This weekend we storm into Zwartkops Raceway for the eighth and final installment of the SupaDrift Series for 2011. It’s been a spectacle of a series throughout the year with many highs and lows as the tables constantly turned and the championship unfolded.

This Saturday, 26th November, we witness the final hurrah to wrap up the year and decide who takes the championship title. Once again, it’s a night event so proceedings will be starting a little later than what we’ve seen earlier in the year with the start marked at 5pm.

SUPADRIFT 08 – Night Time Slideways Chaos!

If you have ever been to a drift event, then you are aware of the blacktop dramas that unfold; vehicles drifting 130km/h plus 1m apart from one another; traditionally leaving a dark tinge of tyre markings on the raceway tarmac. Moreover, you will notice an unfamiliar sight; ‘drifting’ is a judged sport and not a race from A to B; even although, speed be one of the judges criteria’s for adjudicating a run, along with line, angle and the formidable X-Factor; it’s a showcase of skill and will be demonstrating its knack for immediate crowd gratification at this years final round of the Wesbank Super Series on the 26th November 2011. The SupaDrift Series, along with its organisers and Motorsport South Africa have decided to combine efforts in its final rounds of competition and make a motorsport enthusiast smile from ear to ear, and its all happening at Zwartkops Raceway… Read the rest of this entry →