Since I have nothing better to do this Sunday evening, I thought I could post up some of the shots I took at Gatebil a few weeks ago - jump to see more!

With roughly 30,000 people attending the event that weekend, it was jam packed.

That meant good business for the three (yes, three) Gatebil Taxis, where everyone could get a mad ride around the track! (If you want to spend a chunk of your day waiting in line, that is).

Guess who? Yes, Nomuken was there all weekend. Here he is checking out some footage for a little documentary he did from Gatebil. By the looks of it, I think he might be checking the footage from the “babe-wash” a little earlier… We’ll never know.

Flemming Alm in his mental Four Wheel Drive Audi doing a perfect 90 degree drift with smoke pouring out of all 4 wheelarches! It looks a bit weird with the front wheels pointing almost straight forward like that mid-drift, doesn’t it?

There’s always plenty of places to stand and get real close to the action, even if you haven’t got special passes.

But as always, it’s at the big corners you see the most action.

That’s it folks, roll on September for the next Gatebil!

I’m out.

Formula Drift, I look forward to this massive event every year. Nothing spells fun like being within feet of cars going over 80 miles an hour.

Sitting on a metal bench up in the grandstands isn’t a fraction as fun as being right behind the wall as the cars race past. As I get out of my car, the wave of heat hits my face like a jet engine. Having been used to a long week of 60 degree temperatures, the sudden hit of heat took everyone by surprise. The 90 degree sun was not something I was used to. This was Formula Drift Round 4 at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington.

The Evergreen speedway track is said to be one of the most unforgiving tracks on the FD tour. It eats tires faster than a gravel road. As it turns out, this is the same track that all our local events use, so I’ve shot it quite a bit. Knowing your way around a track and being familiar with its terrain is always a good thing to know before hand.

I got there early enough to get to the media meeting for day 1. I recieved one of those lovely yellow “hey I’m the brightest thing on grey cement” vests. I’ve had to wear more and more of those lately, maybe its a sign I’m moving up! The first day consisted of practice for the pro and pro am drivers mostly, the real action happened the next day.

As a photographer, this is what I do. When I get into a group talking about car terminology and the like, I’m scrambling to find the nearest photographer to nerd out with. I’m learning, but still a total newb when it comes to cars. All the same, I’m still impressed at some of these car’s engines, the complexity of some amazes me.

Last year at Formula Drift I shot about 2,000 pictures and uploaded about 1,000 (Yeah I’m pretty crazy). I was surprised after the last day this year to have well over 2,000 pictures already, and by the end I had nearly 6,000. Longest. Editing. Ever. But at the end I came out with some of the best pictures I have shot yet, and was very happy with the results. Still working on other galleries, and these pictures are a small taste of the full gallery located at GwagDesigns.com/FD2010

I hope the rest of these images give those who have not yet seen the Formula Drift circuit a taste of how awesome these events are. I encourage you to also check out the full gallery linked above to look through over 1,000 images spread across 4 galleries, including my FD2010 Portfolio

The below shot is of Dean Kearney (http://www.deankearney.com) who is a drifter from Ireland who unveiled his new IntecRacing/V-LEDs 240sx at Evergreen Speedway.

The official drink sponsor of Formula Drift was NOS, and they had plenty of action going on during the event. Their driver, Chris Forsberg (in his Nissan 350z) as well as the official NOS girls had at least 40 of them!

Tanner Faust took 1st  in his Scion TC, pulling some amazing runs. Whats the best part about having 40 photographers trying to get the same shot of 4 people? No one is looking in the same direction at any point on the podium!

Once again, the full gallery images can be found at: www.GwagDesigns.com/FD2010

If you are in the UK and can get yourself to Norfolk Arena for the weekend then it is not to be missed! Saturday sees a stand-alone Top 32 event open to all drivers, not just those currently in the BDC! To top it off the finals will be driven at night under the arena floodlights – making for some fantastic viewing! Sunday hosts the team event with three cars from each team out on track at any one time inches from each others doors.

For more info please see the British Drift Championship website.

MAXXIS Ultimate Control from Stephen Brooks on Vimeo.

Hey guys ! Ok I thought you might like to see this, shot on location at Prodrift Citywest in Dublin in late June.  This film was made for Maxxis Tyres, to be used on their website and so we decided against the usual music video style.  I wanted to make the video performance focused and give you an insight into what its like actually being in the cars from a drivers perspective.

The film features Maxxis-sponsored Team Japspeed, I followed the guys around for the weekend so thanks to them for putting up with me constantly sticking the cameras in their faces !!

Hope you enjoy guys !

Steve

Part two of my shots from the DMNZ drift day, above, Adam from C’s Garage was also ripping up with his new power, looking good! More after the jump….

Gee was out there too in his sweet PS13 Silvia, I heard this car has pretty much the entire Ikeya Formula catalog underneath!

As usual, Garage H was there ripping it up. Peep Drifted sticker!

You all know who this is! Hugo driving his turbo’d F20C AE86 Corolla - check out the shoot we did earlier in the week.

Quite a cool notchie AE86, unfortunately he crashed a little later in the day

I’ve seen this Toyota Soarer at a lot of events too, I quite like it!

Thats all the pictures for now. If you msised it, here’s Part 1 and I’ll be putting up ALL of my pictures on my flickr and blog so-cash.net.

6:30AM when my friend Roo came to pick me up to start the 45 minute drive to Auckland’s newest track, Hampton Downs. Drift Motorspot NZ was working with D1NZ on this particular day, and there was some people trying to qualify for New Zealands national drift series, D1NZ.

(Above) Joel from C’s Garage‘s car was looking good as usual, With the new blue tints especially.

Adam was too.

This PFL was doing it right.

Cole Armstrong was also there having a play, This car sounds wicked!

S14 rideheight – take note.

This is one of the coolest S14′s around on Blitz 03′s.

Here’s a video from my friend Olly @ Taupaki

Adam, Joel & Shaun – Hampton Downs – July 2010 from Taupaki Productions on Vimeo.

Part 2, coming soon!

SSR Longchamps in 15×8.5 -30 (F) and 15×9 -35 (R)

The DMAX front bumper and fiberglass bonnet were removed to try and help keep the engine from getting too hot on the small track.

Yes, That is a Justin Bieber sticker. He’s awesome.

Such a good view from up here. Video to come soon!

More pictures can be found on my blog, so-cash.net

High running temps,
Oil starved engines,
De-lammed rubber smacking away at the arches,
Diffs’ crunching and grinding,
Rear quarters without a straight section,
Paintwork left on as many cones and walls as possible,
Clutches slipping, and gearboxes forever whining.

Next time your out, remind the other half just how much you love her, how you’ll never treat her wrong again,
and that if she’s lucky you’ll even fill her up with V-Power next time…

Adam from C’s Garage

Sup Drifted readers!

Before I start this little bit of coverage I thought I’d introduce myself as it’s the first time I’ve posted on the site. My names Daniel Bridle, I’m 17 years old, from the UK, and usually you’ll find my photography on a website called MotorMavens – which is a car culture blog covering all aspects of the automotive world. So you might be thinking, “why the hell is he posting here then?” Well, about a week and a bit ago JDM Allstars Round 3 was held up north in Sunderland (near Newcastle) at the Nissan Factory, and I was fortunate enough to be able to travel the long distance up there. Most of the Drifted crew hadn’t be able to sort going in time or had other projects they were working on, which would mean there would be no coverage on the site! So after a few discussions with Jordan Butters, we decided to do a MotorMavens x Drifted collab to spread the love and share some photos. Think of it as an extended family!

So with that explanation out of the way, let’s get down to business with some highlights from this awesome event!

Old school Irish pro driver Martin Ffrench was eager to get back in the driving seat after missing out on Round 2. It made me laugh seeing him in his race suit and balaclava pretty much all day – even when he wasn’t near his car!

One of the big highlights for me was seeing Jon Calvert back in a fully rebuilt S13. After the big smash into the wall at Round 2 I wasn’t sure whether the guys from Team Neuton Tyres/Mei No Mai and MashaMoto would be able to get the car re-built e in time. But with a new shell and a weeks non stop work they managed to get the whole car finished and looking IDENTICAL to the previous car.

He seemed to be getting on great with the car as well. Putting in fantastic runs throughout the day.

During practice Driftworks drivers Bon Bon and Phil Morrison headed out onto the track with Luke Fink for some 3up train drifting. Unfortunately the it didn’t end so well, with Bon Bon colliding into Fink after he span, and Phil smashing into both of them. Bon Bon’s R32 Skyline looked wrecked. The Severnside Imports PS13 that Fink was driving was surprisingly in one piece considering the scale of the impact.

