Falken Motorsports’ Nürburgring-based GT programme and drifting action resulted in another memorable season for the brand in 2022. The endurance racing team claimed two memorable victories, while Cork-based Falken drifter James Deane augmented pan-European competition with a return to the mainstream automotive media, with a Top Gear Magazine video feature.
From endurance racing and drifting to desert rallies, Falken Tyres has seen success in varied motorsport disciplines this season. The brand celebrated top-ten finishes in its 20th year at the Nürburgring 24-hour race and on the Peking to Paris Rally, while the season’s crowning glory has been drift driver James Deane’s double title win.
Falken drift driver James Deane claimed his third Formula Drift Pro title at Irwindale Speedway, California, on 19 October 2019. The 28-year-old Irishman joined the series in 2017 and has won every year since, making him the first person in Formula Drift history to win three consecutive titles.
Falken Tyres experienced its most successful VLN Endurance Championship season in 2018, securing seven podium finishes including two race victories, as its Porsche 911 GT3 R beat its competitors around the Nordschleife. The Type 991 has been the most successful Falken race car in the VLN to date, claiming two wins and nine podium finishes since its racing debut in April 2016. A reliable competitor, it has completed more than 30,000 racing kilometres overseen by Falken’s engineers.
Falken Tyre drift driver James Deane will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed on 12-15 July 2018. He will drift up the iconic Goodwood Hillclimb in his Falken-liveried Mazda RX-7.
Falken drift driver and 2017 Formula Drift champion James Deane returns to the defend his title crown this week at the opening round of Formula Drift (6-7 April 2018, Long Beach, California). The Irish driver will race for the Worthouse Drift Team in his Falken Tire Nissan S15 drift car. He steered the car to four victories during the 2017 season, which led to his championship title and Falken being named Tire Manufacturer Champion for the second consecutive year.
This year has been a strong one for Falken Tyre on the motorsport front. It has racked up a plethora of titles from its motorsport activities and also secured a first victory in the VLN Endurance Championship as well as a top-ten finish at the notoriously challenging Nürburgring 24-hour race.
7Twenty will sponsor drift champion James ‘The Machine’ Deane of Deane Motorsport for the 2016 season. The sponsorship relationship sees 7Twenty supply two of its newest designs to feature on both of the Deane Motorsport drift championship cars, including his Falken Motorsport 2JZ-powered Nissan S14a, and Level One Qatar sr20 powered Mazda RX7 FD3S.
European drifting champion James Deane has retained his title, becoming the first driver ever to win a European double championship, having secured the 2015 Irish Drift Championship title. Deane ran away with the Drift Allstars European title for the second year running with a second place finish at the final round in Poland.
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.
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.
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