It was great to see Nick in the Skyline again after a year or so tucked away in the garage.
This was the car Nick learnt the art of Drifting in. She has seen a few different looks & engine packages over the years but its great to see the car can be as competitive today as she was when we first built it.
2009 when the Skyline was a road registered car & Nick was learning to Drift at our Local Drift Track Archerfield Drift.
2009 & its first race livery & Nick's very first competition.
2010 & the sponsors started to come on board.
2011 & the new Look ready for The Tectaloy International Drift Challenge at World Time Attack.
2nd Round of the maiden series of Australian Drifting Grand Prix.
We entered the Ultimate Drift Showdown at our local track Archerfield Drift to give the Skyline a quick test before we enter her into a new Competition called Drift Challenge Australia.
The day started out a bit overcast & started to drizzle rain just as the Competition started.
We managed to get a few Dry Practise laps before the heavens opened up. The Achilles Radial 123s was great in the dry & out performed every other tyre in the wet.
We had a few gremlins we had to sort out after the car had been sitting for so long & also had a half shaft break on us just before qualifying which put us to the test.
This was a Top 16 battle Round & Nick was to take on a new comer in Drift Harry Tarrant who put up a great fight with Nick going through on the slightest of margins.
Next was long time Drift Competitor Josh Boetcher for the top 8.
By this stage the track was well & truly wet & it made for some great battles.
Nick took the win over Josh on his chase lap with some outstanding proximity.
Rob lead first & Nick jumped on his door from turn one & didn't let go. It was so close at times I'm sure there would have been some paint swapped but to Nicks credit he got as close as you can without touching.
On the switch around Rob gave every bit back to Nick sticking with him all the way but made an error coming out of the hairpin & not leaving enough room for Nick to transition back & contact was made forcing Rob to have a slight straighten awarding the win to Nick.
Finals time now against long time Drift Buddy Kris Klutke.
Nick Chased first & it was like they had a pivot between the cars as Nick placed the Skyline up the doors of Kris's car with expert precision. This was going to be a great finish to the night but unfortunately a niggling alternator problem surfaced on the second last corner causing Nick to straighten up behind Kris handing a huge advantage 7-3 Kris's way.
Nicks lead lap was nothing but perfection in these slippery conditions & Kris just wasn't able to keep up with Nick putting a descent gap between them but just not enough to even the score up with a 6-4 handing the win to Kris.
2nd place for the day & a heap of fun at the track so fond to us.
Our next outing is Drift Challenge Australia at Raleigh Raceway near Coffs Harbour on June 28th & 29th. Check out http://driftchallengeaustralia.com/ for entrant & spectator details.
