Archive for April, 2010

New DVS Gear

New DVS Gear

The guys over at DVS have once again brightened up my weekend with a substantial delivery of awesome gear for the 2010 season.
Included in the package were 2 pairs of the Carson shoe, one of which is charcoal and burgundy -  fits in perfectly with the colour scheme of the Subaru!

To keep the top half [...]

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Team Hankook Ireland Drift Report Video & Pics

Team Hankook Ireland Drift Report Video & Pics

My good friends in Ireland’s Team Hankook have just released this video of their participation in Round 1 of the 2010 Prodrift Series. I was at the event to see this live and I’m stoked that Hankook have now got an AE86 in the team. Alan Sinnott also brought home the silver wear at the [...]

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Prodrift Fermoy - from the tower.

Prodrift Fermoy – from the tower.

Last weekend I traveled to Prodrift Ireland RD1, Fermoy, Co.Cork. I was there for numerous reasons, none of them involved competing.

Amy G was driving in the Amateur Class first thing on Saturday morning so we had to leave Dublin at around 5am for the long journey down. Thankfully the weather was on our side so [...]

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Video Blog - Formula Drift RD1

Video Blog – Formula Drift RD1

Its been just over a week now since returning from the opening event to the 2010 Formula Drift Season. Here’s a video blog that we captured. Obviously, we’d hoped to bring back some drifting footage, but…….
Eric O’Sullivan Video Blog Long Beach

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FD Long Beach, Spectators Point of View

FD Long Beach, Spectators Point of View

As we sit in LAX, waiting for a re-routed flight due to the cancellation of our original passage, its a nice opportunity to report on what was without doubt the most disappointing drift event of my career to date. It has been well documented that neither of the Hankook, Dynamic Autosports cars made it to [...]

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Long Beach,Day 1 Update.

Long Beach,Day 1 Update.

After 13 hours with American Airlines, we have finally arrived in Southern California for final prep for Formula Drift Round 1. We headed straight to the Dynamic Autosports HQ from LAX to check the progress of the Subaru. When we arrived we were met by the noise of the new motor being put through its [...]

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Rally Sprint Video with Fionan Reid

Rally Sprint Video with Fionan Reid

In February I travelled to Mondello Park to see my good friend Fionan Reid compete in a round of the Irish RSA (Rally Sport Association). The competition is relatively new in Ireland and involves rally sprints at single stage venues, usually on mixed surface, but for Mondello it was 100% asphalt.
Fionans car is a Subaru [...]

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