(LIVE Updates) NOPI Drift - Denver Co.

[EverythingDrift]

Round 4 of NOPI Drift is on us.. Qualifying is today, Event tomorrow. Get your full updates at

[EverythingDrift]

Update: June 23, 2007 - 4:10PM(PST)



The sun is shining and it is HOT! The asphalt surface is very slippery when its hot, and the overpasses above the track are putting shade on some sections of the course, making those areas sticky. Additionally, there are some pretty big bumps right in front of the grand stands, making this one of the trickier tracks we've seen this year. So far, the track has eaten 2 cars (Andrew fernandez in the vqswap.com S13 and colin frost in the shiftlock.net S13). Andrew was transported to a local hospitol to get checked out, but his initial check-up on track was positive. Harry Tervola also hit the wall pretty hard in his BMW 5 series, bending a rear control arm, but his team has found replacement parts at a local junkyard, and they plan to be back for qualifying.

In practice, Hubert Young was the first to link the whole track, but Forrest Wang and Bill Sherman both had several solid runs. Each driver has had around 9 or 10 practice runs, and some are catching on faster than others.

The crowd in Denver is going nuts so far, they are really loving the action! Qualifying will be nuts, we are getting into it shortly. This will be another great event!

[EverythingDrift]

TOP 16

16 John Martin 45
15 Stuart Leask 47
14 Gary Lang 52.5
13 Pat Mordaunt 53
12 Channin P. 54
11 Lance Feliciano 57
10 Nick Hogan 60
9 Chris Milano 67
8 Blake Fuller 69
7 Nate Brasz 75 - 63 mph
6 Dan Willie 75 66 mph
5 Harry Tervola 80 64mph
4 Hubert Young 80 66 mph
3 Forrest Wang 86
2 Sammy Tiger 87.5
1 Bill Sherman 88.5


More info on the site in reguards to top 16 and various tidbits... Congratulations to those that made it this far. Good luck to you all tomorrow.

[P.Haire]

YAY martymartymarty!

[tyndago]

Go Hubert . Go Chris.

Lots of crashed cars today. Too many crashed cars.

[EverythingDrift]

After review, it was discovered that a computational error was made in calculating the Top 16 which affected the Top 16 drivers that we’re listed. The Top 11 drivers remained unchanged, but a few drivers in the lower half of the bracket have been adjusted.

The new order: Top 16

1.Bill Sherman
2.Sammy Tiger
3.Forrest Wang
4.Hubert Young
5.Harry Tervola
6.Dan Willie
7.Nate Brasz
8.Blake Fuller
9.Chris Milano
10.Nick Hogan
11.Lance Feliciano
12.Channin P
13.Ron Eworth
14.Chelsea Denofa
15.Pat Mordurant
16.Gary Lang

The adjustment bumps Stewart Leask and Jon Martin from top 16.

Tandem starts in 20 minutes.

[FC13BT]

Go Pat And Lance, Congrats Ya'll

[Silville]

Go ..Tiger

[EverythingDrift]

Congratulations Bill Sherman on taking 1st for NOPI Drift - Denver

1 Bill Sherman
2 Forrest Wang
3 Hubert Young
4 Nate Brasz
5 Sammy Tiger
6 Dan Willie
7 Harry Tervola
8 Blake Fuller

[Tracy]

Freaking awesome driving today! Congrats Bill! LOTS of crashed cars. 7, I believe. Stewart actually crashed twice. I'm tired. Vegas here we come. See y'all in LA. Do they get mad if I say y'all over there???

[Al]

After review, it was discovered that a computational error was made in calculating the Top 16 which affected the Top 16 drivers that we’re listed. The Top 11 drivers remained unchanged, but a few drivers in the lower half of the bracket have been adjusted.

The new order: Top 16

1.Bill Sherman
2.Sammy Tiger
3.Forrest Wang
4.Hubert Young
5.Harry Tervola
6.Dan Willie
7.Nate Brasz
8.Blake Fuller
9.Chris Milano
10.Nick Hogan
11.Lance Feliciano
12.Channin P
13.Ron Eworth
14.Chelsea Denofa
15.Pat Mordurant
16.Gary Lang

The adjustment bumps Stewart Leask and Jon Martin from top 16.

Tandem starts in 20 minutes.

Once it's announce it shouldn't be takin back.

Whack *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*.

[Mike Peters]

i actually highly respect the fact they immediately righted a wrong. looks really clusterfkucish having a scoring error, but they did the right thing about it, and nobodys perfect, so hats off to them.

[Tracy]

i actually highly respect the fact they immediately righted a wrong. looks really clusterfkucish having a scoring error, but they did the right thing about it, and nobodys perfect, so hats off to them.

Agreed. At least they admitted it and apologized.

[Slapshotnerd]

i actually highly respect the fact they immediately righted a wrong. looks really clusterfkucish having a scoring error, but they did the right thing about it, and nobodys perfect, so hats off to them.

The errors was in the software which was used to compute the scores. It added 10 points to a few drivers, and neglected 10 points for a few other drivers. The scores never changed, it was just the tabulation which was in error. Future qualifying results will be double checked the old fashioned way - by hand, with a calculator.

Overall, the event was pretty good. The track was rough, but sometimes that's the way things go. Congrats to Bill, Forrest, and Hubert, all had record finishes (Bill's first win at a pro drift event, Forrest's second podium at a pro drift event, Hubert's first podium at a pro drift event).

See you all later this week!

[sweetcarz02]

i actually highly respect the fact they immediately righted a wrong. looks really clusterfkucish having a scoring error, but they did the right thing about it, and nobodys perfect, so hats off to them.

Immediately????? You mean after they announced the top 16 drivers to all the fans on the main stage.