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This week, we have 2 shots from last weekends DWYB day at Santa Pod. As always if you want to see any specific photo in full resultion to allow you to fulfil your wallpaper desires, please leave us a comment or contact us via the forums…
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Yesterday was a wet one! After arriving at Santa Pod for the (always) popular DWYB day yesterday, I realised that getting good shots was going to be tricky… It was wet, it was overcast, it was windy – which meant that I didn’t hold out too much hope! Here is the 1st batch of photos that I have edited already, and I have more to come that will be added later in the week. Click any of the photos or here to see the rest of batch one.
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After spending a couple of hours last night editing the rest of my drift photos from Sunday, I figured I needed to post them up so that those who were driving can have some shots of their hard work! I don’t think I missed anyone who was drifting so check out the full set if your car isn’t on this post.
As always, click any of the photos above to see the rest of the Japshow Finale drifting photos.
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After setting up on the Honda Culture stand it was time to take a little wander around the show, unfortunately I only got as far as the drift track before getting distracted for a couple of hours! I took around 1800 photos before realising that I needed to get on and meet people that I had promised to meet up with…
The limited space during such a big show as Japshow Finale meant that the drift track was a lot smaller than on most DWYB days but Lex and the organisers had done a great job of making the most of the space available with a nice long sweeping left hander allowing the drifters to get up to reasonable speeds and smoking the hell out of the crowds that had gathered as close as the fences allowed them to. The tight and technical end to the lap allowed decent transitions to show off the higher level of drivers that were present.
With passenger rides available to the public for just £10, it seemed like an endless stream of fans were given an awesome memory by the drivers who ensured they got the most out of their money! The drivers selected for the demo were mainly those who often attend the regular Santa Pod DWYB days and they all seemed to be having a good time showing off their skills.
I hope to have more of the photos I took up later today or tomorrow but for the time being check out the 1st 40 or so by clicking here or on any of the photos in the post.
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Is there a better way to spend a Saturday than watching high level competitive drifting? Yesterday I spent my day by the side of the track at the European Drift Championship Round 5 at Santa Pod. The quality of drifting was superb, and despite some early rain the afternoon turned out to be dry which allowed for some huge smoke trails (particularly from the pair of black Driftworks Nissans).
Despite his car not starting after the driver introductions, Ben Broke Smith’s Driftworks R32 Skyline ran well with him being beaten by his team mate in the 2JZ S15.
Martin French debuted his new (and very bright!) RX7 at Santa Pod, and drew a huge crowd in the paddock and with a high level of detail and finish on this car it seems that the attention was warrented! I think this was the cars 1st outing in the EDC and the team used the testing time well to make a few last minute changes and even a bit of a polish!
Results:
1. Phil Morrison – Nissan S15
2. Alan McCord – Nissan S15 V8
3. Brett Castle – Nissan S15
4. Paul Conlan – Nissan S15 2JZ
5. Mark Luney – Nissan 350Z
6. Martin French – Mazda RX7
7. Ben Broke Smith – Nissan R32
8. James Russell – Nissan R32
9. Pete Barber – Mazda RX7
10. Declan Hicks – Toyota Soarer GZ20
11. Kieron Cameron – Nissan S13
12. Paul Cheshire – Nissan S14A
13. David Monaghan – Nissan R32
14. Keith Hammond – Nissan R32
15. Steve Will – BMW M3
16. Alexis Drew – Nissan R32
17. Stewart Hansford – Nissan S13
18. Gary Hughes – Nissan R32
19. Ian Harrisson – Nissan R32
If you would like to see more photos from the EDC action yesterday, click on any of the photos above or here. if you would like to see any of these photos released as high resolution wallpaper leave a comment below with a description of the photos or the IMG number from flickr.
On a slightly more negative note, I wasnt very impressed with the judging yesterday – when the crowd are telling you that they dont want ANOTHER ‘One More Time’ run surely that tells you that the judges SHOULD have awarded a winner already! I’m not sure if it was just me but it seems that there is a slight anti Phil Morisson feeling from the judges. It might be that I’m not an expert, or maybe I saw things that the judges didnt, but when an opponent straightens up on 2 corners in one run (unforced errors) is miles behing the black S15 and then on the following run Phil is right on their bumper through the whole course pushing hard… why is another run needed?
What do you think – Harsh on the judges? Or is that a fair comment? Leave a comment or email me at the usual address.
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