Phil’s Driftworks S15 was – to put it simply – smashinated, and had to be towed away.

Somehow the Driftworks crew and friends managed to get Bon Bon’s R32 back out on the track. Where (utilizing the full power of his mighty Bon Rage) he qualified 1st and even made it through to the Top 8!

During the down time between practice and qualifying it gave me a chance to sit back and take in my surroundings. I couldn’t belive the size that the crowd had reached! This photo shows just a small percentage of how many people were there, but there was thousands.

Walton Smith was debuting the new Jap Performance Parts Subaru Impreza Type-R and it looked like everything was going pretty damn smoothly for it’s first outing!

The Top 16 was set to be an interesting one thanks to the varied mix of cars and  upsets that happened throughout the day.

In fact  it ended up being one of the most intense Top 16s I’ve seen at a JDM Allstars event to date. The drivers had seriously stepped their game up for this round, and it was tough to separate a lot of them skill wise. Many one more times and close shaves later it was time for the final.

Luke Fink faced off against Jon Calvert in a crazily close battle for 1st place. Usually I can tell who’s gained the advantage or won but it was so tight I had no clue. I don’t think a lot of people did to be honest!

In the end though Fink taking his first win on UK soil, with Calvert in 2nd and Dan Chapman placing 3rd.

That’s all from me now, but expect to see more MotorMavens and Drifted collabs in the near future!

For more JDM Allstars Round 3 coverage check out the MotorMavens links below:

COVERAGE> JDM Allstars RD.3 – Nissan Factory
COVERAGE> JDM Allstars at Nissan Factory Pt.2

Showing up to this practice session was looking like it would turn out to be a dull day. Only 30 cars showing up to drive and out of those 30, only about 8 were SED Pro Am drivers. As you can tell, I was so wrong and boy was I glad.

South East Drift guys always put on a good show. Teams such as Batlground, Turbo Dave and Gran Turismo East all showed up to practice and show off some mad skills.

It wasn’t just the Pro Am guys that showed up to kill it, what surprised me was the amount of new talent that came out. Including Juan “J” Calmenero, a driver that was featured in my recent post “Grassroots: Slide or Die!”, and some other some other great guys that just kept shredding some tires.

Byron Hill is the main guy that updates the South East Drift website and does the flyer’s for the events, its only right to mention him and all the hard work he puts in. Plus his lines and style are so smooth.

These guys just kept coming, because of the such short amount of guys that showed up to drive, everyone had 8 runs to get in each session. I was none stop smoke and excitement.

After a few runs from the Pro Am guys and gal, it started getting crazy. The Tandem Began!

These two were going at it all day, Sammy from Tiger Racing was getting great angle and was looking good all day.

Pro Am guys tearing it up at the end, always making for some good photos. Its like they were showing off or something, all I know is I ate it up. Thanks guys for the great drifting and thanks to South East Drift and all the crew. You guys put this all together so well and do a great job at it.

Go check out a few sites:

South East Drift

Batlground

KPFphotography Facebook

KPFphotography Flickr- for all 80 photos from this event.

By the way, Happy Birthday to me!

After the fantastic drifting from the semi-pro’s it was time to move onto the pro’s. Would they be able to put on as good a show as the semi-pro’s?, how would team Driftworks perform after last weeks damage?, and who would stand aloft the top step of the podium?

The day started early for the driver’s, but it was going to be a long day as the event was not scheduled to finish until 8pm. The pit lane was a hive of activity, trailers being offloaded, cars being checked over and drivers getting themselves ready for the day ahead.

10am came round and it was time for the pros to go out for the first time. Paul Smith on his first practice hit the first clipping point perfectly with loads of smoke and great angle. The fist corner was perfect for leaving huge walls of smoke, Greg gush, Simon perry and Mark Luney were all leaving huge trails of freshly killed rubber behind them.

Qualifying

After becoming last years BDC champion Stephen Biagioni has not been having a good 2010 season. After having numerous car problems so far this year he had little seat time in the Team Japspeed Subaru. They managed to get the car up and running so that Baggsy could get some qualifying runs in. He drove well but just missed out on getting into the top 16, getting 17th.

Julie Robinson was looking good again, but she qualified in the worst position. She qualified in 16th, meaning she would have to go up against the first place driver.

And for the second round in-a-row it would be the MK2 Escort of Declan Munnelly, proving that you don’t need turbo’ed Nissan power to get sideways.

After last week crash at JDM Sunderland it was good to see both of the Driftworks cars fixed. Bon Bon managed to put his 1JZ R32 into second, and Phil Morrison grabbed 9th.

Ashley Stevens had a tough day in the heat. In practice he broke his gear box, it was not looking good for him until Danielle Murphy came to his rescue with a spare gearbox. He managed to get it fitted in the heat, but only to qualify 8th and having to go up against Phil Morrison in the battles.

1 – Declan Munnelly

2 – Ben Broke Smith [Bon Bon]

3 – Paul Smith

4 – Danny Eyles

5 – Martin Richards

6 – Mark Luney

7 – Matt Carter

8 – Ashley Stevens

9 – Phil Morrison

10 – David Waterworth

11 – Gavin Cummings

12 – Simon Perry

13 – Shane Lynch

14 – Grant Laker

15 – Vince Noott

16 – Julie Robinson

Top 16

The top 16 was a hard fought and exciting affair,  twice the judges called “one more time”, and even a further OMT after they still couldn’t decide.

The first pair out were Martin Richards and Simon Perry. Perry got a slight 6-4 advantage after the first run. Sadly Martin had some technical issues with the car and the 5 minute rules expired on the second run, Simon moved onto the top 8.

It was an all Team Japspeed battle next. Danny Eyles was up against Shane Lynch. If it was judged on sound then Shane would win no problem. The teammates drove well, but Shane went through with a 6-4 and 7-3.

There was more car swapping going on in the Team Falken camp, Matt Carter was borrowing Danielle Murphy’s S14a for his battle against David Waterworth. David drove well in the first run to get a slight 6-4 advantage over Matt. He then spun in the second run and Carter moved on.

Bon Bon went onto the top 8 after his runs against Vince Noott. a 6-4 in the first run and a 7-3 in the second.

It was very close between Mark Luney and Gav Cummings. Luney got a slight 6-4 advantage from the first run, but it was enough to go through after the 5-5 in the second run.

And onto the most exciting drifting of the day, Paul Smith Vs Grant Laker. The pair had been looking good all day, Paul had had the track nailed from his very first run. On the first run Paul got the advantage with a 6-4. On the second run the 6-4 went to Grant, they would go OMT. Then the exact same thing happened again with the same scores.

They would go for a second “One more time”. This time it went in Paul’s favor, a 6-4 advantage in the first was then followed by a 5-5 in the second run. Well done to both drivers.

The next battle would also be hard fought. Ashley Stevens and Phil Morrison would draw in their first 2 runs. When they went OMT Phil would emerge victorious, a 7-3 in the first run and a spin from Ashley in the second would see him move onto the top 8.

Last up would be Declan and Julie. The Escort would get a 7-3 advantage in the first run. Julie would have a better second run, but the 5-5 wasn’t enough for her and Declan went onto the top 8.

Top 8

Shane would meet up with Simon in the first battle. Simon got a 7-3 lead in the first run, but in the second run there was very nearly a crash. Shane Straightened badly on the first corner, almost going into the back of Simon’s car.

Matt Carter was up next against Bon Bon. The first run went 7-3 to Bon, Matt had a poor angle round the first corner. Bon called 5 minutes but unfortunately had to retire. Matt would meet Simon in the semi finals.

Paul Smith would continue his fantastic driving in his battles against Mark Luney. It went 6-4 to Luney in the first run, but then Paul pulled it back in the second, it would go OMT. Paul couldn’t quite match Mark’s speed, line and angles and 2 6-4’s would see Luney into the semi’s.

Phil Morrison drove superbly in his runs against Declan. Phil was right on Declan’s bumper when following and took a 7-3 into the second run. The difference in power was obvious in the second run, coming out of the third corner Phil put his foot down and opened up a lead, it would go 6-4 to Phil.

Semi finals.

Simon Perry would be up against Matt Carter in the first of the semi finals. Simon would gain a 6-4 advantage for the first run. On the second run Matt spun and simon was onto the final.

Next up was Mark Vs Phil. It was very close between these two. 2 runs of 5-5 would see them running again. We then had another run that was scored 5-5. On the next run Phil would leave the track slightly and straighten on transition, giving Mark the 6-4 he need to progress onto the final.

3rd place playoff.

