Doug's next race will be at XDC Hyperfest June 18th in Summit Point. He won this race last year and he is looking forward to winning it again.
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Showing posts with label Doug Van Den Brink. Show all posts
Doug wins Palm Beach Formula Drift Pro-am
On June 4th, 2011 Doug Van Den Brink added another win to his resume this past weekend at Palm Beach Formula Drift Pro-am put on by Streetwise Drift. This was the first time that Formula Drift had an event at Palm Beach International Raceway and it had a very fast straight away of 90mph to the first clipping point with speeds dropping to 45mph for the second clip and zone clipping. Doug's Top 16 was against Bill Sherman, which he is always a tough competitor. He had to do a OMT (one more time) with Bill because of a throttle issue. Doug worked around the throttle issue and moved on to the Top 8. His Top 8 run was against Stenger and with two good runs Doug was in the top 4. His top 4 battle against Charles Thompson was one that he had to becareful with. Thompson was a very smooth driver but his Nissan 240SX had a lot less horse power than Doug's turbo charged Mustang. He quickly took care of Thompson and then it was time to face Ryan Kaufman in the Finals. Doug had his eyes set on the prize and he took it home.
Doug's next race will be at XDC Hyperfest June 18th in Summit Point. He won this race last year and he is looking forward to winning it again.
Doug's next race will be at XDC Hyperfest June 18th in Summit Point. He won this race last year and he is looking forward to winning it again.
Streetwise Drift Pro-am in Palm Beach
This weekend June 3rd and 4th is Round 2 of Streetwise Drift Pro-am in conjunction with Formula Drift Round 3. We are getting ready to help out Doug Van Den Brink and also the guys at Batlground. It will be a great chance for Doug to get more seat time before going to XDC at Summit Point. Good luck guys and we will see you there.
Xtreme Drift Circuit Round 3 Orlando, FL
Well the season didn't start very good for the D'vanz team. Doug worked as hard as he could to get his Mustang ready for the south season opener at XDC Round 3 in Orlando, which he failed to get it finished and could not make the event. It's hard to miss an event but when the car isn't ready you just can not afford to go half a$$ and waist your time. On a different note the D'vanz team is excited about all the changes that where made to the Mustang in the off season and we can't wait to see what it will do.
Good news, the car will be ready in three weeks for the Streetwise Drift Pro-Am in Palm Beach with Formula Drift. So we will see you there on June 3rd & 4th.
Video from South East Drift ProAm at Gresham
Here's another video from SouthEast Drift ProAm at Gresham Motorsport Park done by Joseph Canady. At the end there is an interview with Doug Van Den Brink.
South East Drift ProAm - Gresham Park - 6/26 from Joseph Canady on Vimeo.
Doug Van Den Brink wins SED Proam
Doug is on a roll! He has won his second event in a row with a win this past weekend at Gresham Motorsports Park were Southeast Drift held round 1 of their FD Proam series. This event brought driver from all over the southeast from Flordia, North Carolina, Tennesee, and Georgia.
Doug qualified 1st and finished 1st, which made for a great day in PHD's home town. We would also like to give congratulations to Dan Willie of Batlground for finishing 2nd and Ryan Kaufman from Florida with his very fast RX7 in 3rd.
Here's a video that Batlground found of the event this weekend.
We will see you at round 2 at Nashville Super Speedway on July 31st!
Doug qualified 1st and finished 1st, which made for a great day in PHD's home town. We would also like to give congratulations to Dan Willie of Batlground for finishing 2nd and Ryan Kaufman from Florida with his very fast RX7 in 3rd.
Here's a video that Batlground found of the event this weekend.
Southeast Drift ProAM Competition @ Gresham Motorsport Park from James Hunsucker on Vimeo.
We will see you at round 2 at Nashville Super Speedway on July 31st!
Doug Van Den Brink wins XDC Hyperfest
Congratulations to Doug Van Den Brink and the D'Vanz Motorsports crew for their win this past weekend XDC Hyperfest at Summit Point. We will post more about the event once we talk to Doug today or tomorrow.
Way to go guys, now lets get another one the at SED ProAm event at Gresham Motorsports Park.
Doug qualified 1st at XDC
XDC qualifying was yesterday at Summit Point and Doug Van Den Brink took home first place for today’s Top 16 competition. Keep up the good work Doug!
