Mauricio Ornelas Jr. - Up Close and Personal with Formula Drift Pro Driver

For us, Fontana is a love hate relationship. We love it because of the people we have met, like Scott Vanderheide and Kerryann De La Cruz. But, the hate… Ok hate is a strong word, but we don't get along.The first outing was to our one-on-one with Kerryann, we were challenged with arctic like temperatures and threatening thunderclouds - we conquered.  DaYUUM-1, Fontana-0The second time, we were lucky enough to have an one-on-one with Nissan RaceShops' Mauricio Ornelas Jr. This time, there was tornado like winds with clashing bay doors and flying debris. We stuck through it - its a draw: DaYUUM-1, Fontana-0, Draw-1During our trip, drifter John Jimison sat down with Mauricio Ornelas Jr., a self-funded pro driver for Formula Drift, to speak about his career. Mauricio is debuting as a rookie this year for Formula D. Having already been drifting for 8 years, Mauricio drifted competitively for two. Impressive, yes. in the short two years he was able to obtain his Formula Drift license to compete with seasoned drivers such as Dai Yoshihara, Ken Gushi, and Vaughn Jr., just to name a few.Mauricio speaks about music, his favorite cologne, down to his dream umbrella girl. We wont spoil the ending for you so check out the clip. But, excuse the clatter and some slight sound technicalities. We hope you enjoy it, its one of our longest to date, but well worth it.You can also catch Mauricio during the first round of Formula Drift in Long Beach on April 6th and 7th or on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/95Green14 and www.facebook.com/MauricioOrnelasJrThank you Mauricio, Scott at Fontana Nissan / Nissan RaceShop for all the time given. PVR Motorsports, John Jimison, and of course our crew!Special Shout-outs to:Fontana Nissanwww.FontanaNissan.comNissan RaceShopwww.NissanRaceShop.comBardabe Performancewww.Bardabe.comBorracho RacingBC Brian Crowerwww.BrianCrower.comClutch Masterswww.ClutchMasters.comCX Racingwww.CXRacing.comFalken Tirewww.FalkenTire.comGarrett Turbowww.TurboByGarrett.comImport Performance Shopwww.ImportPerformanceShop.comOSR Dyno Shopwww.OSRdyno.comRaw Brokeragewww.RawBrokerage.comTurbosmartwww.TurbosmartOnline.comWhiteline Flatoutwww.whiteline.com.auVIS Racingwww.VISRacing.comJohn Jimisontwiiter @pessimistediscoScott VanderHeideMIkey Dang[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_onaeaAeyzc&w=540&h=330]