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A few finer details

Ladies and gents

With tickets nearly ready to be launched, there are a few details you will need to know before you book.

As in any event there has to be some rules;
Cars must be in a road worthy condition
All cars must have brake lights
No sharp panels will be allowed
No leaks off any description
All cars must have seat belts on both driver and passenger side
Helmets must be warn
Arm and legs must be covered – No polyester
A 1kg (minimum) fire extinguisher must be fitted in every car (available from your local car parts shop)
Personal passengers will be allowed £25 per day
Drivers can share cars £50 for each additional driver
All driver must attend a drivers briefing
All staff are to be greeted/treated with a smile and respect
We remain the right to add additional rules if required as we get closer to the event.

 

Camping will be charged at £5 per head per night.

Garages are available to hire, these will be sold in pairs at the price of £100.

Additional drivers will be allowed however there is a £50 charge for extra drivers to be payable on the day.

Please note that the drivers name must be used when purchasing the ticket, if you are buying for someone else, we need the drivers name within 7 days of purchase or a refund will be issued.

Tickets are none transferable and not to be resold.

If you are not lucky enough to get a ticket tonight, we will operate a reserve list. If you wish to be placed on the reserve list please contact us through our contact page with your full name and email address.

Drivers will be offered a place should one become available.

Full refunds will be available up to the 2nd of February, after that there will be a 25% admin fee and paypal fees will apply.

If you have anymore questions then please use the contact page and we are waiting to answer any questions.

 

 

The tracks

The venue at Rockingham Motor Speedway is the largest purpose built oval in the UK.

With its infamous 1 mile oval built for 200 mph NASCAR and INDY cars it has to be WIDE!

With that in mind, we will be constructing two tracks on the banked oval. Both tracks will be driven by drivers, one after the other in a lap of the outer track.

 

The first track will be at the back of the track. The chance to ‘Run the wall’ will be built in to test drivers who wish to push to the limit. The track will then tighten to make use of the 50 meter wide section of tarmac towards the infield.

There will be an undulation where the banked oval drops to the level of the infield, making the most of out the area available. Twinning and trains of cars through this section will be fantastic, drivers, this section is for you to have plenty of fun with your mates!

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If you wish to show the crowd what you are made of, the second track will be made for you!

Set under the a grandstand, a track set up so you can ‘Run the wall’ in front of the crowd and head in to the pit lane! Rockingham have agreed to move the dividing wall in the pit lane to allow cars to finish their drift in the pit lane. Then its down the pit lane to go back to track one!

The infield has already been announced, the track is fantastic, fast flowing with a complete mix of corners for all to drift!

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Will you ‘Run the wall’ or play it safe on the infield?

 

 

Calling all car clubs

This will be the first event for many car fans in 2016!

As announced earlier this week, we were delighted to announce yesterday that for the first time in in over ten years, Rockingham Motor Speedway will host a drift event. The Spring Matsuri and round one of the 2016 Driftcup series will mean this is a weekend of Drifting not be missed.

This allows us plenty of room for car clubs to join the event and show their cars to everyone present.

If you are the organiser of a club and would like to get involved, drop us a line at [email protected]

Spring Matsuri 2016 – Rockingham Motor Speedway

Its with great pleasure that we can announce that the 2016 Spring Matsuri will be held at Rockingham Motor Speedway.

 

The circuit which opened back in 2001, has witnessed drifting before when drivers from D1JP visited the venue for GT Battle in 2005. The following year 5th gear presenter, Tiff Needell, would pilot a Toyota Soarer which is still being used for drifting to this day.

The venue is the only purpose built large oval in the UK and offers a mix of ultra fast corners on the the main oval. The infield is a pleasure to drift, the track lends its self to drifting like no other.

Drivers can forget about second gear action, most of the lap is for those capable of using third gear and for those with the power and skill fourth gear is a must!

The Matsuri will use both layouts! Yes! The infield will run to full effect allowing drivers to experience this wonderful venue!

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The oval will incorporate two sections to drift, two track in one lap! Will there be a chance to run the famous wall we hear you ask? YES! On both sections of the oval being used.

Chicanes will be used to enable those awesome wall rubs, the second section will be underneath one of the grandstands that will be open for spectators! So if you get it right you will be a hero, get it wrong and the crowd will more than likely let you know!

As at previous events, garages will be available for hire, drift trikes will be present along with a trade village.

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Car clubs, if you are interested in having a stand, please get in touch via the contact page.

If you own a car which you think is worth displaying in a show and shine competition, get in touch!

Traders, we want YOU there! Get in touch, we have an awesome deal for you all!

 

 

Drift Matsuri 2015 – The timetable

Ladies and gents

With only a few days remaining before we head to Anglesey Circuit for THE drift social of the year, we thought we’d give you a run down of the timetable

All three tracks will open at 0930 on both days

There will be a lunch break at 1230 on both Saturday and Sunday.

Track will reopen at 1330 on both days

The tracks will close at 1700 on Saturday and 1630 on Sunday

The Night time demo will take place between 1900 and 2100. Expect a sight like no other, strobes, neons, and plenty more!

Not forgetting the drift trikes which will run till late!

Plus the ‘Party in the pits’

It’s going to be AWESOME!

Calling all media – The details

Calling all media types who would love the opportunity to be able to shoot the action at the 2015 Driftmatsuri!

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You will need public liability insurance with with indemnity of a minimum of £5,000,000.

You will need to show copies of previous work over the past 12 months.

A covering letter from the publication or organisation you are working for.

If you tick all those boxes, drop us an email to [email protected] and we will forward you the relevant application form for you to fill and send.

Applications will be dealt with direct with Anglesey Circuit and they will have the final say to whether you qualify for media accreditation.

Confirmation email sent to drivers

Ladies and gents
Those that were lucky enough to book a drive or a garage have now been sent a confirmation email to the email addresses used last night, and to those who requested details be sent to an alternative address.
Please check your spam and junk mail in case it has gone there. If you still have not received it then drop me a message on our facebook page or use the contact page on the website and i will get it forwarded to you over the next few days.

 

Regards

Mark

 

Ticket sales go live at 8pm

Ladies and gents

We have been working none stop since we broke the internet last night. The site crashed at 1959 due to the number of people refreshing waiting for the tickets to go live.

Due to the server not being able to cope with the site traffic, we have relocated the shop to a more robust and  different system.

Fear not you will still be able to use the shop tab which will direct you to the correct page, how ever you can go directly here > Drift Matsuri shop

We have installed this to save everyone hitting the F5 button or refreshing the website which caused the issue we encountered yesterday.

All tickets will be activated manually by our web developer at 8pm this evening.

Regards

The DM team.