The Midwest Drift Union season is about to kick off once again! Last weekend they hosted their tech inspection day at Zerolift Autolab hosted by Neo Motorsport in Fairfield, Ohio and a practice day at Kil-Kare Speedway in Xenia, Ohio. Drivers were given free reign of the track where the final round will be hosted later this year. The turnout wasn’t enormous so that gave the drivers plenty of track time. I got to sit down with Nick Swann, the director of Midwest Drift Union, and ask him a few questions about last weekend as well as Round 1 which is happening this weekend in Indianapolis, IN at Lucas Oil Raceway.
1. Since taking over operations at Midwest Drift Union what is the one thing you are looking forward to most in the 2013 season?
To be honest, I’m really looking forward to the entire season. This will be my first season in a position other than grid so I’m very excited to experience event coordination from a new perspective. We’re very proud to be working with the guys at Import Image Racing for the first time this year. They’re very supportive of the growth and direction of this series and the sport in general. However, if I had to single out one specific thing that I’m looking forward to the most, it would have to be Round 3 which we are holding in the Streets of Detroit. We’re really going back to the “street style” roots of American drifting by providing MDU competitors a venue similar to spots they may have driven before so many track events were available. The entire MDU staff is very proud to be a part of the first ever sanctioned competitive street drifting event outside of Formula Drift.