Via Wreck ‘Em

Ok I have to be honest here. Not all, but most drift comps in Australia are boring.. Sorry but it’s true. I don’t want to pull any of the event organizers down as they have all done an amazing job working with what they have got and are they are the reason drift it where is in Australia today. But for anyone who has experienced MSC, D1 or any local comp in Japan will know the level of excitement is what makes the experience over there so much better.

C’est la vie right.. Fuck no. The QLD short track series has seriously got their shit together to the point I would have to rate last nights comp as one of the best I have attended.

The whole vibe was great, with tunes playing, Mez saying funny shit on the mic, and a bucket load of mayhem from the drivers. I guess you simply need to look at the number of spectators (for such a small event) to see they are on a winning formula.

Anyhow the major stand out for me was the driving. Everyone seems to have taken some crazy pills before the event with Kris Klutke, Rob Whyte and Flynn Dowling been the standouts for me. Backwards entries, panel rubbing tandems, drift train and wall riding were the recipe for the night. I actually woke up so pumped this morning that I put I’ve put my skid rims back on my Silvia… ahhh but might need some more practice before the next one though (>_<)

Check out my complete album of the event by clicking here

This R32 was loose all night.. Surprised it lasted this long

I suck at photography at the best of times but on this particular night I somehow forgot half my gear. Anyhow rather than just deleting everything I figured I would just mask everything with fancy effects.

Maybe I should start wearing nerd glass while drinking chi in Paddington?

Porsche is eyeing Queensland sites to build its own race track in Australia.

The move would follow plans to build similar circuits in the US and China. Porsche already offers Aussie customers high performance driving days through its lease of the Queensland government owned driver training facility at Mt. Cotton.
However, the local arm is keen to establish its own centre and is looking hard at possible sites in the Sunshine State, Porsche Australia spokesman Paul Ellis says.
“Queensland is the logical place for Porsche to look at creating a driving centre as a large percentage of our drive day participants come from Asia and they tend to package their Porsche driving days with holidays,” he says.
Two similar tracks are planned for the Atlanta and Los Angeles in the US, which is Porsche’s biggest market with 29,093 sales for 2011 – an increase of 15 per cent over 2010.
However China was screaming up close behind with 24,340 sales, which was a massive increase of 64 per cent over 2010’s 14,785 sales (itself an increase of 63 per cent over the previous year).
“The market in China will possibly overtake the US very soon,” suggests Porsche’s global head of product and technical press, Thomas Becki.
He says Porsche already hosts drive days and training in China (at Shanghai’s Tianma track), but with the planned new one “we will own it and we will control it.”
But it’s not about megalomania, it’s about money. There’s a strong business case for owning the facility, Becki says.
“Once you buy your Porsche sports car and you want to do training days, it will be worth your while to pay for them to get the full Porsche experience,” he says. In addition, there’s the potential to increase the bottom line by leasing the facility out.
“We don’t do these things just for the sake of it,” Ellis says. “We do them because it’s a business and it’s also about giving customers the opportunity to experience their cars in a safe and entertaining environment.”

Via CarsGuide.com.au

I have attend a few events over the past couple of weeks but with my insanely slow 3G mobile phone connection, I am unable to upload any pics.

So here is Part 2 of the last Porsche Club day….

For a recap of part 1, see here.