Qualifying order:
1. Doug Van Den Brink
2. Steve Angerman
3. Miro Ovcharik
4. Stewart Leask
5. Chelsea DeNofa
6. Justin Tuerck
7. Nathan Brasz
8. James Evans
9. Brian Peter
10. Lee Alexander
11. Gary Simmons
12. Charlie Tyson
13. Bill Cook
14. Zachary Caitlin
15. Doug Artus
16. Ben Sarli
Qualifying order:
1. Doug Van Den Brink
2. Steve Angerman
3. Miro Ovcharik
4. Stewart Leask
5. Chelsea DeNofa
6. Justin Tuerck
7. Nathan Brasz
8. James Evans
9. Brian Peter
10. Lee Alexander
11. Gary Simmons
12. Charlie Tyson
13. Bill Cook
14. Zachary Caitlin
15. Doug Artus
16. Ben Sarli
D'Vanz Motorsport heads to XDC Hyperfest
June 18th, 2010 Doug Van Den Brink and the D'Vanz Motorsport crew will be heading to Summit Point Raceway for XDC (Xtreme Drift Circuit) Hyperfest. This event is holding a FD ProAm event in WV which will bring out some very good drivers. Good luck this weekend to Doug and the D'Vanz crew. Bring home a win!
2010 Formula Drift Round 2
May 6th to May 8th, I was at Formula Drift Round 2 at Road Atlanta working with Doug Van Den Brink on his red 04 Mustang.
We started testing on Thursday, so Doug could get use to the car again and also learn more about the new Falken Azenis RT615K. The Azenis RT615K have more grip which in our case we had to loosen the car up more than before. So after the first session we changed the sway bar to help free the car up in our second session of testing.
On to Friday, we started practice at 4pm and then we went straight to qualifying at 5pm. We went out four since this was Doug's first event of 2010 in FD. He put down a good run with a 65.7 on the first run and a 68.4 on the second which put us at 24th.
Saturday we started practice at 2:30pm before the top 32 rounds at 4pm. We had to get Doug step up to get use to following and get as close as he could so he would have a chance of advancing to the top 16.
In the top 32 first run we had to go up against 9th place Sam Hubinette in his new Dodge Challenger. Since Sam was leading first Doug need to stay close. As they left the starting line, Doug was with Sam until he hit 2nd gear and then Sam pulled a two car lenght gap that Doug never regained throught the run. Sam was leading on round 1 but now it was Doug's turn to lead. Doug had a good start but Sam was very agressive with his entry and even bump Doug. Doug had a good run all the way but it just wasn't enough to over take Sam.
We had a good weekend and the car is still in one piece, so now it's time for round 3 at Wall Speedway in New Jersey on June 4th & 5th. I just hope this year it doesn't rain like last years event where it flooded the infield so much they canceled Friday's event. I'll see everyone there!
We started testing on Thursday, so Doug could get use to the car again and also learn more about the new Falken Azenis RT615K. The Azenis RT615K have more grip which in our case we had to loosen the car up more than before. So after the first session we changed the sway bar to help free the car up in our second session of testing.
On to Friday, we started practice at 4pm and then we went straight to qualifying at 5pm. We went out four since this was Doug's first event of 2010 in FD. He put down a good run with a 65.7 on the first run and a 68.4 on the second which put us at 24th.
Saturday we started practice at 2:30pm before the top 32 rounds at 4pm. We had to get Doug step up to get use to following and get as close as he could so he would have a chance of advancing to the top 16.
In the top 32 first run we had to go up against 9th place Sam Hubinette in his new Dodge Challenger. Since Sam was leading first Doug need to stay close. As they left the starting line, Doug was with Sam until he hit 2nd gear and then Sam pulled a two car lenght gap that Doug never regained throught the run. Sam was leading on round 1 but now it was Doug's turn to lead. Doug had a good start but Sam was very agressive with his entry and even bump Doug. Doug had a good run all the way but it just wasn't enough to over take Sam.
We had a good weekend and the car is still in one piece, so now it's time for round 3 at Wall Speedway in New Jersey on June 4th & 5th. I just hope this year it doesn't rain like last years event where it flooded the infield so much they canceled Friday's event. I'll see everyone there!
SEMA 2009 Doug Van Den Brink
2009 SEMA Show is happening this week and Doug Van Den Brink with his turbo powered Red Mustang made the trip again for the second year in a row. These year the Mustang is sporting new wheels, a wide body kit, and a new paint layout. After the SEMA show Doug will make the long trip back to the east coast with a brief stop in NC before heading out again to display the Mustang at PRI in Orlando, FL. This will be the last stop and the end of the long road trips until next year.
PHD would like to thank Doug and the D'Vanz Motorsports crew for a great year and we look forward to working with them next year. They almost pulled of the upset of the year at Formula Drift final at Irwindale Speedway.
To read more about what Doug is doing check out his website at http://dvanz.com.
