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Winter, fast entries and zero grip…all the ingredients for an epic final.

With the Demon Energy D1NZ grand final finally dawning upon a saturated and over cast track, the crowds drew in and relished in the semi covered grand stand while the VIP section featured a enclosed viewing point to which you could stay dry and still have a great view. While rain may cause difficulties for some sports drifting does not suffer the same restraints, with a wet track, the drivers had to muster all the concentration they could to navigate a 190km/hr initiation zone with precision.

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With clear skies and a dry track, the Pukekohe grand final of the D1NZ series kicked off. Pukekohe is known for having one of the fastest drift entries in the world which meant, drivers would have to get used to throwing the car side ways at roughly 190km/h.

Such fast entry speeds saw most drivers removing the rear spoilers to decrease the down force produced thus allowing easier initiation, however a side effect of that was, the rear was much lighter sending some drivers off into the dirt. Luckily for some Pukekohe has a large run off area on turn one which saved a lot of cars from season ending damage. Australian drivers like Scott Schembri had to adjust to the faster entry speed as there is nothing like that over the ditch, managing well though, they all navigated the new course well and threw some amazing drift sections which pleased everyone watching. Nico Reid was on fine form coming on from the 4 in a row winning streak, hoping to make it 5 on the trot he was pushing the Evergreen S15 to the limits ahead of the showdown on Sunday.

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