HPI RACING at Formula Drift, Long Beach 2011

HPI RACING was on hand at the Formula Drift 2011 season opener in Long Beach, CA this past weekend.
After a rain soaked Friday morning and patchy skies, Saturday turned out to be a perfect sun soaked California day!
FD Long Beach lived up to its reputation as an action filled weekend complete with several unexpected storylines!

HPI RACING showed off its latest and greatest offerings under it's distinctive bright orange tents on vendor row.
We also setup a mini drift track for HPI's own "dorifto" experts to mix it up with the local drift talent.

On display were the new HPI Monster Energy Falken Mustang and Falken Tire Mustang RTR kits which wll be coming soon to a store near you!
The HPI Team will be partnering with Falken Tire, Monster Energy, Vaughn Gittin Jr and Justin Pawlak for a variety of upcoming exciting events and promotions based around the Mustangs, watch this space for more details!

The on track action was fast and furious as the drivers and teams dialed in their new rides for 2011.
Practice and qualifying were filled with many ups and downs and twists for the various teams and drivers.
In the end it was down to Falken Tire's JTP battling it out with Team NFS' Matt Powers for the first win of season.
It was a tough battle between the Mustang and S14, with JTP's Falken Mustang finally edging out for the win.

A big congratulations to JTP and Team Falken for the first win of the new season!

Check out the photos from this past weekends Formula Drift 2011 season opener in Long Beach, CA!

JTP's new Hpi ride!

Vaughn's new HPI ride!

Vaughn's custom Monster/Falken HPI Baja 5SC!

Vaughn's custom Monster/Falken HPI Baja 5SC!


Spotted in the Falken pits!

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