PHD & Goodridge Official Hose & Fitting Supplier for D'Vanz Motorsport
PHD and Goodridge would like to announce that they are the official hose & fitting supplier for Doug Van Den Brink of D'Vanz Motorsports on his 2009 Formula Drift season. DV's Ford Mustang was completely plumbed with top of the line Goodridge products from G-line light weight fuel, oil, turbo, and coolant lines to G-stop brake lines.To learn more about Goodridge products go to http://www.perfhosedist.com/, also to follow DV on 2009 season go to http://www.dvanz.com/ or http://www.formulad.com/.
Good luck DV on your 2009 season!
Formula Drift Round 3 at Wall Speedway in New Jersey
On June 4th I got on a plane and went to New Jersey for Round 3 of Formula Drift to help out Doug Van Den Brink (DV). I had to stay open half a day on June 4th so I missed practice day.
As for the event on Friday June 5th there was a 100% chance of rain and wow were they correct it was the first time that Formula Drift had to cancel due to rain. It rained all day and stopped sometime during the night. So we had to start our day off early on Saturday June 6th around 6am because of the Friday rainout the event started at 8am. This made for a very long day since it didn't end until 7pm.
DV qualified for the event in 23rd and had to take on Chris Forsberg in the NOS Energy Drink 350Z. This was the hardest competitor DV had to face to make the top 16. Forsberg lead first DV followed; into the first turn Forsberg jumped out to a three car lead and DV never got a chance to get it back. Now DV leads Forsberg followed; into the first turn where DV got a small lead but Forsberg closed the gap quickly. Forsberg was glued to DV all the way around the track, Forsberg moves on and we go home. DV said "when I crossed the finish line and could see orange next to my driver door, I knew he had won." DV has now had two good events and I think he will break into the top 16 at his next event.
Formula Drift had another first happen this weekend and that was Falken Tire had a 1,2,3 finish. No other tire company has done this yet and Falken Tire has been waiting for this day for 5 years.
I'm not sure if I will be able to make anymore events this year but if I do get the chance I will be there to help DV make it into the top 16 and try to get him on that podium.
Thank you to everyone that helped this weekend and to DV's sponsors for getting us there.
Formula Drift Atlanta May 2009
Well, This is my first blog and I thought it should be about Formula D from this past weekend May 8th & 9th at Road Atlanta. Most of you that will read this know that I own and operate my own business called Performance Hose Distributing. Selling Aeroquip & Goodridge products to the performance market and trying to make it in this economy.
My good freind Doug Van Den Brink (DV) called me on Sunday May 3rd and said he was coming to Formula D on May 7th-9th, but no one was coming to help with the car this time other than Doug Nagy from StreetWise parts in CA. So I made some calls and Derek Rummage a good freind I grew up with said he would go with me to help DV out. Derek and I spent most of the day Thursday out on the race track getting sun burned and smelling rubber burning which is great if you're a car person. Test day was great for DV because he learned more about the track and with CA Doug's help it really showed.
Now comes the fun part of owning your own business, I had to go to work at 8pm on Thursday to finish some hose kits for a customer that I hand delivered to him on Friday at Formula D. Well I was so tired Thursday night I finished them on Friday morning before Derek & I left for the track. DV this is one reason for being late to the track Friday morning.
On Friday my lovely wife came to help and man we were glad to see her, because she had lunch! I was so greatful that day at 2pm when she arrived, because all day Thursday we went with out eating and didn't eat until that night on the way home. Also DV had two guys Corey & Jason show up to help and man was I thankful they showed up. We worked hard during practice making sure we had fresh tires, we watched the track for changes, and DV was focused on his driving. During the last part of practice DV's clutch started acting up and he had to change the way he drove the top part of the "P" to save it for qualifing. He laid down to good runs during qualifing to lock himself into 18th overall.
Right after is run we loaded the truck and rushed back to the trailer to change the clutch. With everyones help we got it done and almost made the last practice for the day, but we just missed it. If it wasn't for the starter we would have had plently of time. Derek was the lucky person in charge of the starter and I commend him for doing a great job.
Now for Saturday, the biggest day of the weekend. Top 32 tandem to top 16 tandem and this year I think this was the best thing Formula D did to mix things up a little. DV was up against Joon Maeng and DV had to follow on the first run. Going into the "P" it was a good battle and everything was clean, but coming out of the top of the "P" DV got a good run (maybe too good) and drove in next to Joon. When he did that he took Joon's line away and Joon spun. After they looked everything over DV had to lead and by far this would be DV's best run of the weekend. It wasn't enough points on the second one to make up for the first run, so Joon moved on to the top 16. DV showed he can make top 16 and I feel like his time will come very shortly. Maybe Wall Speedway in June?
After top 32 tandem, we loaded the car up and watched the rest of the event with the fans. I've never been this tired before and just ready to find my bed, but it was fun and I'm sure I will do it again next year.
Thank You, Andy
