{"id":35709,"date":"2017-12-06T22:31:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T02:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver4\/?p=35709"},"modified":"2017-12-06T22:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T02:32:18","slug":"formula-drift-announces-2018-championship-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/formula-drift-announces-2018-championship-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula DRIFT Announces 2018 Championship Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long Beach, Calif. \u2013 December 5, 2017 \u2013\u00a0Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship\u00a0<\/span>has announced the official 2018 calendar for the Pro and four Pro2 Championship.\u00a0 The 15th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary season will feature eight rounds of competition within the continental United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Notable changes include the addition of Gateway Motorsports Park, located just outside St. Louis, MO to fill a highly requested area in the Midwest.\u00a0 Las Vegas will replace the iconic Irwindale Speedway for the season finale, due to Irwindale\u2019s closure this coming January.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cReturning to the Midwest has been a goal for us since our last event in Chicago back in 2006,\u201d said Jim Liaw, President and Co-founder of Formula DRIFT.\u00a0 \u201cSince then fans in the Midwest have been calling for a championship round and today we are happy to announce our return to the region.\u00a0 With the closure of such an iconic track as Irwindale Speedway, it was fitting to replace the venue with a location that provides glitz and glamour for a season finale that only Las Vegas can, as a tourist destination.\u00a0 We expect a huge influx of fans and companies traveling into Vegas for this round.\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship will begin in April at Round 1: Streets of Long Beach for the 2018 season.\u00a0 The\u00a0<\/span>2018 Formula DRIFT Pro Championship Schedule is below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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2018 Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship Schedule*<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Round 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

April 6 – 7 \u2013 Streets of Long Beach – Long Beach, CA<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Invitational: Super Drift Challenge at the Grand Prix of Long Beach**<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

April 13 – 14 \u2013 Streets of Long Beach – Long Beach, CA<\/span><\/p>\n

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Round 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

April 27 \u2013 28 \u2013 Orlando Speedworld – Orlando, FL<\/span><\/p>\n

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Round 3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 11 – 12 \u2013 Road Atlanta – Atlanta, GA with Pro2<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Round 4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 1 – 2 \u2013 Wall Stadium Speedway \u2013 Wall Township, NJ<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Round 5<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

July 20 – 21 \u2013 Evergreen Speedway – Monroe, WA<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Round 6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

August 10 – 11 \u2013 Gateway Motorsports Park – St. Louis, MO with Pro2<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Round 7<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

September 14 – 15 \u2013 Texas Motor Speedway – Dallas, TX with Pro2<\/span><\/p>\n

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Round 8<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

October 12 – 13 \u2013 Las Vegas Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, NV with Pro2<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Long Beach, Calif. \u2013 December 5, 2017 \u2013\u00a0Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship\u00a0has announced the official 2018 calendar for the Pro and four Pro2 Championship.\u00a0 The 15th\u00a0Anniversary season will feature eight rounds of competition within the continental United States. \u00a0[gard] Notable changes include the addition of Gateway Motorsports Park, located just outside St. Louis, MO to fill a highly requested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35713,"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35709\/revisions\/35713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}