Vaughn Gittin Jr., came out to Round 7 of the Formula Drift Professional Championship with high hopes of putting himself on the podium one last time to finish his successful season.
Not only did Gittin Jr. accomplish that goal when he took second place at Irwindale Speedway, his sixth podium out of seven rounds, but he secured himself as the official 2010 Formula Drift Champion and as the Driver of the Year in the Monster Energy Falken Tire 2011 Ford Mustang.
During the weekend, a sold-out crowd filled the paddock and the grandstands at Irwindale Speedway, otherwise known as The House of Drift. In addition to the Formula Drift television show that airs on the Versus channel, this was the first drifting event to be filmed in 3D by DirecTv with an air-date to be announced. Round 7 was also featured live online via the DriftStream, which reached more than one-million unique views overall this year, to a world-wide audience … Details