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We’re headed to USAir Raceway in Shawano, WI for Drift Indy Street League Round 2 this week. 

The event marks the second time DISL has hit the road, with last season’s Volume 10 down in Corbin, KY being the first. We’ve worked with the crew at USAir to compose a kick-ass, never-before-seen competition course. Like all the layouts we’ve run, it’s designed to be both technical and exciting to watch.

Geoff Donati had a good showing in the heat at Formula Drift ProSpec Round 2 up in New Jersey. After qualifying and advancing through the round of 32, he was knocked out by Kelsey Rowlings in the round of 16.

He and the team are headed to St. Louis this weekend for Round 3 in a better spot than they were in at this point last season.

After tricky weather made most of practice a waste, a tough draw in the top 32 and a super competitive battle that saw him lose to eventual event winner Tommy Lemaire, Geoff Donati is pleased overall with his and his team’s performance at FD Prospec round 1 in Atlanta.

In recent seasons, a Hyundai Genesis, an uncommon sight at drift events, has factored into the ranks. Dayton Boy JP Hunnicutt pilots that 2JZ-swapped piece of Korean engineering. His history with drifting and the story of how he came around to whipping the Genesis is an interesting one!

I sat down with him to talk through his drifting philosophy, how the Dayton Boys came to be and what his favorite memories from 9 seasons of drifting have been:

There’s no shortage of analogies to describe what went down at Drift Indy Street League Round 1 this weekend. We shook the etch-a-sketch. We poked the reset button with a mechanical pencil. We deleted our My Player. We prestiged.

Whatever. The point is, it’s a new era for DISL, and the new look is rad as hell.