The Drift Matsuri 2018

It is with great pleasure we can announce the Drift Matsuri at Anglesey circuit will take place on Saturday and Sunday the 27th and 28th October.

Once a year the picturesque circuit opens its doors to drifting.

This allows us to run 3 very different track, the National track which contains the bank hairpin and the fastest corner drifted in the UK.

The Touge track, up the Cork Screw and over the mountain. This is one of the highlights for many with trains of cars using this layout all weekend.

The Hairpin, used by the experts for practicing backwards entries. Along side them, drivers who want to get their nerves settled and maybe its their first event. The perfect section of the circuit for beginners.

The night time demo is also a highlight for many. Drivers are invited to take part in what is a fantastic spectacle. The track may appear lit to you, for the drivers its a different story. They need all their skill and judgement to make sure they are prepared for drifting at night time.

The after party – the ‘Party in the pits’ sees the beats drop when the engines are turned off.
DJ Kuta will be dropping the tunes once again. Those who have been know how good the vibe, tunes and whole experience is.

Tickets

www.driftmatsuri.com/tickets

Drivers

A weekend ticket is £340
A Saturday ticket is £179
A Sunday ticket is £179

Spectators

Advanced tickets

A weekend ticket is £30
A Saturday ticket is £20 (Pay £30 and have £10 refunded on removal of Saturday wristband* before 9pm). *Only Saturday wristbands will be refunded.
A Sunday ticket is £15

On the gate prices

Weekend ticket £35
Saturday ticket £25 (Pay £35 on arrival and have £10 refunded on refunded on removal of Saturday wristband* before 9pm). *Only Saturday wristbands will be refunded.
Sunday ticket £20.

There are few more announcement to be made in the run up to the event, so make sure you check out our Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat account at @driftmatsuri

Spring Matsuri 2018: The Report

Spring Matsuri has quickly become the place to be at the start of each drift season, hosted at Rockingham Motor Speedway featuring two days of drifting, four tracks, a skate park, RC drifting, the first round of the HEL Performance Driftcup and even an after party on the Saturday night!

It’s easy to see why Spring Matsuri has become such a well known event for both the drivers and the fans.

The four tracks across the venue challenge the drivers in different ways, the oval features two tracks with high speed transitions on the banking providing a great chance to run the wall in multiple places on each run.

The Infield track is always popular, it’s one of the longest continuous tracks used in the UK with the drivers pushing themselves to link each corner together.

The final track is the Outer Paddock, on Saturday this custom layout is available to all of the drivers before the Driftcup drivers take over on Sunday for the first round of their 2018 season.

The outer paddock layout started off with fast sweeping corners before progressively tightening toward the end of the track, this gave chase drivers every opportunity to close up on the lead car.

The selection of cars at the Matsuri weekends is always impressive and this time was no exception! There were plenty of the usual S13s, S14s and Skylines, alongside rarer chassis choices like Martin Wonnacott’s JZX100 or Leonard Kepert’s monster of a BMW E46.

Something that stands out at these events is the range of driving talent on track at any time, from grassroots drivers to current British Drift Championship entrants.

If the track action wasn’t varied enough there was always the RC drift track with a huge selection of cars for people to try out on their custom track, every time we looked in it was clear that it has become a popular addition to the event.

Team Extreme ran a few demos each day on the skate park that had been constructed for the event, performing their tricks on BMX’s and Scooters. Mark Webb, professional BMXer and drifter also joined in with the displays.

As the darkness drew in on Saturday the tracks closed but it wasn’t the end of the action, the Outer Paddock came to life with the team battles. Each team featured three drivers running together with the aim of impressing the crowds in order to advance through each stage of the competition.

A couple of hours of great drifting followed before the fireworks ended the track action for the evening before the after party kicked off, continuing into the early hours.

Sunday morning came around and it was time to do it all over again on the oval tracks and the infield, whilst Round 1 of the 2018 HEL Performance Driftcup took place on the outer paddock.

The spectators flocked to the wall on the outer paddock to watch as the Driftcup drivers battled hard throughout the day, running in close proximity to each other and the wall in front of the fans.

By the end of the weekend many tyres had been shredded, a lot of fun had been had by all and everyone left the event with smiles on their faces.

