IDC rd. 4

the Yokohama Tuningdays at Hockenheim were the place where our 4th round was held. Typical for hockenheim there was a huge crowd and lots of spectators.

I managed to qualify 7th and my first oponent was Ogien, a very aggressive Drifter from Poland in a 5l V8 Powered E36.
VIDEO: some practice runs
VIDEO: qualification

VIDEO: warm up lap
VIDEO: the first run
VIDEO: the second run

After i won this battle my next oponent was Frank van Heeren from Holland.
In the first run i had a 6:4 advantage but spun out in the second run:
VIDEO: the second and last run

The 4th round found an end with me on place 6 overall. With the result of rd. 3 i joined the top 16 of a pro series for the first time in my life - ranked as number 12.

IDC rd. 3

The 3rd round of the IDC was just around the corner and i went there because i already payed the fee for the whole year.

It was a very very hot summer day and i felt very confident on the small track.

Qualified 16th and my first battle oponent was no one else then the Driftking.nl - Paul Vlasblom.
VIDEO: qualification

Paul tricked me in the first corner but even without that he would have won.

To me it was a good thing because i noticed i did a lot of twindrift practice in the past - but i never practiced entrys in battle situations. 1:0 for Paul, but i will be back ;)

After this event there was a huge discussion about the judges and from rd. 4 on there will be new judges.

some more practice

instead of concentrating on the IDC i did some small practice and broke some wheel studs on this event.


Luckily a friend of mine and his girlfirend were there too, the same one who gave her Skyline to me in the year before. Now she had a nice FD3S twin turbo RX7 - and i couldnt say no drifting this thing :)

IDC rd. 2

i did not compete in the second round because i was still so upset about the worse judging from rd. 1.

IDC rd. 1

was held at Hockenheim together with the biggest time attack event the "Sport Auto Tuner GP"

I managed to repair my engine (worn cams and rocker arms) and run it in on the way to the competition - yeah my car was still road legal and i used to go to the events in my drift car.

In the competition i had some really good runs but the judges had no idea about drifting unfortunately and so they preferred famous names and female drivers lol.
VIDEO: qulification




some high speed dirt dropping:

the IDC Pro Search

was the day i had to proof im good enough.

i did not to bad in the first 2 of 3 parts, but were not able to start in the 3rd part because i had engine trouble wich i could´nt fix within the short time.
VIDEO: pro search



but who cares - i managed to get the IDC Pro licence :)

Engstingen Season start 2008

The year 2008 i wanted to see if my drift skills are enough for the european Pro level, but nothing without a first beginning of the year practice :)

testing the new steering lock:


and some tandem practice could be helpful :D

Drift for Aid

a friend of mine organized a charity drift event where all the money went to help kids fighting agains cancer.



and in a friends skyline:

Brithday drifting :)

on my birthday i joined a drift event at Hockenheim.

Krsko Avto Magazin Drift Pokal

that was my weekend :)

We were invited to the Final of the Avto Magazin Drift Pokal at Krsko Raceland in Slowenia. I did pretty good the whole weekend and became 4th overall with just 1 Point missing to the 3rd.
My best competition result so far - and the guys over there really can drive, so that is a well remembered 4th place.

VIDEO: Avto Magazin Drift Pokal 2007

this is one of my favourit drift pictures ever: