2nd Place for Nick at the Hi-Tec Oils Pty Ltd Figure 8 Drift Competition. Qualifying didnt go to plan with 9th place & that meant that Nick would have to battle hard to get to the podium. First battle was with Sydney Driver Alex Sciacca in the mental J powered RX8. Nick put on a great chase lap & on the switch around Alex had a spin following Nick awarding the win to Nick. Top 8 battle was against top qualifier Camo Mote Drift. These two guys put on such a close set of battles they had to call for a re-run & even then the judges couldnt split them & called for another re-run. Unfortunately for Camo his car suffered mechanical issues on the way back to the pits for a tyre change & had to forfeit the last run meaning Nick was through to the Top 4. Top 4 was against Steven Prembry in the little ae86. Nick lead first with a great run & left Steve struggling to gain proximity. On the switch around Nick got on Stevens door & didnt let go handing the win to Nick & now through to the Finals. The Final was against Fernando Wiehrl. Fernando lead first & Nick stuck to his Door putting on a great show of car control & outstanding proximity. The switch around saw Nick do exactly what the judges wanted from the lead car & threw it in big on the first corner & Fernando seemed to struggle to match Nicks entry with a shallow line & then a slight straighten before getting on the door of Nick. The judges didnt see it that way & called a re-run. We went to go change tyres as they were spent & we were advised that we couldnt change tyres after only 1 set of battles & had to do the re-run on what we had on the car. Certainly not the best runs in this last battle but Nick still put on a great show & only missed the number 1 spot by 1/2 a point. The Hi-Tec Oils Figure 8 Drift Series is shaping up to be a fierce competition with some great coverage for everyone that cant make it to Sydney with the live stream proving very popular on Motorsportstv.au
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 07:22:01 +0000
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