Portlaoise 5th/6th March Aftermath

[R32slider]

Such a great weekend from start to finish, the standard of people's drifting has improved so much and i think its thanks to the efforts that Bart and his team have put into setting these pratice days down in portlaoise, Big big thanks to Bart,fair play, Car went great for me all weekend bar a few hickups but was good enough to place me in semi-pro where a scraped my way into the final with Peter T who was on flyin form all day, we both drove the wheels off the 2 r32's and had to be called back for a rerun as it was so close, 2nd run was even closer with Pete only inches from me all the way, we both just got out of the cars at the end with big smiles and gave each other a big hand shake neither of us knowin who had takin the no.1 spot, Seems Pete had a slight slip up on the last turn of the last lap and so i took the win it was as close as that,
The sat nite was some laugh and good to meet a few more DI heads, Paul Murphy and crew, Fred balls, Greg an Keli, my man Stevo(on fire all weekend man, top drivin) and loads more, bit of a sick head sunday but every one was in the same boat, Cant wait for the nxt day out,

[dR Dan]

On another note... Hand out the window FAILLL!!!! Why do people do it??? Iv lost count of how many people iv seen doing it in Pd aswel who'v fcukd up perfectly good runs doing it..

[johnbro]

On another note... Hand out the window FAILLL!!!! Why do people do it??? Iv lost count of how many people iv seen doing it in Pd aswel who'v fcukd up perfectly good runs doing it..

^^^^^^^^^^^I lol'd

I've noticed this aswell, makes no sense to me.
You may feel kinda cool doing it from in the car while in a drift
But from outside ya kinda look like a spa with no friends waving at strangers

[B.Egan]

What a weekend!! Was really disappointed with my performance in the comp, but for first day out and having never tried to twin before I suppose what could I expect. Was doing a really good run I thought in qualifying, then just tried too much angle on the last to get to the clip and spun. Fail! So was then up against pete. Not the best of draws for your first time trying to go close to a person. Was close enough on entry but then it just looked to me like Pete was going to spin, and I let off and straightened, but Pete had alot of lock and was actually spot on. Similar on the next corner. Tried my best from there, and on second run (somehow fucked up the entry a bit though, which was maybe me flustered?) but it was all over from the first corner really. But fairplay to Pete he killed it all day and was really entertaining to watch. Container banging at end was a massive tip your hat moment lol!!

But it was a great experience for me. I wont make the same mistake again. After only just building and painting the car hours before the comp, I was probably way too protective of it, but next time I wont. Feeling like you pussied out is worse than actually wrecking the car lol! I had some good runs over the weekend, only used two tyres (still a good bit left on them!), and got to try and bust the myth that mx5s/miatas cant drift...........well I made it plausible anyway! So roll on more tweaking, more seat time, more PL and prodrift! Cant feckin wait now!!

Had great banter with alot of ppl off here all weekend. Got to watch alot of members and see alot of ppl improve greatly too. Judging was spot on, but more than that to see the thought and arguing that went into it was brilliant. It showed that the lads (Dan, Barry, Wez) werent just going to throw out a decision so they could move on and warm up, they gave every run and every decision the respect and full concentration it deserved, and that voluntary commitment shows their passion for the sport. Ruling this weekend anything other than a massive success would be madness, and lets hope it can all continue in the future!

Forgot to say earlier, i fukin love that mx5, it just glides and the colour is mint, altho i know its only primer......sexy.

Thanks mate. Really enjoyed my practice runs trying to follow you, and manjiing up to the first corner. I'd say the colour will be staying for the fact that it looks quite good and to save a lot of hassle.

[B.Egan]

Oh and a massive thanks to Al.H for bringing down both mine and my brothers cars for the weekend. Couldnt recommend him enough, and had great craic with ya dude. Job!

[dR Dan]

savag day today. serious dark horses of drifting out today!.. had a ball and got to meet some faces from xbox and DI. Pete and his fuking container tagging! classss..... haha. Chucky was on fire.. his hangover started to get the better of him.. the dude with the 180sx with the wheel falling off and leaving shreads of rim in front of us is some fuking dude to keep on driving.! haha

pictures prob tommorrow id say

Haha that was Tom there was no way he was coming in Lol... Stubborn fcukr! Broke again durin his 2nd battle after we got it welded up...

[Newsome]

oops do you think it was over that or all the other stuff we did!! was some laugh sat nite! abuse all round!! haha managed to get the garda calling the black taxi drivers banna pickers so was happy out with that!!

good steering from a heap of lads today! wasnt down sat but few lads id never seen out before were going very well! newsome was on the ball in the 32! fair play lad! will we bother fixing this 14???

Cheers man. Haha. yeh i was wondering that myself. Think ill stick with 14 for this season do.

Some fuking weekend, my god i never enjoyed myself as much before. I was dreading it at the start because it was the 1st time out in the 32 and it only has a standard handbrake and standard diff. But it was flying all weekend. Thanks to everyone for the good comments and helping out over the weekend. Special thanks to greg and geordy for loan of tools and hands. Ha. And of cource thanks to dan moorhead for the pointers.

Serious driving by all over the whole weekend. Had the craic saturday night, talking to s15 spec r for most of it. Ha.

The sunday was exellent. Qualified 8th in the pros. Every run i done was a one more time and i thought me and barry were never going to finish. Ha. I could keep going and going. Very well organised event cant wait for the next 1. Fair play to all.

[Diesel-Dick]

wat an event! was only there on sunday watching and was very entertaining day nice to put faces to names off the site! and from the stories i heard i wish i stayed in the hotel saturday night!

[Keli]

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[dR Dan]

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A little bit on the weekend.