Is Drifting Dead in Ireland

[Diarmuid]

I havent seen a drift day in WGH in a while. I wonder is barrysmotorsport going to host one anytime soon. There is still a decent bit of streeto going on in Cork anyways and im not talking about doing buns. Hopefully things will pick up soon

Bms are not the only people that orginise a track day. Ring wgh say you and a few mates want to use the track. Get numbers together. And hey presto. You have a practice session. With out paying the stupid prices bms charge.

[batman026]

Bms are not the only people that orginise a track day. Ring wgh say you and a few mates want to use the track. Get numbers together. And hey presto. You have a practice session. With out paying the stupid prices bms charge.

Sounds like a good idea. Ill give them a buzz and see what they say

[Stevo]

Its alive and well, BUT road cars are back!!

[Cooldrft]

Bms are not the only people that orginise a track day. Ring wgh say you and a few mates want to use the track. Get numbers together. And hey presto. You have a practice session. With out paying the stupid prices bms charge.

That's how it was in the good auld days.
Doing Wgh/rosegreen on a weekday with about 20 other lads for €60 each.

[TorqueWorks]

Try & Get Tynagh for a mid week practise day, Motorsport Ireland licence required blah blah blah

Trying to get anywhere bar a silage slab is difficult by any standards, I see why roundabouts & business parks get late night runs to be honest.

I'm tempted to get a MSI Licence just to be able to get a weekday practise slot

Whats going on with Barrys Motorsport? Gone extremely quiet its strange

[cobcorsa]

Barrys motorsports are as good as gone i hear. no harm the place is bloody useless the boss is literally a idiot no business sense. The girl who got her leg rolled over at a superdrift is sueing them and knowing that thick cunt he probably didnt have insurance for the event . 130 euro for 20 min drifting never again. It was 80 4 years ago on tuesdays we used skip college to go up and ud have all day on track

[Diarmuid]

Barrys motorsports are as good as gone i hear. no harm the place is bloody useless the boss is literally a idiot no business sense. The girl who got her leg rolled over at a superdrift is sueing them and knowing that thick cunt he probably didnt have insurance for the event . 130 euro for 20 min drifting never again. It was 80 4 years ago on tuesdays we used skip college to go up and ud have all day on track

And they were telling me before o how hard it was and how much it was to organise sessions. Ha ha what bull. No wonder drifting folded the way it has.
Mondello run session monthly. Check there site.

[TorqueWorks]

Barrys motorsports are as good as gone i hear. no harm the place is bloody useless the boss is literally a idiot no business sense. The girl who got her leg rolled over at a superdrift is sueing them and knowing that thick cunt he probably didnt have insurance for the event . 130 euro for 20 min drifting never again. It was 80 4 years ago on tuesdays we used skip college to go up and ud have all day on track

To be fair Mike Barry was absolutely bang on with any dealings I had with him!! His mechanic is firey tho. Track time did improve the last few times they ran, but his mechanic changing regulations on the morning of a drift event & not telling us when we were booking in was absolute fuck! So much so we just packed up & went home there the last event they ran in tynagh. Grammer Seat rails from a MAN truck that have been fitted to our car for over 2 years suddenly no longer allowed..

Someone got hurt, was it in tynagh? What happened? Insurance claims can tie down event insurance for over a year which is a balls

[LarZ]

Not on any side of the fence here but there's more to organising a track day than most people think. Charging on the gate is usually to satisfy the venue and the organisers are lucky to see any of it. I don't know about WGH but Mondello keep all gate proceeds for practice days. I'd encourage anyone who wants to give it a go to set up drift days in WGH and Tynagh. The hunger is there, people are queueing up to do practice days there.

As Stevo said, road cars are definitely back and getting more popular. Drifting is far from dead too. People come and go from drifting as with any sports really.

[Diarmuid]

Not on any side of the fence here but there's more to organising a track day than most people think. Charging on the gate is usually to satisfy the venue and the organisers are lucky to see any of it. I don't know about WGH but Mondello keep all gate proceeds for practice days. I'd encourage anyone who wants to give it a go to set up drift days in WGH and Tynagh. The hunger is there, people are queueing up to do practice days there.

As Stevo said, road cars are definitely back and getting more popular. Drifting is far from dead too. People come and go from drifting as with any sports really.

Of course mondello keep all monies. As they should. It's a professional bussines. Decent track. Plenty marsh etc etc.
but how can a group run an event with out been able to first orginise practice sessions. I ended up just getting a bunch of mates together then ring wgh and got dates from them. €80 I think it was. More than enough track time to be fair.
Of course people come and go. And have other intrests.