Greddy x Scion FR-S in Formula D Las Vegas 8/25 Livestream

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The most dramatic battle of the Top 32 bracket went to Ken Gushi versus Matt Field.



Ken’s GReddy Scion FR-S actually caught fire about a quarter way through the run on his follow run. But he kept at it and finished the battle while on fire.



As soon as he crossed the finish line everyone including his spotter yelled at him to stop because he was still on fire.



He jumped out and lifted the hood as flames shot out. It was an oil fire.



All he could do was watch as the flames were extinguished.



The team quickly came by to assess the damage. They were lucky it was not a total loss.



Ken was crushed. He thought he lost the battle and also that the car was destroyed. Then the Formula Drift announcer, Jarod Deanda, yelled out Ken as the victor. So what happened? I spoke with Ken today and he said that everyone thought it was because he ran over a clipping point, which may have snagged an oil line. Well that was not the case. It actually was completely unrelated to the clipping point because he ran it over on the complete other side of the car. What actually happened was a capped tube that came out of the crank case popped off, shooting out oil over the hot turbo. The area of the motor is usually under vacuum, but for some reason it built up positive pressure. As of today GReddy has the engine out of the car and they are investigating the problem.



I asked him if he knew that he was on fire. He said no, he just noticed a loss in power and also a bunch of smoke coming from the front of the car, but he figured it was just his front tire rubbing on the fenders. He also told me that if he knew the car was on fire he still would not have stopped, because he wanted to win that badly! He initially thought he lost the battle and he was very close to pulling the on-board extinguisher system, but he knew that without a doubt his day would be done if he pulled it – so he just waited for the track safety crew to put the fire out.



The team buttoned the car back together in time for Top 16, but it was too late. The damage to the motor was already done and Ken was at an extreme power disadvantage going into battle against Conrad Grunewald. After all that work, Ken’s day would end in the Top 16.

Thanks Speedhunters!

[Ocho-Seis]

I litterally only watch FD for this car. Everything else bores me....except Daigo's SC430!!!

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Originally Posted by Ocho-Seis

I litterally only watch FD for this car. Everything else bores me....except Daigo's SC430!!!

I agree it's a mid engine monster lol