Matt had done well to get this far in a borrowed car. He drove brilliantly in his first run against Phil and got a 7-3. Phil then called 5 minutes and left the track. He returned with only milliseconds to spare. Phil drove well trying to pull back his disadvantage from the first run. But it was not to be, only getting a 6-4. Matt gets third.

The final.

The last runs of the day would see Mark against Simon. The pair were inseparable in the first to runs, the only way the judges could score was 2 5-5’s. We would get to see our final OMT of the day. Mark would be scored 6-4 in both of the runs and claim the top step of the podium.

Well done to all the BDC team and drivers for putting on another awesome event. I can’t wait to come back to the launch pad next year.

Bonus Picture

A few of the photographers at these events try to take pictures with very blurred backgrounds, we don’t always get it right, but when we do it looks like this.

Shot at 1/13.

Gatebil Rudskogen `10 – Drifting from Daniel Hovdahl on Vimeo.

A little film focused on the drifting part of the annual, main event called Gatebil. There is no competition, no points or rankings. All just for shits and giggles, pleasing the crowd, burning rubber and having fun in the sun. Just like it should be!

Thanks to Autobloggen for lending me a 7D for a bit! Great fun, thanks Marius! And thanks to Liv at Meguiars Norway and Tom Ole at Japan Auto for getting me in to the event.

Comment, critisize, love or hate. It’s all good!

Saturday morning at 6.30am i’m at the launch pad at Donington ready for round 4 of the British Drift Championship. At this silly early time it is already 18℃, it’s going to be a very long and hot day.

A quick walk around show that a few people slept in their cars at the circuit, sleeping in an RX7 is something that i hope i never have to do. But the team skyline owners have a set-up to be envied, a big pink bus with everything you could need to get ready for a days drifting.

Roll onto 7am and the drivers start coming in thick and fast. Everyone was smiling but looking tired.

Their were a few of drivers that i didn’t think would be at the event after the crash’s that have plagued the last month in the drift word. The Driftworks team had managed to get both of their cars repaired after the smash at JDM Sunderland, and Mike Cooper was given the keys to Alan Green’s Team Falken S14.5 after not quite getting his reshell ready in time.

The track layout and the restricted media access to the infield would provide a challenge for the photographers.

The practice for the semi pros kicked off at 9am. A few of the drivers struggled with the track layout at first, but it didn’t take long before some of the drivers were leaving big smokey trails round the launch pad.

Martin Griffiths in his E30 was looking very good, making a wall of smoke around the first corner.

Team scream’s Andy Redmond and John Glaister were both thinking positive, being the first pair to go out twinning, good practice if either driver would go into the top 8 shootout. The runs looked good from my vantage point on top of the Maxxis truck, with the pair keeping close to each other as they tried to hit the clipping points.

Qualifying

The qualifying was exciting to watch, a few of the drivers have had bad luck recently, a few drivers have even dropped out now, but the ones that remain but be fighting hard to get into the top 8.

After having his car written off at the last round, Mike was showing the others how it was done. He borrowed Alan Green’s S14.5 and put a couple of blinding runs in to grab the top qualifying spot.

Danielle Murphy was having good luck as well, putting her S14a in third.

Jamie Kenyon in his SR powered MX-5, missed Lydden hill because of problems with the car, he came back and had strong runs all day and got himself into the top 8.

Ian Phillips was putting on a good show for his new sponsors, putting his new Neuton tires to good use to grab second.

Qualifying Positions

1. Mike Cooper

2. Ian Phillips

3. Dannielle Murphy

4. Jordan Patton

5. John Glaister

6. Robert Finn

7. Andy Stroud

8. Jamie Kenyon

Top 8

First up was the battle between John Glaister and Jordan Patton. Both drivers have wins under their belts now this year and would push each other during their runs. They both had a good run and a bad run, but Johns slight advantage from the first run meant he was through to the semi finals.

Andy Stroud was up against Ian Phillips. In the first run Andy spun giving Ian a 10-0 advantage going into the second run. It was spin free in the second run but it went 6-4 to Ian, coupled with the first run, he was onto the semi’s.

It was an all irish affair for the third battle. Even though Dani was looking strong all day, she spun in the first run and got a “Big fat zero”. She had a good run second time round but the 7-3 win was not enough and Finn was through.

The hardest fought battle was between Mike Cooper and Jamie Kenyon. Two equal runs from the drivers meant that the judges had to get them to run “One more time”. It was still close in the first run, going 6-4 to Jamie, but mike pushed too hard in the second run, spinning and putting Jamie through to the Semi final.

