European Drift Championship

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European Drift Championship
Category Drifting
Country or region United Kingdom
Inaugural season 2007
Drivers' champion Brett Castle
Official website europeandriftchampionship.eu

The European Drift Championship (abbreviated as EDC) is a drifting series held each year throughout the United Kingdom. It was introduced in 2007 following the collapse of the D1 Great Britain series which in turn replaced the Autoglym Drift Championship. The series is run on its third year as part of the GT Battle motorsport events which includes its national Time Attack championship.[1]

Unlike previous series, the series enjoys TV coverage on Motors TV since its inception.

2008 also see an introduction of a new Pro-Am series, intending to act as a feeder series to the EDC, the British Drift Championship (BDC), following the collapse of the UKDrift and Eurodrift series, due to poor management.[2]

Contents

[edit] 2008 entry list

2008 Japanese Used Cars European Drift Championship Driver Car Number Team/ Major Sponsor Country
Brett Castle Nissan 200sx S14a 1 Abbey Motorsport/ Autoglym Flag of the United Kingdom
Mark Luney Nissan 350z 2 SVA Imports Flag of Northern Ireland
Mark Johnston Nissan Silvia S13 (TBA) 3 Weston Performance Flag of Northern Ireland
Ben Broke-Smith Toyota Chaser JZX81 4 Driftworks Flag of the United Kingdom
Maciej Polody Nissan 200sx S14a 5 Polody Performance Flag of Poland
Tony Green TBA (AE86?) 6 TBA Flag of New Zealand
James Grimsey Nissan 180sx/ Nissan Laurel/ TBA 7 GBH Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom
Phil Morrison Nissan Silvia S15 (2JZ Powers) 8 Driftworks Flag of the United Kingdom
Chris Parry Toyota Sprinter Trueno 9 (Major Sponsors = Driftworks, Angelworks, VEMS, Run Free, Japanese Used Cars.com) Flag of the United Kingdom
Tim Marshall TBA Nissan Skyline R33 GTS with Chevy V8 10 TBA Flag of the United Kingdom
Peter Barber Mazda RX7 FD3S with N/A RX8 Engine 14 TBA Flag of the United Kingdom
Ian Harrison Nissan Skyline R32 15 Harrison Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom
Alan McCord TBA (Nissan Silvia S15; possibly 2JZ engine) 16 Hi-Octane Imports Flag of Northern Ireland
Paul Smith Nissan Silvia S15 17 TBA Flag of the United Kingdom
Nobushige Kumakubo Subaru Impreza GDB (RWD converted, ex D1GP) TBA Team Orange Flag of Japan
Mark Coyne Nissan 200sx S14 TBA TBA Flag of Ireland
Ian Coyne Nissan 200sx S13 TBA TBA Flag of Ireland
Scott Armstrong Nissan Onevia S15.3 (S13 front, S15 chassis, supercharged RB30 engine) TBA TBA Flag of the United Kingdom
Kazuhiro Tanaka Subaru Impreza GDB TBA Team Orange Flag of Japan
  • Entrants 1-17[3]
  • Kumakubo [4]
  • Coyne Brothers [5]
  • Armstrong [6]
  • Tanaka [7]

More entrants will be added throughout the season including British Drift Championship Wildcard Entries. Round 2 wildcard - Mike Gaynor

[edit] Past Champions

D1UK/Autoglym Drift Champship

Year Driver Car
2002 James Wolstenholme
2003
2004 Brett Castle Nissan 200sx S14a
2005 Damien Mulvey Nissan 200sx S13

D1 Great Britain

Year Driver Team Car
2006 Phil Morrison Driftworks Nissan 200sx S14a

European Drift Championship

Year Driver Team Car
2007 Brett Castle Nissan 200sx S14a

[edit] 2008 Rounds

  • Round 1 - April 5/6th - Donington Park
  • Round 2 - May 17/18th Knockhill Circuit
  • Round 3 - June 1st Silverstone Circuit
  • Round 4 - July 11/12th - Santa Pod Raceway
  • Round 5 - September 6/7th Silverstone
  • Round 6 - September 26/27th - Poznan Circuit Poland

[edit] References

  1. ^ EDC 2008 http://www.europeandriftchampionship.eu/index.html
  2. ^ DriftPromotion: European Drift Scene
  3. ^ Japanese used cars EDC Drift Drivers & Teams
  4. ^ Japanese Drifter Kumakubo to enter EDC2008!
  5. ^ Crazy Coynes R back!
  6. ^ Armstrong flexing his muscles??
  7. ^ http://www.europeandriftchampionship.eu/08%20downloads/Tanaka%20PL.pdf