Media Coverage
Team D-Spare | Best of Vegas Video
by admin on Feb.02, 2012, under Media Coverage
Comments Off more...VegasProAm Driver – Mike Burns Season Recap!
by admin on Oct.25, 2011, under Media Coverage
Mike Burns / Season Recap from Dax Rodriguez on Vimeo.
Interview and drift season recap with local Arizona driver Mike “Dick” Burns. (continue reading…)
2011 Fd Rookie of the Year: Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis
by admin on Oct.16, 2011, under Media Coverage
The 2011 Formula Drift pro championship concluded last Saturday, 8 October 2011 and named Aurimas “Odi” Bakchis the 2011 Rookie of the Year and Top 16 driver for the series. Formula Drift Round 7: Title Fight took place at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale, California and proved to be an exciting and dramatic finale to the season.
After finishing in fourth place at Round 6 in Las Vegas, Bakchis entered the final round with a strong lead in points for the Rookie of the Year honors. After a spin at the last turn during his first qualifying run, Bakchis drove a conservative second run and qualified 33rd in Irwindale on Friday. Although out of the competition, the pressure was still on to finish the season as Rookie of the Year as the 2011 rookie competition was fierce. The Rookie of Year title was set in stone for Bakchis after the results of the Top 32 tandem battles were finalized.
Bakchis earned his professional license in 2010 through the Vegas Drift Pro Am series and Top Drift Pro Am series. With only two years of drifting experience, Bakchis entered the professional circuit for the 2011 season with the Bakchis Motorsports/Forged Racing Nissan 240SX. The 2011 Formula Drift season then proved to be a success as Bakchis finished strong as Rookie of the Year and was honored as a Top 16 driver in the series.
Bakchis plans to run the Nissan 240SX chassis again for the 2012 season, with a fresh look and high performance engine modifications. With pressure to continue the successful start to his drifting career, 2012 promises to be an exciting season for Bakchis Motorsports.
All Things Aslide: 2011 VegasProAm rd #1
by admin on Apr.27, 2011, under Drift Events, Featured Vegasdrift Cars, Media Coverage
Vegasdrift kicked off it’s ProAm season on April 23rd at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring Lot. A total of 30 local and out of state drivers, from California, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and even Hawaii went Door to Door for a chance at winning one of three Formula Drift licenses.

(Formula Drift and Japanese D1 driver) Ernie Fixmer, (FD licensed) Mike Bolanos, and (FD licensed) Tommy Suell explain line criteria.



First place went to part-time actor and former Formula Drift license holder Andy Hateley. Second place was awarded to Josh Guild. Tony Cisneros came in third giving him 86 points total for round 1.

(From the left, J. Guild, A. Hateley, T. Cisneros)

Josh Guild(red s14) and Andy Hateley(Blue 350) battle for first place. Guild stated “The intank walbro died on the last tandem battle of the day but it still was a great day.”

Tony Cisneros was able to secure third place after a close battle with U-Drift instructor Mark Tecson

And #1 qualifier and winner of the Retaks “Insane Entry” award was Eugene Remishevskiy!

Click on the Bracket to view full size.

#29 Joel Mondragon from Arizona leads the way in his 2003 350z as former Formula Drift license holder Andy Hateley gives chase!

(From left to right) Robert Chin, Danilo Nagrampa and Nick Dizon share a laugh about the time Danilo ate an entire Party size submarine sandwich with chips and a drink.

#40 Gary Ganotisi of Hawaii leads in a tandem battle against California driver #23 Brandon Patterson. Gary is a long time supporter of VegasDrift and owns and operates a paint and body shop in Hawaii called “JS4KIX”

Jim Guthrie in his 96 RX-7 came out from New Mexico

Ace Alcaraz, veteran VegasDrift staff member and Baydestrian, works behind the scenes at the starting grid.

Zachery Hitchcox from Team Verzus in his 93 S13

2010 VegasProAm contender Brandon Wicknick came out from Utah and made it into the “Top 16″

Mark Tecson came in 4th place and is an instructor over at U-Drift. U-Drift is a 7 day a week drift clinic!

Hey I thought that was a spittoon…not a cooler.

VegasProAm Judge Ernie Fixmer(Orange Dstroyr Hat) rules in favor of the victorious horseplay.

VegasDrift would like to thank all of the round 1 participants and sponsors.
* 702 Graphics
* AIT Racing
* Baker Precision
* Belle 1 Racing Communications
* Brian Crower
* CP-Carrillo
* Dstroyr
* Emergency Hookers
* Formula Drift
* Godspeed Project
* HPS Silicone Hoses
* RETAKS Backpacks
* Sparco USA
* U-Drift
SEE YOU AT ROUND 2 ON JUNE 11 @ THE LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Photo Credit
Joel Cada – Third Eye Photography
Kid Yosh – www.kidyosh.com
Jon Chase – DSTROYR
VegasProAm Rd 1 Qualifying Scores
by admin on Apr.23, 2011, under Media Coverage
| Driver | State | Car # | |||||
| 1 | Remishevskiy, Eugene | Nevada | 37 | 89 | |||
| 2 | Villabrille, Alex | California | 19 | 88.4 | |||
| 3 | Guild, Joshua | Nevada | 38 | 88.2 | |||
| 4 | Sin, Jackie | California | 30 | 85.7 | |||
| 5 | Hateley, Andrew | California | 26 | 85.4 | |||
| 6 | Patterson, Brandon | California | 23 | 84.7 | |||
| 7 | Wicknick, Brandon | Utah | 16 | 80.3 | |||
| 8 | Tecson, Mark | Nevada | 21 | 79.6 | |||
| 9 | Hilsabeck, Traverse | Nevada | 11 | 79.5 | |||
| 10 | Cisneros, Tony | California | 25 | 78.5 | |||
| 11 | Ganotisi, Gary | Hawaii | 40 | 74.9 | |||
| 12 | Mondragon, Joel | Arizona | 29 | 73.9 | |||
| 13 | Remishevskiy, William | Nevada | 17 | 70.8 | |||
| 14 | Brockett, Dan | New Mexico | 20 | 66.8 | |||
| 15 | Cano, Carlos | California | 33 | 66.7 | |||
| 16 | Rosin, Adam | Arizona | 28 | 63.5 | |||
| 17 | Hitchcox, Zachery | Nevada | 13 | 61.7 | |||
| 18 | Dale, Matthew | Nevada | 24 | 59.2 | |||
| 19 | Gray, Robert | Nevada | 18 | 48 | |||
| 20 | Baer, Tanner | Nevada | 14 | 30 | |||
| 21 | Sedlmeyer, Alvin | Nevada | 39 | 14 | |||
| 22 | Sproul, Joey | Nevada | 12 | 12 | |||
| 23 | Yousif, Sam | Arizona | 32 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Mersman, Jordan | Colorado | 36 | 0 | |||
| 25 | Strohmeyer, Robert | Nevada | 35 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Poon, Simon | Nevada | 31 | 0 | |||
| 27 | Guthrie, Jim | New Mexico | 27 | 0 | |||
| 28 | Escobedo, Aaron | Nevada | 38 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Laing, Bucky | Nevada | 22 | DNS | |||
| 30 | Chin, Robert | Nevada | 14 | DNS | |||
| 31 | Ornelas, Mauricio | California | 34 | DNS | |||
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