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 [...]
04.12.10 | Feature Box, News, Uncategorized | ERIC
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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 [...]
04.6.10 | Feature Box, News | ERIC
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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 [...]
04.1.10 | News, Uncategorized | ERIC
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Over the off season, the guys at Dynamic Autosport have been busy making some great improvements to the Subaru Sti. Last year was full of many challenges associated with introducing a new car plus the added challenges of me commuting in for events and driving new track layouts from a left hand drive. That said, [...]
03.29.10 | Feature Box, Uncategorized | admin
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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 [...]
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2009 Formula Drift Rookie of The Year, Eric O’Sullivan, has teamed up with his good friends and sponsors at DVS Shoes to offer drift fans a shot at winning a collection of DVS gear. The winner will receive new DVS Shoes & clothing to ensure he/she is freshly dressed for the start of the [...]
02.2.10 | Uncategorized | ERIC
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I wanted to post this up as I’m pretty sure that many of you will be looking to get on-board/in-car cameras for competitions or track days or drift practice days this year.
I’ve recently secured support from Action Cameras in the UK to help me capture much of what I’ll be up to in 2010 and [...]
Last week I made the trip over to the NEC in Birmingham to have a look around the Autosport show, Europes largest trade dedicated motorsport exhibition. Now in its 20th year the show attracts all the super stars and their cars from F1 to World Rallying.
There was also a specific motorsport engineering hall with all [...]
01.21.10 | Uncategorized | ERIC
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Happy New Year !
Its been a quiet few months since the Formula D finale in Irwindale but with the start of a new year its time to get back in gear for another season.
Mondello Park racing circuit just outside Dublin had for the first time began to hold drift practice days last year.If there was [...]
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I wanted to post this up as I'm pretty sure that many of you will be looking to get on-board/in-car cameras for compet...
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