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Second Place Podium for Team Achilles at Formula DRIFT Long Beach
April 8, 2019
IRVINE, CALIF., April 8, 2019 – Fourteen drivers representing Team Achilles hit the track last weekend at the famed Streets of Long Beach for the season opener of Formula DRIFT, with crowd favorite Forrest Wang finishing with a second-place podium.
Qualifying took place on Thursday with 10 drivers from Team Achilles making their way into Top 32. Unfortunately, three of the battles would have Achilles teammates competing against each other for a spot in the Top 16. Toyota Racing/Greddy Performance driver Ken Gushi, 2013 Champion Michael Essa, Dean Kearney and eventual podium finisher Forrest Wang would all advance into the Top 16. They would all fight hard battles in the Top 16 with Wang being the only Achilles driver to advance further.
RESULTS
2 Forrest Wang
12 Michael Essa
15 Dean Kearney
16 Ken Gushi
18 Matt Coffman
22 Mitch Larner
23 Kazuya Taguchi
25 Patrick Goodin
26 Dirk Stratton
27 Taylor Hull
You can see Team Achilles PRO and PRO2 compete at Orlando Speedworld in Orlando, Florida on April 25th and 26th. For more information on Formula DRIFT, visit www.formulad.com.
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