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ONLINE ISSUE 7<br />
THE MAIN EVENT:<br />
<strong>one</strong> <strong>day</strong><br />
when i ’<br />
m big<br />
STYLIN’ COOPER S<br />
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CRAZY CORSA DYNO DAY<br />
THE DRIFT SKOOL<br />
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Don't you just love the month of April? Lots of public holi<strong>day</strong>s in South Africa and lots of<br />
time to just chill. We’ve had such a relaxing month even though I had to work a weekend<br />
away... at Urban RacR's expense of course (LOL). By now, we have a newly elected<br />
president and speaking of new, WELCOME TO URBAN RACR ISSUE 7, South Africa's leading<br />
online magazine showcasing Cape Town's fastest and sexiest cars.<br />
In this issue we bring you the thrills and spills from Saldanha's top-end drags coupled to our<br />
latest video production (it’s long, but well worth watching). We rushed to be the first to<br />
bring you the photos of Streetmods, Cape Town's first “big” car show for the year. Crazy<br />
Corsa Club invited us to their annual dyno <strong>day</strong> where there were more than just your<br />
average suped-up Corsas. What a crazy <strong>day</strong> it was.<br />
Our feature car in this issue is <strong>one</strong> that should please the ladies as well as the guys.<br />
Shampie’s Mini could very well be Cape Town's sexiest Mini around. It's a full-house with<br />
looks (even sexier than standard) and extra “S” power. And the ladies love it!<br />
We've got hundreds of extra pics from events uploaded, so click on the links attached to<br />
the articles to check it out.<br />
That's about enough from me for now so go ahead, scroll down and read on...<br />
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09<br />
REASONS TO KEEP THE FAITH<br />
REASONS TO KEEP THE FAITH<br />
DRIFT SKOOL<br />
09<br />
TAKUMI DETAILS A FEW MORE GPs<br />
TAKUMI DETAILS A FEW MORE GPs<br />
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MINI COOPER S<br />
COVER CAR<br />
MINI COOPER S<br />
EVENT<br />
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CRAZY CORSA CLUB<br />
Contents<br />
CRAZY CORSA CLUB<br />
EVENT<br />
800m DRAGS AT SALDANHA<br />
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plus<br />
• ED’S LETTER 05<br />
• DRIFT PAGE 45<br />
• BACK PAGE 47<br />
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fresh Bert<strong>one</strong><br />
What recession?<br />
Just look at these!<br />
Mantide<br />
From the man who brought us<br />
the Mk1 Golf (oh and the<br />
Delorean, the Lotus Espirit, the<br />
Lancia Integrale and the<br />
Daewoo Lanos) comes this<br />
corvette based concept.<br />
Vital stats<br />
Power: 375kW<br />
Torque: 600Nm<br />
Engine: 6.2 V8 supercharged<br />
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Lamborghini Murcielago SV<br />
Lust, thou name is Super<br />
Veloce. This latest and<br />
ultimate Murcielago takes the<br />
V12 as far as it can go, and<br />
that ain’t a bad place hey<br />
boys?<br />
Vital stats<br />
Power: 486kW<br />
Torque: 780Nm<br />
Engine: 6.0 V12<br />
’ Metal<br />
fresh<br />
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Ferrari 599xx<br />
Screw the FXX, this circuit<br />
bound beasty has our vote for<br />
most desirable Fezza ever.<br />
Tifosi or no tifosi, this car is<br />
mind-numbingly desirable<br />
and I must drive it now!<br />
Vital stats<br />
Power: 550kW<br />
Torque: 740Nm<br />
Engine: 6.0 V12<br />
’ Metal<br />
fresh<br />
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’ GO-<br />
’<br />
CAR!<br />
Can you remember the last<br />
time you went go-karting? I<br />
can, and it was horrible. After<br />
about five laps, just as you’re<br />
settling in – you realize that<br />
your hands are struggling to<br />
hold on to the steering wheel<br />
and that the plastic tub –<br />
excuse-for-a-chair is chewing<br />
into your hips. A few laps more<br />
and you’re starting to think<br />
you’ve d<strong>one</strong> a 24 hour stint at<br />
Le-Mans.<br />
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PIX<br />
Alas, I have come across a<br />
much more enjoyable way<br />
to get my kicks. Yes – I do<br />
admit this with a slight pink<br />
tinge… ok – a very pink<br />
tinge to my cheeks… and<br />
that is driving a MINI<br />
Cooper S. Once you’ve<br />
built a bridge over the “it’s<br />
a girls car” and fiddled the<br />
seat into the correct<br />
position, you start to<br />
appreciate the clever<br />
German packaging.<br />
My first MINI-affair was with<br />
a standard S with 16”<br />
wheels. It was raining while I<br />
gently cruised home –<br />
accepting that I would only<br />
be able to start having fun<br />
the next <strong>day</strong>… a few turns<br />
away from the dealership<br />
and a granny getting in the<br />
way suddenly presented<br />
the typical ‘get out of the<br />
way dammit!’ manoeuvre<br />
and a hard prod on the<br />
accelerator later… it was<br />
the beginning of the end.<br />
Once the sweet 1.6 litre<br />
unit gets up to around<br />
3000 r/min and the<br />
supercharger gathers some<br />
gumption, you are<br />
confronted with quite<br />
simply the most sublime<br />
sound on the planet…<br />
supercharger whine!<br />
Suddenly your Cooper S is<br />
transformed from cutesy<br />
pie h<strong>one</strong>y hatch into a fire<br />
breathing fiend. A few<br />
swaps of the cogs and<br />
you’re suddenly blurring<br />
along the road at very<br />
Nickname:<br />
Occupation:<br />
Location:<br />
Hobbies:<br />
Likes:<br />
Dislikes:<br />
First car:<br />
Dream car:<br />
Most hated car:<br />
Shampie<br />
IT Specialist<br />
Cape Town<br />
Motor racing, vespas, spending m<strong>one</strong>y on my cars!<br />
F1, Cars, girls girls girls did I mention girls<br />
Chrome wheels, Violence, garden gnomes<br />
E30 323i automatic<br />
Enzo<br />
Kia<br />
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*It was the<br />
beginning of the end<br />
faster, more comfortable,<br />
easier to drive and just<br />
better…<br />
illegal speeds with<br />
absolutely the biggest<br />
smile smeared across your<br />
gob that you could ever<br />
imagine. I can tell you that<br />
the next morning and a<br />
brief trip to Killarney later – I<br />
had a new love, other than<br />
my wife. A MINI Cooper S<br />
has <strong>one</strong> of the best sorted<br />
chassis and suspensions<br />
you can imagine and<br />
having a wheel at each<br />
corner – you’re faced with<br />
a Go Kart. It is just a LOT<br />
Now – how, you may ask,<br />
can you improve on<br />
perfection? I’m not sure,<br />
but Shampie has, and here<br />
I will tell you how. About a<br />
month after buying his<br />
Cooper S, Shampie started<br />
improving on perfection.<br />
No custom is complete<br />
without some engine mods<br />
and it is always rewarding<br />
to know that yours is faster<br />
than the next. Among the<br />
mods are an Alta 15%<br />
pulley on the supercharger;<br />
a GIAC remap on the ECU<br />
and a custom air filter.<br />
These mods take care of<br />
improving the power,<br />
upping output to an<br />
impressive 119kW’s ATW –<br />
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Shampie moved his<br />
attention to the exterior.<br />
This S runs nice and low on<br />
40mm Eibach springs<br />
suspended on Wheelworx<br />
custom painted black 18”<br />
JCW GP wheels shod in<br />
Nankang 215/35/18 rubber,<br />
a sure way of improving<br />
grip and composure albeit<br />
at the sacrifice of ride<br />
comfort. A standard S has<br />
plenty go and more grip<br />
than even an extra 100Hp<br />
can ask for.<br />
The product would not be<br />
complete without some<br />
visual clout – and believing<br />
that OEM is best, Shampie<br />
has opted for JCW front<br />
and rear bumpers with<br />
matching side skirts. Super<br />
sexy centre pipes rounded<br />
off on each side with some<br />
meshing leaves the rear<br />
with a menacing<br />
demeanor. The front<br />
bumper and side skirts give<br />
a lower look and leave the<br />
S hugging the road and<br />
hunkering over the<br />
gorgeously painted 18’s.<br />
Impressively, all Shampie’s<br />
mods have just removed<br />
the ‘girliness’ of the Cooper.<br />
The interior, being loaded<br />
to the hilt with Harmon<br />
Kardon ICE and Sat-Nav<br />
proves to be more than<br />
sufficient. Standard leather<br />
interior in split blue and<br />
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unless your aim was to spoil<br />
it.<br />
So, in conclusion, I’m pretty<br />
sure you can tell that I<br />
absolutely adore the<br />
Cooper S in standard form.<br />
With the tasteful and subtle<br />
customisations that<br />
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Shampie has made – this S<br />
is transformed from a girlie<br />
makeup pouch into a<br />
handsome hot hatch. If<br />
you ask Shampie why he<br />
chose the S, his reply will<br />
be “It’s faster than a Vtec”.<br />
I’m not sure if he has seen<br />
Zaki’s Type-R yet… I feel a<br />
race coming on… do you?<br />
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saldanha<br />
drags ‘09<br />
’<br />
So your car's been modified, lightened,<br />
suspension up-rated, semi-slick tyres fitted,<br />
maybe even a turbocharged with nitrous. It<br />
can do a 12second quarter-mile, but how<br />
quick is it really?<br />
Integra type r - supercharged<br />
It's been a year and a half<br />
since the last Saldanha 800m<br />
top-ends and this Easter saw<br />
its return. Hosted by the West<br />
Coast Motor Racing Club,<br />
Saldanha Air field saw streams<br />
of competitors and spectators<br />
filter through the gates as<br />
early as 7pm Fri<strong>day</strong> to get the<br />
best possible vantage point;<br />
by 11pm it seemed like there<br />
wouldn't be much parking the<br />
next morning for those still to<br />
come through. With online<br />
entries having closed two<br />
weeks prior to the event, it<br />
promised to be big, with some<br />
serious machinery to be<br />
unleashed.<br />
from beauties with stock motors<br />
to charged beasts, including<br />
Zeemax's CSL. Urban RacR had<br />
its logo on many super fast<br />
machines, including the mighty<br />
Exclusively M was there in full<br />
“M Power” force (my fingers<br />
hurt from applying all those<br />
stickers) with countless M3s<br />
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powerful supercharged with<br />
nitrous “new Suspect” V8<br />
Lumina. On its first official run,<br />
Shaheen had an unfortunate<br />
episode which saw the<br />
programmed nitrous come in<br />
earlier than expected, whilst<br />
still under wheel spin, causing<br />
the rear to come around<br />
uncontrollably. The Lumina<br />
swung around stopped along<br />
the fencing centimetres away<br />
from the crowd. Two gals<br />
sustained minor injuries, but<br />
luckily nothing severe. The<br />
Lumina returned to the strip<br />
later on to set the second<br />
fastest speed of the <strong>day</strong>, on<br />
four wheels, claiming Class A<br />
honours with 227km/h. Kevin<br />
Burgess in his neat cabriolet<br />
BMW was fourth overall and<br />
second in Class A with a<br />
turbocharged 211km/h. Many<br />
people might have thought<br />
that Dawie Joubert's Ariel<br />
Atom was a Formula 1 car.<br />
Coupled to an awesome<br />
sound this pipe-car<br />
accelerated its way to<br />
205km/h, claiming third place<br />
in Class A.<br />
Class B saw stiff competition<br />
with Johannes Pretorius' E28<br />
M5 turbocharging its way<br />
down the (newly resurfaced)<br />
800metres to clock the fastest<br />
speed on the <strong>day</strong>, on four<br />
wheels of 234km/h. That's<br />
awesomely quick, in<br />
anybody's driver seat. Rudy<br />
VID<br />
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Roode and Class C's Aldo<br />
Viljoen had a wager down on<br />
whose mk1 golf would be<br />
quickest, with Rudy's twin turbo<br />
mk1 clocking 222km/h taking<br />
second in Class B, and Aldo's<br />
turquoise 20v turbo mk1<br />
taking Class C first with<br />
224km/h. These golfs not only<br />
accelerate fuggen fast, but<br />
put their power down too.<br />
Fadiel Hoosain's 325i turbo<br />
took third fastest in Class B<br />
coming in with 216km/h.<br />
Richard Bruhin in his Honda<br />
and John Block is his 20v golf<br />
took first and second in Class<br />
D with 191km/h and 182km/h<br />
respectively. Chris America<br />
took his Opel GSI down the<br />
800m to clock a speed of<br />
173km/h taking first in Class E.<br />
The bikes were slightly off<br />
previous records, but<br />
blisteringly fast n<strong>one</strong> the less.<br />
Ebie “Flash” Abrahams did as<br />
his nick says, and the<br />
authorities holding the prolasers<br />
probably only saw a<br />
flash as he whizzed past the<br />
800m at a speed of 273km/h<br />
on a Hayabusa with Achmat<br />
Israel similarly quick on his<br />
nitrous induced zx14 with<br />
271km/h. Achmat reckons he<br />
ran out of nitrous on that run,<br />
(note to self, check the Nos<br />
bottle when going to<br />
Saldanha, LOL). Torique<br />
rounded off with third fastest in<br />
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MA Class with 270km/h on a<br />
1300 Suzuki.<br />
Kashief Mohamed was the<br />
fastest in MB Class on his<br />
Suzuki 1000, crossing the<br />
800m mark with a speed of<br />
273km/h. Shamiel Ryklief, also<br />
on a Suzuki 1000, took<br />
second with a speed of<br />
269km/h.<br />
This was a successfully<br />
arranged event by a group<br />
of 5 guys who are members<br />
of the West Coast Motor<br />
Racing Club. These guys<br />
arrange events for the<br />
benefit of the community,<br />
with some proceeds from<br />
this long awaited event<br />
going toward the young lady<br />
injured at King of the<br />
Mountain 2008, Cheryl-Lee<br />
Isaacs. With plans for the<br />
next event as early as<br />
October 2009, these guys<br />
sure know the right people to<br />
speak to, hell, even the air<br />
strip has been resurfaced by<br />
municipality.<br />
Big up to them and the<br />
Saldanha authorities.<br />
Dawie joubert’s ariel atom was a pleasure to listen to<br />
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’<br />
crazy<br />
corsa club<br />
dyno <strong>day</strong><br />
311kw and 580nm in a corsa<br />
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The Crazy Corsa Club hosted its annual Dyno<br />
Day Shootout in April. Now, if you can picture<br />
all the “modified and customised” Corsas on<br />
our roads and on the scene, you can definitely<br />
imagine how many entrants there would be on<br />
the <strong>day</strong> by members al<strong>one</strong>.<br />
Urban RacR Magazine was<br />
invited to attend the event at<br />
DynoTech. With the prospect<br />
of the scent of burnt high<br />
octane fuel from the exhausts<br />
of kilowatt-churning, torquetwisting<br />
cars on the rollers, you<br />
know we would be there.<br />
Turning into Goud Street<br />
Stikland I saw a line of neatly<br />
angle-parked Corsas gracing<br />
your left and some more sexy<br />
beasts queued to torture the<br />
dyno rollers on your right.<br />
guarantee Evert Class A's title<br />
at the average of 428,5. The<br />
very shexxy red Corsa of Luc<br />
Lucchesi was most powerful of<br />
The Urban RacR liveried Madza<br />
RX7 entered under Evert<br />
Cornelissen was there. Shooting<br />
out some AVGAS flames the<br />
RX7 turned the rollers to a peak<br />
power of 347kw and 510nm to<br />
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the <strong>day</strong> at 311,1kw and an<br />
enormous 580nm averaging<br />
a whopping 445,55. This<br />
brings a new meaning to the<br />
slogan “The Lite side of life.”<br />
With various other car clubs<br />
also invited to attend, the 80-<br />
car slots were fully booked by<br />
12pm and if power runs<br />
weren't your thing (I'm talking<br />
to the wives and girlfriends<br />
here) there was a DJ spinning<br />
the decks and general<br />
chatter as every<strong>one</strong> mingled.<br />
There were even promo girls<br />
strutting their stuff taking<br />
photos by the sexy cars.<br />
There was even an Ice-Cream<br />
Vendor. Why? you may ask I<br />
suppose Corsa they can!!!<br />
The Crazy Corsa Club seriously<br />
knows how to Lite-up a simple<br />
event such as a Dyno Day.<br />
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Awesome Colours, a name familiar to many<br />
on the motoring and car show scene in Cape<br />
Town hosted its annual Streetmods car show.<br />
It certainly seems that the<br />
Good Hope Centre has<br />
become the venue of choice<br />
when hosting the bigger car<br />
shows. This could very well<br />
have been the biggest Cape<br />
Town car show of the year,<br />
thus far, and considering it<br />
was slap bang in the middle<br />
of <strong>one</strong> of the many long<br />
weekends we saw this April, it<br />
was jam-packed with people<br />
and activities alike.<br />
Many have tried car shows<br />
with a hive of activities, but<br />
few have succeeded. As far<br />
as I am concerned, Zabby<br />
and his team pulled off <strong>one</strong><br />
extremely successful show.<br />
There was some concern in the<br />
