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Welcome to a very wet Issue 8 of Urban RacR. I don’t mean wet in the sense of
pornography but rather that winter has finally arrived which means the rain is making it
very difficult to keep our cars sparkling clean. Speaking of pornography, this leads me
to our cover car... we feature Neil’s combination of pornographically booming Italian
Flair. Bass booming leads me to our next feature which is a prize-winning SQcompeting favourite amongst the people’s car lovers.
Winter is now at full storm, pardon the pun. May was a very unpredictable month as
to the success of events. Regionals had a fair share of action in the wet with quite a
few spills. The Wesbank Super Series Nationals was also down in the Cape - you can
expect it in issue 9. Speaking of events, we bring you the revival of drag racing in
Cape Town with the first successful MSA drag meeting and pics from a Street 2 Strip
events that didn’t get rained out. We also bring you the highlights of the Canal Walk
Extreme Motor Show and Gymkhana as well as some of the fresh metal to be
released by major car manufacturers, albeit some are only concepts. Come and go
drifting with Takumi-san. You don’t know what that is? Well read what he has to say in
his monthly column, its encompassing to say the least and I’m sure you’ll learn a
thing or two.
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COVER CAR
BIG BOOSTIN’ UNO TURBO
FEATURE CAR
SOUND VW GOLF Vr6
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DRIFT SKOOL
IT’S OUR PENULTIMATE REVIEW
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Contents
MSA DRAG RACING
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fresh
’Metal
DMW GTX
Based on the Dodge Viper
and subsequently boasting a
V10 motor - this upstart
company knows how to shop
in a recession. We’ve got our
fingers crossed if it survives.
Vital stats
Power: 475kW
Torque: 600Nm
Engine: 8.3 V10
The latest in the lineup of
exotic metal - you’ll probably
never see one in the flesh
*If nothing else it’s
a lifeline for the dodge viper
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*we’re not convinced,
in fact - they can keep it
Ferrari Dino Rosa
They say it’s just a case study.
We say it’s a failure... sorry but
we had to publish this one as
a warning to the tifosi. Make
this, never... Ferrari
Vital stats
Power: 486kW
Torque: 780Nm
Engine: 6.0 V12
...who cares really?
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fresh
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*It’s a concept sure, but
it has also completed several
laps of the nurburgring 24hr
Lexus L-FA roadster
Ok so this is the convertible. But
like the hardtop that’s been
lapping the ‘Ring - this boasts a
sophisticated V10 heart from..
well Toyota, ultimately. It’s a
Supra in Versace!
Vital stats
Power: 410kW
Torque: 640Nm
Engine: 5.0 V10
fresh
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FLYIN’
FEATHERWEIGHT
The fact that a Caterham R500 superlight is
faster around the Top Gear test track than a
Bugatti Veyron is a collection of factors. A
Bugatti Veyron weighs 1 888kg. A Caterham
R500 only weighs 470kg. My plate of dinner
weighs more than a R500, no really – it does.
In the end this all translates into a power to
weight ratio… The Bugatti's is 522Bhp/ton VS
the R500's is 532Bhp/ton.
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Counter in the fact that the
R500 can change direction
like a fly and suddenly you
have a Bugatti Veyron with
hot, stinky, steamy shit all
over its face! Furthermore –
you could probably buy 20
R500's for the price of 1
Veyron… so there is
method to the madness.
impressive 127Bhp/ton. Are
you seeing the pattern?
The fact that a little 1.4
Turbo'd Uno could do
200km/h at the drop of a
hat was about the same to
us car nuts as pornography
to a pimple infested 15
year old. This in 1992 was
also half the hype. VW had
gone all mushy with their
3rd GTi and the VR6 was
out of reach for some too.
The Opel tS was in another
league all together so here
we had a 'cheap' little
pocket rocket that could
be turned into an atom
bomb at the click of ones
fingers…
Now truthfully – this article is
actually NOT about a
Caterham R500 superlight
– but about something that
has similar characteristics in
my mind. Mainly - weight.
The Uno Turbo isn't the
heaviest lump around,
tipping the scales at a
slight 925kg. Neither is it the
safest – but that is part of
the appeal. Men like to
think they've escaped an
encounter with death. A
Golf III GTi has a measly
power to weight ratio of
100Bhp/ton and the mighty
little Uno Turbo an
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Here – I introduce Pomp.
