Prodrift Rd 2 Afterthoughts

[richy]

That's my point exactly, James was practically stuck to him when he was shadowing, run after run. On that merit, he should've won. No need for any OMT's in the final, in my humble opinion and from my epic vantage point atop the driftkits van!

[EvojeepGal]

Was happy to be back in Ireland after missing the last couple of events last year, and Fermoy.
Apart from actually planning ahead and having the car running well on thurs eve, got to start line fri, revved it and stupid thing was spluttering, onto the trailer and straight back to Xtreme Autos to sort for sat, thankfully it was just the air flow meter acting up, made some adjustments and back to Dublin.

THanks to Shane O'Sullivan for lending me an AFM for qualifying etc (And Damien Short for letting me try his one to be sure first)

Thank god sat was unorganised as it gave us plenty of time to sort various issues between mine, my bro's and mates cars! I appologise for continueously goin thru the pits looking for spares!

Was happy with my entry speeds too on sat and even happier tat i qualified considering still having issues, handed the battle over on a few different things but was expecting this anyway.

Cars gone into therapy now and ive my own form for a week in the sun coming soon! So should have no excuses for Citywest with the car messing me up again

[nixon001]

Well folks on the back of an absolutely epic weekend this part is hugely important! The feedback after the events is always taken on board and i personally take the time to read through this thread and take any notes which i feel would benefit the series.

Firstly-Everyone can see that PD are making a huge effort to increase fan interaction and evolve along with the scene by introducing team drifting, passenger rides etc. So i dont think some of the harsher comments are justified..

Im not a judge so i have no opinion on any of the calls made but i respect the guys decisions..

In my opinion, i think we need to shake this 'Fight the Power' attitude towards PD. PD isnt some massive corporate company that laughs all the way to the bank after each event. Where would the drifting scene in Ireland be without PD?? Diffing comps in carparks organised by ae86irl?? When Rosegreen closed down it was a major kick in the teeth to the drift scene in Ireland and PD are the only people who went out and found us new tracks and kept the scene alive! Many others have tried and failed but PD have lasted and its only for one reason, the absolute love of the sport!!

People don't realise that by coming on here after each event and bad mouthing the whole thing there just killing the sport and the friendly atmosphere that we have worked so hard to create in Ireland.

If people have a genuine suggestion or idea thats brilliant, but out right putting down the series will get us nowhere.

Im in the D.I HQ every night, if anyone has an idea or suggestion to better the series please come and talk to me, or pm me.

The weekend just gone proves that an effort is being made to push the scene, all constructive criticism is welcome but there's no point in abuse! Everyones help is needed to create the drift scene that we all want so lets work together rather than trying to pull it apart!

[PeterT]

Oh yes actualy also, bins, why is there none?!

[Aidan Hogan]

Well folks on the back of an absolutely epic weekend this part is hugely important! The feedback after the events is always taken on board and i personally take the time to read through this thread and take any notes which i feel would benefit the series.

Firstly-Everyone can see that PD are making a huge effort to increase fan interaction and evolve along with the scene by introducing team drifting, passenger rides etc. So i dont think some of the harsher comments are justified..

Im not a judge so i have no opinion on any of the calls made but i respect the guys decisions..

In my opinion, i think we need to shake this 'Fight the Power' attitude towards PD. PD isnt some massive corporate company that laughs all the way to the bank after each event. Where would the drifting scene in Ireland be without PD?? Diffing comps in carparks organised by ae86irl?? When Rosegreen closed down it was a major kick in the teeth to the drift scene in Ireland and PD are the only people who went out and found us new tracks and kept the scene alive! Many others have tried and failed but PD have lasted and its only for one reason, the absolute love of the sport!!

People don't realise that by coming on here after each event and bad mouthing the whole thing there just killing the sport and the friendly atmosphere that we have worked so hard to create in Ireland.

If people have a genuine suggestion or idea thats brilliant, but out right putting down the series will get us nowhere.

Im in the D.I HQ every night, if anyone has an idea or suggestion to better the series please come and talk to me, or pm me.

