So what did everyone think?
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So what did everyone think?
Gr8 weather lol.
I thought the drifting was epic but the judging could have been a lot better and the show cars wer mainly shit boxes with a few deadly buses was loving the blue mx5 on bbs alloys it makes me want my car on its arse haha fair play to all the lads especially Brendan he did an amazing job of keepin on form and the win was well deserved!!
Pretty epic weekend all round between the antics on the bus last night and the weather on Saturday it made for a cool weekend :cool: but definitely as usual there were a couple of dodgey calls by the judges but in fairness they won't always be right but the commitment by every single driver was unbelievable ....overall a pretty serious weekend :)
Great day some of the best drifting to be seen, serious women (mostly n the crowd) some of the judging could be questionable even in the final i thought dai took it from where i was sitting but delighted for brendan great way to finish of for him and well deserved!
Great day some serious drifting its at a new level...taut Duane mc Keever was robbed with wez from where I was sitting even tho he did go a bit straight over the line but what about a re run!! Commentators shit it seems there on the boys they no..it's like if ur not knowin u get it harder to win..just my tauts and well done Brendan stone u deserved it.
great driftin allround!!! judgin was abit off, got abit sick after a while near every second race was a one more time that pissed me off abit, was a tense moment the last run with dai and brendan but brendan deserved every bit of the win, woulda been cool to see dai win tho at the same time :p
Thought it was a great show in all fairness, the driving was brilliant full commitment all the time and the judges will always have questionable descions but it was the first time in along time that i havent felt ripped off for the 20 quid admission fee.
Brian Egan should have gone thru!
ALL the battles were awesome
Time to get a rwd car now
show side: some cool cars but mostly euro felt spec shite i honestly don't know how they can still call it japfest there were cooler motors in the car park tbh
prodrift: some class drifting goin on i loved aasbo's gt86 it sounded epic :cool:
Dai understeered comin in first corner so he couldn have wonQuote:
Originally Posted by s00045732
my fucking knuckles are swolen and my elbow bruised, god damn bus roof punching!!
Great driving all weekend. Congrats to Brendan Stone on taking the championship, put on a great show at every round, great year for the MG team. They could have put more Falken tire decals on the Altezza though.
Some questionable calls with the judging, mainly on Saturday I thought but what's done is done now I guess. Next year is a fresh start, with a "new" series.
The 86X is a very impressive car, absolutely beautiful looking too. Same can be said for the Rocket Bunny vert and drift car, lovely!
As for the show, same Irish crap. The standard of cars on display was terrible. Only a few cars stood out really, main one for me being that blue S15.
i didnt get to see a whole pile of drifting, but from what i did see, some fantastic driving.
Show did contain some cars that were far from show-worthy.
Was good to put some faces to names
first time ive managed to get to an event and glad to say ill be back again,:D all drivers were fully committed and duane really impresses me, to mix with the big experienced lads, how much better can he get as he gets older? also the dealtwidth cam did great to be under powerd among many others. congrats to brendan well deserved. judging was dodgy at times and the first run in the super lap was scored too high for other drivers to try and beat then.
the 86 is an epic car, and the v8 bmw was something else to hear. talent was serious hard to kno where to look times.:P show was the only dissapointment its not japfest when 60% are euros. brill day rroll on 2013
first time going in a few years.the drifting was good quality of the drift cars was impressive some work gone into them.the show cars were shocking there was only 1 or 2 cars worthy of being there
The level of drifting was top class and the time attack was very good aswell,a lot of the show cars were a disgrace,as someone else said there was a lot better cars in the carpark! Did anyone else actually see that shite box corolla with the shopping trolley on the roof? What the fuck like.
forgot it was called japfest with the amount of shit diesels in the show n shine? and was anybody else reeeeeeeeally sick of hearing that commentator? thought my ear drums were gona explode near the ened of it, twas just the same chat over n over.
other than that it was a brilliant day
I thought they needed music playin, but to be fair i thought he done a great job, did u hear the commentator at the jdm event at punchestown, hes 1000 times better,Quote:
Originally Posted by shea
He mite get excited but he is onli tryin to get the crowd going
Have to agree the driftin was only savage,congrats brendan. But lads the show cars a lot of hen houses in fairness from renault megane's to caddy van's and what the story with this rat look rusty panel's on cars pure shit me thinks?
I was surprised with the standard of the drifting, very few mistakes were made, I'd not been there in maybe 2 years as I was away, and really noticed a difference.
The 16 year old, from 700bhp car Sunday to school on Monday morning.
Was great to see it so busy, wonder how many pasted thru gates and how it compares to formula d and d1jp numbers.
I got a little star struck seeing Dai, Asbo, James and Dmac. Last two years I've only seen them over net.
too much euro bullshit in the paddock.. were good cars in the car parks that shouldve been in there instead of vans and the same old vw's.
drifting was good although i missed the first half of the day.
sat into a gt86 too. il get one eventually lol
Ah nw i didnt see that... Serious driving all round tough mckeever had some serious twin battles. Also brendan stones car is god damn gorgous plus the gt86, the rocket bunny ps13 lookd sweet aswell... Did anyone see the twin engine starlet?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by podgedun
Just seen on the prodrift fb some lads White ek type r was robbed .cunts ya can have nothin
Was a good day the v8 Beemer made my day worth the 20euro entry to here it :)
Some of the cars weren't show worthy but from what I heard lots of sites weren't goin to the show so the sites that were there could bring as many cars as they like . Think it should a bean Jap cars only seein as it's called japfest
the show was shit.......but anyway drifting was EPIC the level of driving in this country at every level is just crazy, well done to fucking everyone :p but as lads have touched on some judging was a joke being honest as i said on fb barry hennessy was ROBBED against o connel now dont get me wrong o connels driving was unreal and im a huge fan of his but he dropped 2 wheels in the dirt but yet was a omt then next run was in my opinion now a omt but o connel got it , im delighted for diarmuid to be back going after punchestown and im not plugging at him what so ever the man could be a pro, but he made a mistake and should have been judged on that, i know the judges can miss something thats understandable but this was pure blatent , also big shout out to dave egan who doesnt get enough credit for the awesome job he does on that mic some man to get atmosphere going, also mantra ROCKED that is all
They got rid of the "JAP ONLY" thing a few years ago. It was too limiting, and by offering a bit of everything, draws a bigger crowd.
It annoys me when people say that there were better cars in the car park. FAIR ENOUGH, but the owners of those cars could have entered their car if they wished.
I put on a thread on midnightclub looking for cars weeks ago, i had 5 cars up until yesterday, and 4 last minute confirmations. I didnt turn down any cars, and even had 2 spare show entry stickers.
On the midnightclub stand there was my R32, a mates 300zx, an r33, 2x 180sx, evo 2, evo 4, integra type r and a seat leon turbo. And i'll admit the SEAT was the cleanest out of the lot of them. He spent all day yesterday cleaning it in preperation for the show today.
Im a jap car lover, always have been. BUT i have to admit that the EURO cars had alot to show off. There were some fantastic cars, from all corners of the world, and without the euro entries, the show would have been alot quieter (entrants and spectators).
There was only a handfull of purpose built "SHOW CARS" on display, but these days its a bit more than body kits, ICE and custom interiors.
Each to their OWN, there was something there for everyone
Have to say I thought it was a great turn out, much busier than Japfest last year. It was great to catch up with folks I haven't seen in ages and the few I get to bug on a regular basis. The 86X was awesome to see in person, even my son was amazed by it, Brendan's S15 was looking mean as hell, John, Brendan and Mark did some job on the car. The more I see Mike Fitz's FC3S the more I want one, could easily just be a show car, big respect to Mike for throwing it around out there. And of course Ffrenchie's old altezza, will always have a soft spot for that car, Dai looked to be very comfortable in it, I was only there for 2hrs so just saw the start of the Top 16, great to hear Dai and Brendan in the final, well done mate on the win !
For a change I only got a handful of pic's but these two are by far my favourite :)
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Hmmm what a weekend, Early start, Wheelbearing on Trailer collapses, wheel falls off, Chucks qualifies 5th, gets knocked out, gets drunk, gets naked, breaks window, gets naked, puts on a full sex show with the missus for the Carrigtohill Auto lads cause they forgot to close the curtains, Fire extinguisher fun, gets naked on the bus, gets drunk some more! Cracking day and night. Level of drifting was unreal, huge congrats to Brendan, and lets not forget Nicky Hallahan, legend in his own underpants!Roll on the next event!
My best weekends drifting anyway was an amazing feeling to hear everyone going mental for me Saturday evening really pushed me on !
was amazing to practice with some of the best in the world on Sunday ,
Ill be recovering for a few days im wrecked !
Can't forget a massive thanks to Ruben (bubble1984) for the lend of the turbo otherwise would not of been competing !
Great drifting, great commitment.
I thought there were some fantastic cars on show in the paddock but some were pure crap. I don't care how much you clean your scratched up starlet, I don't want to pay to see it. I would have liked if the cars were grouped better. Maybe a Euro only section, SX, DC5, EK, Skyline section, etc. They were all just parked. randomly.
The judging was questionable at times as said. I liked the detailed explanations after the runs. Some of the recoveries and reactions on show were absolutely insane, and personally i feel that a fantastic recovery can undo any mistake when drifting.
The worst part was waiting for the cars to go back to the starting line. That took a hell of a lot of time. I don't know off-hand how you would fix that though.
Of course it was worth the €25 for the two days! You're getting up to 16 hours of entertainment for only €25!!! People need to put it into perspective with concert tickets, or even the cost of a round of pints.
ALSO: Serious lack of drink availability on the Sunday. The burger place beside the pitstop restaurant was a joke; my burger was like leather and they charged me €5 for it! I should have gone to the restaurant :s
Personally tought it was a good day out, Loved the drifting dont go see it often enough at all.
No problem with proper clean Euro car's but in all honesty there was a few shit car's that should of been turned around at the gate. :rolleyes:
Kruizer was it you i saw leaving with a dog in your hood? :p
Ya that would of been me mate, he is a lazy git...Quote:
Originally Posted by JDMfrank
Onto Larz's point, the price really aren't that bad, from myself herself and the little fella it was €40, granted I was only there 2hrs but that was down to me, if I had the chance to be there for the full day it would have been great value for money. For example "Walking With Dinosaurs" in the O2 arena is €155 for the three of us for 2hrs ?!!! I know times are tough but even when they weren't people were cribbing about the price. Stop being so bloody miserable...
I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMagoo
similar thoughts on this...was only there the sunday...enjoyed the day,but was frustrated by lots of extremely rough cars....i think there should have been a fwd/rwd/euro/retro split...the event felt too like a car park.but the drifting was INSANE
majority of cars in the show were on club stands
Thought the day went well better cars in the car park den the paddock ha but drifting was serious pity bout the commentator couldnt get any1 going an was head wreaking after a while otherwise was good..
great day out, was some shitters tho jus passed by them and on to the jap stuf.
drifting was great to watch, sum great tandems and the entrys wer so fast. only bad call i saw from judges was for 3rd place, duane deserved it even tho he didnt manji outa the last corner. was door2 door n he held better angle on entry.
drivers put on a great show tho will def b at the next1.
mantra was fun from what i remember
saw a SAVAGE vectra with a bail of hay on its roof bars at the stands, proper game changer that car
drifting was awesome, the speeds are getting insane!
Absolutly mental day of drifting , brilliant drivers all of them! loved the blue s15 on Koneig wheels in japfest, honestly thought there should have been no diesel/german cars there at all its called JAPfest for a reason.. very nice cars every where else tho! Great day out!!
Ur worse than the Dirt givin out about everything u big fag :p :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mayo S13