Yoparts.

com sponsored driver Ryan Tuerck still on top of

the championship points race after 3rd place finish in
Hotlanta! !
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 13, 2009 – North Hampton, NH

This past weekend, Formula Drift returned back to the track where it all started. The infamous
Road Atlanta. Coming off a first place finish in Long Beach Yoparts.com sponsored driver Ryan
Tureck and the Gardella Racing team. Were more than feeling the heat of the spotlight and the
pressure to once again deliver a championship performance, although the Gardella Racing team
was confident in their car, and it’s Pilot Ryan Tuerck. They knew that Road Atlanta posed some
unique challenges in comparison to Long Beach. The Gardella Racing team worked tirelessly to
dial in the car for the legendary road course. After tweaking, and testing to compensate for the
some additional horsepower that they didn’t have for this course last year. The team found that
their might be some small gearing and transmission issues, also to ensure suspension set-up
would not pose a problem YOPARTS.COM happily supplied a set of Eibach ERS Springs for
the Gardella Racing/Maxxis Tire Solstice.

Come Friday the car was ready and dialed in for completion. Ryan and the Gardella
Racing/Maxxis Tire Pontiac Solstice GXP blasted through qualifying scoring and eighty and
seeding ninth. The top 32 was set for Saturday, round 1 pitted Tuerck against Casper Canul.
Canul’s car experienced some tech issues during their battle and he was unable to continue the
battle. In round two Hampshaa would go up against his good friend and Drift Alliance teammate
Vaughn Gittin Jr. The battle between the two was intense and heated but the Formula D point’s
leader proved to be too much for JR. Ryan advances to Top 8 where he would face Ken Gushi in
the Scion Racing Scion TC. With Gushi’s car having understeer issues Ryan makes short work
of his opponent and advances to the final 4. In the final 4 battle Ryan would go up against the
second of three Drift Alliance teammates he would have to face before the end of the night. The
second was last years Road Atlanta champ Chris Forsberg. In the second run versus Forsberg,
Ryan is forced to make a small correction, and is defeated by the 2008 Hotlanta champ. Ryan
fails to make the championship round but moves to the consolation round against yet another
friend a DA member Joon Maeng. The battle goes two one more times and Tuerck emerges
victorious, securing 3rd place and finding himself a top the podium. With the third place finish
Tuerck and Gardella Racing remains number one in the Formula D point’s standings and the race
for the 2009 season championship. Congrats to both Ryan and Gardella Racing on an amazing
performance in Road Atlanta. Yoparts.com is proud to be your partner in the race for the 2009
Formula Drift Championship! Good luck at Wall!

For more information, please contact:

Frank Maguire
Race Day Media
647-340-4099
frank@tgiraceday.com

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