last few <strong>day</strong>s running up to the<br />
event, as Mother Nature saw fit<br />
to give us good showers. With<br />
rain on Fri<strong>day</strong> as well as<br />
Satur<strong>day</strong> we feared that many<br />
entrants would rather keep their<br />
pride and joy nicely tucked<br />
away in the garage at home<br />
to remain cosy and dry.<br />
stalls selling arts and crafts.<br />
There was something for<br />
every<strong>one</strong>'s taste, including a<br />
fashion show of men's and<br />
women's clothing.<br />
All the big names in the<br />
industry were pulled in to add<br />
to the displays. One such<br />
display, which was my favourite<br />
We should not have been<br />
concerned at all. From the<br />
have-to-haves such as show 'n<br />
shines' custom mods, hotrods<br />
and classic cars, to Ready D<br />
on the <strong>one</strong>s-and-twos with<br />
2on2 B-Boy battles, a food<br />
court and even flea market<br />
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for VERY obvious reasons,<br />
included two new vehicles<br />
from the Volkswagen stable,<br />
the Scirocco and Golf 6. With<br />
lines as seductive as the<br />
curves on Angelina Jolie,<br />
which <strong>one</strong> do I choose?<br />
There were 1:10 drifters in the<br />
basement along with the car<br />
club displays. As always the<br />
RC drifting drew lots of interest<br />
and nice sized crowds.<br />
As far as the car clubs are<br />
concerned, it was kind of<br />
funny to see how the forum<br />
wars which normally rage on<br />
the internet between the<br />
different car clubs and<br />
brands, took a back seat to<br />
socialising and enjoyment.<br />
I tried drifting a BMW upstairs, (I<br />
have no idea what scale they<br />
were) but they were foot<br />
powered so we couldn't quite<br />
get our angles right. Check my<br />
editorial on page 5 for a pic.<br />
It seems that 2009 is going to<br />
be a good year with regard to<br />
events, and every<strong>one</strong> can<br />
learn from these types of<br />
successful shows.<br />
Give the people what they<br />
want and they will come in<br />
their thousands!<br />
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ORLD’S DRIFT LEAGUES EXPLAINED<br />
MSC<br />
lesson#2<br />
japan<br />
Like D1SL, the MSC Challenge series is aimed at grassroots drifters. The MSC<br />
series was actually a spin-off from the old BM Hai drift competitions that<br />
were held by Battle Magazine. It was started by HKS works drifter and Super<br />
GT Driver Nobuteru Tanaguchi aka N.O.B (No One Better) and Famed Super<br />
GT, former D1GP Judge and Toyota Supra maniac Manabu “Max” Orido<br />
from RS*R and Ridox. Many drivers can be seen competing in both D1SL<br />
and MSC. One of the most exciting parts of MSC events are the triple class<br />
competitions (my personal favourite) where three cars enter as a team and<br />
are judged on their co-ordination while drifting (Team Burst and Team<br />
Magician are 2 crews to look out for). MSC competitors are broken into<br />
different classes depending on their performance. MSC also has a<br />
relationship with Formula D in the US and the EDC in Europe.<br />
Formula Drift<br />
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Headmaster Takumi returns with yet another<br />
effort to skool us drift noobs. This time he picks<br />
up where he left off, that’s right - he showed<br />
us the top three Japanese tourneys last<br />
month and this month he expands our drift<br />
universe beyond what we previously thought<br />
existed. Go Takumi-san!<br />
Started in 2004, Formula Drift is the biggest drifting series in the United States<br />
by far. Drivers from all over the world are now competing in F.D. events<br />
which are held all over the country. The number of factory-backed teams<br />
competing in F.D. show just how big this series has become. Recently,<br />
Formula D has expanded outside of the United States with events in<br />
Singapore and Mexico. It now seems that Formula D is becoming a more<br />
developed series than D1 as more and more drivers are heading to the<br />
States to try their shot at the "American (drifting) dream" (haha!). F.D has<br />
what is probably the most varied car roster of any drift series in the world.<br />
The cars include everything from traditional Japanese imports to American<br />
muscle cars and even a Porsche 911! (Hankook Tyres Porsche) Now the<br />
K.D.M. (Korean Domestic Market) has jumped in as well by sponsoring Rhys<br />
Millen a Hyundai Genesis Coupe to compete in this years Formula D events<br />
and Time Attack events across America. F.D.'s events have been broadcast<br />
on national television for a while now and the series' growth shows no signs<br />
of stopping.<br />
After Japan, its off to the<br />
United States where drifting first began its worldwide spread in<br />
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There are a number of amateur drift series in the United States and Just Drift!<br />
is <strong>one</strong> of the most well known. Just Drift! events are held at the famous<br />
Willow Springs International Raceway near Los Angeles and is the best place<br />
to see Southern California's top privateers and up-and-coming drivers.<br />
Grassroots events such as Just Drift! have been the launching points for<br />
many of the drivers that fill the Formula D roster. Teams such as the VIOLENT<br />
RUNNING TRIBE and RISKY DEVIL show up “en masse” at these events under<br />
the blazing hot Cali Sun.<br />
NOPI Drift<br />
usa<br />
A more recent addition to the American drifting scene is the NOPI drift series.<br />
NOPI events are usually held on different types of courses to Formula D and<br />
attract more privateer drivers. Last season there was some controversy over<br />
the organization at some NOPI events and a few events have been<br />
dropped from the schedule. As of recently, there have also been some<br />
shakeups on the judging panel. Time will tell if the young NOPI series will be<br />
able to overcome these troubles. I have a good friend, John Coetzee that<br />
competes at the NOPI DRIFT Atlanta events in a Nissan 240SX that will be<br />
sending us some photographs of the cars, gals and drift action as the<br />
season goes on.<br />
After Japan, its off the United States where drifting first began its<br />
worldwide spread in popularity.<br />
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America's northern neighbour also has a vibrant drift scene where<br />
Canadian drivers get to play with all the cool imported JDM cars<br />
that are legal there. (sweeeeeeet)<br />
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European Drift Championship<br />
The EDC is <strong>one</strong> of Europe's premiere drifting series and includes events held<br />
throughout the United Kingdom and even in Poland. The EDC was originally<br />
started by the D1GB team but it soon became its own independent series. It<br />
is <strong>one</strong> of the fastest growing drift series in the world and I am constantly<br />
amazed with the level of cars I see competing in this series. Like in many<br />
other countries, a lot of the EDC competition cars were imported from<br />
Japan secondhand. Although it is a UK series first and foremost, the EDC is<br />
also becoming a popular choice for drivers outside of the area. If you<br />
needed any proof of how big the EDC is getting, Japanese D1 stars from<br />
the famed TEAM ORANGE, Kumakubo and Tanaka can now be seen<br />
competing in the EDC in their Subaru GDB’s. Some people do say that the<br />
entertainment side of the EDC can be a little too "straight" at times. EDC<br />
action is broadcast across Europe on MotorsTV which is their equivalent of<br />
Speed Channel in the States.<br />
Europe has been experiencing tremendous drifting growth in the<br />
past few years. There are several different competing European<br />
drift series which are battling for the top position. So far no<br />
dominant series has emerged and all of them seem to have their<br />
strengths and weaknesses.<br />
Drift Mania<br />
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Drift Mania is <strong>one</strong> of Canada's biggest drift series. Originally established in<br />
2004, the 2008 Drift Mania season included six events. Drift Mania also has a<br />
strong relationship with its stateside neighbor, Formula D. Formula D judges<br />
have been featured in the series and F.D. drivers Calvin Wan and Ross Petty<br />
have recently been seen competing in Drift Mania events.<br />
After Japan, its off the United States where drifting first began its<br />
worldwide spread in popularity.<br />
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