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Re: Drift Australia Championships at Oran Park This Saturday:	Sun, 02 October 2005 04:57

To those that were were wondering why it wasn't on the same track as last year, its cos the event last year was run by Full Lock, and is a completely different championship. This one was the Drift Australia championship. Good news though is that the Full Lock championship will be back at Oran Park Driftland later this month (to the best of my knowledge) The first half of the day was run better, with almost continuos drifting the whole time, with the only momentary pauses to get the spectators off the pit wall. 2nd half of the day was all disrupted by the stunt bikes, show girls, & promotional photoshoot (Drift Australia is much more comercially orientated than Full Lock), then once things were underway, first Beau in the Drift Battle silvia holed the sump and dropped oil over the whole circuit, (they took AGES to clean it up) then once things were under way again Rick Bates did the same thing to the Subaru, which meant things were delayed again for ages. The team drift runs were kinda fun, with some drivers going all out. The Hachi's didnt really have a good day. They started out well, and looked pretty spectacular, but first Josh thought he spun a bearing, then Leighton had some turbo issues (quicly fixed), but things didnt seem to happen for him after that. There were also the 2 Hachis in the Formula Drift. The guy in the White car (sorry, cant remember his name) sounded awesome early on, and got some huge angles, but later in the day some sort of issues hindered his drifts on the big open circuit. Indy was out as well, definitely having fun, with a few big angles round turns 2-3, but water pump problems on the old 4AC caused her to pull out before the next round. The best place to spectate from was from above the pits, but unless you were in the front row, you may as well stare at the walls. Even the judges couldn't see the whole of the judging area. The best place to view would have been if they put a temporary grandstand in front of the bridge. This track was definitely more more like the US (and some D1 circuits) style of big high HP drifting, rather than the more traditional technical style seen in Japan, with big fast entries into turn one, and lots of power making it easier to keep things drifting through to turn 2, and also between turns 4-5, so the little 86's were definitely at a disadvantage. I still had fun, but I was there all day. If i was only there for the disorganised 2nd half i would have definitely felt ripped off. [Updated on: Sun, 02 October 2005 05:08] [Report message to a moderator]

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