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Formula DRIFT Round 6: Locked and Loaded Results; Stephan
Verdier Takes His First Victory and the Championship Comes Down to the
Finals

Long Beach, Calif. – August 22, 2009 – Formula DRIFT returned
to Infineon Raceway for Round 6: Locked and Loaded joining the Indy Grand Prix
of Sonoma weekend. Stephan Verdier in the Cooper Tires / Crawford Performance
Subaru STI takes his first victory in Formula DRIFT competition.

“This is a dream come true,” said Stephan Verdier, winner of
Round 6:

Locked and Loaded. “My first victory after 3 years of competition
and it is also the first victory for a Subaru and for Cooper Tires. Today I’m
number 1 and it’s a great feeling.”

Round 6: Locked and Loaded was the first event in Formula DRIFT
history to share the same weekend with IndyCar for the Indy Grand Prix of
Sonoma.

Fans were treated to both drifting and open wheel racing action for
an exciting combination of motorsports that kept everyone entertained.

Current Formula DRIFT champion Tanner Foust in the Rockstar
Energy Drink / Hankook Scion Racing TC battled against Hankook teammate Ryuji
Miki in the APEXi / Hankook Mazda RX-7 for third place and after 2 hard fought
One More Time battles Miki finds the podium once again. The final round had Ken
Gushi in the RS*R / Scion Racing TC and Stephan Verdier battle for the top spot.
On the first run of the final battle, Ken Gushi ended his run with a blown motor
forcing him to take a bow and give Verdier the victory.

"This event proved that drifting can co-exist with other
motorsports and provide quality entertainment for all fans and we are very proud
to be a part of the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma weekend," said Ryan Sage, vice
president of marketing and co-founder of Formula DRIFT. "With only 1 event
remaining in the season it will come down to the wire and we will be crowning a
new champion."

Formula DRIFT returns to the "House of Drift" at Toyota
Speedway at Irwindale on October 15-16 for Round 7: Judgment Day for the season
finale.

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