FOR THOSE THAT CARE ABOUT WHATS HAPPENING AROUND AUSTRALIA, COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN REGARDS TO TASMANIAN DRIFTING
With round one quickly approaching, Drifting Tasmania is excited to announce the start of a new and exciting partnership between Drifting Tasmania, an official subcommittee of Hobart Sport Car Club and a newly formed but highly respected group known as The Drift Consortium.
This new relationship is an exciting opportunity for drifting in the state to further develop the Tasmanian drift scene and establish a solid hold on the states Motorsport calendar.
With the introduction to the Tasmanian drift scene, The Drift Consortium has brought an offer that Drifting Tasmania are quite excited to be able to announce.
For round one of the 2009 Tasmanian drift series held at Baskerville Raceway on the 7th March the Drift Consortium will be offering a $2,000 prize purse to be distributed between the first 3 places, but also further prizes on offer for the lower places.
John Delaney, Drifting Tasmania Co-leader stated “I am quite excited at the closure of this deal. Committee leaders Kieran, Mark and myself have been working on this deal for quite a number of weeks now. The opportunity to provide this to not only the local drivers, but the mainlanders making the trek across bass straight shows how quickly the Tasmanian Drift scene has come along in leaps and bounds, since that day so many years ago Full-Lock visited Tasmania and kick started an interest in Drifting within the state.”
This is just a start of things to come with the newly formed Drifting Tasmania/The Drift Consortium partnership, but also for the Tasmanian Drift series in 2009 and the future of drifting in Tasmania.
I call that all drivers support this offer as without support Drifting Tasmania can’t continue initiatives such as this and further the growth of the sport within the state.
Conditions do apply for a driver be eligible for the prize money however. These as stated by the Drift Consortium themselves upon offering the proposal.
• Driver must have completed and paid for entry before the 14/02/09
• Event must attract a minimum of 20 drivers on the day
ENTRY FORMS AND REGS AVAILABLE IN THE COMING DAYS....PLEASE PM ME WITH EMAIL ADDRESS TO ASSURE YOU ARE ISSUED WITH A NOTIFICATION AS SOON AS THEY ARE RELEASED
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Drifting Tasmania, Hobart Sporting Car Club and the Motorsport Car Club of Tasmania is excited to announce Specialised Performance Garage has signed on as the 2009 Tasmanian Drift Series naming rights sponsor.
In late 2008, Jonathan and Ben at Specialised Performance Garage opened their fully refurbished showroom housing Tasmania’s largest selection of new and used Japanese performance parts and accessories. The showroom is located at 4A Lampton Avenue, Derwent Park - Tasmania.
The business caters for a wide variety of makes and models, in particular vehicles from Nissan and Toyota. SP Garage provides high quality Japanese made products but also stock a large range of other brands such as ISC, GKTech, Bosch, KKR and many more! The business offers highly competitive pricing with other like minded businesses around Australia.
This continuing relationship between not only Drifting Tasmania and Specialised Performance Garage, but the drivers and spectators is a sign of the continuing rapid growth for Tasmanian drift scene in general and the bumper year 2009 is looking to be.
So whether it is Drifting, Circuit Racing, Drag Racing or just the Street car you always wanted to improve on. Specialised Performance Garage has what you need.
Drop into 4A Lampton Avenue, Derwent Park and speak to Barnzy or Ben regarding any vehicle needs.
The 2009 Specialised Performance Garage Tasmanian Drift Series continues to grow in stature. The 5 Round series kicks off at Baskerville Raceway on Saturday March 7th. For further information regarding Round 1 of the series check out
Regards,
Drifting Tasmania
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CURRENT RND 1 PRE-ENTRY LIST AS OF FEB 16th
ENTERED DRIVERS AS OF 17TH FEB ( THESE WILL BE IN COMPETITION FOR PRIZES)
-Loyd Smith
-Phil Parnell
-Mark Rogers
-Nathan Page
-Josh Priseman
-James Mcguiness
-Kieran Lusio
-Paul Austin
-Ben Purtell
-Michael Truscot
-Greg Brewer
-Damien Roach
-Tim Plumridge
-Ashley Courtney
-Nick Wedd
-Brendon Mansfield
-Andrew Considine
-Leigh Pidwell
-Shaun Pidwell
-Khudr Elhaouli
-Andrew Toth
-Daniel Toth