When qualifying came around I began by putting down an extremely conservative run, the second time around I pushed a little harder and was able to hit the clips (at least well enough to qualify). I managed to just get by and qualify 16th. I will say however, if I had a spotter I could have placed much higher.
I am EXTREMELY happy to have made it to the top 16. It was my first time qualifying and this was only my second competition.
My YouTube video from the event can be found at
Sitting on the grid for my qualifying runs.
Driver of the lime green S13 Nate Tuchlinski (on left) and myself Alex Grimm (on Right)
Top 16 qualifiers, I'm in the top left corner.
Top 16, Jason Kim and I were the first up. He took me out after I hit the wall on my lead run. Luckily he went on to win 1st, congratulations to Jason Kim.
On my lead run I went into the last corner too hot and my passenger side rear wheel tapped the wall. The wheel shattered but I just kept on rollin to finish the run. Nothing was damaged besides the wheel.
Huge thanks to all the media out there and especially to AMDrift.com and David Karey who always grabs some of the sickest shots! Also a big thanks to JustDrift for hosting the ProAm licensing series and all the best drift events in SoCal.
I am very happy about the results from TopDrift Round 1, my goal was to qualify and I did. I know what I need to improve on and cant wait for Round 2 at HTM where I will be aiming for 1st!
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