Formula D Champ Hubinette Revs up for D1GP
Center Line, Mich. — Team Mopar drifter Samuel Hübinette will revisit the site where he clinched his second Formula D championship, as the “Crazy Swede” returns to Southern California’s Irwindale Speedway this weekend for the D1 Grand Prix Series Finals and World All-Star events.
Hübinette secured his second Formula D title in three years in the Formula D “Final Fight,” held at Irwindale, known as the “House of Drift,” in October. His third-place finish in the event earned him the championship after waging a tight, season-long points battle. Hübinette led the series with three wins, and scored five podium finishes out of seven events.
When Hübinette takes the Irwindale track again this weekend for D1GP action in his NuFormz Racing Mopar Dodge Viper SRT10, he’ll face a stellar lineup packed with elite drifters from around the world.
HÜBINETTE IN D1 GRAND PRIX SERIES COMPETITION
Despite only competing in one 2006 D1GP event at Irwindale in March, Hübinette remains among the Top 16 in points, and is the highest ranking American-based driver in the points standings. At the March event, Hübinette finished fourth, the best of any U.S-based entry, and qualified No. 1 out of a field of 58 drifters. The performance was his best ever in D1GP competition, and the “Crazy Swede” is looking for even better results this weekend.
“It would be so important to grab a win,” said Hübinette, who competes with BFGoodrich G-Force T/A KDW tires. “These D1GP events have some of the most talented drifters in the world, not only from the U.S. and Japan, but from Europe and points all around the globe. I want to have a good outing, with the help of Mopar, NuFormz Racing and BFG, to show I can compete with the best drifters in the world.”
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