2013 Maxxis British Drift Championship – Round 4

Round 4 of the 2013 Maxxis British Drift Championship took place over the weekend at the Lydden Hill circuit in Kent. With potential championship contenders starting to shine it was crucial for the drivers to rack up more valuable points to add to their tallies.

Practice kicked off on Saturday morning for the Semi-Pro, Pro and Super-P o drivers u nder clear skies interrupted only by clouds of tyre smoke. For many drivers, their performance at this ro und was crucial due to the limited number of points that were separating the drivers at the sharp end of their re spective championships.

We have been graced with the presence of a number of international drifters throughoutt the season, with American drifter Ryan Tuerck being the latest to do so. Ryan is an internationally know n Formula D driver and was over from the States to compete in Team Japspeed’s Lexus IS200.

After two practice sessions for all three classes it was time for qualifying to begin. Each driver had just three chances to nail a perfect run in which they had to match the judging criteria as closely a s possible. Once the dust had settled, Luke Woodham, Marcin Mucha and Chris Hawker found themselves a t the sharp end of the Semi-Pro class, Dan Firmager, Matt Tilyard and Nathan Chivers took the lead in Pro an d Simon Perry, Walton Smith and Phil Morrison took the top three places in Super-Pro.

Sunday would see the running of the Top 16 battles for each class and if the drivers wa nted to take home as many points as possible they had no option but to push themselves to the limit.

In the Semi-Pro class there were many stand out battles (including those between Jose ph Ankers & Adam Simmons and Jake Spickett & Richard McCourt) but it was Matt Samuel and Marcin Mucha that found themselves battling for victory in the final, with Marcin emerging the victor.