Ian Gratton
We conclude our coverage of the Romanian Drift Grand Prix in Bucharest with the top 16 battles.
We were invited out to Bucharest for the Drift Grand Prix Romania 2011 by the Drift Allstars crew and practice/qualifying was about to kick off. After returning back from the circuit on Friday night we hadn’t really gotten the rest we needed after being awake for over 36 hours – it was a lot to take in…..
With European series drawing to a close for winter the camera gear was all but packed away but then an interesting email from the Drift Allstars team landed in the Drifted inbox. Legal government sanctioned drifting on the streets of a major European city? Surely not. I snapped at the opportunity and got the camera back out.
With the Semi Pro and Pro Classes settled in the 2011 Maxxis Tyres British Drift Championship it’s time to settle the all important Super Pro class. As the sun started to drop over the Nissan Factory in Sunderland it was time for business, down to the nitty gritty, game-face time. All bets were off and everyone was going hard for the win.
The North of England. Home to heavy industry and mineral extraction in years gone by. The prominent giant steel structure of the Angel of the North towers down over any visitor from the South, a reminder of where you are and the industrial history that surrounds you. For one weekend only, the British Drift Championship was in town.
The annual Wembley event is the feather in the cap of the Drift Allstars season. Real professional drifting in the heart of the capital city, an ‘if the people won’t go to the racetrack, we’ll bring the racetrack to the people’ kind of affair.
Take one of Europe’s best known professional GP race circuits, a huge crowd raring for some drift action, some guest drivers from Formula Drift, the UK’s and Europe’s finest Super Pro drivers, some rain for drama and a whole lot of smoke and you have a recipe for an amazing drift event. Check out our report!
With the Semi-Pro and Pro Classes settled respectively it was the top flight Super Pro’s turn to tackling the dips and curves that Knockhill had to offer. Who would be crowned King of the Hill?
Round 4 of the British Drift Championship takes us way up north for one of the most challenging tracks in the calendar – Knockhill Racing Circuit in Scotland. Who would be crowned the King Of The Hill in 2011?
Better late than never! Or we saved the best for last? Either way, feast your eyes on our MASSIVE 290+ photo Awesomefest 2011 gallery within!
After a last minute change of venues the 2011 Drift Allstars Series returns to Birmingham Wheels Raceway in the heart of Birmingham City, one of the birthplaces of UK drifting culture. How will the big power pro-level cars deal with the tight confines and steel walls of the raceway? Check out our coverage to find out!
With the Semi and Pro classes decided it was time for the Super Pro drivers to take to the track at Teesside Autodrome. The sun was out, the crowd ready and the drivers ready for fierce competition.
With the dust only just beginning to settle from Round 2 at Norfolk Arena our British Drift Championship gladiators head north to Teesside Autodrome for what was set to be a spectacular Round 3.
The Team Japspeed 1JZ-powered Impreza is likely very fresh in your minds for all the wrong reasons at the moment, so to show our delight at it’d recovery we decided we’d give you guys a nice wallpaper of the car being put through its paces!
2011 has already been a great year for drifting in the UK (and the world in general) and now I find myself heading North again for Round 2 at the Nissan Factory in Sunderland.
