Well after round one I mentioned in my blog that we were busting for a podium position at round 2.  Positive thinking paid off with a strong 3rd place at the wonderfully challenging (read crazy) Knockhill circuit. I’ll start off with a few words from resident Used Cars NI journo, Graham Curry: “Sunday 15th May [...]

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Thanks to Rally School Ireland, I was able to do a shakedown of the Nissan after much winter fettling along side the RMS day out.  I’ll let the Mirror tell all: Keep an eye out for the new Nissan livery with a fresh new image for the 2011 Pirelli European Drift Championship!  Thanks to Graham [...]

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A great year culminated with a 4th place finish at the final event of the 2010 Pirelli European Drift Championship, leaving me 6th in the championship. Snetterton is simply thrilling – I remember driving it last year and it was the fastest drifting I had ever experienced.  Initiating the drift over 100mph, and accelerating down [...]

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If someone said to me a year ago that I would be drifting at one of NI’s biggest tourist venues, the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum at Cultra, at a hill climb, I simply wouldn’t have believed them.  Never mind being along side the likes of rally champ Kris Meeke! I was kindly invited by the [...]

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Big events have held up by blog updates as my attentions were turned to my big day.  Without the unwavering support from my now wife Ruth I wouldn’t be able to persue my drifting passion like I have done, and we got married a few weeks ago.  For obvious reasons I subsequently missed the second [...]

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Yesterday I had Steve Sadler over from FC Tuning for a tweek of the car’s engine management in the run up to the new season.  The car is literally only back from the Vinyl Touch sporting its new livery, so consider this a sneak peek. We ran out of fuel pressure (well injector duty) at 380bhp [...]

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The 2010 season of the Ulster Drift Championship started back at the Bishops Court track last week and I brought the Nissan along for a quick shake down after winter.  The new track layout meant full throttle 4th gear drifts, and I qualified 3rd place with fastest entry speed of the day at 80mph. The [...]

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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 [...]

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Even more exciting than driving Silverstone our trip to GP circuit Brands Hatch was special not just as it would be my first ever visit, but that it was the first time that a drift competition had ever been held there. This highlights how well respected the European Drift Championship series is and why I want [...]

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It’s not even a week since I’ve been back from Silverstone and the Nissan was going well, qualifying a very respectable 5th at Bishopscourt for the UDC.   The good weather followed me to the Downpatrick track from England, although this meant I had a pair of new rear tyres used by the time qualifying was over.   [...]

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