![]() Sorensen: In Vegas we have a grass roots series there called Las Vegas Drift. Does its dry terrain and your dirt experience prepare you for Formula Drift? Or have you had to adapt differently to this kind of driving? You can prepare and in your practice runs hit every clipping point perfectly, but as soon as you are in front of everyone, that’s when some people choke up.ĪF: You live in Las Vegas. You can practice your speech several times, but when you have to give that speech you might choke up.ĭrifting is the same. I’m also in college right now and drifting is like my communications class. But there’s a lot of it that is about being put on the spot. ![]() Sorensen: In drifting, the more logical you make it and the more you break it down, the easier. Sounds like Formula Drift is more focused on precision. photo: Valters Boze / ĪF: NASCAR races typically have three stages and room to make up for bad laps. We’ve got a unique demographic in that 82 percent of Formula Drift fans don’t closely follow NASCAR or Formula 1, or attend other motorsports races.Īmanda Sorensen, seen here with her car, loves the nitty gritty of racing and drifting, down to the. It’s the number one millennial motorsport, second only to NASCAR. Related story: Lindsay Brewer wants to race Hailie Deeganĭrifting also has its own crowd. With a bracket style competition and one chance to qualify for the bracket, there is no room for error. Judges use inside and outside "clipping points" to judge how well a driver drifts through the outside and inside zones. It’s a judge-based sport with three judges: line, angle, and style. Drifting is different because it’s not always about the first person to the finish line. But I had the opportunity to go drifting and at first I wasn’t in love with it, but then began to love it. On our video call she also spoke about some of the most exciting aspects of the sport.Īndy Frye: You’ve motorcycles and off-road vehicles competitively, so why Formula Drift now?Īmanda Sorensen: I started in go-karting and off-road, so I’m kind of a dirt person. In December I spoke to the up-and-coming driver to get the lowdown on Formula Drift and why she chose it over other racing styles and formats. Outside racing Sorensen has also competed in figure skating, wakesurfing, and volleyball. ![]() She’s also taken the podium multiple times in a variety of UTV and go-kart racing series. In 2016, Sorensen made her mark in the off-road industry, winning the Lucas Oil Unlimited UTV class championship, and a year later became the SXS World Finals Women’s class champion. Not only did she graduate high school early just over two years ago-with advanced honors, no less-just to focus on racing, but she’s also won her share of accolades since she took up BMX racing in 2008. 12 Whipple Supercharged LS3 M4 BMW.īut prior to competing in Formula Drift ProSpec, Sorensen was no stranger to the race track. In the Formula Drift ProSpec class, Sorensen currently drives the No. VIDEO: A glimpse of Sorensen and Formula Drift 2021
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