Fredric Aasbø

Fredric Aasbø

Fredric Aasbø (born 18 August 1985) is a professional racing driver and stunt driver originally from Ski, Norway.[1] He now competes in the Formula Drift Championship. In 2015, he became the Formula Drift World Champion.[2][3]

Aasbø won the 2007 and 2008 Nordic Drifting Championship titles as a privateer competing in his native Scandinavia before making his U.S. debut at a global drifting invitational in 2008.[4] In 2010, he ran his first full season of U.S. competition and won the Formula Drift 'Rookie of the Year' award. In 2014, he won the Formula Drift Asia title,[5] and finished runner-up in the U.S. Formula Drift Pro Championship. He scored the Formula Drift Pro Championship title in 2015 with a record of four wins in seven rounds, as well as the Formula Drift World Championship.[6][7] The same year, he was also awarded the FIA's Driver of the Year for Norway – an honor he accepted from Norwegian World Rally Champion Petter Solberg.[8]

Fredric Aasbø checks tire pressures on his Rockstar Energy Drink Scion tC during 2015 competition

After starting his career as a privateer racer in a Toyota Supra, he joined the Papadakis Racing squad in 2010 as a replacement for driver Tanner Foust (who had announced his departure from drifting).[9] In 2012, he won the "Pro" category of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.[10] He now drives the Rockstar Energy Drink Scion Racing tC in the United States and a Toyota FRS in Europe.[11][12]

He is also a stunt driver whose work has most notably been featured in the Norwegian action film Børning.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Fredric Aasbo - Scion Racing Blog". Scion.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  2. ↑ "Aasbo, Scion take Formula Drift Championship in Irwindale". Autoweek. 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  3. ↑ "Formula DRIFT World Championship - Standings". Formulad.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  4. ↑ "A Message To Fredric Aasbø". Speedhunters. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  5. ↑ "Australia - Standings - 2014". Formula DRIFT Asia. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  6. ↑ "Drifting-Aasbø knuste alle: – Den villeste dagen i mitt liv - Motorsport - VG". Vg.no. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  7. ↑ "Fredric Aasbo wins Formula Drift series and Irwindale Speedway titles". Sgvtribune.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  8. ↑ "WOW!!! I'm speechless right now: Guess who won the Norwegian FIA Driver of The Year Award and was handed it by last years winner Petter Solberg (@petterwrc03)!!! Thank you all so incredibly much!! #ÅretsBilsportutøver –". Drifting.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  9. ↑ Siu, Jason. "Tanner Foust Temporarily Retiring from Formula DRIFT » AutoGuide.com News". Autoguide.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  10. ↑ "Toyota Pro/Celebrity race will feature Rutledge Wood, Cain Velasquez". Autoblog.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  11. ↑ "Formula DRIFT - Drivers - Fredric Aasbo". Formulad.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  12. ↑ "Interview - Scion Racing's Fredric Aasbo & Ken Gushi". Superstreetonline.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  13. ↑ Jan Gunnar Furuly (2014-01-31). "Norsk bilstjerne i USA lånte bil og gjorde stunt - Aftenposten". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 2016-01-14.

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