Team Hankook driver Alan Sinnott and Alan Lenihan had a good weekend at Prodrift Round 1, with Lenihan trying to bed in the new Couture Auto tuned Silvia and get it setup for the upcoming season. Sinnott on the other hand was out to set down a good marker on his debut for Team Hankook and took 3rd overall which was a great result for the AE-86 than can !

Stephen Brooks has shot this video from the first round of the Maxxis British Drift Championship from Silverstone. Congratulations to Jordan Patton for winning the Semi Pro class and Phil Morrison for taking the Pro class. This really has a summer time vibe to it – some fantastic shooting in it, and even better driving to back it all up. One of the best shot drift promo’s I’ve seen in a while.

Could there be a 2nd Irish Driver appearing in the Falken Colours in Formula D ? It seems so as rumours surface of James Deane making the transition to Formula D from Prodrift in Calvin Wan’s former S15.  The S15 had quite a season filled with crashes and controversial runs in 2009.  Falken has apparently hired Irishman James Deane to fill the shoes of Mr. Wan in the car. Calvin was relieved of duties sometime late last year and we didn’t think much was going to come of the car but recent rumors and hints from some people have told us this will  happen.

As if we weren’t already excited enough over the Toyota FT-86, this truly awesome AE86 Trueno-inspired model appeared as the G Sports Turbo Concept at the Tokyo Auto Salon.

Most details of this car are vague other than mentioning it has a horizontally-opposed 2.0-litre turbo engine (Impreza Sourced Perhaps ?) with rear-wheel drive and a six-speed manual. The white paint job and the carbon fibre black bonnet clearly hint at the AE86, though the name seems more like the GT-S. One does wonder with the Impreza Engine’s previous hand grenade temperament for taking abuse, is this a wise choice for the ‘drifter’ generation.

The Full Concept is to be release at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show

Clash Productions have released another teaser video from their Titan Production

Win DVS Shoes & Gear with Eric O’Sullivan

2009 Formula Drift Rookie of The Year, Eric O’Sullivan, has teamed up with his good friends and sponsors at DVS Shoes to offer drift fans a shot at winning a collection of DVS gear. The winner will receive new DVS Shoes & clothing to ensure he/she is freshly dressed for the start of the 2010 Formula Drift Season. Its free and easy to enter the competition, here’s the deal.

All you need to do is sign up for the Eric O’Sullivan news letter. Those that register between today and end of February will be put into a hat and one winner will be picked at random.
The winner will receive a fresh pair of DVS Shoes, new DVS hoodie and Tshirt + some other bits and pieces that we can manage to squeeze into the package.
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I’ve seen a few of the D1 GP drivers at this sort of stuff before, Hibino in the UK at Silverstone, but I’ve never seen balls like this…

The good guys at Prodrift have a new Video out for Round 3

Over the past three seasons, Mondello Park has witnessed 3 consecutive title deciders. In 2006, Darren McNamara famously defeated team mate Damien Mulvey in the Final to claim his Irish Title by the narrowest of margins. 12 months later, Eric O’Sullivan claimed one of many 2007 season victories to cement his Prodrift Irl Championship (with one event to spare) and in 2008, James Deane did enough to be crowned Irelands youngest Prodrift Champ; all at Mondello Park.

In less than 1 week, another name will enter the Prodrift Hall of Fame, but this time as the winner of the 2009 Prodrift Super Series.

The programme for the most exciting and varied line-up of track action ever seen at an Irish Car Show has been finalised with just days to go to the 2009 Mondello Jap-Fest. Irelands only Japanese Motoring and Motorsport Festival takes place this Sunday with a full day of on-track entertainment set to entertain Japanese and modified car enthusiasts like never before.