It had been another successful Spring Matsuri, an event that continues to grow each year, we are already looking forward to the next one!

Grab your discounted tickets TODAY!

As we get closer and closer to the start of the drift season, tickets for the Spring Drift Matsuri close TODAY!

ALL tickets will be removed from sale at 8pm tonight.

You will still be able to buy tickets on the gate when you arrive.

Under 14’s go free of charge, ticket prices start at £16.50. Go to the tickets tab NOW!

If you arrive on the day, tickets will be as follow

• Saturday £25 – £35 payable and £10 refunded on removal of your Saturday wristband at the gate before 9:30pm
• Sunday £20
• Weekend ticket £35

We look forward to seeing you over the weekend!

Don’t miss HEL Performance HEL DriftCup round 1 2018 on Sunday.

The stars of tomorrow today doing battle in the Outer Paddock.

The Infield and Oval both transformed in to a drifters heaven!

Radio Controlled car drifting in garages 25/26/27 care of Getyourdrifton. Bring your own drift car if you have one! Drivers from across the UK and Europe will be on site!

Team Extreme on site doing their thing both days on a purpose built half pipe in the inner paddock.

Night time battles in the outer paddock!

Teams of three cars side by side under floodlights – YOU! The crowd are the judges!

Then the party really kicks of in the ‘Party in the Pits’. bring your dancing show and get ready to party the night away!

#Springmatsuri2018
#Rockingham
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A few more details

With just over a week before we head to Rockingham Motor Speedway for the 2018 Spring Matsuri, here are a few more details you need to know.

Arrival times
The gates will open to everyone at 3pm on Friday the 9th. They will then reopen at 7am on Saturday and Sunday morning.

GATES WILL CLOSE AT 9PM PROMPT ON FRIDAY. 

Please plan your journey to arrive before the gates shut to avoid disappointment.

The gates will close at 10pm on Saturday night.

Sunday drivers, you are permitted to arrive on Saturday if you wish. If you do, we ask that you park in the spectator area until Sunday.

Saturday drivers, we ask that you park your cars in the spectator area on Sunday to allow your fellow drivers plenty of room in the pits.

Camping

Camping is free of charge to all those attending, Please be aware that there is no camping in the Inner Pits. All tents and caravans MUST be located in the camping area.

There is hard standing and a grassed area. DO NOT DRIVE ON THE GRASS! You WILL get stuck! The grassed area is for tents only.

Facilities are found in the Rockingham main building. Showers can be found to the rear of the Outer Paddock area.

TICKETS
You must have a copy of the ticket that was emailed to you when you placed your order. This contains a bar code that will be scanned when you arrive. This will be exchanged for your wristbands.

No Ticket – No entry. If you have an issue at the gate, simply pay for a wristband and the gate staff will tell you who to contact once in the venue.

Your ticket can only be scanned once and you will receive all the wristbands you have paid for.

We will not be holding any wristbands for your guests/mates/drivers/crews. It is YOUR responsibility to arrange to get them to the rightful owner.

PADDOCK ACCESS
Infield drivers ONLY will have access to the Inner paddock area.

ALL other vehicles MUST be parked in the camp site or spectator area.

TRAILERS
There are to be NO TRAILERS in the paddock areas, this includes the Outer Paddock pits.

Cars MUST be unloaded and driven sensibly to your paddock area.

The unloading areas and trailer park in marked on the map below.

Drivers will receive a much more detailed email in the next few days.

Team Extreme added to the bill

We always bring a little something different to the Matsuri events.

This year is no exception, last year we had a simple half pipe place in the Inner Paddock. Mark Webb and a few other riders were invited to show what they can do on two wheels.

This year we are stepping up the game and have invited ‘Team Extreme’ to entertain those of you who are in to extreme sports.

We are delighted to tell you that we will have some of the best riders in the UK and Europe showing their skills over the weekend.
Mark Webb will be on site, riding and driving so expect fireworks! Alex Coleborn will be joining Mark on the ramp along with Oakley way.

On top of that we will have in line skaters and scooter riders doing their thing.

With shows four times a day each day, the action won’t just be on the track but in the Inner Paddock area too.

Team Extreme Show Reel from Team Extreme on Vimeo.

How to book your ticket for the Spring Matsuri

Are you ready to book for THE Drift event to kick start the 2018 season?

We have had a number of enquiries regarding ticket sales, so we thought we would clarify everything before tickets go LIVE tomorrow and 8pm.

1.  Outer Paddock Saturday £99 driver only
2.  Saturday Infield and Oval £179 driver plus one, both permitted to stay on site for the weekend.
3.  Sunday Infield and Oval £179 driver plus one, the driver and guest allowed to arrive Friday or Saturday and stay over.
4.  Weekend Driver ticket Infield and Oval £340 driver plus one.

** Tickets #2 #3 and #4 do not include the Outer Paddock **

Driver tickets can not be re sold, the driver named must be the driver using the ticket.

Driver tickets are refundable with a 20% fee up to March 4th at 8pm. There will be no refunds offered after this time.

Spectators

Saturday

Weekend

A weekend spectator ticket is £30 if bought on line in advance or £35 on the gate.

Sunday

A Sunday ticket is £16.50 if bought in advance or £20 on the gate.

All spectator tickets are none refundable.

*** Please note, if you are not in possession of a valid ticket or wristband, you will not be granted access to the venue under any circumstances ***

The links you need to buy tickets

Spring Matsuri 2018 booking details

With the date now set in your diary, time for some information.

The details you all need for the event are as follows:

Tickets will go on sale on Sunday the 11th February 2017 at 8pm.

Details of where to buy tickets will be announced on Friday 9th February at 9pm.

Driver tickets 

Saturday

There will be a two types of driver tickets for Saturday;

The first will be for the Outer Paddock area ONLY. This will be the same track as used for round one of DriftCup on Sunday. A bespoke layout which will encourage proximity drifting. Places will be limited to ensure plenty of seat time for all – £99 (Driver only)

The second driver ticket will be for the Infield and Oval layouts – £179 (Driver + 1)

*** Saturday Outer Paddock driver ticket is a single ticket for the driver only *** This will allow the driver to attend as a spectator on Sunday.

Sunday and weekend tickets

You will be able to buy a driver ticket for Sunday – £179 (Drivers + 1)

A discounted driver ticket for the weekend – £340 (Driver + 1)

The driver MUST be named within 7 days

*** DRIVER TICKETS ARE NONE TRANSFERABLE – DRIVER TICKETS CAN NOT BE SOLD ***

Garages

Garages (24 available) that holds two cars for the weekend with access from Friday £100

Spectator tickets Online

A Saturday spectator ticket will be £20, £30 payable and a refund of £10 if the holder leaves site before 21.30 with removal of wristband.

A weekend spectator tickets will be £30 if bought in advance from the website.

A Sunday spectator ticket will be £16.50 if bought in advance from the website.

Spectator tickets on site

A Saturday ticket will be £25, £35 payable and a refund of £10 if the holder leaves site before 21.30 with removal of wristband.

A weekend spectator ticket will be £35

A Sunday ticket will be £20

*** All spectator tickets are none refundable ***

Passenger wristbands will be available for sale at £25 per day

Additional drivers will be charged £50 per day

Camping is free of charge for all

Drivers, if you buy two tickets or someone else pays for your ticket, you MUST tell us the drivers name. Tickets WILL BE REFUNDED if we are not told within 14 days!

Driver tickets are not to be sold or transferred. The person named must be the driver on the day. There will be a reserve list set up for those who miss out on buying a ticket.

*** RESERVE LIST ***

If you fail to secure a ticket, we will be operating a reserve list, to be placed on the reserve list you must send a message to us via the Drift Matsuri facebook page. Drivers will be placed on the list in the order of request.

The reserve list will not be started until all places have been sold. We will announce on Facebook once the event has sold out. No reserve list entries will be taken until this time.

Refunds

All driver and garage tickets:

A 75% refund will be granted up to and including Sunday the 4th March 2017.

No refunds will be offered after Sunday the 4th March 2017.

*** All spectator tickets are none refundable ***

The event will run an open pit lane policy on all tracks.

There will be a radio controlled drift track operating within one of the garages. If you have a radio controlled drift car then make sure you bring it with you.

Refreshments will be available on site in the cafe.

The event is for EVERYONE, whether you are drifting or not, this is the event to be at!

Cars do not need to be caged and drivers of any level are welcome due to the nature of four different tracks.