The weekend just gone proves that an effort is being made to push the scene, all constructive criticism is welcome but there's no point in abuse! Everyones help is needed to create the drift scene that we all want so lets work together rather than trying to pull it apart!

Nicely said .
On another note : what have you done to that poor van ??
You were killing us with the fumes when you were moving it from beside us !!

[Mick K]

Danni didnt make one comparison to the UK? WTF? Can someone check IP address's to make sure its the same one its always been?

[Administrator]

Well folks on the back of an absolutely epic weekend this part is hugely important! The feedback after the events is always taken on board and i personally take the time to read through this thread and take any notes which i feel would benefit the series.

Firstly-Everyone can see that PD are making a huge effort to increase fan interaction and evolve along with the scene by introducing team drifting, passenger rides etc. So i dont think some of the harsher comments are justified..

Im not a judge so i have no opinion on any of the calls made but i respect the guys decisions..

In my opinion, i think we need to shake this 'Fight the Power' attitude towards PD. PD isnt some massive corporate company that laughs all the way to the bank after each event. Where would the drifting scene in Ireland be without PD?? Diffing comps in carparks organised by ae86irl?? When Rosegreen closed down it was a major kick in the teeth to the drift scene in Ireland and PD are the only people who went out and found us new tracks and kept the scene alive! Many others have tried and failed but PD have lasted and its only for one reason, the absolute love of the sport!!

People don't realise that by coming on here after each event and bad mouthing the whole thing there just killing the sport and the friendly atmosphere that we have worked so hard to create in Ireland.

If people have a genuine suggestion or idea thats brilliant, but out right putting down the series will get us nowhere.

Im in the D.I HQ every night, if anyone has an idea or suggestion to better the series please come and talk to me, or pm me.

The weekend just gone proves that an effort is being made to push the scene, all constructive criticism is welcome but there's no point in abuse! Everyones help is needed to create the drift scene that we all want so lets work together rather than trying to pull it apart!

Well said dude.

I don't think there's much grievences with PD as a brand, company or organiser to be honest but the issues repeatedly outlined in judging, PA, commentators etc are cropping up all too often in aftermath threads I feel. What better way to be able to work on these than to have the fans spell out what they're not happy

[nixon001]

Nicely said .
On another note : what have you done to that poor van ??
You were killing us with the fumes when you were moving it from beside us !!

tell me about it! some fucker drove it through a flood, hydraulic lock=bent conrod=fucked van!!!

DARRAGH- Just going to throw this out there too, I did actually think James deserved the win after the first OMT. He was on Nigel's door throughout his chase run and Nigel, while chasing wasn't as close to James. I heard some people then saying, 'ah sure James can't always win' etc.. Why not?! If he can drive like that consistantly he is the man to beat and every other driver will have to up their game again to beat him.

MICK K-Would prob agree on that score Dar!

Not trying to start any arguements but is it not yourself mick who was accusing pd of being corrupt because its always the same winners???

[Jay Rockett]

On another note : what have you done to that poor van ??
You were killing us with the fumes when you were moving it from beside us !!

Filled it with Monster!


Well said Nixon.. I think people should start making points on what they feel needs to be done, in order to stop the critisim that goes on, constantly after every event!

PD are making a big effort to keep fans entertained and the Team-Train idea worked! Keep idea's like that going for sure!

Another thing i feel that needs to be done is having a timetable printed out, for competitors at least.. No one knew what was happening all day sat, and most of sunday unless the commentator announced it, it would defo help speed things up as competitors would be ready!

[Mick K]

No not so much Aaron this year as opposed to last,I felt certain events results were laid out for some people,Not limiting that to either series last year just to note.

I thought with James and Nigel after James laid down a run and Nigel couldnt shadow it that the run was deserving of James. Not discrediting Nigel,He drove well and consistent all weekend just with regard to that run I felt there was no need for OMT!

Judging in PD needs a huge shake up! It needs to be 3 seperate judging angles and no communication between judges,Just my take on it!