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Oct 12 2009, 10:17 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 16 comment(s)
After a long summer break, the NFS-EDC circus arrived at Snetterton in Norfolk of the grand finale of the 2009 season. With the title still within reach of 3 people, NFS-EDC round 5 had all the makings of event of the year. The Coram section of Snetterton has not been used for a drift event for a good few years and I for one had forgotten just how spectacular it is. A very top end of 4th gear entry into the right hand Coram curve was followed by 95mph+ run down the hill into a temporary chicane then...
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Posted
Jul 20 2009, 08:00 PM
by
Ross Ianson
with 1 comment(s)
For the Winner desktop this round i give you Phil Morrison on his way to winning round 5 Santapod, available as always in normal and widescreen in the desktops section
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Posted
Jul 12 2009, 09:00 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 12 comment(s)
From the super fast sweeping turns of Brands Hatch to the tight and technical custom made Santapod track, round 5 of the NFS-EDC championship could not be more different to all of the previous rounds. 8am and the British summer time played its trump card and delivered a mix of drizzle and heavy showers of rain making conditions a little tricky. Designed by head judge Maz the track consisted of a fast sweeping righthander forcing the drivers out to the wall for the following hairpin then into a technical...
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Posted
Jun 29 2009, 09:42 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 14 comment(s)
NFS-EDC Round 4 Brands Hatch was always going to be a bit special, a few drivers had driven demos here in the past but round 4 was going to be the first time that the historic Brands hatch circuit was to be used for a championship event so very few people including myself really knew what to expect, 10am sharp the first practice session started and the drivers put in a few tentative sighting laps to see exactly what they were up against but it wasn't long before Mark Luney in the SVA 350z and...
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Posted
Jun 02 2009, 09:10 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 7 comment(s)
Time for a look back at the goings on in and around the paddock at NFS-EDC round 3 with some photos that don't make it into the event reports. Something you don't see every day a R/C replica of the Driftworks S15 complete with miniature Phil Morrison behind the wheel. Walking round the paddock as everybody was packing up i noticed somebody had been commenting on Declan's little trip into the scenery.. ..the dust from the gravel traps gets everywhere so if you cant wait to get onto the...
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Posted
Jun 01 2009, 09:10 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 5 comment(s)
Round 3 saw us at a sun baked Silverstone for round 3 of the NFS-EDC championship,always a favorite with fans and drivers alike silverstone always promises very high speeds with loads of smoke and round 3 was going to be no exception. The track is made up of the back end of the historic Silverstone gp circuit so turn 1 is the very fast Brooklins then followed by the long transition into the Luffield complex to finish, with the added bonus of the infamous Silverstone gravel traps on the outside of...
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Posted
May 22 2009, 10:49 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 4 comment(s)
Congradulations to the winner of the Need for Speed European Drift Championship (boy that is a mouthful!) round 2, Peter Barber. Good on you m8 to represent wankel power in Drifting!... Here is a desktop for you rotory fans to enjoy... Best, :Rod
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Posted
May 20 2009, 10:54 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 2 comment(s)
With round two Knockhill well and truly over i thought i would take a look back behind the scenes of the event, the paddock is a nice open place where its easy to see whats going on so i thought i would try and focus a little on the people you don't normally see during the events and the things that happen behind close doors. The drivers briefing before practice, we had a few people trying for NFS-EDC licenses as well as a couple of drivers who had never drifted at Knockhill before... ..so Maz...
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Posted
May 18 2009, 01:30 PM
by
Ross Ianson
with 9 comment(s)
Knockhill.. a place where you can have a years worth of weather in 24 hours, for practice yesterday it served up rain ,hail, and heavy fog.. today for NFS-EDC round 2 we were greeted with blue sky's and the threat of sun burn. The teams and drivers started arriving around 7am getting ready for the 9am practice session, as practice got underway the track was still damp from the night before catching one or two drivers out at they searched for grip, however it wasn't just the lack of grip that...
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Posted
May 16 2009, 04:13 PM
by
Ross Ianson
with 19 comment(s)
Round 2 of the NFS-EDC championship see's us heading north to the Knockhill circuit in Scotland, this is by far the most difficult event for me to get to but one of my favorites, the track is just superb! 100mph+ entrys into turn 1 followed by a flat out downhill transition into a slow technical almost hairpin to finish, coupled with Knockhill's reputation for very changeable weather this is not a place for the fain hearted. I arrived at the circuit at 10am to find a few teams were already...
