NOV 27th 2008: Team Japan Auto BEST EUROPEAN TEAM at the Red Bull Drifting World Championship!
Coming all the way from Norway, Fredric Aasbø and Team Japan Auto took part at the inaugural Red Bull Drifting World Championship in California mid-November. The event was held at a secret location at the Port of Long Beach, and Fredric was invited amongst the World's 32 top drifting drivers. Putting down a truly awesome performance, Fredric and the Team Japan Auto crew managed to place best out of the 7 top European teams invited.
- We showed up in probably the least modified car and ended up leaving nearly two thirds of the field behind us, Fredric says. - We beat all of the other half a dozen European teams, and I am really proud of the performance put down by the Team Japan Auto crew. Despite low budgets and little previous experience with international drifting we have definitely proved we are a force to be reckoned with!
Fredric would like to thank all of the people backing the team before, during and after the World Championship for their support. The Nordic drifting community, from individuals to partnering companies, has helped funding the trip, some of them spending their hard earned pocket money helping the team get abroad. The support given and cheering has been nothing but astonishing. Being able to compete on this level has boosted Fredric and the Team's enthusiasm for the sport and the cameradery even further. - We have made good friends in the US, Fredric says, and our urges for more US drifting has only grown stronger!
September 1st 2008:
Fredric Aasbø and Team Japan Auto Federal wins 2008 Nordic Drifting Series - Second Year in a Row!
As the smoke settled after the sixth and final round of the Nordic Drifting Series - held at the infamous Alastaro Circuit in Finland - Fredric Aasbø and Team Japan Auto Federal stood victorious as the Nordic Drifting Series 2008 champion.
As a driver, Fredric would like to thank ALL partners, friends and drifting enthusiasts for a truly GREAT season! We truly appreciate the support and help we are given and have done our best to return the favours. Together we have had so much pleasure from doing what we love the most, and will do our very best to stay focused on what is most important: Having fun out there!
Next up is the Red Bull Drifting World Championship in Long Beach, California, USA, in November. We can't wait!
Fredric Aasbø - Biography
Born and raised in the midst of the Scandinavian countryside, Fredric’s Dad quickly introduced him to the Norwegian rally scene. As a youngster he was let into a go-kart, and proved his car control skills at an early age being very fast under slippery conditions. Discovering drifting as a 17 year old in 2002 got him hooked on the new form of motorsport, and the young Norwegian eventually got his own entry level drift car three years later.
Becoming 2007 and 2008 Nordic Drifting Series Champion with Team Japan Auto and pulling consecutive qualification poles and podium finishes in the 2008 Pro Drift European Series have led the way to his US debut at the 2008 Red Bull Drifting World Championship in Long Beach, CA. Being very enthusiastic about the art of drifting and eager to take on new challenges, Fredric is a guy who goes all in whenever he gets the chance.
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Copyright 2008 - Team Japan Auto Federal & Fredric Aasbø. Pictures courtesy of and copyrighted by Hans Lehtinen, Hege Semb Hauknes, Camilla S. Tofterå and others.
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