Helmets and seat belts are mandatory.

Car specification:

No oil or fluid leaks will be tolerated.
All vehicles must have front and rear functional tow hooks or straps present. BMW OEM screw-in tow hooks are not acceptable as they shear when pulled at an angle. If towing hooks/straps are not fitted, cars will be recovered by whatever means necessary and DM staff cannot be held liable for any damage caused.
All vehicles must be maintained to a satisfactory standard.
The noise limit is 105 DB at three-quarters throttle in a static test.
Cars must have at least 2 working rear brake lights.
Cars must start the day with both front and rear bumpers fitted.
Cars must have headlights or headlight covers and tail lights fitted into the factory positions and in reasonable condition.
Cars must have all factory glass or Perspex replacement windows (driver and passenger window glass can be replaced by approved netting).
Cars must have all panels present (including bonnet) and in reasonable condition without any sharp edges.
Rude or offensive stickers/number plates must not be fitted.
Cars may be subject to checks by Drift Matsuri staff at any point during an event and may be prohibited from using the track until any faults are rectified.
All decisions by Drift Matsuri staff are final.
Have a 1kg hand held fire extinguisher fitted

Drift Matsuri 2017: The Report

The 5th annual Drift Matsuri was held recently at the picturesque Anglesey Circuit, this event has become the place to be for the end of season party over the last few years.

The event saw over a hundred drivers on three separate tracks over the two days with a huge variety of cars, from the usual S-Chassis’….

Skylines….

and BMW’s,

Rarer cars like a Daihatsu Charmant….

Jaguar E-Type…

The Driftworks freshly built 1972 Toyota Hilux, dubbed the DWHi5.

As usual the Toyota AE86 was well represented at the event with at least 5 on track over the weekend.

The three layouts included a touge style course that ran up and over the top half the track in the opposite direction to the way that the circuit runs during race weekends.

The fast track used the first three corners of the circuit, this had many drivers using third or fourth gear throughout each run as they tried to link the track with just a quick manji down each straight.

The third track was the single hairpin, this had a long run up to the corner to give drivers a chance to practice backward entries without the risk of hitting anything.

The event had something for every level of driver, from grassroots to BDC Pro drivers, everyone was welcome and often the grassroots drivers would come around the corner with a BDC driver following closely.

Saturday night featured the third showdown between the UK & Irish drivers, in the past this has been won by James Deane and Richard Grindrod.

The crowds gathered around the outside of the track to see who would take the trophy this year.

As the battles went on a few people were shining through as strong contenders including Martin Richards, Matt Carter and William Rose.

In the finals Matt Carter threw the car in with a huge backwards entry, impressing the crowd and taking the win from William Rose.

Now it was time to party through to the early hours before another full day of drifting.

By the end of the weekend there were many exhausted drivers, broken cars and shredded tyres throughout the paddock.

It was another successful weekend and a great way to end the season. We will leave you with some more photos from the event, until next time…..

Golden Ticket

As you might have seen on social media today, we have an offer you will not want to miss.

Details to be announce on Sunday at 8pm on our Facebook and Instagram @driftmatsuri

Discounted spectator tickets

We are delighted to tell you some great news!

ALL spectator tickets will be discounted if bought in advance.

If you wish to come on Saturday only, not a problem. You will get to see drifting all day long on all three of the tracks. The fun begins when the sun sets. British VS Ireland and YOU are the judges!

You the spectators will decide which driver goes through from each battle, the commentary team will build you the hype and you make the call.

Once the winner has been presented with his or her trophy, the party really gets started with the ‘Party in the pits.’ Mike Lewis returns to throw some dance floor fillers in to the small hours.

If you just want to come and see some fantastic cars in action on Sunday, then we have a MASSIVE diversity of cars attending as always. From the old school to some of the latest cars on the market.

Ticket prices are as follows.

Advance tickets

Saturday only £20  *£30 payable, your wristband removed and a refund of £10 before 10pm*

Weekend ticket £30

Sunday Ticket £16.50

On the gate prices

Saturday only £25  *£35 payable, your wristband removed and a refund of £10 before 10pm*

Weekend ticket £35

Sunday ticket £20

On line ticket sales will close on Wednesday the 25th October at 8pm

*** Please note that spectator tickets are none refundable ***