Tauranga’s Baypark entertainment complex will host the next round of the 2012/13 D1NZ National Drifting Championship over the January 19-20 weekend in a move series organiser Brendon White says is all about keeping the sport fresh for drivers and fans alike. “We’re a young sport and a vibrant sport and we like to mix it […]
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Local hero Daniel ‘Fanga Dan’ Woolhouse (Castrol Edge Holden Commodore) was the toast of a large and vocal crowd after dominating the second round of the 2012/13 Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship on a new temporary course in transport company Toll’s Whangarei yard on Sunday. After pipping fellow Northlander Gary ‘Gaz’ Whiter (Tectaloy Nissan S14 […]
Read moreThe country’s top Drifters will find themselves facing a brand new temporary course when they arrive in Whangarei for the second round of the 2012/13 Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship this weekend. The tightly-looped course is in transport operator’s Toll’s yard on Rewa Rewa Rd and brings the event closer to the centre of the […]
Read moreInternational drift drivers from Japan, USA and New Zealand will take on New Zealand’s best at Red Bull Drift Shifters on Saturday December 8. Daigo Saito (Japan) the current USA Formula Drift Champion, who also holds the Asia Formula Drift Championship and the D1GP Japan title, is on his way to New Zealand to compete in […]
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V8 Supercar ace Shane van Gisbergen says he thoroughly enjoyed his ‘in-at-the-deep-end’ drift debut at the opening round of New Zealand’s Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting championship at Feilding’s Manfeild circuit on Friday and Saturday. “It was awesome,” the SP Tools-backed Stone Brothers Racing circuit star said of his two day’s behind the wheel of the […]
Read moreHe promised more power and aggression and that’s exactly what defending Cody’s D1NZ Drift King Curt Whittaker (Mount Shop 2JZ Nissan Skyline R34) delivered at the opening round of the 2012/13 National Drifting Championship series at Manfeild over the weekend. Though he was overshadowed in qualifying on Saturday morning by high-profile rival ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett […]
Read moreTop New Zealand drifter ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett (Red Bull/Speedhunters Mazda RX7) will be cutting it fine in the run-up to the opening round of the Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship at Feilding’s Manfeild motor racing circuit on Friday and Saturday – for the past month the Auckland-based international has spent more time overseas than at […]
Read moreReigning Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship Series title holder Curt Whittaker (Toyota 2JZ-powered Nissan Skyline R34 coupe) has promised more power and a more aggressive style when he begins his title defence at the opening round of the 2012/13 season at Manfeild later this month. Whittaker, who drives a Toyota 2JZ turbo-powered Nissan Skyline R34 […]
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Shane van Gisbergen is having a crack at drifting. The Kiwi V8 Supercar star has signed up for the D1NZ National Drifting Championship Series’ Legends Challenge. The challenge, which will take place at the fourth round of this season’s series at Hampton Downs in March next year, will pit the top D1NZ drivers against New […]
Read moreThe Cody’s D1NZ National Drifting Championship Series is set to celebrate its ten year anniversary in style this season with capacity fields in both the D1 and Pro-Am categories and a new ‘taking it to the people’ calendar. “This is the summer that Drifting in New Zealand is going to come of age,” says Cody’s […]
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