Robbed of a Win at Formula Drift Atlanta 

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You should have gotten that win against Field. I understand why you would rather drive Drift Masters instead of FD now.

I can’t wait to see Chelsea Denofa’s video dissecting the incident because you know he is not going to hold back at all

"Not impactful enough to cause disruption" = 21:41. The Fact that Adam held on to the steering and saved what could have been a major crash is just as amazing as the judges "Final Verdict"

Was a classic FD weekend where Matt Field is crashing people into people to get himself wins, Forsberg is brake checking the chase driver, and the Judges blowing calls.

Collette can't hide how pissed she was in the trailer

I love the new rules where youre allowed to just beeline the car straight and cut the corner just to catch up and and you can still win the battle. Everybody wins a trophy!

pausing to say - mike editing the in car footage in right after Jared says "adam makes a mistake" is 900iq lol

*I don't follow professional drifting, but I've watched enough to have learned the rules and it's clear the judges decided "LZ only here for one race, Matt is racing for a championship, give him the win"*

Field straightened twice in his chase and that was before he even hit you. What a crazy call… but you said it perfectly.

On a positive note- man. You look mad comfortable in that E36 its crazy

your explanation on the live stream was well worded, especially since you would have still been very emotional, handled perfectly, and offered a solution in the end, great job, lots of respect

You can clearly see LZ's rear "catch" as he initiates the transition, causing the late flick. This is supported by the in car footage. The announcer keeps emphasizing that LZ isn't supposed to be there and is messing up the points battle. 100% political.

The commentator calling you a spoiler is enough to never take this series seriously ever again.

Straight line, HARD pull and then ram the lead and rip a rear bumper off?? Yes indeed, I do declare you the winner!! What a scam!!

Bro the outro still gets me every time please please never change the song

Your just out running your own lead run and Field is chowing daisies and rocks, straightens, doesn’t stop, then runs into you twice. Then wins the battle somehow

Adam, we welcome you to Europe where (hopefully) this shit doesn't happen. The fact that they got rid of protesting says enough. FD is dying.

Bro I have no idea how you kept your cool for the interview and said it all perfectly. That was as classy as it gets man, props to you. Should gain you even more fans and maybe FD will consider ending their unfair treatment of you at every single event.

Wow that sucks. I'm very grateful that you handled this as you did. You're setting the kind of example we need

I was at the event and you 100% got robbed. My jaw was dropped to the floor when they announced Field got the win. Dude straightened and had a shit line. Bring back protests

"bro dude bro i don't think the contact was enough bro dude" Thanks for the technical breakdown. What an absolute clown fiesta of a call that was. Makes me think there is some corruption going on.

“And respectfully, I don’t think that the judges are in a place to determine what type of impact affects the lead driver or not.” That line right there! Pro drifting is happening on a knife’s edge. A cup full of sand can impact a driver, or a puddle, or HAVING A BUMPER RIPPED OFF YOUR CAR… please fix this FD. Impact should require fault be assigned. Anything immediately after impact is the fault of the faulted, period. Great driving Adam, sorry to you and your team, we’re all absolutely gutted for you. Was easily a podium caliber weapon you brought to the fight!

Looks like Adams confidence is growing. Driving getting better and better. Come along way last few years. Keep it up mate. 🤙

You can tell from the in-cabin camera (starting at 21:42) that Field collided and forced Adam into an unsalvageable over-rotation. The judge's call was absolute highway robbery and the refusal to entertain a review or a challenge is a blight on FD.

FD needs an independent judging agency reviewing these battles. It’s not ethical to have their own judges. Opens the doors for biased results. Forsberg is always so slow out of the gate and he took forever to fire off during that second practice chase. He’s an incredible driver but he does some weird things.

Totally agree with you Adam, they had some weird calls this event with collisions. If this continues I feel it will only encourage the chase drivers to hit the lead cars. I get that taps are expected in drifting, but when a car is in transition it is very hard to predict what effects a collision can have on the car. I just cant see how they could have ruled in favor of Matt with the glaring mistakes he had in the chase. Happy you got some good testing for orlando though, you seem happy and comfortable with the car. An impressive feat for running your own program again. Don't let this get you down, you had a very impressive showing for the cars new "big power" setup. So excited to see how you do in Driftmasters. Chin up and find a way to make the change you want to see to prevent this from happening to others.

Absolutely love your explanation and yes they need a way to judge the level of impact somehow and your options sound really good

Adam, you handled that interview as a gentleman. Much respect, sir!

Definitely makes sense why you'd rather do Drift Masters over fd

ahhhhh seeing Adam still so happy is so awesome to see, perfect reaction and it was genuine

Had an awesome weekend and it was nice to meet you! Hope to see you next year!

100% should have gotten the win. Matt had already zeroed, so his car shouldn’t have even been in play after that, and even the slightest hit from him after should have been deemed him at fault. Sucks that they wouldn’t let you protest. The footage is clear that it disrupted the transition and self steer. Great job and keeping composed in the interview and respectful with everything.

the way you handled the interview was very classy, good shit.

you handled that better than most would, props for being respectful when you didn’t need to be

So much respect for you and how calm and composed you were during everything.. these calls were AWFUL, hope they sort something out before Orlando. Regardless of the terrible calls, you look great in the e36 and were killing it!!!! Keep up the incredible driving! #justiceforLZ

That was unbelievable same thing with Romecp “he didn’t got hit hard enough” like what.??? Yesterday was a shit show

Lz is going to explode someday, he maintains the composure like a boss.

I must say, the evolution of your drifting career, is exciting.... I was very excited when this battle against Matt Field started, because shit!, that Beemer looked good and probably felt good too. I watched the entire round and the judges made shitty calls throughout the evening and I definitely felt that there was favouritism, however... Please don't stop or let this get to you. Make us proud like you always have been. From a proud supporter!🙌

Very professional and well spoken, respect.

I think your interview was immaculate! That was so well put! If the judges weren’t willing to admit their mistakes then I’m extremely disappointed with them, and it says a lot about their character. The fact that the one judge didn’t even want to put the headset on says a lot too.. kinda sus

The moment field sees his win slipping he drives into people 😂

Couldn't have worded or dealt with it any better, class act.

Wasn't an LZ fan before this video, but I feel differently after for sure. Way to handle yourself after what was an obvious robbery. Keep killing it.

Adam's chase was really good I'm surprised even the commentators were being so critical

Formula drift will never move forward with the most inconsistent and terrible judging in every seen

Adam, you're such a class act! Saying what you said in the interview was incredible! Now what Matt said seemed a little deceitful. Saying he wasn't sure..... He for sure knew he racked your bumper. 🙏

Firm handshakes for how you handled that interview and the situation in general.

To bring a positive out of all of this, I just gotta mention how respectful and professional Ginge is. All I had to say

The biggest Robbery of FD ATL saying Adam wasn’t hit hard enough is the dumbest call. Second to last inner clip field looked to be a bit far off from it. Also on the chase field straighten for 4-5 seconds just to catch up

Adam, your interview response with Lauretta after the battle was amazing. Shitty situation, for both the drivers and the fans. We’re all tired of the bad calls, and removing the option to protest makes it even worse now. It’s been great to see you mature and keep composed even while being super frustrated at the outcome. Wishing you the best, dude. 🤙🏼

I love the outro clip. Showing us the perfect angle of field driving straight into your rear bumper.... you will bounce back though, Adam. You are a talented driver and a demon behind the wheel of that E36. 😈

Just focus on drift masters at this point

Watched live thought you had that one in the bag for sure!!!!!!!! Robbed is an understatement.

bro you were a monster all weekend. great driving bro. keep your head up.

Just pumped to see you in a better system at DMEC

That fact that a judge thought it should be a one more time is insane!

It’s Matt (FD favourite) Field, always the same with him. The judges have their favourites like field and Odi, and it showed last night big time. The crash with Rome was a shocker that even after Odi hit him twice and the second being on his back wheel and they said he could have and should have kept drifting is just a shocking statement. It’s a joke because they could have reviewed like they over turned the Connor and Ryan result in long beach.

I totally agree with you LZ, so much respect the way you and your team handled yourselves mad respect man 👊

Adam you are an amazing drifter. Well done

That was nuts. The judges couldn't see through the smoke I guess!! Even though you could see the wing bend and the bumper blow off!!

"I don't hate the players, I hate the game"; same Adam, same. FD Atlanta was a shit show of a game. Such a weird event, couple close calls and a couple robberies. The consistency is the problem.

That end slow mo clip is a real eye opener as to what that would have done to your lap.

Respect for Adams humbleness ❣️

Was pretty frustrating but it was still awesome seeing how well the E36 drifted.

When this happend Formula Drift died for me. Bad job by the judges. You did great!

man Colette looks pissed! You were doing awesome man, I hope to see you in Atlanta next year

This year I finally got to meet Adam at Atlanta bro was cool ash hopefully see him next year judges were on some BS love the vids man keep it up💪🏽

Watched live thought you had that one in the bag for sure!!!!!!!! Robbed is an understatement

Same reason why Wang left FD for several years... They steal some obvious situations

Good job stayin frosty and maintaining your class. Proud of ya. I would have likely flown off the handle and said or done something I'd regret. That decision is pretty insane.

That should’ve been your win can’t lie .

Crazy to see how much more comfortable and confident you are in the e36

Your interview was perfect. Well handled. Totally agree with these facts you spit

I hope so much to see you in Riga. It’s have been my dream to see you in person. Keep cooking with E36-s.

Adam is too kind. 99% of people would be livid with how bad that judge call was. No wonder more and more pro level drivers are leaving FD and going to Drift Masters. If I were Adam I would pull out of Orlando and all other FD events. Absolutely joke of a series lately. You can even tell by watching the judges that they can barely see what's going on. They have tiny tablets in full direct sunlight. How can they even make calls? Their commentary on it after the fact is all you need to hear about how bad the judging system (and honestly these bogus judges). "I don't think the contact was enough to disrupt." Where do they find these judges? What's their seat time? Have they been in a situation identical to what happened here? Wild BS from Formula D. Matt's chase run was absolute garbage and he was playing catch up the whole time until he rear ended LZ. Like how can you say their chase runs were similar??!?!

one of the first comments the judges and announcers made before the battle even started was something along the lines of "it would be horrible if adam lz ruined matt fields run at the championship" kinda seems a little fishy.

At the end of the day, the days over. What an epic car and on this track aswell keen for the next video. Maybe more rally content?? 😮

I love watching because you grow and you gorw with you team.! i love it.! A boss benefits others not himself!.

Respect you a lot for that preface during your interview. True sportsmanship and setting an amazing example. Very impressive from you!

I really hope you book all your events next year the same times as FD. RIP Formula Drift.

The silver lining is the character you AND your team showed afterward 🤘

Definitely a terrible call. Ginge sipping his beer when Adam said he didn’t wanna stay and slam some brews was gold lol

Even the announcers knew that was weird and said Field “hung” you. Which is crazy because most of the time the announcers have no clue wtf they’re talking about. Note - To further this, this is why I like Driftmasters camera equipment more, slo-mo cameras everywhere on track, in car live video feeds for the judges to see what the drivers are doing. Quite clear how that hit on Adam left the wheel to get caught mid transition, causing him not to be able to transition.

It is soo sick to see how much you improved at drifting. The driving in this video is incredible. Glad you found what makes you happy and that you get to do it for a living. Keep killing it brother.

Great job though Adam and the team !

Damn, I don’t ever comment on your stuff bud, but that pedal cam showed it clear as day for my eyes. Definitely disagree with the call, you should have been awarded the win, if not a OMT @ the least. You have progressed so much as a Person/ Driver Adam. Very proud of ya brother! Keep on pushin.

The dumbest fucking call in the history of FD

Robbed genuinely FD is gone to the dogs drift masters on top of

Mike did sick with the edits!

I’ve not followed drifting since the very first FD in Atlanta, but I have enjoyed following your channel Adam. I was pumped to cheer you on at the track this weekend and it’s a crying shame that you were robbed. The more I saw of FD and the inner workings, the more distaste I have for it. I’d love to see a more attainable, genuine feeling series grow in the US.

Im no glazer but this was possibly the worst call since the wang forsberg crash

I've only been watching FD for about 3 years now but it's insane how year after year judging has been either inconsistent straight up worse and rule changes have been made worse and worse every year

Hey Adam ..the onboard footage tells a drift story that will go untold forever ... petition for onboard replays in FD

I’m a field fan but I do agree with you. That should’ve been in your favor. The last clip really shows you

At least a OMT if they had any reservations about it!!!

" I dont think the contact was enough to disrupt him" Yeah... because you were in the car and felt it... lol

I am 100% behind you❤

you are drifting better than ever in the bmw keep it up that sim rig your using must be helping as well

You were killing it! The amount of poor calls was so infuriating. You got screwed, rome got seriously screwed. Its sad that with all the available views, tech, and experience, the judges still cant seem to make correct calls in these situations. Cant wait to see you slay orlando!