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[COVERAGE] FormulaDRIFT: New Jersey The Gauntlet

June 30th, 2025 by Elusive Media

Adam LZ returned to the top of the podium at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, securing his second career Formula DRIFT PRO Championship victory in stunning fashion. Repeating his winning performance from 2023, LZ piloted his Drift HQ E36 BMW to victory in Round 4, edging out Fredric Aasbo in a dramatic Final showdown.

LZ’s win rocketed him from ninth to third in the overall standings, firmly placing him in the championship hunt. Aasbo, driving the Rockstar Energy Toyota GR Supra, put up a fierce fight, especially after an exhausting semifinal battle with James Deane that went to a One More Time call. Despite settling for second, Aasbo extended his lead in the championship to 20 points.

Deane, representing the AutoZone Mustang RTR team, rounded out the podium in third after a tense Top 8 battle with Hiroya Minowa and a wild Top 16 moment that saw his car mount the hood of Rome Charpentier’s BMW. The Irishman remains second in the standings.

Rookie sensation Connor O’Sullivan impressed with a career-best fourth-place finish. Despite a power disadvantage in his OSully Racing / US Army BMW, O’Sullivan held his own, even giving eventual winner LZ a challenge in the Top 4. His breakout performance vaulted him from 29th to 11th in the standings and into the lead for Rookie of the Year.

Hiroya Minowa, who won Round 3, dropped to fourth in the championship after falling to Deane in the Top 16.

One of the night’s most emotional moments came when Jeff Jones rolled up to the starting line in his Nissan 370Z, which had been crushed by a fallen tree just days earlier. Thanks to support from fellow teams, the car was repaired in time, but Jones was eliminated in the Top 32 by Daniel Stuke.

In manufacturer standings, Toyota extended its lead in the Auto Cup thanks to Aasbo’s finish, while BMW overtook Nissan for second. GT Radial surged ahead in the Tire Cup, passing Kenda for the top spot.

The drama, resilience, and fierce competition made Round 4 one for the books—and fans are already counting down to Round 5.

2025 FD PRO TOP 16 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

POSITIONDRIVERPOINTS
1Fredric Aasbo150
2James Deane130
3Adam LZ100
4Hiroya Minowa100
5Aurimas Bakchis100
6Jhonnattan Castro90
7Matt Field80
8Branden Sorensen70
9Chris Forsberg60
10Dan Stuke52
11Connor O`Sullivan42
12Rome Charpentier40
13Dylan Hughes40
14Ken Gushi40
15Conor Shanahan40
16Ryan Tuerck40

Date: June 19-21, 2025
Location: Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ
By: Neil DeVera
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: New Jersey

October 16th, 2024 by Elusive Media

The racing weather Gods must of been on side this weekend. On my travels to the raceway on Saturday, it was rain the whole way down! Twenty minutes from the track, the skies open up and sun for the entire rest of the day! This weekend as packed full. New Jersey has been the final round for the past few years, and many times it comes down to this round to see who’s on top; this year is no different! Josh Herrin on top of the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati won his second AMA Superbike Championship after race 1 on Saturday! Mathew Scholtz clinches his first Supersport title, while Davis Nabs grabs his first supersport win! Fun Fact: Herrin tied Wayne Rainey on the all-time Superbike win list for 10th with his 16th victory. He is now one victory behind the Kentucky Kid, Nicky Hayden for ninth on the win list.

On Sunday, Herrin’s teammate Loris Baz captures his first AMA Superbike win on top of the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati. This also marks the first time a Frenchman has secure top position in AMA Superbike! King Of The Baggers title was also crowed this weekend. Troy Herfoss on top of the S&S/Indian Motorcycle took the title with seven wins this season. Stock 1000 was taken by Real Steel Motorsports’ Hayden Gillim. Honda hasn’t been doing too well in MotoGP, but they secure their first MotoAmerica title on the Honda CBR1000RR-R SP with Gillim.

Enjoy the 1000+ photos from this weekend!

Date: September 27-29, 2024
Location: Thunderbolt Raceway, New Jersey Motosports Park, Millville, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: New Jersey

October 1st, 2023 by Elusive Media

Now that I’m finally dry from a full weekend of wet racing, lets get to it! All classes had a handful around the 2.25 mile track. I don’t think anyone saw a dry race line all weekend. REV’IT! Twins Cup and Mission King Of The Baggers titles were up for grabs, where all the others classes have been clinched. Weekend was full of action with 6 different classes racing, which includes the Mission Mini Cup By Motul.

