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14-07-2005, 03:57 PM
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Samuel Hubinette has done it four times and Rhys Millen has done it twice. Other than the two of them, no other driver had won a Formula D event coming into the third stop of the 2005 series at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas. That all changed last Saturday when Ken Gushi stood atop the podium, uncorked a bottle of champagne he isn't even old enough to drink and celebrated his victory.
Gushi became only the third Formula D winner since the inception of the series and allowed Ford—the last of the Big Three to get involved with drifting—to join GM and DaimlerChrysler as another domestic manufacturer to hold off any Japanese car from taking an FD event. It wasn't the type of dominating performance that Millen and Hubinette have given on the road to victory in the past, but Gushi took care of business when it counted.
Starting out tied with Bubba Drift driver Mike Peters for 12th in the Top 16, the first hurdle Gushi faced was Chris Forsberg in the right-hand drive Falken Tires S15. In the duel of Toyo versus Falken and Mustang versus Nissan it was Gushi who had the advantage on entrance speed and put the pressure on Forsberg when he was following. The judges didn't take long to decide it would be Gushi who would advance to the Top 8 to face Tyler McQuarrie and the Jasper Performance Supra.
McQuarrie against Gushi was entertaining, but it was Gushi's bout with Millen in the semifinals that would be one of the more exciting rounds of the day. Millen has been spectacular in 2005 after having a solid season to iron out the wrinkles with the Pontiac GTO and would be Gushi's toughest opponent of the weekend. Gushi still doesn't have the new Toyo Mustang completely figured out although he gets closer with every FD stop.
After the first two laps the judges determined it too close to call and sent them back around the track again and again it was too close to call. When Gushi was leading it was Millen who was right on top of the Mustang with his GTO and when the roles were reversed the end result was the same. Ucchi called to send them around the track for a third time, except a new change in the Formula D rules allows only one session of sudden death action per pairing. For about 13 minutes the judges huddled around a television set like NFL referees watching replays of the final two laps. The announcement was finally made, Gushi had defeated the series point leader and he was off to the finals.
http://www.overboost.com/getimage.asp?article=1404&image=IMG_8351.jpg
Samuel Hubinette has done it four times and Rhys Millen has done it twice. Other than the two of them, no other driver had won a Formula D event coming into the third stop of the 2005 series at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas. That all changed last Saturday when Ken Gushi stood atop the podium, uncorked a bottle of champagne he isn't even old enough to drink and celebrated his victory.
Gushi became only the third Formula D winner since the inception of the series and allowed Ford—the last of the Big Three to get involved with drifting—to join GM and DaimlerChrysler as another domestic manufacturer to hold off any Japanese car from taking an FD event. It wasn't the type of dominating performance that Millen and Hubinette have given on the road to victory in the past, but Gushi took care of business when it counted.
Starting out tied with Bubba Drift driver Mike Peters for 12th in the Top 16, the first hurdle Gushi faced was Chris Forsberg in the right-hand drive Falken Tires S15. In the duel of Toyo versus Falken and Mustang versus Nissan it was Gushi who had the advantage on entrance speed and put the pressure on Forsberg when he was following. The judges didn't take long to decide it would be Gushi who would advance to the Top 8 to face Tyler McQuarrie and the Jasper Performance Supra.
McQuarrie against Gushi was entertaining, but it was Gushi's bout with Millen in the semifinals that would be one of the more exciting rounds of the day. Millen has been spectacular in 2005 after having a solid season to iron out the wrinkles with the Pontiac GTO and would be Gushi's toughest opponent of the weekend. Gushi still doesn't have the new Toyo Mustang completely figured out although he gets closer with every FD stop.
After the first two laps the judges determined it too close to call and sent them back around the track again and again it was too close to call. When Gushi was leading it was Millen who was right on top of the Mustang with his GTO and when the roles were reversed the end result was the same. Ucchi called to send them around the track for a third time, except a new change in the Formula D rules allows only one session of sudden death action per pairing. For about 13 minutes the judges huddled around a television set like NFL referees watching replays of the final two laps. The announcement was finally made, Gushi had defeated the series point leader and he was off to the finals.