Pomp has taken an
example of a little Turbo
and turned it into
something a little more
than a meager atom
bomb. I'm thinking more
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*the bodywork is enhanced
by a Scorpion body kit
along the lines of what
would happen if the Large
Hadron Collider went all
wrong and the planet
melted in to weird orange
goo. See the pictures – I
think this is the resultant
effect.
management system,
550cc injectors with
methanol injection as well
as a surge tank and larger
oil cooler are being fitted…
all in a days work and as
long as it keeps Karl
Stegman busy – we won't
interfere!
Here Pomp has a heavily
customized Uno Turbo
finished in dazzling orange
with as many custom bits
as Pamela Anderson. A
worked cylinder head,
Wiseco pistons, Abarth
cams, a 8.2 – 1
compression ratio, Tdo4h
Hybrid 16T Turbo, SMART
dump valve and 1 bar
Boost all combine in a flurry
to hurl this little
featherweight forward. We
aren't sure of exact power
as Pomp still needs to have
the Turbo dyno'd but we
can attest to the fact that it
is A-LOT! Just after our shoot
a Gotech engine
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Under the Turbo we see
Wheelworx sprayed white
15' TSW Apex wheels shod
in Yokohama S-Drive
195/45/15 rubber
suspended by a H&R Drop
kit. Word is that this is the
ONLY Turbo to ride on a
70mm drop – but I don't
want to be accused of
playing the 'mine is lower
than yours game' so – we
will just say, DAMN!!! This is
looooooow.
The bodywork is 'enhanced'
by a Scorpion body kit –
front, rear and sides done
brilliantly by Gerrie Van Zyl.
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*custom isn’t complete without some hopping tjoons
The hue of paint is called
Repsol Orange and
contrasted to the white
wheels looks absolutely
magic. On the interior a
stock MOMO steering &
pedals along with a skull
head gear knob and some
huggy buckets keep you
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comfy – and just for the
finishing touch a boost
gauge and Auto Gauge 3
in 1 keep you informed of
what is where.
Now we all know a custom
isn't complete without
some hopping tjoons – so
a Sony head unit wired to a
3 500w Monoblock XTC
and 1 600w Starsound 4
channel deliver the
wattage to Limpite 6 x 9's
and 2 x Pioneer 12' DVC
Subs. Audiopipe carries the
current and this awesome
install was done by Pomp
Good hope tyres
Widest Range of Rims and Tyres
DARWIN
RACING
FREE WHEEL ALIGNMENT CHECK!
himself. On the sound side
we do have a power rating
and it sits at a very healthy
140.7 DBs… Yes, I'm still
deaf.
hobby is Cars, his dislike is
slow ass cars and he
terribly dislikes a Golf Mk1…
hater – I have one.
Anyway – I'm going to
leave you to gawk at the
pictures and I'll let Pomp
go race some M3's.
If we ask Neil Van Zyl who,
what, where how – he will
tell us that he likes Cars, his
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BELLVILLE
BRACKENFELL
194 Blue Downs Rd
Cnr Blue Downs Rd & Forest Lane
Tel: 021 909 0270 / 021 909 6000
44 Durban Raod
(near station)
Tel: 021 949 6499 / 949 6517
Shop 31 Brackenfell Shopping Centre
Cnr Old Paarl Rd & Brackenfell Boulevard
Tel: 021 982 4401 / 021 982 4404
STRAND
GRASSY PARK
WOODSTOCK CAPE TOWN
203 Main Road
Strand
Tel: 021 853 4455 / 021 853 3786
Klip Rd
Tel: 021 706 5754 / 021 706 5764
119 Sir Lowry Rd
Tel: 021 462 4100 / 021 462 4113
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130 Ottery Rd
Tel: 021 797 9336 / 021 797 8397
Cavalier Centre
Cnr Eerste River and Hindle Road
Tel: 021 909 1175 / 021 909 0487
Cnr Charlie Street &
10th Avenue
Tel: 021 376 0159 / 021 376 1074
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ATHLONE
336 Voortrekker Rd
Tel: 021 591 5555 / 021 591 6786
021 591 6490
Cnr Camberwell & Belgravia Rd
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Tel: 021 697 1000 / 021 696 8547
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It’s a virus boet, one you wouldn’t mind getting
Having owned a VW Mk3 myself I rate the looks of
this example second to none. Heavier than its
predecessors, as a VW fan one would have to opt
for the VR6 in this model iteration. Apart from the
looks and 2.8l “staggered” 6 cylinder engine with
that orgasmic sound, purring at idle or screaming
through the rev range - the potential it offers
means it’s sought after amongst fanatics -that is
Radio Autosonic’s Samir
Samir is no stranger to the car
scene and as such chops
and changes his vehicles
and/or their sound installs as
soon as he feels they have
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become too lethargic, this
time round, he’s got a stunner.
He loves his car and spending
time in and with it, be it
cruising through Camps Bay
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on a Sunday drive or having it
polished for the next major car
show. When it comes to his car,
no price is too expensive for
Samir and he chooses only the
best. With a customised exterior
featuring classy bodywork, the
just-right drop and 18” SSW
wheel design filling the arches
coupled to a showroom finish
paint job even J Lo can admire
herself in the reflection of, gives
this VR6 a true Euro look.
If you pay close attention
though, Samir has not done
much, he knows the trick to
making a Golf 3 look HOT, less
is more, and in that respect, he
has done A HELLUVA LOT!
Enough of how much a stunner
this car is, let's go inside.
Besides the initial changes you
will see like the Isotta steering
wheel, chrome VW styled gear
knob, fire extinguisher and
aluminium pedals, I draw your
attention to the rear end. This is
where you find a sound system
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of note, and it's not all about
the bass. Being in the sound
install business for many years
now, Samir opted for an SQ
sound install this time, and for
those not in the know, that's
much harder than building a
system to just compete with
the taxi that comes to pick up
the kids from the school down
the road. The boot install is a
custom one; housing a 12”
Calibra in the centre of the
boot powered by a 2800w
Calibra Stealth monoblock,
giving some feel to the sound.
Alongside the monoblock is a
1600w 4 channel Stealth amp
to power the Calibra splits
housed up front in their
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custom coloured surrounds; in
the centre of the two amps is
a digital voltage gauge, just
to make sure he's able to start
the car if the sound's been
pumping. To control all of this
Samir chose a Pioneer head
unit alongside which resides a
very rare Nokia Bluetooth car
kit with screen, just to keep it
legal should a client call while
cruising around pumping the
system.
Quality is of great
importance to Samir and his
team, and with his VR6 as an
example, I could damn well
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Just when drag racing was seemingly a dying
sport in Cape Town with the revising of rules
and regulations from the MSA, Killarney and
the WPMC went forward to contest it and the
rest, can be read in previous issues of Urban
RacR. Coupled to all of this, with 400m drags
still being allowed at Killarney, a new drag
racing committee was structured and the
sport has taken a turn for the better.
With previous meetings this
year having what can be
classified as a disappointing
turnout, this was the first
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meeting of the year which
actually shocked us. Having
been originally planned for a
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rained out. With so many
public holidays having been
enjoyed in the April/May
months, another date was
quickly set and racing
commenced. It saw the return
of numerous familiar faces and
cars not seen for some time
now. Some of the usual
contenders had some work
done to them, body and motor
wise while others had new
signage and sponsors.
The blue 2l 16v side draught
toting blue Mk1 Golf returned
to the drag scene under new
ownership and even lighter
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than before with a new motor,
and turbo. Neil's “Assassin” Uno
Turbo was there as per the
norm along with Elton and
Ishmael's Team Cape Town's
superfast golf and UT
respectively. The Adams'
brothers were back with their
“XVR” Jetta along with Sakie in
his Lotus Exige and for me, it
was the first time to see Sarel's
BRIGHT naartjie coloured golf
finally in action.
I'm not going to talk about
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times achieved on the day as
that was not the point of the
meeting. It was to have fun,
but more importantly it was
the first meeting of the year
running the brackets system.
An unofficial championship
was run last year and this year
will see the first official bracket
racing championship. What is
bracket racing? Let me give
you a quick course of
brackets 101: Previously, drag
racing in Cape Town saw
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heads-up racing, you pull up to
the line and challenge
whoever is next to you. In
brackets, you nominate a time,
probably would be best a time
which you normally run, or
close to that and you race.
Should you break out more
than 2% of that time
nominated time, you lose out
to your opponent. The winner of
that race then goes on to the
next race and so on and so on
working his, or her way up the
ranks. Let me tell you, it can
be flipping nerve wrecking to say
the least.
We at Urban RacR Magazine are
excited about the new life in
drag racing. I would also be
failing in my duties if I did not
mention the new forum to do
with drag racing at Killarney...
http://www.wpmc-dragracing.co.za/ Log on, introduce
yourself, ask questions, upload
your pics of events and find out
about the next drag meeting.
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motor show
old skool cool - this mk2 escort did well to represent the blue oval
How many times haven't the wife or girlfriend,
or even both, asked you to tag along to the
local mall to do the shopping and we just sigh.
Well, I'm sure many women were stunned as
the men in their lives asked them to tag along
to Canal Walk and at month end at that.
I'm not quite certain what the
outcome was for many as
their women realised just why
their husbands were so eager
to come to the mall, but am
sure they were just glad to
have them with.
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Between the 30th April and
3rd May Canal Walk Shopping
Mall hosted its Extreme Motor
Show. Seeing as it was hosted
in and around the mall, entry
was naturally free although it
may have cost the guys quite
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pretty penny to be there as
they left their loving plastic with
the wife as they strolled through
the mall, lusting over the sexy
machinery on show. An affair
I'm sure most women don't
mind their men having.
There was a this-and-that for
everyone, yes everyone. The
ladies could pick and choose
what their next mom's taxi
would be with exhibitors
showing off the best of their
best as well as their cheapest
of cheap, yet bang for buck.
Speaking of exhibitors, VW had
the new Scirroco on display in
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red, white and black... come
to think of it; I think that's why I
took me a few hours to just
walk around the mall taking in
what I was seeing...
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In the food court was a stunt
rig built with many just
standing in amazement,
probably trying to figure out
who in their right mind was
going to try stunts in such a
small area... Trial riding stunt
brothers Brent and Bruce Le
Riche of course... These two
stunt riders amazed the crowd
with their daredevil jumps,
flips, twirls and wheelies.
Speaking of wheels, there was
even bike action for the
kiddies. Okay maybe not
quite wheelies, but kiddies
could enjoy a tease of what it
may feel like to be Valentino
Rossi on the inflatable mini
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quad track. With a variety of
choice, they could enjoy a
few laps on either a quad
bike, pit bike or even pocket
rocket, with safety gear
provided and experienced
staff on duty... I wish I was 6
years old.
their back wheels at every
light pole like little poodles
marking their territory. RacR
Gal Jade, Ebie De Long, and
Izak van Zyl were all there
battling it out, each one trying
to beat the next one's time.
Izak was a bit rude though as
he “rudely” showed everyone
the advantage power-toweight has as he whipped he
go-kart around the course.
Then again, even if I was 6
years old I still much rather
have been out by the
gymkhana side. With legal
parking lot drifting, speeding,
cutting turns and wheel
spinning, the front-wheel
drives, and even occasional
rear-wheel propelled stripped
out machines were cocking
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Being the pedantic sports-car
lovers that we are its back
inside the mall which really
wet our appetites; forget the
Lamborghinis and Ferraris,
Alfas and other single-seater
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and gti challenge race cars
on display... forget even the
SASCAR V8 and tricked
Caddie bakkie oval cars, what
interested us most was the
CAV demonstration. Cape
Advanced Vehicles are the
builders of those uber sexy
CAV GTs, recreations of the
Ford GT 40. The CAV team
built up one of these cars at
the Canal Walk Extreme Motor
Show, for everyone to see the
actual hand-building of it.
That very car will be sent to
the Nürburgring to compete in
this year's Classic Grand Prix
set to take place in August
2008.
With the wife or girlfriend
happy, a substantial dosage
of motorsport and cars, it
was a blissful weekend of
note for any adrenalin lover.
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By now I don't think I need to explain what
Street 2 Strip is all about, but I will just in case
some of you missed it in previous issues. As
the name states, bring your street car and put
it on the strip.
Anything faster than a
12.9second quarter mile will be
turned home due to safety
aspects but the point is to have
fun doing what we all enjoy
doing, drag racing, in a safer
environment than on the
streets.
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In the past anything from a 12
year old boy in a BMW M6 to
stripped out 10 second
dragsters was seen with over
200 entrants each event. Now
with winter well set-in, S2S
doesn't seem to be every
fortnight. In fact as I am typing I
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just received notice of yet
another one postponed due to
bad weather forecasts. On this
particular night the rain played it
part, for a short while anyway.
Not too long after racing had
gotten underway the heavens
opened up and light rain had
come down, but this did not
stop the racing. The track was
regularly checked and deemed
safe with all entrants eventually
driving the track dry of the
excess water. If you still haven't
entered an S2S event, I ask you
why? Its 20 bucks and no MSA
license are required. Bring it on!
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TAKUMI-SAN!
