KÖNIG Wheels sponsors the Wrecked Magazine Formula Drift Main Event Gallery. After every round, some great event coverage is collected into a gallery on Wrecked Magazine. Check out all the scenes from Formula Drift Round 5 Right Here and check out some of the clips after the break of Dennis Mertzanis after, who made the Top 16 in Round 5 at Evergreen Speedway.
If you are an Automotive Enthusiast or Formula Drift Fan, then you may already be familiar with Wrecked Magazine. If not, you just might want to check it out!
Wrecked Magazine just released their newest issue; #27, and it covers some great Drifting Gear, in-depth Formula Drift coverage; including drivers, their cars, and Project RTR Part 3. Another cool feature to check out is the Gallery. Konig Wheels sponsors the Main Event galleries from each round of the Formula Drift season.
We won’t spoil the rest of it for you though, so be sure to head over to Wrecked Magazine and click on the “Current Issue” tab.
Konig would like to thank Complex Rides for showing us love in their “10 Best Aftermarket Wheel Manufacturers Right Now” feature.Konig made the cut on the #8 spot among the likes of BBS, OZ racing and others.
Konig Wheels and Annie Anaya would like to present to you the all-new Konig centigram
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19 x 8.5, 19 x 9.5, and 19 x 10.5 in Gold with Machined PCD (shown) OR Matte Black with Machined PCD.
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Dennis Mertzanis and his brand new Hyundai Genesis Coupe have made their debut at the 2013 Formula Drift tech day this last weekend. He has been testing rigoriously at Buttonwillow raceway to dial in the car in time for the season opener. The streets of long beach is about to turn in record ticket sales for the 2013 season starting in Long Beach April 12-13. The new setup has gobs of power with an already potent 3.8L v6 under the hood; that was just not enough to break the tires at 80mph. A Brian Crower 4.0L stroker kit was exactly what the car needed, oh and the addition of a large turbocharger the car will easily blow the tires off at well over 100mph. The car is now putting out a wopping 600hp and 540ft/tq
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This month’s calendar warms things up with Elaina Christina and the Konig Torch which is available in:
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Fall has arrived, and Marina Victoria is here along with the all-new KÖNIG SSM With new sizes available for 2012.
18×8, 18×9 and 18×10 with aggressive offsets in et22 to et50 available for the Honda S2000, Nissan 350 and 370Z – In Stock Now!!!
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KÖNIG is really excited to see another one of our sponsored vehicles in Forza Motorsport 4.
New to the Forza Motorsport 4 platform is the GoGoGear.com Hyundai Genesis Coupe. The GoGoGear Hyundai Genesis utilizes KÖNIG Kilograms on the track, and were certainly well rendered on the car in Forza Motorsport.
Check out some of the studio shots below as well as instructions on how to pick up the car in Forza Motorsport 4.
The GoGoGear Hyundai Genesis can be downloaded from the Xbox 360 Storefront by searching “ali arsham – ustcc”. A tune is also available for this car.
All images are courtesy of Forza Motorsport 4 / Turn 10 Studios
**This is the official recap written by and courtesy of the Mertzanis Racing team from Formula Drift Round 6: “After Dark” at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – August 24th – 25th**
Right after pulling off the trailer on Thursday night, we went into the private paid practice and started bumper banging on the k-rails, and scraping paint and decals off the rear bumper. With some sway bar tweaks, and a Kenda Tire pressure adjustment, the car felt unstoppable. A full day before qualifying, the car felt fantastic to Dennis Mertzanis and the whole Mertzanis Racing crew.
Friday practice, before qualifying Dennis went out chasing Kyle Mohan, who is one of the fastest drivers on the circuit. Dennis wanted to see how quick the car setup for the weekend was overall. These screen grabs were pulled from our GoPro camera that has a video you can see here.
Dennis explains, “Well, we went flying into the first outer clip together. What is normally a full throttle affair, Mohan went too close to the wall, and hard-braked, slowing down a lot. I was coming in hot and couldn’t slow down fast enough. We made contact and I hit the wall knocking the suspension out of alignment.”
The team worked quickly to get the car back in race trim. Only one KÖNIG Milligram wheel was damaged beyond repair, since it made high-speed contact with the rear bash bar on Kyle Mohan’s Mazda Rx-8. After his two runs, Dennis finished 19th for Kenda Tires, which lined him up against Ryan Tuerck in the Retaks S13. This was a rematch from Round 1 at Streets of Long Beach.
On Saturday, just before competition brought on rain and crazy wind as the drivers hit the track. Luckily, we had a rain setup for the car on standby, but it all dried up before Dennis got on the track for his Top 32 battle. Ryan Tuerck led the first battle in his S13.5 against our Chevrolet Performance Parts powered LS3 S13.4. Dennis held a somewhat conservative, but all around solid follow run behind Tuerck.
After the smoke settled, the judges gave the win over to Ryan Tuerck eliminating Dennis Mertzanis from this weekend’s competition. The team came together and really made huge developments with the S13. Dennis is planning on a huge month of testing in September to get ready for the final round at Irwindale Speedway coming up in October.
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Make sure to check out the best coverage on the web of Formula Drift. You can catch up on all the picture by picture action by checking out the Formula Drift round 6 main event photo gallery brought to you by Konig. Wrecked Magazine serves up tons of images to keep you in the loop on what happens on the track frame by frame.
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