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WOW! Information overload! Intense day! And bloody hot! But a great day overall

Judging and Filming in between made the day go pretty fast!

Was good to meet some people and see drifting alive and well in Victoria.

Congratulations and thanks to the interstate guys who came down from the ACT, NSW and S.A. It’s a big effort and I hope you all enjoyed yourselves at Winton. All the interstate guys were at a high level and only just missed out on the top 4 battles.

As far as the judging went, wow! We had numerous re-runs, more than I’ve ever been part of. The standard was very high and most impressive and indicative of the improving overall level of Drifting in Aus.

I had a great time judging with Tony and Sean, a lot of pressure calls to make, but also a lot of laughs. Cat, thanks for scribing the points down too!

The winners: Congrats to the winner Luke Fink, and runner up Leigh Pidwell, 3rd Nigel. the guys fast, consistent driving all day was rewarded accordingly. Top work guys! Leigh should be known as “the proximity mine” N64 golden eye style!(racin Jason can use it if he wants) Intense closeness all day Leigh, great to watch. Also to the street class guys, 1st Robert Mclaren(pinky180) 2nd. Andrew McNeill and 3rd, Josh Morrison consistent driving meant another difficult decision. Congrats guys!

Special mention to Aggess who got 4th In pro class.For me, you were the most exciting guy to watch on the day. Always alive and a bit wild, it suited what I loved to see to the ground mate. You landed the craziest entry award too(not that we officially had one) Congrats! Like Big Kev, “I was excited”

Yoshi, Kelly, John, Warwick and all the other Vicdrift guys did a great job and worked really hard all day. They worked hard for weeks before the event too. So thankyou to all you guys organising it. Safety do a good job at Winton, so good work to them as well for keeping downtime to a minimum.

P.S As far as making a video clip. I will be doing so as soon as possible but you may have to hang tight for a week or so. I promise to do it faster than round 2. I missed out on some great footage for various reasons, but ill make do with what I have.

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yeah was good for first comp day and second track day struggled to keep up with rob as only have a small amount of power still, but where is footage been dying to see the runs and where i can imporve found some small issues with the car as well but should be sorted and car finally back on raod befor next event i attend, ohh and i owe you that money as well forhelping me get to second :)

was a good event the drivers were awesome, as for the spectating side of things me and my mates thought it was ordinary, you had to be prepared to roast in the sun to see any action even then you could only really catch half which was the canteen end or the left end where the drifting wasnt but thats were the one tree with shade was.. :) but hey the driving made the epic sun burn worth it :D

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