, he’s a veteran and it shows!
4:48 | Vankirk shows why he should be Formula Drift Rookie of the Year!
5:59 | What MVK Racing needs for next season.
8:49 | The role of horsepower
9:20 | Pawlak comes guns blazin’
10:45 | Fields comes in strong at FDNJ!
12:29 | A match we need to see again! Deane vs. Wiecek
13:37 | 100th event for Formula Drift
14:50 | FD winners and the global impact of the sport.
16:49 | Wang has a demolition party!
18:04 | Consistency of the judges
23:31 | Dean ends cold streak w/ FDNJ victory!
26:14 | How FD points are distributed
29:13 | Wall Stadium…the good, the bad, the Jersey.
33:15 | How the smoke line affects the game.
36:48 | Wrap up / Contact info

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Behind The Wheel Podcast: FD Edition – RD3 Atlanta

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On this special episode of the Konig Behind The Wheel Podcast, Joey Redmond of Wrecked Magazine sits down with us to discuss his “10 things learned from FD Atlanta”. You can find Joey’s “10 things learned after each and every event on Formuladrift.com.
We also touch a few of the more notable highlights from Formula Drift Atlanta, interesting things from FD season so far and revisit the PRO 1 probable/potential podium finishers that we talked about from the last special FD episode …. (details/cheat sheet below!)


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0:18 | Intro
1:20 | Quick Review of FDATL
3:25 | Bottom Pro1 Drivers vs Top Pro2 Drivers
7:27 | Pro1 vs Pro2
14:08 | Pro1 Rookie of The Year Race
16:37 | Qualifying scores consistently higher
19:30 | Touchback on 100pt qualifying score
20:54 | Tuerck might have ended landed on podium
21:58 | Where’s the line…being accountable for contact
26:58 | Jumping the starting light
31:25 | James Deane’s Kryptonite appears to be Kristaps Bluss
32:36 | Bluss Wins!
35:44 | Uncharacteristic crashes at FDATL
39:06 | End of season podium prediction
44:33 | Lawrence qualifies!
45:11 | No tire, no problem! …de-beading
48:27 | Wrap up / Contact info

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Behind The Wheel Podcast – Formula Drift RD2 Orlando Recap

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On this special episode of the Konig Behind The Wheel Podcast, Joey Redmond of Wrecked Magazine sits down with us to discuss interesting things from FD Orlando and so much more…. (details/cheat sheet below!)

CONTENT CHEAT MENU:
0:18 | Intro
0:40 | The Special Format
0:50 | The Ovals
3:30 | OSW Challenges Drivers / Teams
4:40 | Drifting on the Banks
5:37 | Tire Management
6:50 | Matt VanKirk
9:00 | Adequate hp for FD POR
11:20 | Dirk Stratton
12:00 | Dean Kearney
16:25 | Odi / Matt Field Fued
18:20 | Forsbery / Vaughn Gittin Jr
19:00 | RTRs ran into issues at FDORD
22:40 | The “Cone” Rule
25:40 | Deane / Wang matchup FINALLY!…But…
29:43 | Forsberg wins after 1,485 days
33:20 | Aasbo’s Legacy
37:00 | Winning mindset
40:06 | Plateau of power in FD
43:55 | Has FD become mainstream?
47:20 | Instagram helped to push drifting
48:45 | Kevin Lawrence & jump to Pro1
50:25 | PA Drifters
52:15 | Topics for next time
52:57 | Who’s going to be on the podium at the end of the season?
57:40 | The “ELUSIVE” 100pt qualifying run
59:35 | Ending / Contact info

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Dont forget to check out our FD Orlando image gallery —> FORMULA DRIFT ORLANDO IMAGE GALLERY

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Wrecked Gallery: Formula Drift (Round 5)

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KÖNIG Wheels sponsors the Wrecked Magazine Formula Drift Main Event Gallery. After every round, some great event coverage is collected into a gallery on Wrecked Magazine. Check out all the scenes from Formula Drift Round 5 Right Here and check out some of the clips after the break of Dennis Mertzanis after, who made the Top 16 in Round 5 at Evergreen Speedway.

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Wrecked Magazine #27

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If you are an Automotive Enthusiast or Formula Drift Fan, then you may already be familiar with Wrecked Magazine. If not, you just might want to check it out!

Wrecked Magazine just released their newest issue; #27, and it covers some great Drifting Gear, in-depth Formula Drift coverage; including drivers, their cars, and Project RTR Part 3. Another cool feature to check out is the Gallery. Konig Wheels sponsors the Main Event galleries from each round of the Formula Drift season.

We won’t spoil the rest of it for you though, so be sure to head over to Wrecked Magazine and click on the “Current Issue” tab.

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