this was my first ever japfest as i missed the one last year due to a real bad toothache but i thought it was an epic day

few things that i didn't like that i feel could be improved upon without too much effort

letting euro cars in is completely redonkulous and if needs must a designated euro section could have been made for them to show off their mercedes wheels and carbon fibre vinyled TDi engine covers

the show itself was very badly organized and there was no actual route through the show you just had to wander around and i missed half the cars due to not paying attention to where i was actually walking lol.... with proper japfest material cars being shoved into a corner with not enough room between the cars to really appreciate them imo (ae86 stand/DTD stand/honda haven stand)

i thought the drifting was epic and the drivers were going balls out like ive never seen before in ireland.....few of the calls by the judges were a bit swayed by bias eg. i think james Deane had dai on the first top 16 battle and i think duane Mckeever was more deserving of the third place finish than Wez which is no dis respect to Wez as he was on fire also but he dropped two wheels off the track so should follow the rules even though there is confusion between wether 2 wheels or 4 wheels deems a score a zero

and lastly what was up with the crowd....never seen a bunch of dry owl sh1tes watching a drifting contest....these lads are putting their blood sweat and tears into this sport that reaps very little monetary rewards yet people wont even take their hands out of their pockets or as much as clear their throat for irish and international drifting stars in 600+hp cars giving it socks....i felt sorry for dave doing the commentary as he was trying his best to get the crowd going but he was fighting a losing battle unfortunately but i thought he was brilliant regardless...

bit of a rant but i enjoyed it and thought it was deffinetly worth the 4 hour drive down and 4 hour drive back and cant wait till next year and if i still have the PS13 she will be down in the show and shine area 1/4 panelling smelly VAG cars!!!!