What a jam packet day full of drifting action at the Australian Drifting GP! Round 2 was at Calder Park.
We’ll kick off with Supreme Caravans team preparing their S13.
Jaustech Ceffy warming up
Nigel Petrie burning rubber
Jwaz in his practice run, unfortunately had car problems and missed qualifying
Jarred Klingberg’s KE70 wagon: the “three wheel specialist”
Ender vs Petrie
Simon Michelmore’s smoke screen
Rob in the Monster 350Z
Ryan “Slide” Cummings in the S13.5, sliding in style
Simon vs Michael
Here is a rundown of how the qualifying is scored: Solo qualifying runs are scored using a point deduction system by the three judges to determine the Top-32 battle tree. A perfect score is 100. Each driver performs two qualifying runs, with the best run being used.
PRIVATEER
John Dreye’s JDMR S13 pushing the limits all day taking pole in qualifying with a 73.7
Stirling Wright in the Drift Patrol R33 riding the wall earning himself second place, scoring 71.7
3rd position with a 71 point run.
PRO CLASS
Rob Whyte taking first place in pro class qualifying, after scoring a convincing 91.7 points.
Luke Fink qualifying second, really showing his skill after only having 2 practice runs due to gearbox issues. He scored 91.7 points in his second run after recovering from a spin.
Mohamed Elhaouli in the JACK Motorsport R32 rounded out the top 3 with a 90.3
Stay tuned for all the action from day 2 and see who will be crowned champion for Round 2!