Yoparts.com sponsored driver Ryan Tuerck still on top of the championship points race after 3

place finish inHotlanta! !

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May 13, 2009 – North Hampton, NH

This past weekend, Formula Drift returned back to the track where it all started. The infamousRoad Atlanta. Coming off a first place finish in Long Beach Yoparts.com sponsored driver RyanTureck and the Gardella Racing team. Were more than feeling the heat of the spotlight and thepressure to once again deliver a championship performance, although the Gardella Racing teamwas confident in their car, and it’s Pilot Ryan Tuerck. They knew that Road Atlanta posed someunique challenges in comparison to Long Beach. The Gardella Racing team worked tirelessly todial in the car for the legendary road course. After tweaking, and testing to compensate for thesome additional horsepower that they didn’t have for this course last year. The team found thattheir might be some small gearing and transmission issues, also to ensure suspension set-upwould not pose a problemYOPARTS.COMhappily supplied a set of Eibach ERS Springs forthe Gardella Racing/Maxxis Tire Solstice.Come Friday the car was ready and dialed in for completion. Ryan and the GardellaRacing/Maxxis Tire Pontiac Solstice GXP blasted through qualifying scoring and eighty andseeding ninth. The top 32 was set for Saturday, round 1 pitted Tuerck against Casper Canul.Canul’s car experienced some tech issues during their battle and he was unable to continue thebattle. In round two Hampshaa would go up against his good friend and Drift Alliance teammateVaughn Gittin Jr. The battle between the two was intense and heated but the Formula D point’sleader proved to be too much for JR. Ryan advances to Top 8 where he would face Ken Gushi inthe Scion Racing Scion TC. With Gushi’s car having understeer issues Ryan makes short work of his opponent and advances to the final 4. In the final 4 battle Ryan would go up against thesecond of three Drift Alliance teammates he would have to face before the end of the night. Thesecond was last years Road Atlanta champ Chris Forsberg. In the second run versus Forsberg,