Here’s a great shot from the recent photoshoot of Stewart Leask’s S13 by Sy Pham.

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A couple nights ago a good friend of mine, Sy Pham, went out and snapped some photos of Stewart Leask’s 2012 XDC competition car. WFSU is very proud to have him representing us on his car this season! Stewart has been on the podium back to back at rounds 1 and 2 at Arizona and is looking to go 3 for 3 in Orlando, FL this coming weekend. If you’re in the area, be sure to head out to Central Florida Racing Complex on May 20th and cheer Stewart on!

Mounted some wheels up to the Skyline this weekend. Next weekend the suspension arms and rear subframe go in and it’ll be ready for the track!

The weekend before last marked the beginning of the 2012 Lone Star Drift series. This series, put on by Fabricated Motorsports, is a pro-am series for the professional Formula Drift circuit. At the end of the series, the points leaders will obtain a Formula Drift license allowing them the chance to compete with the professionals.

On our way down to Houston, more and more drivers were registering and before we knew it, there were something like 60 drivers ready to tear up the parking lot of Gulf Greyhound Park. In addition to the drivers, this event also attracted around 1,000 spectators! Though an amazing turnout, this posed a potential problem of us being shorthanded to smoothly run everything.

Knowing that we had our hands full for the day, I gladly volunteered to help out at the front gate operating the iPad as the credit card machine.

These are two cars that happen to catch my eye while driving through the gate. Luckily, everyone was paying cash, so I could grab my camera and take a few photos!

After spending the majority of the day with Erin at the gate, it was time for qualifying and the main competition. I set the iPad down, grabbed the 7d, put on my very fashionable orange vest, and hit the track.

On my way to the center of the track, I passed by my good friend Stewart Leask’s car. Edafe and the POWERFab team made sure it was in tip top shape all day.

Qualifying

Josh Steele

Fielding Shredder (#1 Qualifier)

Will Parsons

Stewart Leask — He was laying down monster runs all day, but was held back as the 6th place qualifier for mowing down some cones. Deal with it.

Mario Gomez

Stephen Bayles

Main Competition

Stewart Leask was violating this poor guy in the white S13 and quickly moved on to the Top 8.

Will Parsons showing that rubbin’ is racin’ as he advances to the Top 8 against Ryan Rohrbach.

Robert Lee closing in on Tyler Greene right before Tyler goes into a spin.

Kyle Gille laying down some smoke during the competition. You can very faintly make out the following car in the cloud of smoke.

Spencer Marvdashtipour was driving great all day until his car blew up towards the end of competition. He had to borrow an unfamiliar car to finish out his last runs and still landed in 3rd place.

Mario Gomez and Brad Burnett (or it may have been Justin Garner, as they were double driving the Carolla) having a heated battle during competition.

Fielding Shredder drove his way to 2nd place in his 1JZ S14.

This was by far the best tandem pairing of the whole competition. This top 8 battle was between Will Parsons and Stewart Leask. Both drivers did such a good job that the battle was sent into a one more time where Will was victorious and ended up taking 1st place overall.

I didn’t manage to capture all the drivers, as I wasn’t on course for very long, however, be sure to check out Fabricated Motorsports for additional coverage!

This event was amazing and it has me very excited for Round 2 at Texas Motor Speedway towards the end of June / beginning of July.

Make sure you check back for that coverage!

I’ve been up and down an all around lately, Just enjoying life away from the internet for awhile. To say it’s been refreshing is an understatement. Here’s a quick one of Adam Schubert’s gorgeous FD,
to get you through the day. More to come in the very near future…

It’s no secret that ever since I traded in my Volkswagen and moved out to Texas, I’ve lost some of my Euro roots and have since been quickly absorbed by the local drift scene. Out of my two best friends here in Texas, one organizes events and one drives in events. I guess it’s only natural that I be involved in some sort of way. (Hence lack of Euro content on the blog haha)

Last year, Aaron Losey of Fabricated Motorsports organized a Formula Drift Pro-Am series called the “Lone Star Series” for local drivers to compete for a chance to earn a Formula Drift license. Now it’s a new year and a new series, so drivers are busting their ass trying to get their cars ready and more competitive.

Here are a couple videos by Aaron showcasing some driver builds to help us get into the 2012 drift season spirit!

Stephen’s cage. from aaron losey on Vimeo.

Shredder prep school from aaron losey on Vimeo.

Tony Mac from East Coast Low emailed us some photos of a couple slammed MK6′s. Check it out!

My buddy Ayo Andrsn just published his most recent set of this Plum Crazy Purple Dodge Challenger on Vossen 22″ VVS-CV1 wheels. Check it out:

Well, better way late than never, right? Part 2 of our 4 part installment of following Stewart Leask during the end of the 2011 season comes from the XDC finale at the Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Stew worked all through the night getting his car all buttoned up for the event the following morning, and was still making adjustments when he arrived the morning of the practice session.

During the practice session, it was discovered that the car was absent a functioning e-brake. While not, essential for drifting, this meant Stew had one less tool in his arsenal to allow for mid drift corrections, or as an aid in deceleration when approaching the lead car in tandem. As the day went on, it appeared as if the lack of an e-brake wasn’t hindering Stew’s ability to rip up the course at all.

After a solid day of practice, Stew heads to the pits.

The next morning during the practice session right before the main event, bad luck strikes again with Stew’s car blowing up 3rd gear. This is an essential gear, especially for the long sweeper at the end of the course. All he could do now was slam it into fourth, pray, and clutch kick the shit out of the car in an attempt to make it around without much error.

As the competition was getting ready to start, Stew’s girlfriend and friends gathered in the stands to show their support.

During the driver introduction, Stew was showing his support by wearing on of our RUN WFSU shirts underneath his driving suit.

Unfortunately, the lack of 4th gear, and a questionable (in my opinion) decision by the judges ended the day early for Stew. Chelsea DeNofa went on to win the XDC Championship for the second time in a row.

Here’s a great video by the guys from Jersey Streets:

The unfortunate mishaps of the XDC event only motivated Stew to get the car back in his garage and fix the current problems to compete in Round 3 of the Lone Star Series. Stay tuned for those results in Pt. 3 of our 4 part installment!

Dope video of a couple Honda Accords rollin’ on 20″ Vossen’s. Check it out