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Posted
May 08 2009, 06:45 PM
by
Ross Ianson
with 11 comment(s)
I have been photographing drifting in the UK for quite some time now and that has given me a privileged view point, watching the sport from its meager beginnings back in the day to the mega horse power tyre-shredding spectacle we have today, One driver-car combination that has stood out over the years is Steve (Stiggy) Evans and the mighty Toyota Starlet. Stiggy was (and still is) a big Ford fan. He was hotrod racing Escorts when the Starlet became the must-have car in hotrodding. He always wanted...
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Posted
May 07 2009, 08:45 AM
by
Ross Ianson
with 15 comment(s)
For my first post on Speedhunters, I thought i'd take a quick look behind the scenes at NFS-EDC round 1. The paddock always has a relaxed atmosphere with all the drivers more than happy to talk to fans and Outon Park was no exception....
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Posted
May 01 2009, 05:04 PM
by
Mike Garrett
with 1 comment(s)
Speedhunters all-out drift month might be over, but everyone knows that that the drifting never really stops here. Here's some high res goodness from the lens of John Brooks at the NFS European Drift Championship opener at Oulton Park. The car of course is event winner Phil Morrison's Toyota-powered Drift Works S15 Silvia.
Widescreen and standard versions are available now in the Speedhunters Desktops section.
-Mike Garrett...
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Posted
Apr 24 2009, 09:55 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 4 comment(s)
In celebration of the launch of the newly christened Need for Speed European Drift Championship at Oulton Park this weekend, we've decided to release this Calendar for your desktop.
John Brooks will be pounding the pavement for us, at the event this weekend, so do send him your greetings if you see him! He's the one with the giant manly, 500mm camera lens :>......
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Posted
Mar 23 2009, 09:58 AM
by
Paddy McGrath
with 21 comment(s)
It would seem that for every year that passes that the Irish & UK drifting scene always surpasses itself. Since the first pair of tires were burnt in anger back in 2001, the scene here has expanded into something beyond what any of us could of imagined. Although we may not have factory backed teams like in the USA, it would appear that it is only a matter of time before we are on a similar playing field with our American cousins. For 2009, Prodrift have teamed up with UK series BDC to bring us...
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Posted
Mar 18 2009, 03:46 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 6 comment(s)
Maybe some of you guys remember the crash of two R33's owned by Japspeed in the European Drifting Championship during the last round on Silverstone. Luckily, both drivers, Shane Lynch and Danny Ayles, got out without any injuries. Hooray for doorbars! Click here for the video of the crash. The car snapped back viciously and bounced off the tyre wall into Danny's car. Shane had no chance but to hold on and await impact. Danny, who was in transition (hand-braked sideways), could not avoid Shane's...
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Posted
Feb 28 2009, 02:00 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 14 comment(s)
When we went on the very first Speedhunters trip to the UK in April of 2008, I was excited to attend an EDC drift event. Thanks to the generosity of our hosts, EDC's own Andy Barnes and Glenn Horncastle, the European Drift Championship Round 1 event at the famous Donington Park motor racing circuit was very fun and exciting! However, there was one particular car I didn't get to see in person... and as it turns out, it was the car I wanted to see in person the most! In my opinion, Chris Parry...
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Posted
Nov 07 2008, 06:01 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 20 comment(s)
Earlier this week we previewed the Formula D drivers that will be appearing in next weekend's Red Bull Drifting World Championship in Long Beach, and now its time for the second part where we'll take a look at the international drivers that are making the journey to California for the event. Although there were some conflicts in arranging D1GP drivers to appear ,there is still a wide variety of drivers from around the world that will be competing in the event and hopefully things will go better with D1 next year.
Anyways, on to the cars and drivers-...
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Posted
Nov 03 2008, 03:09 PM
by
John Brooks
with 19 comment(s)
They say that racing improves the breed, they also say that win on Sunday, sell on Monday. Both are clichés but contain more than a grain of truth. And that truth provides the motivation for the Driftworks Company to showcase the products available at their on line store. Of course having a bit of fun along the way also plays a part too, as Phil Morrison admitted to me. Driftworks was set up nearly 5 years ago and provides a top quality parts services to all levels of the drifting community...
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Posted
Oct 16 2008, 11:29 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 5 comment(s)
With less than a month to go until the first ever Red Bull World Drift Championship in Long Beach, the identities of the international drivers on the roster is continuing to be finalized. The latest drivers to be announced are from the European Drift Championship and include '08 series champion Ben Broke Smith in his JZX81 Toyota Chaser as well as '08 runner-up Tim Marshall in his Chevy V8-powered R33 Skyline. Both of the cars have already left the UK on their voyage to California where they will be supported and hosted by HKS USA....
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