The 2017 Demon Energy D1NZ Drifting Championship returned to Pukekohe Park Raceway for the 3rd time since the tracks drift revival. Pukekohe is a special track being the practice ground of most of New Zealand’s veteran drifters and sporting one of the fastest entries in the world. The past two years finals have been wrought… Read More D1NZ 2016 / 2017: Crowning A New Drift King
New Zealand (NZ) is extremely lucky when it comes to motorsports. For a country with just under five million residents, we are spoilt for choice. Recently, NZ has added another track to its directory of motorsport venues across this vast land. Although just an addition to a current track, it’s a new track nonetheless. It’s… Read More Hampton Downs International Motorsport Park: Club Circuit
Around the globe winter is usually considered as a time where outside sports are on a hiatus. New Zealanders don’t listen to the usual trend of when things should be done, we do things rain, hail, or shine. This winter we were lucky enough to bear witness to a very big, if not the biggest,… Read More 2016 New Zealand Winter Drift Matsuri
Team SSHHH, Team Cream, Team Sparkle, Team PRIVATE, Drift Army, Riverside, are all household names in the New Zealand automotive scene. Predominantly filled with Japanese cars, these teams, clubs, crews or however you want to label them, have been producing exceptionally high levels of entertainment to New Zealand onlookers for years, be it door banging… Read More Happy Death: Team Yukai Sendo
The final day was upon us, the day where four new champions would be crowned. It was going to be a day of smiles and heartbreak. A day that would push everyone’s skill level to its limits. In typical Auckland fashion, and to recreate the conditions of last year’s final, we were welcomed with weather… Read More Demon Energy D1NZ Drifting Championship: Round 6 Battles
So the weekend begins. Over these next two days we would see hearts break, teams crumble, new champions born and new records made. This ANZAC weekend was surely going to be the pinnacle of the D1NZ 2016 calendar, drivers have had a whole year to plan their attack strategies for this track. If last year… Read More Demon Energy D1NZ Drifting Championship: Round 6 Qualifying
The 2016 Demon Energy D1NZ National Drifting Championship was about to come to an end for another year. Finishing off with a massive bang at the final round held at Pukekohe Park Raceway in the upper part of the North Island in New Zealand. This wasn’t just any old D1NZ event, it was one for… Read More Demon Energy D1NZ Drifting Championship: Round 6 Testing at Finals
Practice Day We’re back to the beautiful Tauranga’s Bay Park for another week of clear skies, dry track and clouds of smoke. I’ve had a bit of a hiatus from New Zealand’s drifting as I’ve been a guest to some of Japan’s talent, however now that I’m back in the country I can’t wait to… Read More Demon Energy D1NZ Drifting Championship: Round 2 Bay Park
Summer’s finally starting to hit us all the way over here in NZ. With the combination of that and daylight savings taking an hour off us, the typical NZ summer days are just around the corner. So in good old NZ fashion we kick it off with a MASSIVE family get together. The Lifelong Ambition… Read More LACNZ: Summer Begins!
