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conorosr20
10-05-09, 17:48
Cannot wait for this event,if its gonna be anything like the last one it will be a cracking weekend!Whos going?
all going to plan il be there alright, should be a good one
im going aswell!!! cant wait
I shall be their cant wait
I'll be there. :D Should be a good couple of days... :cool:
Administrator
10-05-09, 18:26
Me, Pete, Jay and Si will be there with the cars :)
this will be crackin,cant wait to see the new driftworks jz monsters
I'm going !! Whoooooooop !!
Darragh , you gonna have a stand ? May drop over to ye :)
Administrator
10-05-09, 19:16
I'm going !! Whoooooooop !!
Darragh , you gonna have a stand ? May drop over to ye :)
Yeah man. We've an area secured for the Cefiro, 180, KP and S14
Ill be there:D Yahooo!
Judgin by the first round of the superseries in Donington this is going to be UNREAL:D
ye this will be savage cant wait... skyline on show there too
woooooo! ill be there. and probably a little merry! :D
Dunnedriftin
10-05-09, 23:23
lookin forward to myself :P
testin out the new car and see how she runs even tho shes very underpower :rolleyes:
cant wait for it hopefully its good weather for it.
Dependin on whether my headwrecker of a car is fixed or not i might enter but otherwise ill have to head up on the sunday for the craic.Should be good.The last event run there was quality.
woooooo! ill be there. and probably a little merry! :D
hahahaha thats it laaad!!!! going to be a class weekend!!!
this is goin to be one mental wkend
cant wait :D:D:D
Jay Rockett
11-05-09, 17:47
this is goin to be one mental wkend
cant wait :D:D:D
Yes it is! you posing for MIJ or DI ais??
Is John Twomey doing amatuer the next day conor?
I hope to make it anyway, wicked track
conorosr20
11-05-09, 18:09
As far as i know he is lad,ill ask him and find outfor ya.But to move up to non seeded pro as far as i know ya have to finish in the top 4 twice.
Oh right, he looked very good in ennis in fairness. car is lacking in the dry though. I was saying to him he should 20v it and he said he probably will alrite, Car would be proper class then!
conorosr20
11-05-09, 18:32
Ya the car is perfect for him.Ya lacking power in the dry,20valve is the next idea if the current plan doesnt work ;)
Going headin up saturday.Have to bring the mates S14....can't wait for this
Yes it is! you posing for MIJ or DI ais??
MIJ (ie me) will be featurin every Prodrift event this year :D
mite just give a shout by the DI stand tho
make sure yas all come over to us and say hello, youl see the rough as fuck cefiro along with some actual badtastic cars on the DI stand, probably with a bif of deadmau5 coming from it and me bopping along! haha
make sure yas all come over to us and say hello, youl see the rough as fuck cefiro along with some actual badtastic cars on the DI stand, probably with a bif of deadmau5 coming from it and me bopping along! haha
and?????
ALL THE CAAAAAAAAAANS
and?????
ALL THE CAAAAAAAAAANS
;)
holla.
Fearghal Murphy
13-05-09, 17:13
and?????
ALL THE CAAAAAAAAAANS
Yeuuhhhh !! N wat aboot n aul round of dizzy penos at the stand !! Just make sure you tie your laces si !!
conorosr20
13-05-09, 17:35
Whos staying up for the sat and sun night?Should be some after party the sunday night!Where are people staying?
Ill be staying at Barts house saturday anyway
celebrating winning PRO :D
Yeuuhhhh !! N wat aboot n aul round of dizzy penos at the stand !! Just make sure you tie your laces si !!
hahah dizzy penos ya cant beat it man!!!! im game ball!!! hahah
conorosr20
13-05-09, 21:02
Driftireland on tour eh :) Gonna be some session sunday night id say too.
Jay Rockett
14-05-09, 12:45
Its Nixon's 21st on sat night so all of us at the trade stand are gona be busy at that!!
But i'm defo up for something on sun night!
Liking the sound of DRIFTIRELAND on tour too :D
conorosr20
14-05-09, 16:30
Excellent!Are people gonna stay at the official hotel?
Got good news today, so il be there sat Competing in Novice, hope ye will support and my car will be on MNCs stand on the sunday!!
Its Nixon's 21st on sat night so all of us at the trade stand are gona be busy at that!!
But i'm defo up for something on sun night!
Liking the sound of DRIFTIRELAND on tour too :D
we have to get our cars back to greystones on sunday though!!! be a tough one!! bring the session to greystones!! then to bac bar, yeas wont regret it!! always a gooooooood night!!!
conorosr20
14-05-09, 16:47
serious car to be competing in novice with chuck,any euro millions winners recently in ireland? :) savage car ted
serious car to be competing in novice with chuck,any euro millions winners recently in ireland? :) savage car ted
Ya i agree but i missed out on Licence day and could do with the track time :)
Plus be a bit o craic :D
Jay Rockett
15-05-09, 17:14
serious car to be competing in novice with chuck,any euro millions winners recently in ireland? :) savage car ted
Hahaha!
And yeah, some car at any level.. cant wait to see it!
Dont mind me chuck, i might still be clinging onto your car as your heading for the track!!!
conorosr20
15-05-09, 18:01
Me too! Oh seriously cant wait!!!!!!!!!
Jay Rockett
15-05-09, 18:23
Tag-team?!
im gonna be here all weekend, one of my mates in Ford is competing in amatuer.. ive booked the weekend off work im gonna be in a state :D
conorosr20
16-05-09, 11:46
tag team?! Big convoy going from cork sat mornin.s15,s14,180sx,dx..... Hope to feck its gonna be roasting=serious tyre smoke!
Jay Rockett
16-05-09, 12:32
Hope to feck its gonna be roasting=serious tyre smoke!
Ye especially sunday with the DW's guys and there smoke mo-sheeeeens!
Everyone better come over and say hi at the DI stand at some stage too!
Looking forward to this :)
Dont forget my smokin tires too :):)
this should be savage weekend cant wait for it.
Jay Rockett
16-05-09, 17:23
Looking forward to this :)
Dont forget my smokin tires too :):)
Haha, dont you worry! i have a li'l flag for you and your car:D
not long now lads, propper piss up weekend:D
On the piss up note i was on to Mike Fitz there yesterday and he reckons every drift head in the country is staying in the hotel so i dont think ill be able to miss it, SESSION ON!!
Jay Rockett
16-05-09, 18:54
Dayuuuuum.. Few of us have a 21st to go to on sat, dya think they'll still be
going at it on sun night?!
conorosr20
17-05-09, 11:47
surely,monday being a bank holiday and the guys over from uk and stuff so id say major session sunday night!
Wheres the sess sunday night???
Forgot it was a b holiday!!
Wheres everyone staying?
think well all be heading to eclectic garden in bray, our local, tis a new spot, unreal! but were biased as all our mates are going to be there! :D
my 21st on sat(the one jays talkin bout) so all r welcome! except twail(benny)!!!
il be drivin d monster truck up for d weekend so dont get in front of me or il crush u all!!!!mwahh mwahh mwahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!:D
Administrator
17-05-09, 17:35
my 21st on sat(the one jays talkin bout) so all r welcome! except twail(benny)!!!
il be drivin d monster truck up for d weekend so dont get in front of me or il crush u all!!!!mwahh mwahh mwahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!:D
Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiift!!
Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiift!!
TAXI ;) :p
will be there,if 06 was anything to go by it should be epic!Bon is on form with the
DW R32 so its up to our top Irish young guns to keep Irish hopes high!:)
will be there,if 06 was anything to go by it should be epic!Bon is on form with the
DW R32 so its up to our top Irish young guns to keep Irish hopes high!:)
Hella yes ! I cannot wait for this , should be mental craic altogether . Just think of the pedigree of cars that'll be there :eek: :D :cool:
Seen as it's only up the road for me i shall be there on the sunday so i'll drop by the stand and say hello
Dunnedriftin
17-05-09, 23:03
Wheres the sess sunday night???
Forgot it was a b holiday!!
Wheres everyone staying?
do a Christy Carpo and get a tent, no PSNI for the lads who was up in nutts either :p :D
conorosr20
17-05-09, 23:11
official hotel.residents bar....i need say no more!
Seen as it's only up the road for me i shall be there on the sunday so i'll drop by the stand and say hello
Wahey the kildare heads are catchin up with the greystones crew:D
official hotel.residents bar....i need say no more!
Im confused...............official hotel??
Where will i book ppl??
I want to be close to ye!!
Close as gee hair in the wind!! :eek:
Administrator
18-05-09, 01:15
I haven't a clue where we're going/staying but sure that's half the craic! :D
make sure yas all come over to us and say hello, youl see the rough as fuck cefiro along with some actual badtastic cars on the DI stand, probably with a bif of deadmau5 coming from it and me bopping along! haha
did i hear mau5??? am there :D
ah no i still am unsure but i could make a drunken appearance somewhere :D
ClaireRZ-S
18-05-09, 11:15
Green Isle Hotel is the official hotel i think. Chuck we can stay there same price as the other place i was on about.
Green Isle Hotel is the official hotel i think. Chuck we can stay there same price as the other place i was on about.
Okay so sexy..........problem is if i book in with you il never make the drifting :cool:
ClaireRZ-S
18-05-09, 11:23
Okey doke so. Separate rooms it is :D
Administrator
18-05-09, 11:25
Okay so sexy..........problem is if i book in with you il never make the drifting :cool:
Wooooo! Backwards entries on the cards! :D
shit forgot it was a bank holiday too..partay on yahoo!
ah no i still am unsure but i could make a drunken appearance somewhere :D
C'mon we can both go!!:D
conorosr20
18-05-09, 19:10
Hotel booked!SAVAGE!
shit forgot it was a bank holiday too..partay on yahoo!
you coming to nixons 21st??
conorosr20
18-05-09, 22:42
we shall all go to the 21st :D
you coming to nixons 21st??
I definitly will be now ill sort it out with ya during the week..will maggie be there :p
haha, probably, its his bday joined with that blathnaid girl, so itl be fuuuuuuull of girls of all sorts!
that'll do me granddddd :D
conorosr20
20-05-09, 21:52
heard a rumour there that the novice and maybe semi-pro is being run on the friday,can anyone confirm this?
we shall all go to the 21st :D
every1s more den welome nd der shud be a decent bit of burger der so...
caaaaaaaaaans! in a ribena bottle :)
heard a rumour there that the novice and maybe semi-pro is being run on the friday,can anyone confirm this?
all of the Irish championships are been ran on the Saturday, drivers are asked to arrive at punchestown for 7.30am!
all of the Irish championships are been ran on the Saturday, drivers are asked to arrive at punchestown for 7.30am!
SIIIIICK! although weve to be up there at 8:(
7.30?? Is that an actual time??
7.30?? Is that an actual time??
yeh, its when you drink aaaaaall night you get to a special night time where its bright;)
conorosr20
21-05-09, 21:06
ya amateurs have to be there for 7.30,non seeded pros have to be there at 9.i get 2 extra hours in bed :)
ya amateurs have to be there for 7.30,non seeded pros have to be there at 9.i get 2 extra hours in bed :)
Bahahahahaha off topic but gud sig man!!:D
conorosr20
22-05-09, 14:19
Time nightclub anyway sat night ftw!!
I'll be there on Saturday now! :D
johns13silvia
23-05-09, 10:00
can anyone give me the directions to punchestown for next weekend ill be leaving from mullingar in westmeath
been there afew years ago but ive forgotton how to get there
Fearghal Murphy
23-05-09, 22:18
Im there !! Cant wait should be claaaaaassssss !!
I'll be there on Saturday now! :D
can we bring paul?? hahahahaha
il be ther aswell now :D
He can cum alright haha :D
He can cum alright haha :D
such a shame your sooo far away an hes sooo close ta me... ah well :P :D:D:D:D
lol
conorosr20
26-05-09, 16:05
4 more sleeps!
Car is back and running sweet as, getting my new graphics tomorrow and Mapping thursday!!! Oh hell yessssss
Was hopein to head up sat but have to work! hopefully ill have the car back to go sunday will probaly be bumperless doh!:p
Tekno Twinky
27-05-09, 00:01
100!:D
If theres any space left for a car id love to land my 20v 86 in!:)
Fearghal Murphy
27-05-09, 00:03
Its Nixon's 21st on sat night so all of us at the trade stand are gona be busy at that!!
But i'm defo up for something on sun night!
Liking the sound of DRIFTIRELAND on tour too :D
Btw jay, im good to drive there n back !! Have me das car so tis grand !!
N i got that cam carrier off n the inlet manifold off, so right down to the head now !!
fearghaaaaaaaal, liiiiiiiiiiiift! haha. there will defo be 3 drunkards that cant drive anyways hahaha....cant wait for the session before ad during nixons yeeeeeeeeeeow!
EvojeepGal
27-05-09, 18:49
Hope everyones got the dancing shoes packed for Time on sat night:DReally looking forward to this now, hopefully the confidence booster from last weekend will help my aggression for sat
Think il keep the drinking for Sunday Night!! :)
conorosr20
27-05-09, 20:47
ya i heard its gonna be quicker then 06,much quicker...............
There was me thinking the 06 layout was quick enough,
Hmmm....
At least the weather will be good for this round, fingers crossed!
my car is back ALMOST as good as it used to look, got non BN SPORTS bumpers for the time being.
Like Andy said to me in mondello " its a go car not a show car" lol Still nice to have them looking well :cool:
Dunnedriftin
29-05-09, 06:31
Irish peeps, set your alarms (or Sky+) for Prodrift on live Irish National Television tomorrow morning.
Round 1 Supremos Team WKD will be presenting their Prodrift cars live on TV3's, Ireland AM as the Punchestown promotional wave continues to sweep the nation.
not long to go now!
ITS ON TV3 NOW in 5 mins!! :D
conorosr20
29-05-09, 06:41
Ah the advantages of sky + :)
We have the Silvia ready for Punchestown, thought it would take longer than it did.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3574597600_5bc11ac783.jpg
first driftireland update of the day!stand setup,watching the practise runs,weather is amazing..this is gonna be some weekend :)
Dunnedriftin
30-05-09, 11:07
first driftireland update of the day!stand setup,watching the practise runs,weather is amazing..this is gonna be some weekend :)
do yous have power? :p
id say its fairly smokey down there, im fookin stook here tryin to get 2 wheel studs & nuts for the car & fit the clutch :mad:
il have the clutch in once i get a bigger jack :(
roll on tomorrow,
Its Jay here!
Chucky came 4th in amateur..
Frank(frankae86) 17th
Seriously savage day!
s15_spec_r
30-05-09, 14:38
anybody hav directions? im coming from galway, i can get to naas, im stumped afta that :( cant wait for tomorro
Dunnedriftin
30-05-09, 19:39
anybody hav directions? im coming from galway, i can get to naas, im stumped afta that :( cant wait for tomorro
il pm you my number later on ted, il be going down once i get the poxy gearbox back in tonight & the wheels back on the ground....
if im not going il send you in the right direction tho, im sure theres somebody on her going from naas anyway :cool:
Fredericks Balls
30-05-09, 21:14
Directions: Head into Naas and head out the (n81 i think) for Blessington and punchestown. If your comming from galway youd probably go to m50, get off at the mad cow and head cork-bound. If so you turn off at the big globe and its a left turn just as you get into the middle of town. You'll see it handy.
Back home in the past hour from Punchestown. I'm fucked! I'm burned to shit on one side! To be totally honest I was dissapointed with today. First off the good bits, the drifting itself was really good, the young guy McKeever did the run of the day for sure although Colfers second qualifying run was brilliant too. (Colfers car was the shit!) The three hefty shunts I saw were savage! Fair balls to the dude in the blue S13 as he even got back out for practice albeit he must've forgotten to attach the the top of the hub or somthin as the wheel was hanging off! And the quality of cars competing was top notch. The only car that looked out of its depth was Carpo's, and the Calicages S15 but they demolished that so that was that!
Ok for the bad bits. Getting there, I knew where to go but there were zero signs. Considering the amount of advertising a few signs wouldnt have killed the budget. I was never offered and I never saw a brochure/timetable so we didnt know what was happening. i was under the impression today was the Irish series but I left at 7.15pm and there had been no racing, not even single lap battle and for €20 I think thats way over the top.
And the food vans were a fuckin rip off. I know they always are but they were worse then usual I thought
All in all tomorrow is the day to be there but id never go to a Saturday again.
And overall I did enjoy it :)
i was der aswell today.. serious day. some weather:cool:
alot of barrier kissing.. :o roll on tomorrow:D:D:D
congrats chucky thats savage for 1st day out,
well done to frank too lad,
pissed i cant go sounds like a good track,
I'll be there tomorrow.
Hoep the weathers as good there as it was here today :D
Plenty to see about the place, is there?
I'll be there tomorrow.
Hoep the weathers as good there as it was here today :D
Plenty to see about the place, is there?
Lads for fuck sake im not coddin ya, the fanny there was un-real :D:D:D
Lads for fuck sake im not coddin ya, the fanny there was un-real :D:D:D
stop will ya ted.. i was tormented.. :D
wat a day;)
day one was savage craic i thought but thats probably cuz i was drinkin all day some savage sliding and the weather was exceptional! got sunburnt to fook tho :mad:
day 2 was class too but woulda enjoyed it a lot more if i wasn in a hoop and half asleep... :rolleyes:
I have a few photos up on my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/ontherack/ will be adding more, I didn't spend much time putting them up yesterday so a lot of them are of the ontherack.net Silvia. I will b putting up plenty more, looking through them at the moment.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3579330439_f8d7ff22b0.jpg?v=0
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Some serious driving down there today indeed..
Home now, and burnt to a fcukin crisp :(
And you wern't far wrong Barry.. The amount of fanny running round that place made for great viewing :D lol
some great shots there bud, forgot to say fairplay to ya chucky ya did the chaser proud :cool:
What a Weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ha so much crack the weather just made it, and the driving was unreall from everyone!!! AMAZING!!!
Administrator
31-05-09, 20:36
Best weekend of drifting EVER! Sooo well run, great layout and crazy driving from everyone!
Deffo good to see the lesser budget cars of JP McCarthy and Tommy McDonagh doing so well too!
Was excellant there Sat, shame couldn't make it today!!
some feckin great driving there today....
serious tom
31-05-09, 20:41
dam tests,
wish i woulda went sounds like MAD crc
sounds like it was an unreal day!
im sure it will help the drifting commiunity
Oh yeah who won??
where did that 13 year old finish up in the end?
Ffrenchy won the european, poor wezzo smashed his 180sx up fairly badly
Mike dean won the irish series
Ffrenchy was out-friggin-standing the man is in a class of his own
on another note do you think we should pitch in an buy Bon Bon a sat nav? he seemed to have a little trouble finding the finish line
Ffrenchy was out-friggin-standing the man is in a class of his own
on another note do you think we should pitch in an buy Bon Bon a sat nav? he seemed to have a little trouble finding the finish line
Haha so did johnny p. so we may buy 2 of them...........hmmm someone on team recession busters has a habbit of getting lost on tracks also.........................bart:D
conorosr20
31-05-09, 21:02
Great weekend,except for wreckin the car off the wall :( thats the joys of it tho i suppose!Some top notch drifting from all drivers,ffrench was on fire all day great to see him win.I thought the judging was a bit harsh to be honest with most non seeded guys scoring low.
You's are right there lads.. Some very harsh judging today, especialy the battle between Damien McBride in the big blue Chaser and whoever it was he was out against..
Oh, and satnav's definately sound like the trick for a few of those boys... Ahem Jonny P... lol
Thats ALWAYS the way it is in pro-drift lads ALWAYS, half your points are decided on your name
conorosr20
31-05-09, 21:09
ya good example he should have defo gone through.but to be honest and everyone says it,its favouritism with prodrift always was always will be.
I suppose a bit of favouritism is hard to avoid, considering its the big names that draw the crowds, and the same names that sponsor such events...
Not much we can do about it, apart from stand back and wish we were out there with them :D
conorosr20
31-05-09, 21:17
Well its fairly gutting thinking you did enough and not make the top 16!Where they were starting us from was stupid anyway not enough distance to pull 3rd and we said it to graham 'oh its too dangerous' and yet the pros were given nearly the full length
Im going to be dumb here, but whats this between ceded Top and un-ceded Top 16?
Is it a matter of Division 1 and Division2 kinda seperation between drivers or what?
conorosr20
31-05-09, 21:25
its basically semi-pro and pro to put it simple!the pros are the top 16 finishers last year with an extra 4 who got their licences at licence day.the rest are non seeded pro and amateur.
where did that 13 year old finish up in the end?
He got knocked out in the semi's spun out:( Savage skill for a kid, huggin the wall and balls out Mc keever ftw!!!!:D
Shorty won the non seeded purple cam aswell!!
What a savage weekend the DI stand rocked the shit outa it and gathered members from the rest of the forum's:p Gud to meet sum more members there;):p
Some fuckin savage skills there all weekend and maybe the best Drifting ireland has ever seen tbh:cool:
Some fuckin savage skills there all weekend and maybe the best Drifting ireland has ever seen tbh:cool:
Hell ye !!!! Was ridiculoud lads , unreal driving :D
Although Ffrenchy , JP and Wes and all rocked it , I personally thought tour man in the purpley ps13 rocked , his name was something with D . He drove SUPER aggressive ...... plus I love ps13's :D:rolleyes:
personally thought tour man in the purpley ps13 rocked , his name was something with D . He drove SUPER aggressive ...... plus I love ps13's :D:rolleyes:
Dan Morehead! i thought he was so consitant over the hole weekend get the same line over and over again nice and tyte to the wall and as you said agressive!!! what a driver and his car is cool looking!!!
im still fookin sizzled :(
serious drivin done sat anyways, we shuda jus went on beer up there :D
the DI tent did rock fair play ta ye :D
frenchy was great,the driftworks r32 hoh lee fook,now we know why our weather is all over the place,the smoke was unreal!
conorosr20
01-06-09, 10:38
Must get a small hammer now and do a father ted job on the car :D
was it fr ted who had the granada? or was it that fella frm keepin up appearences? hmmm
s15_spec_r
01-06-09, 12:23
i only went up sunday but was a fooking savage day, ffenchie got my vote all day long, and young mckeever, what a savage driver, DI stand was savage in fairness da boyos chilled oout on a set of back seats lol, and pete the durty tramp had the modified motors biatchs in the ceffy, i got a nice oul welcome to by all when i went for my stickers, cheers boyos, not a bad bunch hehe
Dan Moorhead had some weekend, he is SOME agressive driver,
Until today i used to wonder about all the " Martin Ffrench hype", but my god that lad can do anything with the car. Driver of the weekend i reckon!
Driftworks skyline was like something out of formula D - end of.
I had a poor weekend 2 qualifying laps, spun on the first and half spun on the second in the same place. Cant blame it on too much to be honest i couldnt get the first corner right :(
On the upside i found out a few things i must add to my driving/car setup that WGH or Mondello didnt teach me.
D.I stand was cool, Simo's starlet is proper class. and i met Will c with his personalised plate :D
Tekno Twinky
01-06-09, 12:57
BEAST !
What can i say ? ? ?
Some unbelievable driving form johhny p and Frenchy especilay
McCarthy stole the show imo in the E36 ! What a car !!
My fav had to be the blue 16v LEVIN but its bottom end wasnt in the desired working order come sunday afternoon:p Very unfortunate!
What about the young 13yr old!!? Cant remember his name but waow!
BonBon was a bit disapointing ? Some wowful mistakes!
I got fried:(
Drift Ireland stand was rockin and as for saturday night...
JDM tyte Nooodles ftw!!
somr weekend, weather and driving.. stayed til the bitter end both days drifting went on til after 9 on sat and was well after 7 sunday.
that 13 year old was some driver, had a bad round when he got knocked out was a shame would have liked to see him get placed...
and as for the di tent ftw... lads yis are all legends
Dewayne Mc kever is the 13 year old. deffo a name to watch in drifting. 13 and kicking ass in thw SS.
s15_spec_r
01-06-09, 14:37
is it just me or was james deane a bit of a disappointment yesterday? im not gone on the rx7 either
Nah i wouldnt agree with you there, Mick deane senior said he didnt sleep in 3 days leading to the event, at 5am Saturday morning Mick left with mike's s13 and james was still finishing the Rex off. Thats fair motivation and passion for the sport!
He had a solid drive yesterday in known akward car to drive with little testing and setup time. Not as comitted as the likes of Ffrench and j.power but him and car went well. And its a savage looking car, great stance.
i think its known on here that im not a huge fan of james dean(not him personaly, just think there are better drivers out there) but full credit to him this weekend, finished the car a matter of hours before he was due on track, no testing, straight out and into the action. my money is on him to be up there again this season.
conorosr20
01-06-09, 15:09
afaik the diff went in the rx,so he didnt stand much of a chance.brilliant runs for the second time only driving the car.car looks really impressive.
what a fuckin weekend! main news iiiiiiiis,
cefiro and the DI stand in general ARE proper WOMAN MAGNETS!!! it was great, i even exitedly (drunkly) said goodbye to one of the prodrift girls and she whipped down her cacks for us all to see! haha! then had the modified motors girls come over and bathe in the luxury of the cefiro ha! pink cages lads, do it, its a sure thumbs up!
savage weekend for spectating too, the wall made it so on the edge and proper good to watch!
ill agree with fredrick balls though,sign postage was non existant and the layout i never knew what was going on throughout the day tbh!
great weekend though! still thinking dirty thoughts after all the doirty girlies :D
s15_spec_r
01-06-09, 15:28
ya lucky bastid i knew i shuda hung around the DI stand more lol
s15_spec_r
01-06-09, 15:30
true enough a great effort with the new car, maybe im just used to seeing him perform better at other events,
yeh u shuda indeed! on the sat we had one of the prodrift girls on our couch with hr hand in her shirts! eeeeexelent for the drunk us haha
ill agree with fredrick balls though,sign postage was non existant and the layout i never knew what was going on throughout the day tbh!
great weekend though! still thinking dirty thoughts after all the doirty girlies
Yup no signs at all which was fairly crap if ya did'nt know where ya were going:p II dont think there was any layout on saturday it was all over the camp:eek: but still savage!!
SUM womens there yum yum:D and sum id do time forrrr yooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
conorosr20
01-06-09, 15:41
feck i missed all the action at the driftirl stand so!Had brill seats sunday tho,on top of dannis recovery truck right on track :) SAVAGE!
Speaking of Danni Murphy she was looking well saturday night!!
Looks so different in a dress than a racesuit :eek::)
conorosr20
01-06-09, 17:28
lol another thing which i was curious about was how wesley keating was allowed run in the super series sunday,could anyone have entered?And another thing that young fella in the 180sx was top class but is the entry age not 15?he was 13.Its gas the way prodrift bend their rules to suit themselves.
this is were the fun waas had!!!!
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/simonconno87/THELADS.jpg
i think that photo was takin around the same time i opened my first can and that was the end of taken photos from me hahahahah
Woooooooooooop nice one si!! fun fun fun win win win:D
nice day and some great driving
ffrench, power and mccarthy stood out
agree about the judging, some of the decisions were plain stupid, but thats the nature of drifting and you get it in all drift competitions, some ppl are just favoured over others
Administrator
01-06-09, 18:18
What a cool mix of cars we had at the stand! And various cool burger throughout the days!
What a cool mix of cars we had at the stand! And various cool burger throughout the days!
and all the CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANS & CRACK!!!!!
agh the session tent some good times had....
i think also the commentators were favouring other drivers and putting some off as there beginning there drift
agh the session tent some good times had....
and plenty more to come!!!!!! hahha bring on the next round!!!
lol another thing which i was curious about was how wesley keating was allowed run in the super series sunday,could anyone have entered?And another thing that young fella in the 180sx was top class but is the entry age not 15?he was 13.Its gas the way prodrift bend their rules to suit themselves.
McKeever was allowed to compete id say as he was a top 8 finisher in the first round of the EDC in the UK and also a regular top 8 finisher in division 1 in the UDC in the north, and because of that he would be allowed compete dispite his age.
Wes is competing in the entire super series championship, he competed in the first round in the UK. I know they can suit themselves but not in these cases.
ClaireRZ-S
01-06-09, 20:53
raging i didnt get a burger :(
Finally got a chance to post......the dam hotel was a balls with no net!!! Well im truly wrecked, got home bout 6 this evening Sun burned to death, hungry, tired but happy!! Did well on my first day i think, got 4th on Novice and bumped up to Semi Pro for a bit!! Didnt get top 16 tho not close enough to the wall! My favourites of the weekend was McCarthy, McDonagh, Mike Deane, Wee Man in the Skyline, Wez, Johhny P and ofcoarse Martin french!!! Mccarthy you are unreal!!! What a nutter!!!
Must thank Claire my Girlfriend for getting her hands dirty and helping me out all weekend and Clive too, your a legend!! BIG thanks to WKD too for helping me with my fuel problems!
Best weekend ive had in a long time and didnt even need drink! Roll on the UDC :)
paddymcgrath
01-06-09, 21:45
I thought the judging was a bit harsh to be honest with most non seeded guys scoring low.
Thats ALWAYS the way it is in pro-drift lads ALWAYS, half your points are decided on your name
ya good example he should have defo gone through.but to be honest and everyone says it,its favouritism with prodrift always was always will be.
Come on lads FFS, ye sound like a bunch of contrary little bitches ! (I mean that in a loving sort of way :))
If PD was based on who you were, then why didn't Eric or Shane Lynch qualify for Top 16 ? The judges laid down EXACTLY what they wanted the drivers to do, some could but most couldn't. Not many people were getting the clipping zone under the judges tower, which was used as two clips, both in and out. Some seemed to be struggling with the two in the teardrop as well. It doesn't matter if you go out with loads of speed / smoke and angle, if your not on your clipping points your at nothing.
As regards to Non-Seed scoring low, they're judged exactly the same as if they were in seeded if you get me ? So a 95 point run in amateur, non-seeded and seeded is the exact same run. There is no individual class scoring.
Judges make decisions on what they see and we're not always going to agree with them. That's the beauty of the beast, it would be such a boring sport if everything was determined by driftboxes as we would have nothing to talk and argue about afterwards !
The Super Series was the best event I've covered since D1 in 2006. The Superlap is the best addition to drifting since Tsuiso. The driving was spectacular, Ffrench was on a different level to everyone else, even driving a stock engined S14. It just re-enforces the fact that drifting isn't about the horsepower, it's all about the driver !
I've uploaded the galleries to here >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddymcgrath/sets/72157619012902899/
paddy mc your pics are deadly man fair play
paddymcgrath
01-06-09, 21:53
Cheers dude, thought it was about time I signed up here !
Savage pics Paddy, fairplay!!! U get any of moi?
Administrator
01-06-09, 22:07
Come on lads FFS, ye sound like a bunch of contrary little bitches ! (I mean that in a loving sort of way :))
If PD was based on who you were, then why didn't Eric or Shane Lynch qualify for Top 16 ? The judges laid down EXACTLY what they wanted the drivers to do, some could but most couldn't. Not many people were getting the clipping zone under the judges tower, which was used as two clips, both in and out. Some seemed to be struggling with the two in the teardrop as well. It doesn't matter if you go out with loads of speed / smoke and angle, if your not on your clipping points your at nothing.
As regards to Non-Seed scoring low, they're judged exactly the same as if they were in seeded if you get me ? So a 95 point run in amateur, non-seeded and seeded is the exact same run. There is no individual class scoring.
Judges make decisions on what they see and we're not always going to agree with them. That's the beauty of the beast, it would be such a boring sport if everything was determined by driftboxes as we would have nothing to talk and argue about afterwards !
The Super Series was the best event I've covered since D1 in 2006. The Superlap is the best addition to drifting since Tsuiso. The driving was spectacular, Ffrench was on a different level to everyone else, even driving a stock engined S14. It just re-enforces the fact that drifting isn't about the horsepower, it's all about the driver !
I've uploaded the galleries to here >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddymcgrath/sets/72157619012902899/
Sums up a lot of what I was going to post in relation to the lads comments!
Must also mention Tommy McDonagh in the 740 Volvo into this as well. No bodykit, no flashy wheels, no big named sponsors or anything and look how well he got on. Similar story for John Paul McCarthy in the BMW.
Echo Paddy about the Superlap too, really good addition as I said before after Ennis, really pushes the drivers for perfection and great lines with just the one shot to decide their fate in the battles.
And again it is the driver, that's what makes Irish drifting head and shoulders above other countries in my opinion, James Deane's SR20d S14, JohnoConnell, Ffrenchy and the lads I've mentioned above to name but a few with modestly tuned cars compaired to the norm
Jay Rockett
01-06-09, 22:17
SAVAGE WEEKEND
Sun, drifting and bitcheeeeeeez!!!
Great action from the irish, doing us proud and the guys from across the sea's were quite impressive!
Bon was on fire but unfortunetly went the wrong way in his top 8 run so he was out..
Dan Moorehead is a mad man, very impressive.. aswell as the 13year old!only in ireland, ha!
Saw frank, fair play to him, was going real well!
Fair play to chucky, drove brilliantly.. was chatting to him while gazing at Bons R32:D
And Ffrenchy drove soooooo well on sunday, always such a crowd pleaser!
Had such a laugh with the DI stand, meeting a few members and greating a few strangers! fair play to all for coming over and having the craic!
Fredericks Balls
01-06-09, 22:30
By PeterT
cefiro and the DI stand in general ARE proper WOMAN MAGNETS!!! it was great, i even exitedly (drunkly) said goodbye to one of the prodrift girls and she whipped down her cacks for us all to see! haha! then had the modified motors girls come over and bathe in the luxury of the cefiro ha! pink cages lads, do it, its a sure thumbs up!
Haha legend,
Four doors for more whores :D
Come on lads FFS, ye sound like a bunch of contrary little bitches ! (I mean that in a loving sort of way :))
If PD was based on who you were, then why didn't Eric or Shane Lynch qualify for Top 16 ? The judges laid down EXACTLY what they wanted the drivers to do, some could but most couldn't. Not many people were getting the clipping zone under the judges tower, which was used as two clips, both in and out. Some seemed to be struggling with the two in the teardrop as well. It doesn't matter if you go out with loads of speed / smoke and angle, if your not on your clipping points your at nothing.
As regards to Non-Seed scoring low, they're judged exactly the same as if they were in seeded if you get me ? So a 95 point run in amateur, non-seeded and seeded is the exact same run. There is no individual class scoring.
Judges make decisions on what they see and we're not always going to agree with them. That's the beauty of the beast, it would be such a boring sport if everything was determined by driftboxes as we would have nothing to talk and argue about afterwards !
The Super Series was the best event I've covered since D1 in 2006. The Superlap is the best addition to drifting since Tsuiso. The driving was spectacular, Ffrench was on a different level to everyone else, even driving a stock engined S14. It just re-enforces the fact that drifting isn't about the horsepower, it's all about the driver !
I've uploaded the galleries to here >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/paddymcgrath/sets/72157619012902899/
Hold on there a minute paddy, were entitled to our opinions aswell as everyone else so dont come on here and tell us were a bunch of contrary little bitches just because you dont agree, none of us said anywhere that frenchy didnt deserve to win because he did, he was on a level above everyone at punchestown, favoritism IS something that goes on in pro-drift and always has and it did go on on a few occasions at the weekend, lads always get upset when theirs something said about PD but its still a fact, one of them commentators even let a comment slip about one particular battle on saturday afternoon, the weekend was insane, the drifting and track and drivers and of course the fanny was top class, nobody is taking anything away from the weekend PD put on, and i agree i think the super lap is one of the coolest things to come into drifting lately.
conorosr20
01-06-09, 22:57
the reason most people didnt get that clipping point in front of the judges area is because they didnt want to do damage to their cars,its a bit of a disgrace and im not the only one who agrees that the big metal barrier was a bit stupid,why not have it but in front of it put them plastic barriers at least it would take some of the impact,you dont see them in england etc using metal barriers as clipping points.A lot of peoples cars were badly damages,after all were the guys/gals pumping the money into the cars and were the ones who attract and entertain the crowds.right rant over :D
the reason most people didnt get that clipping point in front of the judges area is because they didnt want to do damage to their cars,its a bit of a disgrace and im not the only one who agrees that the big metal barrier was a bit stupid,why not have it but in front of it put them plastic barriers at least it would take some of the impact,you dont see them in england etc using metal barriers as clipping points.A lot of peoples cars were badly damages,after all were the guys/gals pumping the money into the cars and were the ones who attract and entertain the crowds.right rant over :D
Wholeheartedly (sp) agree with you there lad.
It was a bit drastic, and a wee bit too extreme in my opinion.
We weren't long there when the wee white Twin Cam came round the left hander, only to catch his tail, which then pulled the car into the barrier, and when that happens, theres no chance of getting off it due to the momentum picked up from the entry.. Even the commentators said the exact same thing.
As you say, folk are there to see a show put on my alot of self-funded drivers, and that kind of thing would put alot of boys off (myself, my brother and the fella we were there with wouldnt even contemplate that track), but then again, i suppose thats the risk involved and thats what seperates the boys from the men..
Even Bishopscourt has tyres right round the place, and an armco barrier that can move under serious impact to outline the middle of the track to save writing off the cars... ;)
I understand where your coming from lads but as the saying goes he who dares, WINS.
Known theres a tyre wall and known theres a steel barrier there will put you in two completly different frames of mind.
im a fair beliver in if your not willing to kill it you shouldn't even think about going out, but my car aint worth half the money of some PD cars.
paddymcgrath
01-06-09, 23:12
Hold on there a minute paddy, were entitled to our opinions aswell as everyone else so dont come on here and tell us were a bunch of contrary little bitches just because you dont agree, none of us said anywhere that frenchy didnt deserve to win because he did, he was on a level above everyone at punchestown, favoritism IS something that goes on in pro-drift and always has and it did go on on a few occasions at the weekend, lads always get upset when theirs something said about PD but its still a fact, one of them commentators even let a comment slip about one particular battle on saturday afternoon, the weekend was insane, the drifting and track and drivers and of course the fanny was top class, nobody is taking anything away from the weekend PD put on, and i agree i think the super lap is one of the coolest things to come into drifting lately.
I never said that any of you said that Ffrench didn't deserve to win :confused:
I'm not being a smart arse but could you give me an example of favouritism in Prodrift ? I only ask because everyone seems to throw those words around without any substansiating evidence. Anytime someone has felt hard done by, they give the 'favoritism' line but if they go and ask the judges why they will get an in-depth answer as to why that decision was made. To be fair, unless your sitting in the judges seat, you do not have the best view of the course and as such are not qualified to make a fully informed decision from anywhere else on the course.
What was the comment from the commentator by the way, couldn't hear fuck all trackside !
the reason most people didnt get that clipping point in front of the judges area is because they didnt want to do damage to their cars,its a bit of a disgrace and im not the only one who agrees that the big metal barrier was a bit stupid,why not have it but in front of it put them plastic barriers at least it would take some of the impact,you dont see them in england etc using metal barriers as clipping points.A lot of peoples cars were badly damages,after all were the guys/gals pumping the money into the cars and were the ones who attract and entertain the crowds.right rant over :D
But the clipping point wasn't the barrier, it was the hugenormous white box on the ground that they only had to put two wheels into. You don't have to physically hit a clipping point, you just need to be on it ! Obviously if you can rub it, your going to be scored higher but you don't ever have to make physical contact with it.
Nobody puts a gun to anyones head to force them to compete, it's a personal choice and like pretty much all motorsports theres a risk of writing your car off. The judges make the track as difficult as possible to improve the level of driving, it's the main reason why Irish drifting has probably the drivers in the world !
the reason most people didnt get that clipping point in front of the judges area is because they didnt want to do damage to their cars,its a bit of a disgrace and im not the only one who agrees that the big metal barrier was a bit stupid,why not have it but in front of it put them plastic barriers at least it would take some of the impact,you dont see them in england etc using metal barriers as clipping points.A lot of peoples cars were badly damages,after all were the guys/gals pumping the money into the cars and were the ones who attract and entertain the crowds.right rant over :D
Agree with ya in one way lad but not another!!! Like ya i didnt go to close as it was my first day out but the seeded and non seeded lads should love a challenge like that!! What were u skiddin dude??
Oh and hi to Bart too, met him soooooo randomly in Portlaoise today!! :D
I never said that any of you said that Ffrench didn't deserve to win :confused:
I'm not being a smart arse but could you give me an example of favouritism in Prodrift ? I only ask because everyone seems to throw those words around without any substansiating evidence. Anytime someone has felt hard done by, they give the 'favoritism' line but if they go and ask the judges why they will get an in-depth answer as to why that decision was made. To be fair, unless your sitting in the judges seat, you do not have the best view of the course and as such are not qualified to make a fully informed decision from anywhere else on the course.
What was the comment from the commentator by the way, couldn't hear fuck all trackside !
Ted i can give countless examples as could most people if they wanted to but i have alot of respect for the drifters so im not gonna go mentioning names and risk insulting them, and your right the judges do have the best view but that also means the commentators have the exact same view, and the comment was in relation to a big name vs unknown name, the judges were not allowing lads to cut the big bend low to overtake(due to it being an outside clipping point) but for some reason they decided to let a big name do it and the comment made was ''the judges seem to have changed there requested driving line there''......cant remember the rest word for word so i wont put words in there mouth, i wasnt hard done by but could see it happening.
cant remember who the battle was with but james dean was deffo "off the line" and went tru. nearly everyone one the MNC stand came out with the two famous words "PRO FIX"
cant remember who the battle was with but james dean was deffo "off the line" and went tru. nearly everyone one the MNC stand came out with the two famous words "PRO FIX"
Good man ste, thats another one i forgot about, but thats not to take anything away from james deans talent and skill.
I thought it was amazing moorehead only got 17 points tbh a slight straighten but he ran the wall both ways as close as it gets without the crashu and hit all the clipping points:mad: balls out agro driver:D
paddymcgrath
01-06-09, 23:58
Would you PM it to me Barry if you wouldn't mind ?
I didn't see the top 16 on Saturday evening, so I can't comment directly on the runs your talking about. I'm not making excuses for James but was there a chance the other made a similar mistake or something else ? In fairness, Kearney was punished for taking the inside line against Lenihan and was booted out for it so there was surely some reason why James went through ? But again, I didn't see it !
Savage wkend.....
Super series...French was on fire,def proves its da driver not da car :)
Irish Seeded Pros...Mike Deane....couldnt be happier for a driver,been a long time comin,all last yr he was livin in James's shadow now its time for Mike to shine :D :D
Irish non seeded...Damien Shortt :D Im extremely bias so wont say anymore other than the car is in serious need of repair due to wall rubbin but the trophy looks good on my locker :D :D
Agree with Paddy on most of above points....its easy pick on the big names but if Pd were bias why did Shane Lynch and Eric not qualify!!!
Dan Moorhead=we were in Sinnotts workin on Damiens car fri evenin and Dan came sideways in the gate in some old banger,he was up for it tis wkend :)
to think he drives that car to and from an event is amazin....the roads of Carlow have to be warned Dan is a nutter :p
id have to agree lads that the best scoring line was close to the armco everyone was told this and its their own decision wether to shave it or not,In amatuer we wer told that the best line was as close to the barrier as possible and they were right cause on my second qualifing run i kept close to the barrier and you could link fully the big long left hander and scored alot higher and qualified 12th.
with regards to it being a fix i dont believe that for a minute,surely if that was the case ffrenchy ,mcdonagh or mccarthy wouldnt get a look in:)
well!! i had a greAT WEEKEND!!! aside from the complete sun-burnage it was a complete success!!!!!!!! was good to put a few morre faces to names too folks so wel hav to keep these events cumin!!!
Nah i wouldnt agree with you there, Mick deane senior said he didnt sleep in 3 days leading to the event, at 5am Saturday morning Mick left with mike's s13 and james was still finishing the Rex off. Thats fair motivation and passion for the sport!
He had a solid drive yesterday in known akward car to drive with little testing and setup time. Not as comitted as the likes of Ffrench and j.power but him and car went well. And its a savage looking car, great stance.
the diff mount snapped on james's rex nd d prop was banging around soo, it was his first time testin the car so i reckon fair play!!!
