Author: CHRISTINA JONES

 

Event Recap from Rd 4 E:

Quote from Jeff Jones:
I was so pumped to get to Jersey and was really confident we could dominate this round but things didn’t go the way I intended. This had to be the toughest event in my FD career to date as I had a health scare right before the event and we suffered a major mechanical issue taking us out during qualifying. All I can do is say thank you and try to hold my head high but this one really hurt.

I had been working harder than ever to move forward without rest. On June 2nd I came down with a fever and chills that put me on the floor. After 3 urgent care visits, one 8 hour ER visit, 3 cat scans, chest x-ray, 4 different blood tests and a SPINAL tap nothing helped. It really didn’t look like I was going to get better in time to drive the rig up from Orlando and make it to Round 4, let alone be healthy enough to drive.

Thanks to my Crew Chief Chris Jackson, he drove our rig up and I slowly started to see some improvements in health and energy. By Thursday’s practice I was able to stay focused to get some good laps in. We had great practice on Thursday and Friday but unfortunately during our Qualifying run on Friday we suffered a catastrophic mechanical issue taking our engine out of the game. Even with the industries best parts bouncing off the rev limiter…at a thousand horsepower, it can always take its toll.

Thank you everyone and sorry I couldn’t put on the show I wanted to give.
We are hard at work getting parts rebuilt and will come back swinging with a vengeance.

2022 DNA Motoring x Jeff Jones Racing YouTube FD Event Vlog Series:
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Rd 3 Orlando Vlog Video Link
Rd 2 Atlanta Vlog Video Link
Rd 1 Long Beach Vlog Video Link

FD SERIES NEWS
NEXT ROUND
World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, IL will host the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 5: Crossroads on July 14-16 as well as the Round 3 of the Formula DRIFT Link ECU PROSPEC Championship. Please visit formulad.com for the competition schedule, ticket information, driver profiles, special content, and the event livestream

Next up for Jeff Jones Racing 2022:
June 18th Hot Pit Autofest Rd 2 (Judging) – San Bernardino, CA
July 14-16 Formula Drift Rd 5 – St, Louis, MO
August 5-6 Formula Drift Rd 6 – Monroe, WA
September 15-17 Formula Drift Rd 7 – Grantsville, UT
September 24th Hot Pit Autofest Rd 3 (Judging) – San Bernardino, CA
October 9th Nissfest SoCal – Irwindale, CA
October 14-15 Formula Drift Rd 8 – Irwindale, CA

Event Recap from Rd 3 Orlando, FL:

It was a wild hot one! Weather played a huge part in the FD PRO event with heavy rain, high winds, torrential rain, thunder, lightning and even a tornado warning.

Jeff Jones Qualified in P16 out of 36 drivers
Top 32 Battle with Branden Sorensen: Jones WON & Advanced into the Top 16
Top 16 Battle with Fredric Aasbo: Hard Fought Battle – Aasbo slightly edged out Jones

The Jeff Jones Racing team finished Round 3 in 11th Place.
We have now secured 9th Place Overall in Championship points heading into Rd 4.

Quote from Jeff Jones:
“It felt great coming into Orlando with lots of confidence from ATL. It was a rough start with this new Z build and getting myself acclimated may have took longer than we wanted, but I’m all in now. Orlando Speedway is one of those tracks with one miss timed transition, it can take you out of the show. I had a great Top 16 battle with Aasbo, we fought really hard with wet setups keeping us on our toes. I felt it could have possibly gone OMT but all in all I love how the car and team are performing. We can’t wait to bring the fight to Englishtown”

2022 DNA Motoring x Jeff Jones Racing YouTube FD Event Vlog Series:
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ATL Vlog Video Link

LGB Vlog Video Link

FD SERIES NEWS

NEXT ROUND

Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ will host the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 4: Type S The Gauntlet presented by AutoZone on June 9-11 as well as the Round 2 of the Formula DRIFT Link ECU PROSPEC Championship. Please visit formulad.com for the competition schedule, ticket information, driver profiles, special content, and the event livestream.

Next up for Jeff Jones Racing:
June 4th Fuel Fest (Appearance) – Irwindale, CA
June 9 -11 Formula Drift Rd 4 – Englishtown, NJ
June 18th Hot Pit Autofest Rd 2 (Judging)- San Bernardino, CA

 

Event Recap from Rd 2 Atlanta, GA:

Jeff Jones Qualified in 9th Place
Top 32 Battle with Mike Essa: OMT (One More Time)
Top 32 OMT Battle with Mike Essa: Jones WON & Advanced into the Top 16
Top 16 Battle with Travis Reeder: Jones WON & Advanced into the Great 8
Great 8 Battle with Matt Field: Hard Fought Battle, Field Won. Jones finished in 7th Place

The Jeff Jones Racing team finished Round 2 strong in 7th Place and moved up majorly in overall Championship points. We are now tied for 9th Place overall.

Quote from Jeff Jones:
“I’m super pumped at our results here in Atlanta, we took a few hits and had some amazing winning battles with our GT Radial teammates. It was close battle in the Great 8 with Matt Field, but I made a small error on my initiation which gave the win to Matt. I felt so much more confident in car after spending weeks since Long Beach get it dialed and tested. The new car is fast and I’m excited to see where this beast takes us this season.”

FD Series News:

NEXT ROUND

Orlando Speed World will host the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Round 3: Type S Scorched presented by AutoZone on May 19-21 as well as the opening round of the Formula DRIFT Link ECU PROSPEC Championship. Please visit formulad.com for the competition schedule, ticket information, driver profiles, special content, and the event livestream.

Next up for Jeff Jones Racing:
May 20-21 Formula Drift Rd 3 Orlando, FL