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Aug 05 2009, 04:12 PM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 13 comment(s)
When Rod asked the staff to come up with an '86 related feature for 86 Day, I admit I did have to spend some time considering what to shoot. Ireland has quite an illustrious past with the wee hachi-roku, most commonly refered to as a 'twin-cam' or 'cam' in these parts. My first plan was to roll back the years on some of the most famous '86s that have emerged from this small island. DMac's infamous Falken car and Eric O'Sullivans F20C Rockstar car would obviously be...
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Aug 05 2009, 11:24 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 5 comment(s)
This weekend gone saw the third round of the Irish Prodrift Series take place at Mondello Park, the only international race circuit in Ireland. With entry speeds of 100mph and a new line for the drivers to follow, plenty of action was on the cards for those in attendance. Like previous rounds, round three was all about the outside clipping point with only one inside clipping point on the course that was situated on the first corner. The outer clipping points increased the difficulty of the course...
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Jun 08 2009, 05:02 PM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 12 comment(s)
I felt some sympathy for Lihnbergh and the rest of the Speedhunters team in Jersey this weekend gone, as The Wall turned into The Pool . It's a scene I'm all too familiar with, but for one weekend in May, Ireland swapped weather systems and the sun unleashed its unrelenting heat on the Prodrift Punchestown course. We spoke about the rear clipping zone in Part II and this shot of Martin Ffrench displays the difference between non-seeded pro and seeded pro class, not only do you need to get...
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Posted
Jun 08 2009, 08:19 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 7 comment(s)
Saturday morning saw the UK drivers arrive to Punchestown andit also saw the start to what was one of the hottest days in recent memory for the emerald isle.Punchestown is traditionally known as one of the worlds most famous horse racing courses. But for one weekend a year, a different kinds of horsepower takes over the Kildare countryside venue. It's not very often we see blue skies here so you'll be seeing plenty of them in this post. Team Japspeed's four car lineup along with the SkylineParts...
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Posted
Jun 07 2009, 09:20 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 5 comment(s)
One of these days, I'm going to write a report where there was no hardship involved. Where everything ran according to plan and there were no sleepless nights or tearing hair out moments. But until that day, I'm just going to keep covering them as they happen. This story starts at Wexican Motorsport where Dean 'Karnage' Kearney is just after fitting a new TD06 turbo to his Maxxis endorsed Nissan Onevia. After everything was fitted, the car needed to be mapped on the Wexican rolling...
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Posted
Apr 29 2009, 08:21 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 6 comment(s)
We got some requests from the Wall Rubbin' post for some more shots of the car, so thought it would be cool to pull Martin and the car aside for a quick spotlight ! The car is Martins T-Car, that is, it's his backup car whilst the Altezza is being completed. It's the same S14 you may remember from last year but with some minor and even major differences. The front bumper is Works 9, matched up with some URAS sideskirts and rear bumper. The rear wing is a custom buit Wexican Motorsport...
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Posted
Apr 27 2009, 12:31 PM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 7 comment(s)
Rain and lots of it. That is what greeted the packed out Ennis venue, where the first round of the 2009 Irish Prodrift Series took place. The inaugural round of 2009 saw rain fall on both days but heaviest on the Sunday main event. The Saturday stage of the event now hosts the qualifying session for the Pro Class for the Top 16 battles and in it's place on the Sunday is the all new Prodrift Super Lap. The Top 16 qualifiers from Saturday go through to the PD Superlap on Sunday. In order of 1,...
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Posted
Apr 25 2009, 02:51 PM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 9 comment(s)
Speedhunters endorsed Martin Ffrench returned to the Irish drifting scene today and nailed a perfect run to earn him number one qualifier going into tomorrows Top 16 battles of the first round of the 2009 Irish Prodrift Series. With runs as tight as this, it's not difficult to see why ! Some more coverage on Driftworks Full event coverage coming soon on Speedhunters.com !
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Posted
Apr 16 2009, 11:16 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 17 comment(s)
The inaugural round of the Prodrift Super Series, the first inter-Ireland and Great Britain series, was held this weekend gone at Donington Park. The venue which will host the 2010 Great Britain round of the Formula One World Championship, featured a custom built course designed by the Prodrift judges. It featured a high speed run in to the first corner which was the width of the course that lead into two tightening sweepers that finished with two tight hairpins. The morning practice session saw...
