Portlaoise Drifting 17-10-2010 Aftermath

[Aidan Hogan]

Thanks Aidan!! hope to b back for the next day out, just under 360hp

Think I'll be in England for the next day
Thats some good powerrrrzzz

[TIMMY495]

Think I'll be in England for the next day
Thats some good powerrrrzzz

itl do for running 16" alloys , dats shit luck man , ya may just cancel ur plans in england so, lol

[Stevo]

@ timmy gud sliding today fella, nice and aggresive
@ bart same for you ted, alot more aggresive and stickin door to door
@ mark you sum man
@ derk hero spec as always man container clippin ftw!!
Fair play to bradley and mini on the start line aswell

[JKAV]

Mark , Timmy , Kav - Ye were on fire today lads , brilliant runs from ye .
Mark - Love that car , see ya had an exhaust on it today , still lovely rasp off it .
Kav - Was happy when I picked your bumper up off the track and it was still in one piece
Timmy - Thats some car lad , what power are you running ??

Not as happy as me to see it in one piece cheers

[1jsoarer]

BRILLANT day out!!....had some craic with bart, mark and who ever was drivin the black 32 near the end of the day......

@ mark, love the pic of the consaw!!....health and safety would love that for a safe pass course!!...white runners no glasses........brillant

roll on the next day!!

[Dunnedriftin]

BRILLANT day out!!....had some craic with bart, mark and who ever was drivin the black 32 near the end of the day......

@ mark, love the pic of the consaw!!....health and safety would love that for a safe pass course!!...white runners no glasses........brillant

roll on the next day!!

That was damien driving my black R32... was fair close the paid of you,

[Greg]

, ohh an thanks to Greg on my last run for comin back with the jack, not to many that would have bothered,

No bother. You took the heat off me when I was doing shite with your spectacular breakage so I had to help.

[DaveZigen]

Best day out so far! Really got the hang of it by the end, went through a fair few tyres so must be getting better! Groups were the job, everything was so fluid and the hour on, hour off gave myself and the car a break! Few close moments, getting risky with it being my road car but its survived three days without grief so I reckon its on the ball. I'll let the little bro (Trixta) explain the problems with his car but he took mine out for the last two sessions and was nailing so we all enjoyed it! Fair play Bart, savage setup! Roll on two weeks and a new track setup!

[sil80drifter]

BRILLANT day out!!....had some craic with bart, mark and who ever was drivin the black 32 near the end of the day......

@ mark, love the pic of the consaw!!....health and safety would love that for a safe pass course!!...white runners no glasses........brillant

roll on the next day!!

was me dude, nearly hit your door at one point haha

[B.Egan]

Best day out so far! Really got the hang of it by the end, went through a fair few tyres so must be getting better! Groups were the job, everything was so fluid and the hour on, hour off gave myself and the car a break! Few close moments, getting risky with it being my road car but its survived three days without grief so I reckon its on the ball. I'll let the little bro (Trixta) explain the problems with his car but he took mine out for the last two sessions and was nailing so we all enjoyed it! Fair play Bart, savage setup! Roll on two weeks and a new track setup!

Real day of two halfs for me. Got the diff sorted on the mx5, and had plenty of power for it.....but everything else went muck. First session I went out and on my second lap the left rear buckled a bit and the tyre popped off. Derk kindly hammered it straight and I got back out just at the end of the session for two laps. They went shit aswell lol.

Main problems were terrible terrible lock, and also the fact (due to me not getting the car in anyway aligned and the terrible camber etc setup) that the car just wouldnt self correct. I couldnt let go of the wheel when trying to transition. And with the car being so snappy, it was just impossible to turn the wheel quick enough manually.

So I went out at the start of my next session with the intention of just trying to do very little angle and just get it through safely. Actually got the first corner well and then the right rear tyre popped off the wheel.

So end of for me as was too pissed off. Very soundly the brother DaveZigen let me take out his car for the rest of the session, and this gave my confidence a massive boost. On my first real proper drift day (last time the mx5 had no diff), and in a car I hadnt really driven before, I was able to drift it pretty well, with no spins. His S13 is really setup very well, and gives you the confidence to push close to containers, or try as much angle as possible. So the second part of the day was actually great fun!

So its really back to the drawing board with the mx5 and try and make it controllable out on track. But in general the day was brilliantly run, and definately the groups thing worked, with queing time being very little at all. It allowed you to go for passo runs when not driving, get some food, relax, come up with plans, or just try and sort your car out. Certainly the way to go for next time!