Category: Drift
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NEZ DRIFT // ESTONIA / 2015
Read more: NEZ DRIFT // ESTONIA / 2015North European Drift championship. Few years ago it was most anticipated event in our parts of the world. Now it seems that it has grown into Baltic championship where few Scandinavians are competing for fun. Still almost 40 competitors arrived to put on a show. Estonians were in good form and almost all qualified well. Latvians were the main competitors. 2. Eduard Vahemets made a guest appearance with his Mustang. 3. Juha Pöytälaakso brought his E92 smoke machine. 4. Max Power! 5. Martin Vaga was showing strong runs all day. 6. Weather was very hot, many teams were double checking the cars…
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Remembering Gatebil Rudskogen
Read more: Remembering Gatebil RudskogenIn 2013 I went to Gatebil for the first time and caught the bug.. I came back in 2014 and already booked the trip for 2015. I seen Gatebil action on “Getaway in Stockholm” DVDs and never understood what is actually happening. Top rated car media blessed this event and as soon as I got there I agreed with them. I know why it’s the best speed festival on Earth – because Scandinavians. People in the North don’t know how to drink moderate, don’t know how to keep a moderate number of cars on the track, don’t know how to…
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Suurhalli Drift 2015 // Finals / Day 2
Read more: Suurhalli Drift 2015 // Finals / Day 2Congratulations to KERT-EIGO KULLA and KEVIN PESUR for winning PRO and PRO-AM classes respectfully.
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Suurhalli Drift 2015 // Highlights / Day 1
Read more: Suurhalli Drift 2015 // Highlights / Day 1It was a long winter for me, cold dark winter. My camera was on the shelf all the time and today it was ready for the first Estonian drifting event of year 2015. It was a training day for pro and pro-am drivers and spectators could see what competitors were doing in their garages for past 6 months. Quite a few drivers moved from Street to Pro-am class and also some gathered their strength and will search for luck in Pro competition.
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ESTONIAN PRO-DRIFT CHAMPIONSHIP 2014
Read more: ESTONIAN PRO-DRIFT CHAMPIONSHIP 2014In 2014 Estonian Drift Association performed the biggest job yet. Two events were held in Tallinn and every location was new to everybody. Drivers worked on the cars and appearance pretty well and already in May ’14 we witnessed new pro-drivers, new never-seen-before cars and sponsors. Team Smokehunters’ fleet consisted of a well known BMW 2002 and a completely new Ford Mustang with a BMW “inside”. Their main rival, both on the track and on the web (fight for fans on facebook is very consistent), Team Ghost got a big sponsor and was looking strong. Team NRR ditched the E30…
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DRIFT MEMOIRS OF 2014
Read more: DRIFT MEMOIRS OF 2014I live in Estonia, country where drifting is the most popular form of Motorsport. So I’m heavily involved with it and let’s be honest — it’s much more spectacular to photograph drift rather traditional circuit racing. Eastern Europe and Scandinavia host three international drift series: Drift Allstars, Eastern European Drift Championship (EEDC) and North European Zone Drift Championship (NEZ). Scandinavia is also home to the biggest drift festival in the World — Gatebil. International events bring big names from the tire slaying world: in EEDC and Drift Allstars you often enjoy company of Juha Rintanen who was battling with the top guys in Formula…
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