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Posted
Apr 13 2009, 09:46 AM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 3 comment(s)
Young Irish star Dean Kearney has emerged victorious at the first round of the 2009 Irish Prodrift Super Series in his Maxxis sponsored Nissan Onevia. The event which took place at Donnington Park in the UK featured over 30 competitors from both Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is the first series to bridge the water between both countries and if yesterday was anything to go by, we are in a very competitive year ! Full event coverage to follow. - Paddy M
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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 16 2009, 09:07 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 5 comment(s)
I'm a bit confused by the UK drift scene at the moment. There are now 4 different drift series running events across the UK: Prodrift (who also organize events in Ireland), European Drift Championship, British Drift Championship and JDM Allstars. Each are competing for drivers, sponsors, media coverage, and fan interest. Each has their own strengths and unique qualities, and several have conflicting dates. Personally, I question how long this scenario can be sustained, especially given the economic problems currently hitting the UK.
At any rate, we do need to pay our respects to the Prodrift crew. They are innovators in European drifting, and certainly have some very cool cars running in their series. Have a look at the video to see what I mean. From their Irish base, they'll have one of the best European drift championships going in 2009.
:R
Prodrift Website
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Posted
Mar 11 2009, 03:00 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 20 comment(s)
Yesterday we looked at Martin's 2010 Time Attack project . During the middle of the article I mentioned his SR20 powered Altezza which I mistakenly thought I had wrote about before. The joys of getting old, eh ? For 2009, Martin is planning on campaigning two Altezza's, one in Ireland and one in the United Kingdom. Both car's will be aesthetically similar but with contrasting paint work and some 'small' differences under the bodywork. The first car pictured is the Irish car. It...
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Posted
Feb 24 2009, 02:17 PM
by
Patrick McGrath
with 16 comment(s)
The sun was shining on Mondello Park for a trackday from the Irish AE86 owners club. Organised by the members themselves, they gathered something for everyone. Although primarily an AE86 event, they also welcomed along Chaser's, Supra's and Starlet's and even a lonesome PS13 Silvia....
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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
Sep 28 2008, 09:55 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 7 comment(s)
I wanted to share this video with you guys to give you a better look on the drifting in Europe. The video was shot at the final round of the JDM Allstars Series and Prodrift Series on Lydden Hill circuit. I already showed you the pictures and the results so now it's time to see these cars in action.
-Jeroen Willemsen
You can watch the video in HD at JDM Allstars Driftcast
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Posted
Sep 25 2008, 02:00 PM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 4 comment(s)
As Mike already mentioned in his event report of the Drift Australia Season Finale , it was a busy weekend for the drifting community. In the same weekend Europe witnessed the final of the Prodrift European Series and the JDM Allstars, who decided to join forces and give the audience one hell of an event. It was held on the Lydden Hill Circuit in the UK, that meant that a lot of drivers from Ireland made the journey to compete against UK's finest. Lydden Hill is famous for their high curbing...
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Posted
Jul 23 2008, 06:00 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 7 comment(s)
The Pro Drift series from Ireland has begun to expand its territory, adding events across different parts of Europe. Even though it's being dominated by Irish drifters at the moment, new challenges from local drifters arise as the series moves from place to place.
Pro Drift features some impressive machinery, ranging from Skyline's to BMW's and everything in between. Let's have a look at all the different cars that compete in the Prodrift Series in no particular order:...
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Posted
Jun 18 2008, 03:00 PM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 4 comment(s)
Sturup Raceway in Sweden was the home for round three of the European Prodrift Series this past weekend. It turned out to be an epic battle between the Nordic drifters from Finland, Denmark and Sweden and the Irish Prodrifters.
The above Toyota Supra driven by Norways's Fredric Aasbo was the real revelation of the day; qualifying first with a score of 95.67 points....
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Posted
May 29 2008, 05:39 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 5 comment(s)
There are a few photographers in the world that I admire and one of those is Paddy Mcgrath. He is the main shooter for the Prodrift Series in Europe. Round 2 was held on the Teeside Autodrome in the UK and turned out to be spectacular event to say the least. The top drifters from Europe were present to show the crowds why they are the best. In the picture above you see James Deane who is only 16 years old, he would finish second. He drives this Nissan S14,5 with a full Uras type 4 kit and S15 front...
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