The European Drift Championship 2009 final at Snetterton circuit in Norwich was a fitting climax to an awesome year’s events. I was named EDC New Driver of the Year and managed a respectable 10th place in the championship. I’d like to thank the team and sponsors and this brilliant achievement makes it all worthwhile.
So back to round 6 and if you’ve seen my previous posts we were coming to terms with a dying engine. All back together but barely run in, we loaded up and headed to East Anglia, the home of Snetterton Circuit. Luckily we got some practice on the Saturday, and like all EDC events, this one seemed faster than the last.
The Coram and Russell corners were used – Coram was so long that I had to take the racing line without drifting on the previous corners of the track in order to get the 200sx sideways – with enough momentum to get round the corner. I ran the engine on a low boost - probably 25% down on power - so it would survive the day! To put things into context, 115mph was cited for drift entry, with in-corner drift speeds in the mid 90s!
On the Sunday, I got through to the top 8 and was up against Paul Conlan in his 550hp Nissan S15. Running more boost helped but on my first competitive run a hose blew and was badly damaged. Using the EDC ’5 minute rule’ we were able to get a quick fix for the second run but the failing pipe broke again mid-corner sending me off the track! Paul went through to challenge Mark Luney in the final, with Luney winning the round and also the championship.
This marks the end of the 2009 EDC season - both myself and the car have come a long way over the year. I am hoping to make some improvements on the car over the next few months and aim to compete in the SWD events at Bishopscourt. I’ll keep you posted through the blog – thanks again for the support throughout the year.
Andy.
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