Oh and hi to Bart too, met him soooooo randomly in Portlaoise today!! :D
hi to you to lad.. even if ya did block up half the town:p:p
hope ya got nice grub;);)
EvojeepGal
02-06-09, 13:37
Speaking of Danni Murphy she was looking well saturday night!!
Looks so different in a dress than a racesuit :eek::)
Haha i can scrub up well eh :p
id have to agree lads that the best scoring line was close to the armco everyone was told this and its their own decision wether to shave it or not
Correct, later transition on entry to clip 1st point should have put u on an ideal line to make the best attempt to link the long lefter, i was disgusted cause it was only in my 2nd qualifying lap i got the entry perfect but fukin didnt brush off enough speed then down the hill and spun, talk about disgusted:mad:
My only complaint of the weekend was getting 4practise laps and straight into qualifying :( A lot of €€€'s for 6 poxy runs.
Although i know because the time was tighter due to Super Series and things ran later than they should have.
My only complaint of the weekend was getting 4practise laps and straight into qualifying :( A lot of €€€'s for 6 poxy runs.
ya i have to agree with you there danni,between tyres fuel travel and entry for a few laps makes it very costly.should have maybe run it over 3 days or some night drifting:eek:
EvojeepGal
02-06-09, 13:56
The drifting finished at 8.20pm sat evening and at that stage the cops had been in twice to close it down. The last warning was given until 8.15pm so 5mins later wasn't so bad.
In fairness they did run as much as possible on the sat to make way for the sundays entertainment but knowing the pressure they'd be on it should have started way earlier with the Amateurs or even moved the Amateurs to another day like they cancelled it last year at Mondello due to the weather and never re-ran it
conorosr20
02-06-09, 22:34
wooooooooo wooooooooooo ! anyone remember this from sat night at the hotel bar? :D
Nice to meet a few DI heads on sat! Was to sick from drink sunday to travel up!!
PS: robbery for the sticker!! :p only joken i was happy once i got sometin free!! Sound;)
@simo&pete...i was waitin near the shop to knock that girl in the skirt out and ye were no were to be seen to drag her to the kp!!!!:p
EvojeepGal
03-06-09, 00:44
wooooooooo wooooooooooo ! anyone remember this from sat night at the hotel bar? :D
That depends if it followed onto the Red Cow afterwards...?!!!:p:D
sorry for the late reply here but just have to say something bout the wall and that.......
i know a lot of guys are giving out bout havin a solid wall on the outside and all that but basically something like that had to be done to seperate the men from the boys......
the wide clip has been taken direct from america and is definatly more excitin than trying to get to a cone at the inside of a bend.... and at the end of the day prodrift is a show and there no.1 aim is to keep the crowd happy and entertained......
Along with the super lap this is one of the best things prodrift have done this year!!
Jay Rockett
11-06-09, 19:02
Ah yeah its defo a huge crowd pleaser the way PD have some clipping points on the outside of the track and it seperates the men from the boys etc but could it also seperate the guys with a huge team backing them and those who havnt the money to keep repairing the car if they try to hard to please the crowd?!!
Great driving btw Nigel, will be shouting for ya for the year!
Loving the car too:D
EvojeepGal
11-06-09, 19:11
but could it also seperate the guys with a huge team backing them and those who havnt the money to keep repairing the car if they try to hard to please the crowd?!!
I think this is a bit of an unfair comment considering noones car is ever covered 100% regardless of what sponsors they have and dont have.
If a driver aint willing to try improve his/her driving skills and tackle the wall, they dont have to, they're just not going to do well at that event, simple. U can be careful if you like or u can attack it, all depends how well you'd like to try finish.
Plus tbh I think its great for focusing on "control" of the car, if u dont have a wall you will always nearly run a bit wider because u can and up to this year we've all been able to put the noses of the car on clips, its nice to have changes.
The barriers take no prisoners so u have to be on the ball or u is in the wall!
Ah yeah its defo a huge crowd pleaser the way PD have some clipping points on the outside of the track and it seperates the men from the boys etc but could it also seperate the guys with a huge team backing them and those who havnt the money to keep repairing the car if they try to hard to please the crowd?!!
Great driving btw Nigel, will be shouting for ya for the year!
Loving the car too:D
Thanks for the support Jay!!
Peoples idea of big backing teams are all wrong to be honest.... There is no team in prodrift that has huge backing and there is no driver that just "arrives and drives".......
Just speaking for myself..... everything i do revolves around drifting.....Every single penny i have at the mo is wrapped up in drifting in some way or form..... for 6 months of the year im either drifting or working on my car.....
The General Public dont see what goes on behind the scenes and is by no means glamarous!!
Drifting in Ireland is nowhere near a professional sport and i dont think ever will be but we are all in it because we are passionate about it!!
BTW this is not a dig at what you said jay... im just explaining the reality as a lot of people have refered to "big budget teams" this year!! ;)
As for the wall....... if your worried bout your car in drifting you wont be competitive...... end of..... at the end of the day its a motorsport and motorsport costs money no matter what way u look at it..... granted the wall will cause more expense if you get it wrong but the standard here is too high and drifting needs to be made harder to sort good drivers from bad drivers........
EvojeepGal
11-06-09, 19:49
Wot he said:)
i`d have to second that. if your not goin to push it to the limits on the track then there is no point in being on it. quarter panels are repairable:)
Jay Rockett
11-06-09, 20:33
up to this year we've all been able to put the noses of the car on clips, its nice to have changes.
The barriers take no prisoners so u have to be on the ball or u is in the wall!
Actually thats a very good point danni, i suppose there's only so many times spectators can watch the same lines over and over again!
As for the wall....... if your worried bout your car in drifting you wont be competitive...... end of..... at the end of the day its a motorsport and motorsport costs money no matter what way u look at it..... granted the wall will cause more expense if you get it wrong but the standard here is too high and drifting needs to be made harder to sort good drivers from bad drivers........
No doubt its great for the crowd, just wasnt sure how people who may be struggling to pay there way in drifting in the current times felt about it, but then again as you say, the skillfull drivers shouldnt hit it, and its a test of skill at the end of the day!!
And i know in Ireland theres no such thing as arrive n drive, ha! all competitors at all levels work flat out to compete!
Speaking of which Nigel, you should put up some pics and spec of your yoke here->Projects and Builds thread (www.driftireland.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17):D
Good to see the point of view from those on track too!
Fearghal Murphy
12-06-09, 18:16
I have a NOKIA Jay !!
Dunnedriftin
20-06-09, 21:22
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