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What was everyone's opinion of the weekend?
im delighted that the weather held off and it was sunny for both days. I hope Jack Shanahan is ok, the car looked like its a write off. Great battles between everyone, delighted that the irish remain undefeated! Martin Ffrench's car is pure class, noise alone it's the best sounding car out there!! Delighted I got to see some of the big names from overseas, was like having a round of Formula D in Kildare! Lol
epic day,best event yet,fair play to dave egan bring idc to the next level!!!
EPIC!! What an event
Best event I was ever at, savage day!
Fantastic day, excellent drifting. Pity mondello hasn't a big screen for the action relays i was trying follow it on my tablet there but had feck all networkQuote:
Originally Posted by seanie R.33
it was by far the best one yet the addition of the wall added to the excitement, IDC has raised the bar it will be interesting to see how it pans out in the future, it will be hard to top that weekend
I tuned in with livestream and and really enjoyed it, fair play to dave and the crew, as said before it will be difficult to top.
The Livestream was top notch, very good quality. Fair play for upping the standard of IDC this year, huge difference!
simply unreal.. The driving, the heroics, the dedication, the generosity, the weather, the live stream. Especially the live stream added so much value for me. I knew exactly what went on on Saturday even though i wasn't there. It put yesterday into perspective for me. A big screen would be awesome, just expensive. The grand stand was fantastic. It felt a lot better than the permanent grand stand. I think that was because the cars drifted 'around' us.
If I really had to knit-pick... I think the paddock could have been slightly more organised. But that's only a small thing. I thought rd1, the pit was organised better. People who were giving out about the 35 euro (sunday ticked + grandstand) annoyed me too.. It's such cheap entertainment all things considered.
I think that Ireland was done proud and I wouldn't be surprised if more big names are attracted to Ireland as a result of what happened yesterday.
Oh, and BTW. Not only did Ireland defend the 10 year undefeated streak, but the highest international driver was Daigo frickin Saito in 4th place... the international drivers didn't even make the podium. Also, Jerome Vassia is a legend.
INSANE event!
Cant get over the fact how many cars were claimed by that wall :O
Some serious damage, but otherwise just awesome....loved how Daigo hit the wall and kept driving :D
Also it seemed well organized, really enjoyed it :)
One question I have is how did Paul Striker get through to Sunday when he didnt make it into the top 4 on Saturday?
^^^ highest entry speed i tink wasnt it?? he deserved it anyways he was on fire all day and a 98 score proves that, some day the nose is burnt off me, would of loved if the tezza was going properly for saito
was just up there yesterday. Loved every minute of it. serious cars and drivers. weather was gorgeous too!!
Had a savage weekend. Weather was great, we were lucky! Glad the website didn't shit itself either - it had 40,000 page views from 96 countries over the two days :D
If any drivers want their page on the site updated just let me know.
As already said, the best event yet. Fair play to all involved, very professional set up. Poor Richie O Neill was sittin in front of us in the grandstand, every time saito headed for clip 2 if say he could barely watch. Fair play to him for lending his car out for the whole weekend, it could a lot of abuse from wall taps to 4th gear burn outs!
What a weekend! The driving, track layout, international drivers and great atmosphere on both Saturday and Sunday was unreal and lucky the weather held up well. Credit where it really is due to Dave and all the IDC staff for raising the bar to an insane level within only a few rounds of taking charge and getting Irish drifting out on a world stage even more.
Fair play to Duane Mckeever for pushing so hard when the car wasn't right, Adrian Walsh and Brian Egan for covering the podium spots with Irish names.
Highest entry speed, qualifier and just for driving the shtones out of the car! Not bad going for a young fella :)Quote:
Originally Posted by pole drift
Was there Friday for a few hours, seeing the cars practice was awesome because it would interesting to compare in competition. My heart went out to Chris Doyle for his crash, myself and Bryan were just gutted for him, Tomas Falvey was killing it in the wet. Great meeting some old and new faces. Sunday I brought up the whole family and we all had a great day, my son was actually calling out which cars were better, I think he only got one call wrong. Thought Brian Egan was killing it, would have liked to see a few more faces in the Top 8 but those that were there deserved so well done to all.
My only downside for the whole show was that the grandstand was on the wrong side of the track, if it was where the judges tower was it really would have opening up viewing for the spectators on both sides.
IDC round 5 can't beat round 3...or can it?:) wow it was the best of the best.
Savage day out the sunday, top level driving all round!
Fair play to the drivers for the crowd interaction, thought Daigo would go blue in the face at one stage from posing for photos he was so mobbed by fans.
Was sad to see Martin French knocked out so early on. Felt he had the most exciting entries, huge weight transfers absolutely lobbing the car towards clip 2. Shame the judging works differently.
Congrats to the Irish for all podium finishes, but couldn't imagine it's easy competing at such a high level event for the internationals in a strange car with little practise. Well deserved win by McKeever though, felt he was most consistent in his leading and chase runs.
I'm like a tomato going around after the sun we had for it!
Also-
Some lovely cars on display behind the paddock too, first time seeing that black 180 in the flesh it's really something else! As were the others. Credit to the owners.
What really stole my heart though was that period correct sil80.
Owner caught me drooling all over it in the carpark before he brought it in. :)
watched it on the live stream from Oz.. excellent quality picture and sound ! top knotch event with some insane driving ! Fair play to all involved !
savage, savage weekend...
I've been following the sport for a longish time and that had to be
one of the best events I've been at...
the driving, the speed, the entries, the cars, jasus it was epic
the track layout was class aswell
really enjoyed the international driver element aswell and it was nice to see so
many top drivers from around the world at Mondello - they got the weather, crowd
and a great track to work with so hopefully it'll happen a bit more often.....
it's going to be hard to top that... so fair play to all IDc staff
for raising the bar - but now you've got a bigger problem in trying to match or
better that.......
think everyone will agree that track needs to be on next years calendar anyway
especially if mondello is on on multiple dates again....
Sunday was epic! Really great day of driving, congrats to dave and the idc crew for pulling off the best weekend of drifting Ireland has ever seen!
The new track layout was cool and I had a great view from where I was, hopefully it becomes a regular track layout.
Too many drivers to list but gotta say, daigo gave that car death haha! Him, powers and nashida were great to watch
I just hope that enough people bought tickets and came to the event that Mondello were happy with it. If mondello didn't make money on the day, it wont be happening again.
mondello didnt pay for the drivers!Quote:
Originally Posted by LarZ
really? they did for rd1 afaik. Either way, i hope that everyone turned a profit on the day...
Afaik mondello paid for trellas ferries
Fair play on the website, no faults at all. Great job on it taking all the pressure from all the viewers, worked spot on on my Iphone too. Credit where its due!Quote:
Originally Posted by ConorS15
Yeah fair play Conor! Delighted to see the quality of the website since you updated it recently.
Went over only on sunday, and absolutely loved it ! Fantastic event, loads of smoke,shlide and burnt rubber and what can beat bitta wall tap :D haha Now I even got savage spot in the end where I could see all 3 clipping points ha
Best Irish Drift Event Ever!! I hated my life going home Sunday.
My driving was shite, but hanging with Matt Powers and his crazy sidekick Max will be in my memory for the rest of my life :)
Roll on Rd 4