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Right so out on track, getting warmed up and the Sky unfortunately melted a plugwire, which meant it was way Way down on power!
The crew went straight into action, got it repaired and I was back out there before the top 16 seeded driver practice was over.
Will update you all after the event..!!
D-MAC
Just came of the set of a photo shoot for Sears Auto – Some great shots of the car, will have a couple of them posted here on the blog very soon!
“SAY CHEESE!!”
D-MAC
Right so it back in the States again.. this time for round 6 of the FormulaD Championship – Just landed and in hotel now, will be updating more as I get though testing and prep for qualifying and the event..
This round is at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California; and its an amazing race track… Right off to bed now for some rest will catch you all up tomorrow!
D-MAC
Darren “D-MAC” McNamara now Leads the ProDrift European Championship in the Team MCNSPORT.com, Falken Tire – SR86 Corolla.
Darren “D-MAC” McNamara wins ProDrift Europe round 4 in Finland and retakes the no.1 spot in European Championship after missing a round due to dates clashing with a FormulaD event in the States.
The Competition was very tough going into Round 4 of the ProDrift European Championship – seen by all as the Most competitive series on European turf.
Missing Round 3 in Sweden, D-MAC saw himself in 3rd place overall after dominating the Championship up untill that round; Round 4 saw us traveling to Alestaro Race Track in Finland (http://www.alastaro.fi/), the track was a long 3 bend layout; starting off with a long right bend up over a hill, down to a very fast left hander, then stand on the brakes as you transition straight into the final hairpin turn.
Brief panic erupted during the open practice session when the SR86 caught fire! ..it was however just a small oil leak and was quickly put out, fixed and soon had him back out there thanks to the MCNSPORT crew!
D-MAC lined up for qualifying, confidently said “It’s just a couple of corners, how hard can it be?” ..not very it would seem, as he qualified 2nd overall!
Straight into Top16 and D-MAC faced a European car, a BMW M-Coupe; which was a very powerful race car – D-MAC confidently took the battle with a 10-0 / 7-3 Win!
Top 8 saw D-MAC face a the highly competitive Dean Kearney from Ireland, it would however be a very short lived match-up as Dean’s turbo blew on the warm up run.
Top 4 saw D-MAC compete against car in familiar colors, one of the Falken Finland Nissan 180SX with huge power. – D-MAC quickly eliminated his opposition with a 6-4 / 7-3 Win!
Final time! The Final pairing was D-MAC Vs. Freddy Asbo in his Toyota Supra. Freddy had taken a 2nd place in ProDrift Sweden (Round 3) as well as second the day before in the Nordic Drift Championship, which lead him to the Championship win – Needless to say, this meant that Freddy was on a high and ready for action! – After both drivers getting a 6-4 each it was into “One more time”, lining up D-MAC seemed extremely determined win.. and that he did! ..with a decisive 7-3 / 6-4 D-MAC wins the event and once more sits on top of the ProDrift European Championship!
With only one more round left of the European ProDrift Championship and with the Top 3 guys well in contention, it’s set to be a very competitive last event! For more information on the the last event, please contact us on the below details!
Watch out for the Video of the event – COMING SOON!
Last but by no means least! ..BIG thanks to:
MCNSPORT.com
Falken Tire
JapaneseUsedCars.com
GumBall3000
KW Suspension
Drift2Motorsport
/Peden
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Peter “Peden” Nielsen
General Manager
MCNSPORT.com
Tel: 00353 (0)2223334
Email: mcnsport@gmail.com
Web: www.mcnsport.com
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After Seattle it was straight off the airplane in Ireland and back onto another heading for the official launch of the SD Series (Scandinavian Drift Series – http://www.sdseries.eu/en/drift-at-padborg-park-08/) in Denmark.
We had been invited to attend and show our skills. I was driving a 600HP ex-D1 Nissan S15 and Peden was driving a brand new 6L Corvette!!
D-MAC
After missing Las Vegas, due to unforeseen issues I was determined to show Seattle how drifting is done on an oval……. IN THE RAIN!!
The Falken Tire Saturn Sky has now had a lot more development time and felt a lot better than previous events!
After qualifying 6th overall it was time for Top16 where.
I faced Tony Angelo in his RX8: Final Score 14-9 = D-MAC goes through!!
I then faced Rhys Millen in the Great 8, in his Solstice – It was so close that we had to RUN EM AGAIN, first two battles ended 9-7 /7-9
On to RUN EM AGAIN and this time we were even faster in the very wet conditions!! By the closest of margins, Rhys went though to overall victory with a final score of: 18-15
It was a great event and now sets the tone for SONOMA, Ca. With this result at Seattle I am now up to 8th overall in the Championship, which is great considering that we are still developing a brand new car and missing one round all together didn’t help either!!
Stay tuned peepz!!
D-MAC
“MCNSPORT’s Darren “D-MAC” McNamara continues Dominating European Drifting”
Round two of the European Championship, held at the high impact track of “Teeside” in Northern England. With a fresh engine and sporting Falken “Azensis RT-615” Tires, the infamous MCNSPORT.com SR86 was ready for action!
The first evening of official practice was spent on the back track simply clocking up miles onto the new engine; with a short practice session shortly before qualification it was time to perform! During the practice session (of which D-MAC had only 3 runs, Ever) he noticed the new engine over-boosting, this meant that extreme caution was needed – Needless to say, not easy whilst drifting!
There were however a few elements on his side; the KW suspension saw the car glide effortlessly throughout the fast corners of the main track at Teeside.
After qualifying comfortably, D-Mac’s Drift Battle opponents were:
Top16: Dan Chapman:
One of the UK’s most promising new talents.
Top 8: Eric O’Sullivan:
Last years ProDrift IRL Champion and winner of JDM-AllStars, held at same venue 2 months previous.
Top 4: Phil Morrisson:
Rated by many as the UK’s number driver.
Final: James Deane:
Irelands bright new 16 year old hope, coming off a victory, 2 weeks previous in the ProDrift IRL series.
D-Mac now has an Overwhelming lead after just 2 events, however the next round (ProDrift Round 3, Sturup Raceway; Sweden) will see his competition get one up on him as it is conflicting with Round 3 of the US FormulaD series (Held in New Jersey, USA)
In his victory speech Darren extended his thanks to all his supporters; MCNSPORT.com – Falken Tires – JapaneseUsedCars.com – KW Suspension – Gumball3000 & Drift2Motorsport.
General Manager at MCNSPORT, Peter Nielsen said:
“After taking a year out of European drifting to concentrate on driving for Falken Tire Corporation, in the FormulaD Championship in America. Two rounds in, Darren has already come head to head with nearly all of Europe’a Top runners and rained victorious on all occasions – cementing his place as Europe’s undisputed Number 1 Professional drifter; and sees Darren “D-MAC” McNamara continue Dominating European Drifting.”
After FormulaD, Long Beach – USA; The weekend after saw the first round of the Irish and European ProDrift Series dawn on the Mondello International circuit near Dublin, Ireland.
After D-MAC’s very successful year in the Falken SR86 Corolla, 2007; It was time for it to return home to once again frighten the local and international competition.
D-MAC went into the weekend on a high, after his successful debut in the Falken/Sears Auto Center Saturn Sky. Finishing 9th overall after an amazing 2nd place during qualifying, D-MAC had impressed Everyone in this as-yet undeveloped torque monster.
The weekend began as late as Friday afternoon as the SR86 Corolla had only just cleared customs that afternoon, as the car arrived at the circuit there was an amazing sense of amazement from the flocking crowds.. and a distinct smell of Fear from the other drivers as “The Beast” had arrived home again. As the car was started for the first time there were several issues from the word go, the car itself was bent as D-MAC had a nasty meet with the notorious Irwindale concrete wall last time out. As well as this the engine was struggling under the pressure from not having stretched its legs for nearly 6months! “at first the turbo wouldn’t even spool” said Darren, only after several hours work into the night was she running again.
In true form, D-MAC as if he never left went out and impressed all by taking the runner-up position in the Irish Championship and after qualifying first for the European event, he now leads the European Championship for Falken Tire, MCNSPORT.com
D-MAC as always grateful to all his sponsors say a very personal thanks to all of his sponsors:
-MCNSPORT.com
-Falken Tire
-JapaneseUsedCars.com
-Gumball3000
-KW Suspension
-Drift2Motorsport
/Peden
General Manager
MCNSPORT.com
