Tag: janis eglite
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Baltic Drift Championship // Riga / 2018
Read more: Baltic Drift Championship // Riga / 2018After long winter rest I find myself at a familiar track – Bikernieki circuit in Riga. It’s a fresh tradition to start the Baltic championship at this infamous track. Eline Berke does a great job, always bringing full house of spectators and more than 100 drivers. But don’t get your hopes up, most of the drivers are pro-am or street league. Only 21 or 22 drivers were fighting for top honours, and that is from 3 baltic countries. Why is that? Well, for sure few teams didn’t manage to finish the car yet, few guys may be interested only in…
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Baltic Drift Championship 2017 // Riga
Read more: Baltic Drift Championship 2017 // RigaFirst event of the season is always special: everybody worked hard during winter and now drivers can test their cars and see what competition has to offer. For fans it’s also exciting: they get to see what drivers were building during the off-season, see new names in the drivers’ list, especially since some teams like to sit low and don’t post a lot of updates on Social Media. I’m glad to see that Baltic Drift Championship finally took a proper shape with about ten drivers representing each country, hoping that all of them will keep the momentum and visit the…
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Drift Allstars Latvia // Bikernieki / Riga 2016
Read more: Drift Allstars Latvia // Bikernieki / Riga 2016Drift All-stars returns to the world famous Bickernicki Circuit located within the heart of Riga the capital of Latvia for the fourth consecutive season. Now considered a classic on the tour the Latvian fans really embrace this event as one of the Motorsport highlights in Latvia. Following on from his top podium placing in Estonia the week before, Falken Motorsport driver and reigning champion James ‘The Machine’ Deane was unstoppable in competition, first locking down P1 in qualifying before mercilessly overcoming anyone who stepped in his way during the battles, and taking the win once again. 1. James Deane –…
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Drift Allstars Estonia // 2016
Read more: Drift Allstars Estonia // 2016The past weekend Laitse Rally Park near Tallinn, Estonia welcomed the Drift Allstars championship with open arms, as some of the world’s best drift drivers came together for an explosive and unforgettable 2016 Estonian Drift GP. With a whole host of local wild-card drivers wanting to test their mettle against the international Allstars, it looked like it would be the event of the underdog, as several big names fell early on in the event to unseeded local drivers. However, when the smoke settled, Estonian Kristjan Klemets would find himself lining up against two-time Drift Allstars champion James Deane in the…
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Estonian Drift GP // Drift Allstars / Outtakes
Read more: Estonian Drift GP // Drift Allstars / OuttakesWhen an event is close to your home, you’re able to devote more time to it. Especially when it’s one of the highlights of the year. This time I was writing the article for Speedhunters, I feel that I covered Estonian drift scene quite well without being boring or writing too much about it – it wasn’t a complete history of course, but probably I will try myself on something like that for the 10th Anniversary (I have all the material from Day 1). You can read Speedhunters story and check the main pictures HERE. Below you can see my…
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Estonian Drift GP // You Have to Wait for It / 😛
Read more: Estonian Drift GP // You Have to Wait for It / 😛Some of you may wonder why I’m not putting the latest review from Drift Allstars Round 4 in Estonia. The thing is, it will be featured on Speedhunters a bit later, so I can’t share all the goodies with you just yet. It will be out in the end of August, so stay tuned. Still, I uploaded few tasters – enjoy!