Ladies and gents
Those who do not follow us on Facebook may have missed the announcement we made earlier this month.
The page can be found here > Driftmatsuri Facebook
Tickets for the Spring Matsuri at Rockingham will go LIVE at 8pm on the 3rd of January!
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!
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!
Will you ‘Run the wall’ or play it safe on the infield?
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]
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!
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.
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!
At 1900 tonight (1st December 2015) on our Facebook page > Driftmatsuri
We will announce the venue that will host the first ever ‘Spring Matsuri’ in the UK
This is going to be MASSIVE!
Anglesey Circuit played host to the third annual Drift Matsuri this last weekend, hundreds of drifters, three tracks, night drifting and a party, the season would end in style!
There is no competition here, just a gathering of drifters looking to enjoy their weekend on and off the circuit.
The track action kicked off on Saturday morning with the drivers getting to choose between the three tracks. The touge track rose up above the rest of the track before cresting the hill into a blind initiation, it then winds its way back down the hill with a few tight corners.
The hairpin track was mainly used to practice their entries with a few people trying backwards entries throughout the event.
The final circuit was the BDC loop in reverse, a run upto the first corner would see the drivers hitting 3rd gear before initiating past the pit exit, a quick manji down the straight before initiating into a banked right hairpin. It’s a fast track that finishes with a high speed right hand bend.
There were some familiar drivers out on track with regular BDC and IDC drivers taking part, the lesser known drivers get to mix it up with some of the drivers they look up to and learn from them whilst on track.
The selection of cars was better than ever before, ranging from a hotrod powered by a turbo charged SAAB engine to a host of AE86s and everything in between.
As the sun started to set the drivers would return to the paddock whilst a selection of drivers prepared their cars for the night drifting demo.
The spectators crowded around the edge of the track all waiting to see the cars emerging from the darkness at speed.
The drivers describe this as scary but incredible fun, it’s amazing watching as they manage to run close together at high speed in the dark.
Most of the cars had been decorated with light bars, neons, strobes, anything the drivers could get their hands on to make their car visible for the spectators.
After 2 hours and lots of shredded tyres it was time for the track action to stop for the evening but the party in the paddock went on much later into the night.
Sunday morning and it was time for the track to open again, the drivers would get another full day of drifting and everyone headed out onto track to make the most of it.
By the end of the day everyone was exhausted, it was time load up and head home from another successful Drift Matsuri.
We have added just a few photographs some of the additional media that were present.
You can view our full event picture gallery on the DriftMatsuri Facebook page
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 types who would love the opportunity to be able to shoot the action at the 2015 Driftmatsuri!
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.
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
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.