Semi-finals

Up until this point John Glaister had been drifting really well, but he spun on his first run against Ian. Ian would then pull a 7-3 advantage in the second run and go onto the final.

The semi final between Finn and Kenyon was and easy one for Finn. Jamie span on both of his runs. Finn was through to the final against Ian, and Jamie would battle John for third.

Third place shoot out.

It was battle of the purple cars for third place. Unfortunately for Jamie, he spun in the first run and handed John a 10-0 lead going into the second run. Jamie matched John in the second run, but John kept it together and bagged himself third position.

And onto the final.

It was a daunting challenge for Robert Finn going up against one of the smokiest cars in the Semi-pro class. Finn drove hard in the first run, but Ian runs was slightly better and took a 7-3 advantage into the second run. Ian followed Robert for the second run. Robert unfortunately spun at the hairpins, Ian powered out of the final corner, arm in the air after claiming his second win of the year.

The hard charger award for the semi pros went to Jamie Kenyon, i was glad to see the MX5 back in action.

Well done to John Glaister for getting his second podium in 2 rounds was a fantastic result for himself and Team scream.

Robert Finn didn’t get the win like the big sticker on his rear wing said, but he did well on his return, getting a second place after missing two rounds.

Taking the top step was Rd2 winner Ian phillips. He put his Neuton tires to good use during the day, giving them massive amounts of abuse and smoking the whole track out.

The drivers have just one more round in which to battle it out, where will you favorite driver finish at the end of the 2010 season. Make sure you don’t miss the Team event which is being held on the 6th-8th August at Norfolk drift arena.

I would like to say a thank you to Andy Redmond for giving me a lift to the event, Thanks dude.

To view more of my work, click the link to my Flickr below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/philip_mann/

For what seemed like the first time in a long while, the clouds came out to play and the weather seemed a little overcast, still there was no rain and the track temps were high, causing for plenty of smoke and people complaining about hot cars and sun burn. The gates opened at 12:00 and driving went on until 20:00, later than usual UK drift events, but was a welcome change as us “photographers” (I use the term loosely) are a nocturnal breed and tend to stay up until stupid hours in the morning before events getting work ready and bags packed.

The event was held on the “Launch Pad”, a huge tarmac playground where many drift events take place. A big wide open space where unless you manage to get it incredibly wrong, there are only cones and photographers to damage your car.
Greg Gush from Protuner was using the wide space to make some really nice lines, successfully destroying his Federal treads!

The track had a wide and fast first right hander which tightened up into a hairpin right at the end, then speed was built up again round a nice long left hander , quickly switching back to the right then along the home straight. Some high speed entries, some slow technical areas and some all out foot down manji down the home straight.

Declan Munelly could have had some fun with the 2.0 Vauxhall engine in his Mk2 Escort. He was running a snapped piston, compressed with rings and pushed into the cylinder sleeve. If that’s not “Manning up” then I don’t know what is. Could have been costly if things had gone wrong!

Respect for the Driftworks team, I presume everybody had seen some of the shots after last weekends 3 car accident at JDM Newcastle. I won’t go into detail, but Phil’s wheels were all facing complete opposite directions, and the rear sub-frame looked to be about 6” out of jig. But somehow it was back in action on Saturday, and smokey as ever. Even though he set up his rear camber from an iPhone, then double-checked it with a ruler. Who needs laser alignment?

And I think found the secret to driving talent. Everyone seems to be drinking Monster!

It sounded like Bon Bon was having gasket troubles again, he’d had no problems with it until a few weeks back, now it seems like most rounds he’s frying them! In typical Driftworks style things just seemed to get fixed as if by magic and he kept battling!

Drivers have serious trust, Matt Carter was having car troubles (an escapee piston) so borrowed Danielle Murphy’s car. Drivers have huge trust in one another, it’s a big risk giving your pride and joy away!

Danny Eyles of Team Japspeed started to feel the heat as he headed into later rounds of the competition.

Later on in the afternoon the sun came out to play, really heating up the track for even smokier drifts!

A quick snap of Mark Luney and Simon Perry chain smoking in the intense sun and heat. I’d love to put all my actions shots in, but that’s Phils job!

Philip Mann will be following this post with the Semi-Pro and Pro standings, so don’t forget to visit again soon!

Will