If the night's Top 16 proceedings at Irwindale Speedway are reminiscent of any moment, it would be that edge-of-your-seat last race, last lap, last corner of the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix. But imagine the dying moments of that race extended into one nail biting hour. At one point, it looked like Justin Pawlak was going to take the title, the next it was Daijiro Yoshihara. Then it broke off into a four-way battle between those two, Darren McNamara and Chris Forsberg.
The chase for the crown was settled with the battle between Tyler McQuarrie and Darren McNamara. If Darren won the match, he'd have a chance at the title. However Tyler won, meaning Daijiro Yoshihara was the 2011 Formula D champion!
With the title decided, the focus then went back to the track as a winner for round 7 had to be chosen. Chris Forsberg took third, Rhys Millen landed second, and Tyler McQuarrie stood on top of the podium at Irwindale Speedway.
Congratulations to Tyler McQuarrie and the newly crowned champion, Daijiro Yoshihara!
-Linhbergh
Yoshihara should join NASCAR. It seems the reason he wins all his battles is only because the opponents can't match his speed.
HELL YEAH dai....woohoo...finally. congrats to him and his team.
Whoooooo?
Congratulations, Dai!!!
Congrats Dai!!!!!!
finally! no one deserves a championship win more then dai. Congrats dude! lol whos winning? DAIS WINNING!
Nascar? puhleeze, join D1 then syndicate behind the smoke into a tv series.....mega bucks mega fun and mega entertainment for us DRIFTING fans!
I freaked out when Dai lost to Gushi in Top 16. It was kind of his fault though because he was out of line and also hit Gushi on the second run. It was the most intense Great 8 and Top 4 ever, literally.
props to dai and the who spd metalworks team.
best ending ever
Great stuff by Dai this season
Irwindale was very exciting, lots of great and exciting runs, loved the live stream, thanks for that! Nice to follow it here from Norway, even if I had to stay up from 1am to 7am
way to go Dai!
defenetly the most exciting evnet by far.
Irwindale was on its feet and people where just shocked.
GO GO GO DAI!!!!!! my favorit drift driver!!!!!
Congrats Dai! Wish you the best!