Portlaoise 5th/6th March Aftermath

[Amy G]

What a wkend..... After a disastrous start on Sat, having to push start the car twice then crashed - bashed up the front end and bent/broke a tie rod , but Wes and his boys helped me out and got it welded up. Got the car tracked yday morning, but the steering was still a bit mental. Yet managed to qualify for top 16 Semi Pro, and WON NOVICE
Thanks so much to Bart for putting the wkend together, the huge amount of track time and to team WKD for helping me get sorted.... Not bad for a girl, hey boys??!!

[owen180]

Hmmm!! After readin all this I think i'm going to put my reshellin on hold and go to the next one. When is it. Ish it open to everyone And wats the story wit cage etc?

[bart]

looks like everyone had a great weekend and no one was giving out....
forgot to mention a big thanks to dave egan for his words on the mike..
really gave the drifting atmosphere into portlaoise..
and thanks to joe for the lend of his equipment..
lets hope that this is the start to something good down here...

[Stevo]

Delighted I qualified first at the beginning of the day, and got 2nd, knew I'd lost first when I backed off in the last corner!

Greatly organised and run day!

Mr coss was unbeatable I didn't stand a chance against him haha! Stevo, i was like WTF when did he get so good! Loads of great driving.

Too hard to type all this on the phone, long live missile cars booze and craic with a crew!

Pete you were bang on the money all day well done man That missile is a keeper!!

Its great to see that the future of drifting in Ireland is safe with the amount of up and coming talent on display there today, the standard of driving was very impressive.
Stevo, where did that come out of?? Flying it today ya were buddy, and everyone thinkin that you couldnt drive your finger up your arse
Well done to Dave, Alvin and Andy also, great drifters.
Also a shout to Dave Egan, an easy man to listen to on the mic and got the crowd goin when needed
To Wes, Barry and Dan, fair play lads, good calls and fair judging.
All in all, well done Barty, a feckin great success and hopefully its the first of many.

Bahaha cheers derk Agree 110% with the above sum seriously tallented lads starting out, pete,newsome,damo,yowdy,bert,alvin ect ect

just back again!! right wat a weekend!!! judging is a fuking nightmare!!! big time very very hard to call some battles but had a very gud view of the track 4m where we were so was worth my balls retreating into my stomac for the birds eye view but fuk it was cold up der!!!!!! so hard call some of the battles but drives dat were just spot on

darran coss lad fair play you were just on the money all day!!!

peter t some entry by this man!! and on fire all day!!

stevo fair play lad!! ya did yourself prowd!!!!

damo my man i honestly can't say hw well you were driving!! really on it all weekend

yowdy my gud man yourself and darren were just unreal!! so little in it was unreal!!

master j hicky watched every bit of your pratice and you were on fire!!
the car was just starting to let ya dwn in qulifing was a real pitty but well done!!

newsome was another man dat did hmself prowd 2 day!!

thanks for a great weekend lads!!!

Ah dan could'nt stop laughin at you and barry up on the container when yowdy and coss were up, fingers pointing at each other up there, cheers to yourself wez and barry for the tips and advice, steering was perfect after a bit of lump hammer action

Forgot to say big kudos to Dave Egan, some man to Mc, always on the button with names etc Defo a job for only him

True words, it lifted everyone when the commentry started and dave was spot on and very easy on the ears!!

Now that I finally have some energy I can type out a proper reply...

What a fucking weekend, loads of drifting, drinking, and craic! It'll be hard to beat it but sure I don't mind giving it a go sometime again soon.

A big thanks to Bart and the Port Laoise crew that organised the weekend and made it what it was, another thanks to the Wicklow crew for all the help and banter over the weekend, and a big thanks to the WKD crew for taking the time to come up and giving us an insight into what competitive drifting is all about. I for one am hooked and determined to enter more comps and generally improve my drifting skills.

There was some studs out there driving the weekend and a load of people surprised the shit out of me by driving the wheels off their cars. Stand outs include Stevo, Peter, Geordie, Famous JH, Eoin, and Newsome. Awesome driving lads, keep it up.

As for my driving.... I'll update my build thread later and have a moan there.

The session in town was class, I remember dancing so must've been pissed. But getting the first pint at 4 in the bar with Geordie probably didn't help. Did anybody nail your one with the skirt and bling that some black lad was stalking???

That chaser looks class out there greg, your defo not affraid to throw it about!!

What a wkend..... After a disastrous start on Sat, having to push start the car twice then crashed - bashed up the front end and bent/broke a tie rod , but Wes and his boys helped me out and got it welded up. Got the car tracked yday morning, but the steering was still a bit mental. Yet managed to qualify for top 16 Semi Pro, and WON NOVICE
Thanks so much to Bart for putting the wkend together, the huge amount of track time and to team WKD for helping me get sorted.... Not bad for a girl, hey boys??!!

Congrats amy, you were flying it over the weekend really comming on in leaps and bounds every time your out, the rex is as reliable as it gets

[yowdy]

Bart vs Yowdy...... I seen Yowdy's gearbox!!!!!!

lad i went about 4ft in the air,,

What a wkend..... After a disastrous start on Sat, having to push start the car twice then crashed - bashed up the front end and bent/broke a tie rod , but Wes and his boys helped me out and got it welded up. Got the car tracked yday morning, but the steering was still a bit mental. Yet managed to qualify for top 16 Semi Pro, and WON NOVICE
Thanks so much to Bart for putting the wkend together, the huge amount of track time and to team WKD for helping me get sorted.... Not bad for a girl, hey boys??!!

amy u were flying all weeknd,, from the frist days u came down to portlaois to yesterday u have improved no end,, fair pay,, semi pro win next time

[bart]

claire will have pics of that ted..
i'll post them up..
was epic...

[yowdy]

ye i heard tha she has, she took over 800 pics saterday alone

[Chuck_g]

Im still sick.................

[pole drift]

I need to fit the passenger seat so i can get someone to sit in with me and teach me

[japman]

well llads i had an absolute great time this weekend ,, was a bag of nerves on saturday as it was my first time ever drifitng ,,,,car was a bit under powered for 17s but a quick wheel change to 16s got me sorted ,, the weeknd was going well broke 4 tie rods due to a stupid job i did for extra lock but ya learn from your mistakes .. bart your a gentleman for them bits ,,, i oe u a few drinks next time ,,, its great to be able to go to these knowing knowone but still be able to chat with anyone ,,, thanks to all for a great weekened cant qait to see ye at the next 1 ....