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THE WORLD’S DRIFT LEAGUES EXPLAINED
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Prodrift
British Drift Champ
The British Drift Championship is a smaller amateur feeder series for the EDC.
This is just one of many events in the United Kingdom.
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Takumi-san elaborates in detail in this our
penultimate feature on the world of drifting.
This time we focus on Europe including the
United Kingdom and Australasia (that’s all the
lands down under mate) - make sure you
soak in the info as next month the lesson is
concluded. Thereafter... it’s a secret.
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Prodrift was started in 2003 by Graham McNamara, the brother of Irish star
drifter and Formula D driver Darren McNamara and is the longest running
drift series in Europe. It also one of the EDC's biggest competitors. There are
two different Prodrift series, one for Ireland and another that travels across
Europe and works with other European drift organizations. Prodrift events can
be seen in places like Sweden, Finland and Benelux. Prodrift is trying hard to
engage the European drivers to compete with the series' Irish drivers but it
can be difficult task uniting all the different countries of Europe. Prodrift
events seem to be a haven for the AE86 Corolla & AE85 Levin, cars which
have been phased out in many other pro drift series due to bigger, faster
circuts & powerful 600+ horsepower silvia's, chasers, etc etc.
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King of Europe
The King of Europe is a fast growing drift series that also happens to be one
of the most ambitious in the world. In 2008 K.O.E held events in places as far
reaching as Russia, Serbia, and the Czech Republic. In 2007 there was even
an event in Dubai! The KOE is also one of the few drift series worldwide
where European cars outnumber Japanese cars. The BMW 3-series in
particular is an extremely popular platform for drivers in this series. The
current series champ is well known drifter Paul Vlasblom of the Netherlands
who drives an E36 BMW 3-series wagon and even afew old camaro's & trans
JDM Allstars
JDM Allstars is also a UK-based drift series and includes many drivers from
the EDC. While the EDC focuses on the competition aspect of drift, JDM
Allstars is more about the showmanship of drifting. The few events that have
been held so far have been done on smaller courses than the EDC.
After Japan, its off the United States where drifting first began its
worldwide spread in popularity.
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Hellenic Drift Championship
Greece has a surprisingly large drift movement. In fact, in 2007 & 2008
Team Orange performed drift demos for the Greek fans at car shows & at
their version of “KING OF THE MOUNTAIN” at the Ritsona Rally. At the forefront
of the drift scene in Greece is the Hellenic Drift Championship which was just
started in 2008. The judge for the this new series is "Sleepy" who also judges
in the EDC & even judged at the South African National Drift Series I
attended in 2008 ,that was held at Killarney Race Track in Cape Town , The
Greek drift scene has a very interesting mix of cars including Japanese and
European cars and it also looks to have a large number of classic cars that
can still be seen competing.
Australia
Of course the car-crazed Aussies also have a very
large drift scene. There are a few different drift series
that are held across Australia.
Drift Australia
The biggest series down under is the Toyo Tyres Drift Australia series. Started in
2005 Drift Australia's calendar includes events that take place all over the
large country. Like Formula D, the Drift Australia series also sees national TV
coverage in Australia, except the coverage for each round is three hours
long in total! D.A is considered the "official" Australian Drift Championship. A
few of the top Australian drifters even went to the United States in 2007 for
the D1GP all star event. The cars in this series include a lot of Japanese
imports and even a couple examples of Australia's native Holden (their
version of the Chevy Lumina) muscle cars. A unique aspect of the D.A series
is the long length of the courses they run on and many of them have
straight sections between the corners.
The bad news I received the other day was that Drift Australia have
announced that the '09 Championship will consist of a single round
championship event on the 19th & 20th of September 2009.The reason
given was that the Global Economic Climate has forced main sponsor
TOYO TYRES, to batten down its finances & that meant they had to scale
down their sponsorship towards the series for 2009.Series director Wayne
Boatwright said that they were very grateful for Toyo's support over the last 4
years, and they will remain positive about the future of the sport in Australia
and will focus their attention on trying to secure the backing required to
rebuild the championship to a MULTI-ROUND SERIES.
Nordic Drift Series
Pro drifting for Norway, Finland, and Sweden. This series also has a wide
variety of cars. If you search for galleries of this series on the net you will spot
a few ex-D1GP cars imported from Japan being driven here. BMW cars are
also popular here although the majority drive Japanese machines. You will
notice a lot of the really cool BMW's coming from this series.
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