Round 5 of the 2016 Irish Drift Championship returned to Mondello Park, the home of Irish Motorsport. The final event of the season is always highly anticipated but this year was no different with the championship still undecided.
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2016 Irish Drift Championship Round 3 – Mondello Park
Global Warfare has been the mid-season highlight of the Irish Drift Championship for a few years, this year would be no different with a fast, no compromise track. The Irish Drivers would also have the added difficulty of having to defend their undefeated streak as the Drift Allstars drivers were here to take it away from them.
Drift Allstars Round 3 -Global WarFare – IDC Vs DA
With the European Championship currently taking place in France, it’s easy to lose sight of other goings on inEurope and Ireland at the moment, but what if I told you that one of the biggest motorsport events ever held in Ireland was taking place on July 2nd and 3rd in Mondello Park.
Round 3 of the 2016 Irish Drift Championship COMBINED WITH Round 3 of the Drift Allstars European Series, will take place in Mondello Park on July 3rd.At this event a 30-strong grid of Irish drivers will take on more than 15 international guest drivers – representing more than 14 countries around the world – as the Drift Allstars series comes to town in an attempt to defeat Ireland’s 12-year undefeated streak in competitive drifting on home soil.
With current and 4 time European drift champion James Deane from County Cork leading the Irish defence alongside ex-Boyzone band member Shane Lynch, current championship leader Duane McKeever, 16 year-old starlet Jack Shanahan and many, many more, the Irish are looking as strong as ever. We certainly need to be though, as drivers will be coming from as far away as South Africa, Australia, Lebanon and the UAE, in cars sometimes packing over 1,000 horsepower as they attempt to end our undefeated streak. Steve Biagoni from the UK will be leading the charge as the International Invasion will try to defeat the hometown heroes. He will be joined by European Championship vice champion Janis Eglite from Latvia in his 1000hp BMW E46. With over 50,000 horsepower of high octane action descending opn Mondeloo Park for Irelands biggest motorsport event weekend it is set to be one to remember. Continue reading
2016 Irish Drift Championship Round 1 – Mondello Park
The first round of the 2016 Irish Drift Championship was held at Mondello Park, Ireland’s only permanent circuit. In the off season there had been some huge changes that were unveiled in the run up to the event with new tarmac being laid specifically for drift events.
Fiberglass Pharaohs
Mondello track once again gets showered with the leftovers of fiberglass dreams, accompanied by a soft serving of black rubber and tyre smoke.
The best of the best make their way to Irish soil for a solid bit of battle action.