---
title: "Damaging Storm Hampers Formula Drift Event Near St. Louis"
description: "FD Pro 2 was canceled this Friday due to extreme weather conditions."
date: "2018-08-11"
modified: "2021-11-04"
authors:
  - name: "Danny Korecki"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/danny-korecki"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/22808/damaging-storm-hampers-formula-drift-event-near-st-louis"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Racing"
tags:
  - "Formula Drift"
  - "Gateway Motorsports Park"
  - "motorsport"
  - "weather"
---

# Damaging Storm Hampers Formula Drift Event Near St. Louis

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Formula Drift Pro 2, the big-time drifting league's support series, only visits four locations in the 2018 season: Atlanta, St. Louis, Dallas, and Irwindale. However, due to weather, the [second round of the season](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/22697/preview-formula-drift-round-6-at-gateway-motorsports-park>) was pushed back on Friday with hopes of resuming action on Saturday, Mother Nature permitting.

Videos of the paddock at Gateway Motorsports Park, host of the Pro 1 and Pro 2 rounds, began circulating on social media as the venue was being pounded by extreme conditions. Race team and sponsor tents were being flipped and flung by the wind while crews and [photographers](<https://www.barbarawitherite.com/dallas-business-photography-expert/>) attempted to both keep some sort of cover in the process of limiting the damage around them.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmUKIAxBBYC

In Formula Drift Pro 1 driver Matt Coffman's Instagram video, the Nitto Tire paddock tent is shown being demolished and blown away, while the Achilles Tire tent was on its way to saying "buh-bye" until some of the crew ran over to attempt to save what was left of it.

Due to the extreme weather, Formula Drift made the call and Pro 2 was canceled for Friday. Luckily, Pro 1 qualifying was already completed before the horrific weather with Fredric Aasbo taking the top spot.

The series released an updated schedule jam packing all Pro 1 and Pro 2 events into one day with Pro 2 competition starting at 9 a.m. Pro 1 competition will then begin at 1:30 p.m.

You can [check out the competition streaming live on Formula Drift's website](<https://www.formulad.com/live>).

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