EuroDrift British Open Drift Championship 2007

[Monster-Mat]

well this weekend gone i travelled upto Teeside NE England to take part in the end of year open championship

after the 8 hour drive up, i unloaded, and went straight out for an evening practice(Friday), did 4 laps and killed a set of 255's........hmm not looking good for the Saturday.....i only took 3 sets of rims and 2 spare tyres.

Saturday morning started with open practice......i was struggling to get to grips with one of the corners, basically, i was carrying too much speed into the corners, so after some excellent advice, i started my initiations about 15 meters before everyone else......this gave me the extra distance to get the car controlled, sideways and lined up for the first corner

got the corners licked and waited for qualifying.......

qualifying came i did 3 runs, 1 practice and came away with semi decent scores..., total gave me a 121 point score

after qualifying the results were given out, i had come 9th, so didnt quite make the Top 8....( the last qualifying score for one of the pro drivers was 104)

anyway, because 3 of the top 8 drivers didnt have a Roll cage they were not permitted to go into the top 16 with the pro drivers, i was given the wild card to enter.....

now, the pressure was on.

we moved to the bigger, much much faster track, and again did an hour of open practice, never before had i done 3rd gear full power drifts.

sheesh its fast, initiating on the handbrake at speeds around 90-95 mph and drifting the top bend was awesome,

in the twin drift i was lined up against James Russell (who eventually came 3rd overall), but by this point i was having issues with the clutch, or should i say lack of clutch pedal!!

went into the practice run.....and i was bloody blinded by my shift light......... so i had to back of as i couldn't see shit (it was night time now) so i re angled it(i bent it out the way)

we lined up for the first judged run, James leading, i got mid long curve and couldn't change down for the hairpin, i was carrying too much speed, and span.....ah well

2nd judged run, i was leading, i thought....hell go balls out, and i absolutely caned it into the curve, i was hitting 95+mph and on the limiter in 3rd, the car sailed round the curve, and was beautifully aiming for the hairpin, i went to change down to second, tweaked the handbrake to scrub of some speed, it felt perfect....

................i was out of 3rd, but had no pedal to select another gear, i hoped if i persuaded the Gears to select, id get 3rd again....nope, i got first, let up on the remaining bit of pressure id persuaded the clutch to give, and had 1st gear, it locked up the back end, and spun me, i was totally gutted

the car stalled, and i couldn't move it for a few moments as it was stuck in first, after a bit of frantic pumping, i managed to get it out, started and off the track....

it was an amazing weekend to say the least....

i hit the tyre wall, i lost the bumper........i used 80l fuel, im tired and aching, but id do it again right now if i could.

(interestingly the clutch now seems fine, so there must be air in the lines somewhere)

(Discovery Channel and Sky TV were there Filming)

Bring on next season!!

[Monster-Mat]

[RoadRash]

:blink: i was quicker... :lol: http://euro.lexusownersclub.com/forums/ind...mp;#entry182552

[RX-Men-8]

Awwwsome! :shocking: You must have been knackered, with all the fun ;)

Time to lick the wounds and score some tyres :D

Cheers,

RX-Men-8

[Monster-Mat]

a vid found on You Tube...i am at about 4:30

Eurodrift Open Championship 2007

[Boergy]

:g: cool vid!

[Spoon]

super finish! :thumbup: :g: