The first bank holiday in May saw the BHP Performance Show take over Lydden Hill Circuit in Kent with a huge selection of cars descending on the circuit.
With plenty of car clubs attend, as it’s the big show down in this part of the country, you could find everything from stanced VWs to Nissan Skylines.
The track is also live throughout the day for the pubic to take their own car out.
Race car demos also give the fans something a little faster to watch, this time attack style Ford Escort looked quick!
The main reason we headed down to the BHP Performance Show was the ‘King Of The Hill’ drift competition.
A small selection of drivers would compete for a £2000 prize based purely on entertainment rather than the traditional battle format.
The drivers ranged from ex-BDC Champion, Mike Marshall…
2016 BDC ProAm Champion, Danny Grundy…
to Gymkhana driver, Adam Elder.
Four sessions awaited the drivers with the first two being used for practice, the track started out wet so this time was valuable to get used to the grip levels.
Danny Grundy was eager as always to get out on track, putting on a show for the crowd despite the lack of smoke on the damp track.
The second session of practice came around quickly but by now the track was wetter than before, this saw a couple of drivers leave the track, ending up in the gravel.
The third session and a dry track awaited the drivers for the first time, a few careful laps from each of the drivers to judge the grip level before they all went hard on their third lap.
Paul Beechey managed to use a bit more than the tarmac on the exit of the hairpin!
The final session would be a single run from each driver with judge, Dan Firmager, watching and listening closely. Each driver had to put on a show with part of the criteria to get a big reaction from the crowd.
Mike Marshall’s fast, smokey run certainly looked good at the start of the session, running the BDC line around the track is his 2JZ powered BMW E92.
Adam Elder held a good line through the first corner before showing some of his Gymkhana skills at the hairpin with a doughnut on entry.
Luke Woodham got the biggest reaction from the crowd as he attempted a 360 entry into the first corner before successfully managing a 360 entry at the last corner.
Paul Beechey knew he had to go big to beat Luke so straight out of the pit and into a doughnut in front of the crowd before another couple during his run.
Dan Firmager couldn’t separate the two of them and it was decided that they would share the top spot and the prize fund.
I’ll leave you with some more photos from the event but if you live in the south you should have this event on your list to attend next season.