What an incredible weekend at the Global Warfare 2 with Maxxis-sponsored Japspeed and Ryan Tuerk! Combine a host of phenomenal Irish drifters with an 11 year streak of being undefeated on home soil with a determined cast of International drivers from around the world at an event which only gets bigger year on year and you have an awesome weekend of drift action ahead.
Here is what went down at Irish Drift Championship 2015 – Global Warfare 2!
The weekend started early for Japseed drivers, setting off from HQ a few days before in order to make the most of the available practice time on the Friday. Hitting the event in full force with Paul ‘Smokey’ Smith, Danny Eyles and Shane ‘Sully’ O’Sullivan being joined by Formula D drifting legend and fellow Maxxis tyres driver Ryan Tuerck!
With the Rookie and Semi-Pro battles taking place on Saturday 4th we had some time to kick back and take in the sights and smells of Mondello Park. Who doesn’t love the sight and smell of burning rubber and tyre smoke, right? This also provided Paul Smith a chance to talk shop with our International guest and gain some valuable insight which may help with his new build.
The Saturday would also see all our drivers taking to the track for practice – an ideal opportunity for Ryan to re-acquaint himself with Japspeed IS200 since his last trip to see us in 2011. It is fair to say it didn’t take him long to get to grips with the Lexus and the weather over Mondello Park to become that much cloudier.
On Sunday it was time for the Pro class event. All four Maxxis drivers took to the track in the morning, putting in some strong qualifying runs. Sully, Danny and Ryan would all take qualifying positions in the top 10. Unfortunately a mechanical issue would bring an early end to Paul Smith’s bid for the podium.
Drawn against Tomas Keiley in his top 8 showdown Sully would have it all to play for. Unfortunately on this occasion Sully would see a premature end to his weekend after a very close fought contest for both drivers.
We now look ahead to round 3 of the British Drift Championship taking place at Teesside Autodrome on 11th-12th July!
