next weekend will see round 5 of the BDC championship at lydden hill. already the competitors are preparing their cars ready to compete..
then on the 9th of august JDM All Stars take the action to wembley! what is set to be an exciting weekend.
Driftscene’s car, the RB25′d S14a driven by Simon Russell will be competing!
Saturday saw the Prodrift European Series come over to Teeside for the 2nd round of thier championship.
Darren Mcnamara won first place in his Team Falken car, followed by James Deane in 2nd place,
the insane Martin French in 3rd and Driftworks Phil Morrison in 4th.
The next round of the European series will be in Sweden on the 14th and 15th June.
Photo’s from Teeside, taken by Steve Crown can be found here
The following weeks to come should see some interesting action on circuit.
next weekend (17th/18th may) will not only see the next round of EDC
at Knockhill, but also Japfest at castle combe. Japfest has always been a favourite with Jap car enthuasiasts.
then on the 24th may we have PRODRIFT EU at teeside which will see yet another chance for our pro drivers to compete against some of europes best.
Finally at the end of may we will see Round three of BDC at Norfolk Arena.
Driftscene will be providing coverage of both the prodrift eu round and the bdc round in Norfolk.
19th and 20th April was the opening rounds of Prodrift IRL and Prodrift EU.
I travelled over with Tom Yates, Jon Beezy and Dan Chapman of Drift Republic.
We also met up with Ben ”Bon bon” smith, Declan Hicks and Danny Eyles.
It was an over cast and cold weekend, but it didn’t stop the drivers giving it their all and getting used to the circuit.
Only Bon bon and Declan Hicks made it through to the top 16, qualifying 14th and 15th.
Top 16 Qualifiers:
1. Darren McNamara Falken Tyre Toyota Corrolla Sr20
2. Damien Mulvey Hankook Nissan Silvia Sil80
3. Mike Deane Dalton Tyres Silvia S13
4. Eric O Sullivan Rockstar Hankook Toyota Corolla Vtec86
5. James Deane Nexen Tyre Nissan Silvia S14.5
6. Alan Lenihan Hankook Nissan Silvia S13.5
7. Declan Munnelly Whatcar.ie Ford MkII Escort
8. Glen Maher Toyota Corolla SR20
9. Martin French Nissan Silvia S14.5
10.Shane O Grady Nissan Silvia S13
11.Dennis Healy Nexen Hunky Dory Toyota Corolla Sr20
12.Christy Carpenter Top Fuel Imports Nissan Silvia S15
13.Conor Lenihan Tuning Factory Nissan Silvia S13
14.Bon Bon Driftworks Federal Toyota Chaser
15.Declan Hicks Universal Turbos Toyota Chaser
16.Dean Kearney Xtreme Autos Nissan Silvia S13
the top 16 was an exciting battle of drivers, especially when Bon bon in his Driftworks Chaser was against Mike Deane in his Nissan Silvia, it was such a close call between the two that they were called “one more time” twice, and it was only on thier 6th run was it decided that Mike had just beaten Bon to take a place in the top 8.
It was during the top 8 that we got to see a rather interesting battle between “flat Eric” and James Deane.
the 16 year old driver did extremely well against Eric, knocking him out and taking his
place in the semi finals, against Darren McNamara.
The semi finals saw Darren McNamara V James Deane and Damien Mulvey V Alan Lenihan.
First up Darren V James, it was a very close call between the two drivers, who couldn’t of been more different.
Darren having driven in America as a Professional Driver for Team Falken and James who was the 2007 season Newbie,
but unfortunately for James he lost 3rd gear and his place in the final.
It was a very close call between the two and James is certainly someone to keep an eye on in the future.
Then we saw Damien Mulvey V Alan Lenihan.
It was an interesting battle between the two drivers, who both drive for Hankook.
The first lap saw Alan beat Damien 7-3 followed by a 5-5 round, which secured Alan’s place in the final against Darren.
THE FINAL
Darren and Alan, both experienced drivers had last met in 2006 at punchestown, but alot had happened for both
drivers since then that we all watched in anticipation to see who would secure a win at the first round of the 2008 season.
It was a very tough call for the judges who scored the first 3 laps 5-5… it was only on the 4th round that we saw Alan take the win by the tighest of differences with a 5.5- 4.5.
The Judges
This saturday saw Brett castle on form as he took first place at the opening round of the European Drift Championship in his S14. Second place was Driftwork’s Ben broke smith aka Bon bon ,
third was Mark luney in the SVA 350Z.
With the very wet weather and such tallented and experienced drivers,
it was an action packed first round. Now we are all looking forward to round two to see if Brett can stay at the top
or if Bon bon will give him a race for his money.
Check back here for updates on all the latest DRIFT action.
Saturday 29th March saw a extremely wet season opener to the British Drift Championship.
Despite the down pour, Drivers battled it out for the top places, with Shane Lynch taking 1st place PRO in the Team Japspeed Car, followed by Louise Ridley taking 2nd and Antony Scott 3rd from team Skylineparts.com.
In the Am class, Alexis Drew for Team RWYB took 1st place, followed by Jon Stevens for Team Super Slide in 2nd and Gareth Manning 3rd.
Shane Lynch will now be competing in the European Drift Championship round one on Saturday 5th April at Donnington Park.
despite it being a tad cold, it was an exciting first round for JDM Allstars.
24 drivers took part in qualifying, with only 16 going through to twin drift.
an exciting action packed evening with an all irish final.
martin french v’s ”flat eric”.
both guys pushing thier cars to the limit, but eric beat martin to the post to
take first place.
Now the big question is can the Irish keep hold of first place for round two
or will one of the UK drivers make it to the top!
pictures available in the gallery.
NIGHT FIGHT last weekend at Teesside saw Brett Castle win the UK V’s IRL Battle.
there was some great driving had by all and the event was a big sucess. A huge well done goes out to Niall Gunn and his team who went to alot of effort to put on such a good show..
the crowds were huge and the atmosphere high (despite it getting a bit chilly)..
the link to the photos… NIGHT FIGHT GALLERY
Really looking forward to next year!
I’m very pleased to announce that Driftscene will be attending Night Fight this saturday at teeside..
it’s been a while since this site has been updated.
EDC finished on the 19th August with an exciting, action packed round at North weald, heald during the Donny South show. the saturday’s qualifying and practise was certainly a challenge when it decided to rain.
UKDC will announce thier plans for 2008 at some point in the future.
Eurodrift held thier round 7 at chepstow on the 22nd september, which was run along side the All Star drift demo which was organised by Alison Smith from UKDC.
the event saw Chris “PAZ” Parry walk away with top place in both.
coming up, next month see’s the Big X organisers put on “NIGHT FIGHT” at Teeside on the 6th October, which is also the same weekend as Japshow Finale at santapod raceway. the is also a Eurodrift event being held at Teeside on the 20th…
Night Fight is a UK V’s IRL match which is set to have quite an impressive line up and is set to draw the crowds.
as the season draws to a close, the drivers are starting to prepare their cars for next season’s events..
There have been alot of new comers in 2007 that have shown some great tallent as well as some of the seasoned pro’s who have been consistant in thier performances.
2007 has also seen the formation of several teams, now that twin and tripple drifting is becoming more the norm, now that the levels of skills are reaching new highs.
all that’s left to say is watch this space for reviews of the forth coming events!