I'll start with a few quibbles, which by the way aren't any fault of the organisers.

My heart goes out to Dave Egan , he tries his damned hardest to get the crowd gee'd up, and get them cheering on the awesome talent we have in this country but it seems that Irish people aren't up for actually cheering/ clapping for the serious display of driving that was witnessed today.
Despite his best efforts to get some involvement from the crowd in attendance most stayed stoney silent for the most part, with only the most hardcore of fans in the stand actually willing to show some appreciatation for the feats on show.
I think instead of monster being handed out , the next event should be sponsored by Bulmers in order to get a bit of a reaction out of the crowd.

Since when did mondello turn into Amsterdam, everywhere I turned today there were people skinning up joints , and the smell of weed hung thick In the air. I know yesterday was 420 day but Jesus is every drift fan also a stoner ?

Now the good points
The standard of cars today was exemplary, we must have one of the best turned out fields of cars in any drift series in the world including formula d.
It's a credit to the lads who pour their hard earned readies into creating some of the best looking and performing machines in the world.

The V8 invasion has begun, and I for one welcome them. There may be some detractors but they sound amazing and have bags of tuning potential, and seem to add an air of spectacle to the series.
McCord's LS1, McCarthy's M5 unit and ffrenchies one ( what is that again) are truly epic and have me on donedeal since I came home trying to source a v8 road car

Lenihans spin today showed how much mondello can change in 30 seconds, it seems that James deans win was written in the stars and whilst I live by the mantra from Terminator 2 " there is no fate but what we make" It certainly looks like there may have been a small touch of divine intervention in James Deane taking the win today.
Between the judges first time relying on video evidence to prove his victory over Martin, Brendan's engine leaking , thereby giving him a bye into the final and that 30 second blast of rain which caused Gavin's spin, which totally negated his dominance of the first run, it looks like James has a guardian angel looking down to make sure things go his way.
This can only be a good thing as I believe that If things do indeed go his way this year it could certainly mean his breakthrough to the big time proper , and possibly a regular seat in FD !