Driftireland.com track day
Last Saturday the 20th of February saw the first drift practice day of 2010 run by driftireland.com, the online home of drifting in Ireland. The venue was Goldstone race track in Kikenny, just over an hour south west of Dublin.
Goldstone is a small 2nd and 3rd gear circuit perfectly suited to novice and amateur drivers.With the majority of the web sites members falling into this category it was no surprise to see a great turnout of over twenty cars despite the freezing cold February weather.
I was on hand to support Amy and run her FC Rx7 for the day.It had been a couple of months since she and the car has last run and I was hoping some of the the engine problems we encountered previously were now resolved. Unfortunately after only a few laps things were still not right and she was struggling with a handbrake problem and what sounded like a misfire.
The track was busy all day long, from the 12 o clock opening time to 6 in the evening there was a constant line of drift machinery waiting to get out and try hit the clipping points that the DI crew had strategically placed. A small competition was run in the afternoon to encourage all the drivers to push their limits and really nail all three clips.
I took some laps in the FC after trying to get it running right but it still wasn’t 100% and Amy would have to try and work with it for the day.All things considered she did great and I will definitely have it right for the next practice day in early March.
At around 4:30 the winter weather turned even worse as it began to snow !. We loaded up in preparation to leave but the Goldstone staff let the guys run for another couple of hours, the AE86 corolla crew owned the track, good work !.
Big thanks to all the Driftireland.com crew and the Goldstone staff for running a fun, relaxed day.Hopefully this year will see us at many more in maybe a little warmer weather !.
Few more pics, thanks to Shane Macken for the use of some of his great shots of the day
No sign of any sun all day. Good man Nixon !
Amy making friends with the security staff………
Heading home,
