Ford Expands Support for Professional Drifting; Announces Official Partnership with Formula DRIFT
October 15, 2012 by Ford![Ford Expands Support for Professional Drifting; Announces Official Partnership with Formula DRIFT](images/articleImages/Ford-Formula-Drift-Sponsorship-2012-01.jpg)
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The finale of the 2012 season of the Formula DRIFT championship is taking place this weekend at Irwindale Speedway (east of Los Angeles) on October 12-13, 2012 for the final event of its ninth season. The Mustangs of Gittin and Pawlak are both in contention for the championship. The Formula DRIFT championship event will be broadcast live on www.FormulaD.com/live Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13. Ford Formula DRIFT competition highlights: •2005-2007 – Ford Racing uses an entry in Formula DRIFT for an engine development program for supercharged 4.6-liter V8 crate engines; Mustang driver Ken Gushi wins first-ever Formula DRIFT event for Mustang (Houston) •2008 – Ford Racing shifts its technical and product support to the Team Falken Tire's drift program, featuring Vaughn Gittin Jr.'s teal and blue Mustang; driving his Mustang, Gittin wins Formula DRIFT season finale (Irwindale) •2010 – Gittin introduces Monster Energy to Team Falken Tire and Formula DRIFT, securing partner support; wins two Formula DRIFT events (Long Beach, Infineon) and earns six podium finishes in seven events on his way to Formula DRIFT championship; Pawlak joins Team Falken as the driver of that program's teal and blue Mustang •2011 – Pawlak rides Team Falken Tire Mustang to two Formula DRIFT victories (Long Beach, Road Atlanta) before finishing as the series runnerup just 5.75 points behind first place •2012 – Both Pawlak (Long Beach, Road Atlanta) and Gittin (New Jersey, Washington) score two wins each for Mustang before entering the season finale at Irwindale, sitting fourth and first in the championship, respectively, setting Mustang on the podium at five of the six Formula DRIFT events •2005-2012 – Mustang has earned one Formula DRIFT championship, 10 Formula DRIFT event wins and a total of 22 podium finishes
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