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Team Xtreme: Nigel Colfer (Xtreme Autos Red 180sx) & Dean Kearney (Xtreme Autos Yellow 1via) Also Featuring: Ronan Kearney (SDS Vehicles White S13) Dennis Healy (Hunky Dory's Purple Twincam) David Garvey (Green 180sx) Ian Coyne (Yellow 180sx) Luke Hennessy (Coolnights Pink Skyline)
So the season is over for 2008 and what a great final it was.
Here are the results: Pro 1st: Mike Deane 2nd: Dean Kearney 3rd: Glen Maher
Semi-Pro 1st: Lar Love 2nd: John McCarthy 3rd: Anthony Feeney
Novice 1st: Paddy O' Grady 2nd: Paul McCarthy 3rd: James Callaghan
Championship Results Pro 1st: Mike Deane 2nd: Nigel Colfer 3rd: Conor Lenihan
Semi-Pro 1st: Larry Love 2nd: Mikey Walsh 3rd: Trevor Murphy
Novice 1st: Paddy O' Grady 2nd: Anthony Feeney 3rd: Shane Walker
Thanks to everyone for a great season and we hope to see you all next year. Sign up to our newwsletter to keep up to date with everything and to be the first to know when it will all be starting up again. :D
Thanks to all the staff, drivers and spectators for their support over the year.
Not sure how to get to Watergrasshill? Simply click here: http://www.theaa.ie/routes/ and fill in your starting point and add Watergrasshill in the “To” box. Then click continue.
The following drivers are to take part in D-rift Grand Finale on Sunday 5th October:
Adrian Thornehill S14 Alan Sinnot AESR Anthony Bardgett R32 Billy O' Callaghan 180sx Billy Sutton R32 Chris Keogh Silvia Colm Bolger 180sx Conor Lenihan S13 Damian Shortt AE86 Dan Morehead S13 Danny Howard S14 David Garvey 180sx Dean Kearney Silvia Declan Thornehill 180sx Dennis Healy AESR Finbarr Brennan 180sx Gary Bradley 180sx Gavin Leinihan 180sx Glen Maher AESR Ian Coyne 180sx James Deane ????(surprise car) John O' Connell E30 Johnny Murphy S14 Kevin Meaney S13 Luke Hennessy Skyline Mark Coyne 200sx Martin Ffrench Silvia Martin O' Meara S14 Martin Tyrrell R33 Michael Buckley 180sx Michael O' Shea S14GTR Mick O' Loughlan E30 M3 Mike Deane S13 Mikey Walsh 180sx Nigel Colfer 180sx Paul Barry 180sx Ronan Kearney S13 Stephen Bolger 180sx
Don't miss out on the Grand Finale of D-rift Battle 2008 at Watergrasshill on October 5th! :D Mike Deane is currently leadin the championship but Xtreme Autos driver Nigel Colfer is following closely behind him. Take a look at the tables here: http://www.d-rift.ie/index.php?page=driverstable See who will come out on top! Again we will be running the track backwards as we have done for the last couple of events as we have found this to be better both for spectators and drivers.
So come along and see who will be D-rift Battle Champion 2008!
D-rift Battle and Xtreme Autos would like to say a big Congratulations to Nigel Colfer and Dean Kearney who got excellent results at Mondello yesterday. Nigel Colfer (red 180sx) was almost flawless on Saturday and qualified in 2nd place and then knocked out Neil Donnellan in the Top 32 which got him through to Top 16 on Sunday. Dean Kearney (yellow one-via) qualified among the Top 8 drivers and went on to knock out Christy Carpenter in the Top 32.
On Sunday there was an air of confidence around the Xtreme Autos truck and so there should have been as they both guys gave it their all, which worked out well for them. Colfer kept his calm and collected persona and was consistent with his dexterity all day. In the Top 16 he kncoked out Philip Cash and this brought him to the next battle where he met Eric O’ Sullivan once again. Nigel has beaten O’ Sullivan before so he wasnt intimidated by the talented driver. And his lack of nerves worked to his advantage as after a 6-4 score both ways it was time for a re-run. But Nigel’s 180sx was all over the Honda powered Corolla of O’ Sullivan and Nigel succeeded in getting his ticket to the Top 8. In the Top 8 he met Dennis Healy in his Sr20 powered Corolla but unfortunately Dennis put and end to Nigel’s achievements as Healy had the edge on Nigel and it was the AESR that proceeded to the final. Nigel then went for the 3rd and 4th placement against the highly skilled youngster James Deane but unfortunately James had that little bit more and pushed Nigel to a well deserved 4th place!
Dean Kearney was also showing excellent ability on Sunday as he started by beating the man who stood in his way to 2nd place in the overall standings who was John O’ Connell. I had been watching this guy in practice and he was driving very well, but unfortunately for him, and fortunately for Kearney, he didn’t perform so well in the battles. In the first run he left enough room for Dean to pass him and so this gave Kearney an immediate 10-0 lead. So all he had to do was stay calm for the second run and that’s what he did. In the Top 8 he met none other than Gavin Lenihan who has really been showing how much talent he has got lately. But Dean proved he was the better driver on the day as he is the one who progressed to the Semi Finals. Here he met James Deane. This is a regular occurrence in the drift scene and it’s always good entertainment to watch these two drivers go head to head as they have a similar driving style and they are both as aggressive as each other! The first run was scored 7-3 to James as he was all over Kearney but in the second run Dean was right on top of James and so the judges said they had to score it 8-2 to Kearney as he had more aggression and angle than James. So Kearney got his pass to the Finals where he was up against none other than good friend Dennis Healy. Healy had taken the relaxed approach to the drifting all day and this was really working in his favour. And even more so in the finals as he really gave it his all in the final against Kearney and he just powered through the battles, smoke bellowing from the tyres of his SR20 Corolla and stole the silverware from Dean. But Kearney was still delighted with second place and was even happier for Healy to take first as everyone knew that this was a well deserved win!
1st: Dennis Healy 2nd: Dean Kearney 3rd: James Deane 4th: Nigel Colfer
