Team Toyo Tires Drift driver Masato Kawabata has claimed the 2015 D1 Grand Prix Championship in Japan, his third D1GP championship victory. Driving the 1000-horsepower 35RX D-Spec Nissan GTR to another series victory with Toyo Proxes R1R tyres, Kawabata claimed the 2015 series with an accumulated points lead.
New products from 2014 launched wheel brand 7Twenty are now with customers across Europe, as it aims to “overhaul cars across the drift [and] JDM scenes”. The range features a selection of designs evolved from traditional styles made popular by the JDM and Drift scene in extreme widths, low offsets and eye catching finishes.
Toyo has unveiled a new YouTube video highlighting its UHP Proxes brand. Featuring two Audi R8 supercars equipped with Toyo’s flagship brand tyres driven by Team Toyo Tires Drift drivers Masato Kawabata and Akinori Utsumi in a variety of close team-drifting manoeuvres, the manufacturer titles the video, ‘Surprising the World’, saying it will “exceed the expectations of any car enthusiast.”
Falken was able to put the spotlight on its drifting activities at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend, in conjunction with European drift champion and Falken Motorsports professional drifter James Deane. Deane was one of the few to be invited to drift the prestigious hillclimb in front of over 300,000 fans in attendance, and hundreds of thousands more online.
After low-key involvement in 2014, Falken Tyre has confirmed a higher level of participation at this year’s Coventry Motofest – the company will serve as ‘official tyre manufacturer’ at the show, which takes place between 29 and 31 May. Coventry Motofest was inaugurated last year and is a free, family-focused motoring festival that combines live racing, demonstrations, static displays and live music. As previously announced, Falken’s UK drift team will strut its stuff on Coventry’s iconic ring road during the three-day event. The official Coventry Motofest pace car will also wear Falken tyres.
Landsail tyres is going drifting with Wayne Keeber, a contender for the 2015 British Drift Championship title. Joining the likes of Maxxis, Lassa and Falken, who similarly sponsor drivers and teams taking part, Landsail will support Keeber as he competes against the best drift racers across Europe. The first round of the British Drift Championship took place at Lydden Hill last weekend, and at the end of the two days Keeber sat in joint 9th place on the Pro Class table.
This year Maxxis’ Autosport International stand feature the “Maxxis Experience”, the tyre manufacturer’s very own on-stand cinema. The “Maxxis Experience” will give fans the opportunity to enjoy a high quality film showcasing the very best of the tyre manufacturer and its sponsored motorsport teams and series. The movie produced by filmmaker and motorsport enthusiast, Stephen Brooks, features scenes from different Maxxis sponsored motorsport competitions and championships including drifting, 4×4, cycle, superbike and motocross.
The Coventry MotoFest will make the city the first in the UK to stage competitive motorsport on public roads, and Sumitomo global brand Falken has added its support to the event. The manufacturer’s drift team has become the first to announce that it will perform at MotoFest on 29-31 May 2015.
Maxxis managing director, Derek McMartin says that the company’s established motorsport partnerships give it a great platform for the development of its range of off-road and high performance tyres. “Being able to support some of the greatest motorsport drivers in Europe means that we are able to push our tyres to their limits, whilst continuing […]
Falken Motorsports’ driver James Deane won the Extreme Drift Allstars Lithuanian Drift GP and with it, secured his place as the 2014 Extreme Drift Allstars champion.
Nankang Tyre UK has confirmed its presence at TRAX on Sunday, 7 September at Silverstone. Expected to host around 18,000 visitors, the “Ultimate Performance Car Event” will showcase performance and modified cars, as well as Time Attack and British Drift Championship rounds, in which Nankang Tyre Drift Team Super Pro drivers will compete. Nankang is […]
The Nankang Tyre Drift Team claimed first place at the British Drifting Championship Team Constructors event at the season’s third round, which was held in Teeside on 20 July 2014 in what turned out to be a very mixed bag of weather throughout the weekend.
Westlake Tyres, Zhongce Rubber’s premium tyre range, is making a name for itself in European motorsport through its participation in the prestigious Kings of Europe Drift Series. Flying the flag for British drifting and Westlake tyres in this demanding series of drift challenges is Steve ‘Baggsy’ Biagioni, backed by the Acorn Zenises Motorsport team.
Nexen Tire has announced plans to join the largest drift racing scene in Europe. The company announced that it has agreed a sponsorship deal with Team Aerokit Nexen, one of the teams fighting it out for glory in the Drift Allstars 2014 European Series, with the racing calendar running from the 17 May through to September.
This high-octane story has a whiff of Top Gear to it but we’ve been assured that Mr. Controversy and his two colleagues are in no way involved. Falken Tyre Europe shares news of ‘Milky’, a vehicle that started life as a utilitarian carrier of dairy products, but thanks to its extensive modifications may well now be the fastest milk float – in the world.
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