Maxxis Drivers Win Biggest Drifting Titles in Europe, USA
10/19/2009With a clean sweep of four top drifting events, Maxxis has established itself as a dominant force in the Western drifting world. In the UK and Ireland, Steve Biagioni of Team Japspeed has taken the British Drift Championship, Mark “Buff” Luney has claimed the European Drift Championship (EDC) and Dean Kearney has won the Prodrift Super Series. In the US, Chris Forsberg has won the Formula Drift championship. All four drivers are sponsored by Maxxis and rode MA-Z1 Drifts throughout the season.
Biagioni clinched his title at the British Drift season finale, held September 19 at the Llandow Circuit, located west of Cardiff, Wales. Biagioni’s fellow drivers on the Maxxis-sponsored Team Japspeed also did well in the championship standings: Danny Eyles took second place overall, while Shane Lynch took fifth place.
Luney’s October 11 win at Snetterton – a high speed course and one of the toughest circuits of the six rounds contested this season – gave him the European Drift title by a 25-point margin over the next driver. Other Maxxis drivers making the overall top ten include Pete Barber, who finished third and Declan Hicks, who finished eighth.
This year’s Prodrift Super Series went down to the wire, with the championship decided at a rain-soaked Mondello Park. Kearney’s victory, two second places and a Top 16 finish during the season meant that he clinched the title by one point, while Eyles sealed a superb season by finishing fourth overall.
Forsberg took the Formula Drift title with a total of 527 points. Maxxis’ driver Ryan Tuerck, who won Round 7, took second place overall. Judgment Day, the seventh and final round of the 2009 season, was held October 16-17 in Irwindale, California. Forsberg also won the prestigious Tires.com Triple Crown, which is based on the results of Formula Drift Rounds 2, 5 and 7.
Maxxis congratulates Steve Biagioni, Mark Luney, Dean Kearney and Chris Forsberg on their titles and thanks all of these drivers for their fine performances.