Career
Aasbø began his career as a privateer racer driving a Toyota Supra. He won the 2007 and 2008 Nordic Drifting Championship titles in Scandinavia before making his U.S. debut at a global drifting invitational in 2008. In 2012, Aasbø won the "Pro" category of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.
In 2010, Aasbø competed in his first full season of U.S. competition as a privateer and earned the Formula Drift 'Rookie of the Year' award. He joined Papadakis Racing in 2011, replacing Tanner Foust. From 2011 to 2016, he drove a Scion tC in the United States and a Toyota GT86 in Europe.
In 2014, Aasbø won the Formula Drift Asia title and finished as runner-up in the U.S. Formula Drift Pro Championship. In 2015, Rockstar Energy became the title sponsor for Aasbø and Papadakis Racing. He won the 2015 Formula Drift Pro championship with four wins in seven rounds, as well as the first Formula Drift World Championship title in the Papadakis Racing Scion tC. That same year, he received FIA's Driver of the Year for Norway, an honor accepted from Norwegian World Rally Champion Petter Solberg.
Aasbø finished as championship runner-up in 2016 after winning two rounds. From 2017 to 2018, Aasbø debuted two different Toyota hatchbacks in the Formula Drift series. In 2017, he finished second in the championship in a Toyota Corolla iM. In 2018, Papadakis Racing introduced the Rockstar Energy Drink / Nexen Tire Toyota Corolla Hatchback, and Aasbø again finished as the championship runner-up. For the fourth consecutive year, Aasbø finished as the championship runner-up in Formula D for the 2019 season.
In 2020, Aasbø and Papadakis Racing launched their new Toyota GR Supra for the 2020 Formula D season and onwards. The GR Supra is powered by a B58 engine, producing over 1000 horsepower while utilizing the stock block. Aasbø won the 2021 Formula D championship, with one win and five podium finishes across the season. For a second consecutive year, Aasbø won the 2022 Formula D championship, with two wins and two podium finishes during the season.
Aasbø scored three podium finishes in 2023, finishing the season in 6th place. For the 2024 season, he scored one win and three podium finishes, finishing in third place. With a win and three podium finishes, Aasbø finished again in third place for the 2025 season.
Other work
Aasbø is also a stunt driver, featured in the Norwegian action film Børning and advertisement campaigns for Toyota. Aasbø's wife, Hunter Taylor, is also a rookie drifter.
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