We know you’re itching to read all about the Team Orange Drift School and you will, soon. There are tonnes of photos to go through and it’s going to be quite something, but more on that later.
This past weekend also saw the 4th and final round of the Carnival City Drift Championship take place at The Rock Raceway. This prestigious affair carries with it the WOMSA title and a fair whack of prize money.
Chad gets Ernest's thoughts before the race.
Going into this final round, Team Drift Spec’s Ernest Simpson lead the championship race with 12 points, 5 points ahead of his nearest rival, Issufo Ussuman from Maputo Mozambique. With 5 points awarded for a win, Ussuman would have to take the outright win with Simpson failing to take any points whatsoever in order to tie the scores. Had this been the case, the decision would then be based on the highest placings throughout the season.
Ernest in the qualifying rounds.
It was not to be and Simpson took his Drift Performance Products / Tyre Rack Nigel Nissan S13 (that was rebuilt at the beginning of the year if you remember correctly) to the semi finals, finishing in 4th to net himself 2 points and place him in the clear. This gave him the overall Carnival City Championship win and the title of WOMSA 1. GWT Racing’s Aubrey Hiles secured second overall thanks to a 4th round win placing him ahead of Issufo Ussuman who claimed third.
An additional honour came when Nobushige Kumakubo and Sleepy Furuse asked if they could award them with their trophies. A once in a lifetime opportunity just to sweeten the experience.
A hearty congratulations goes out to him and his team on their prime performance this year.
Ernest would like to thank:
“DRIFT Performance product.
Monster Motorsport
Nigel Motor Spares
Tyre Rack Nigel
And a huge thanks to Hannes Frans and he’s team for all the work!”
From left: Sleepy Furuse, Nobushige Kumakubo, Aubrey Hiles (2nd), Ernest Simpson (1st), Issufo Ussuman (3rd) and Terry Grant.
Final round podium. Richat Kahn (2nd), Aubrey Hiles (1st) and Riaan Stokes (3rd)
Pieter from Carnival City presents Ernest with his trophy.