Date: September 22-24, 2023
Location: Thunderbolt Raceway, New Jersey Motosports Park, Millville, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: Pittsburg ’23

August 29th, 2023 by Elusive Media

Date: August 19-20, 2023
Location: Pittsburgh International Race Complex , Pittsburgh, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: Pittsburgh

August 31st, 2022 by Elusive Media

MotoAmerica returns the Pittsburgh International Race Complex, a 2.78mile track about 40 minutes outside of Pittsburgh, PA. 7 classes classes of racing came to battle it out. The Medallia Superbike has been keeping us on our toes with Petrucci and Gagne swapping for the championship in the last round. We also had a tricky weekend with a bit of dry and wet practices. While day two started of wets, the 2nd race for superbike ended up dry. And to everyone’s amazement, all races ended up being in the dry, despite an 80% chance of rain in the afternoon. While Petrucci had a 13 point lead coming into Pittsburgh, Gagne has always been strong here. Gagne riding away with two 1st places and Petrucci coming away with a 2nd and 3rd. Scholtz came back with two podiums after being away during the last round. It will be an enjoyable 4 more races with Gagne and Petrucci separated by 1 point!! See you in New Jersey!

Date: August 19-21, 2022
Location: Pittsburgh International Race Complex , Pittsburgh, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica: Pittsburgh

August 26th, 2021 by Elusive Media

MotoAmerica makes it way to the Pittsburgh International race complex where 7 out of the 9 classes were ready to put in a full weekend of racing! Royal Enfield Build Train Race was one of the new classes and exciting to check out. 7 women and 3 rounds.Pittsburgh fans were lucky enough to check out these ladies rips around the track. MotoAmerica Mini Cup Series raced on their own course within the complex and started their 3rd round at Pittsburgh. Another 8 races happened over the other 5 classes on Saturday and Sunday, a packed weeekend for fans. Jake Gagne on his Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha continues his winning streak this weekend at an amazing 13 wins with an impressive 93 points ahead in the championship. Toni Elias take over for injured Josh Herrin also had everyone talking this weekend. On his first outing on the Fresh N’ Lean Attack Performance Yamaha, he was able to secure 2nd place and 3 seconds gap over 3rd place Mathew Scholtz Westby Racing Yamaha. For Sundays race in superbike, everyone was dialed down with their setup. 10 rides were all within a minute of each other vs race 1 where 7 riders were within a minute. Toni Elias wasn’t able to hold on to a podium in the 2nd race, finishing 4th. Mathew Scholtz took over the 2nd position and Bobby Fong on his M4 ECSTAR Suzuki moved up to 3rd vs 8th on saturday. For more information on there classes, be sure to check out motoamerica.com. See you all in New Jersey!

Date: August 13-15, 2021
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] IMSA Six Hours of The Glen

July 11th, 2021 by Elusive Media

IMSA returns to Watkins Glen International! Last year never happened and it’s been 2 years since we’ve been able to attend the Six Hours of The Glen. This 4 day event is packed full of racing! Porsche Carrera Cup, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Tioga Downs Casino Resort 240, and on the final day Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen! This track is massive, 3.4 miles and 11 corners. I hate to admit it, but this is my first time at the track and it sure won’t be my last. For the Six Hours of the Glen, 5 different classes race over the six hour length. DPi, LMP2, LMP3(new for 2021), GTLM, and GTD. With this many classes on track, the racing never seemed to end. Over takes are plentiful, and even with this length of a track,there is little time between another car flying by! Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen is the third event out of four that make up the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. For the full results check out imsa.com! If you enjoy camping and enjoy motorsports, this race weekend is a must! Book your spot early, because they sell quickly!

Date: June 24-27, 2021
Location: Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] FormulaDRIFT: New Jersey The Gauntlet

June 30th, 2021 by Elusive Media

Formula Drift returns to Englishtown! But it’s no where near how you remember it. A few years back, the drag strip was no longer allowed to be used. Raceway Park does have a road course, which is used for many drift events, but FormulaD and Raceway park built it’s first dedicated drift track! It combines the track layout of Wall Township Raceway, but without the high banks. The figure eight now crisscrosses over what is left of the drag strip and drivers have to adjust to the different pavement changes. This would of been the second year, but due to Covid and NJ restrictions, the event had to move to 2021.
Arriving at 9am, the temp was already above 80 and sunny! It was going to be a scorcher and a long day of drifting! The paddock stretched all the way around the track with a car show taking up the front entrance. Round 2 of ProSpec battle was the first part of the day. They put on some epic battles with a dramatic ending for first and 2nd. Dmitriy Brutskiy taking 1st, Austin Matta taking 2nd after slamming into the final wall and his wheel getting ripped off! Nick Noback finish up 3rd in his E46 M3. With a short break between competitions, the Pro was up as the sun started to set. As we finish the driver introductions, national anthem and swore in cadets into Space Force(congrats to them!), no longer than 2 minutes after, light drizzle falls from the sky.
The Pro are about to start with a damp track that was dry all day. We all hoped that it was going to be short lived, the rain continued until the top 6 and it only started to dry out on the last battle. We all hoped for many close battles, but with the damp to soaked track, it was all about who could keep up the speed, angle, and without spinning out. The smoke was absent until the last battle, but sadly Christ Forsbergs NOS Energy – GT Radial Nissan 370Z was littered with issues this weekend. Replaced engine before qualifying and during the final ends up with electrical problems. It was amazing he made it, but still comes away with good points to keep the championship alive . Matt Field takes the win which makes is first FD Pro win in the Falken Tire – Drift Cave Chevrolet Corvette! With this win and points previous points leader finishing 9th, Field now leads the championship. Fredric Aasbo in his Rockstar Energy Drink Toyota GR Supra finishes the podium in 3rd. Looking forward to exciting next round in Erie, PA! See you there!

Date: June 18-19, 2021
Location: Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ
By: Erik
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[COVERAGE] MotoAmerica New Jersey Round 9 ’19

September 14th, 2019 by Elusive Media

MotoAmerica returns to the 2.25 mile New Jersey Motorsport park for round 9 of the championship! Unlike last year where the rain came down in buckets, races were able to complete the the dry which made for some exciting races. Coming into the Championship of New Jersey, many of the classes are in close battle for a championship. Supersport had 4 rides under 50 point difference, Superbike had 3 rides under 50 points, and the Twins top 3 were covered just by 19 points! EBC Brakes Superbike Race 1 came down with Gerloff and Beaubier scrapping for first position on the first half the race, and a late charge from Beaubier in lap 18, but Garret Gerloff was able to pull away and take the win! Cameron Beaubier followed 1.7 seconds behind in 2nd, JD Beach in 3rd and Toni Elias in 4th. Yamaha YZF-R1 takes all 3 podiums! Race 2 of the EBC Brakes Superbike JD Beach leads the first half of the race. As the race continues, Beaubier is able to battle with Beach and positions swap multiple times, but in the end Cameron Beaubier excellent first corner speed gives him the lead and he takes the win! JD Beach comes in second 1.4 seconds behind. Mathew Scholtz finished off the podium make it a Yamaha lockout. Toni Elias is able to work his way up to 4th. Championships start to tighten up, as Superbike top 2 are only 16 points apart. Beaubier was able to gain some much needed points as Toni Elias still leads the championship. Supersport top 2 are only 10 points apart from each other, while the Twins Class top 3 are only 33 points apart! The last round will sure be an exciting one!

Date: September 7-9, 2019
Location: Thunderbolt Raceway, New Jersey Motosports Park, Millville, NJ
By: Erik
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[Remembering] Nicky Hayden 1981-2017

May 29th, 2017 by Elusive Media

Devastated and in total shock! A few days after arriving home from Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, i was notified that Nicky Hayden, the 2006 MotoGP World Champion had passed after his cycle accident 5 days prior. As I look up at his first MotoGP victory photo hanging on my wall, it’s hard to absorb that we all won’t be seeing that infectious smile and personality that we all grew to love.

I started to become a Nicky Hayden fan when i started following MotoGP in 2005, which was just a few years after getting my first motorcycle. And of course at the time he was 1 of 2 riders that was American, on the factor Repsol Honda(I road Honda at the time), and we were only a few weeks difference in age. How could I not become a Nicky Hayden fan? Once Indianapolis GP came on the race calendar, it was time to see & hear these motorcycles in person, along with see my favorite rider, Nicky!! Over the years I would attend every IndyGP and a few in Austin. I was lucky enough to have some conversations with him over the years, even with his limited time during a race weekend. He was always happy, motivated, determined to do his best week in and week out and that was one of my many reason I looked up to him.

He will be missed not just because of his racing background, but because of the person he was! His memory will live on between his family, friends, and millions fans! RIP Nicky! #

Here are some of my favorite photos that I’ve taken of Nicky over the years! So many great memories! #RideOnKentuckyKid

Date: May 29th, 2017
By: Erik
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