{"id":48304,"date":"2019-05-29T19:21:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T23:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver4\/?p=48304"},"modified":"2019-05-29T19:21:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T23:21:50","slug":"drift-competition-26-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcobcur.com\/ver5\/drift-competition-26-may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Drift competition 26 may 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curacao Festival Center, 26th of March
\nBrievengat, Curacao<\/p>\n

The 1st Drift Competition of 2019 was held last week at Festival Center. With new LED lights and a cleaned track layout and huge judges tower, Gabi and his crew were ready for this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This event also marks the return to drifting by Rene and Roy.
\nBoth\u00a0were more than 6 years inactive but returned to the sport.
\nRoy was part of the judges so he did not run, but Rene was ready to rock.<\/p>\n

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The crowd was there also from the beginning. Even dough the organisation made more seats available, still these were almost filled to capacity even prior to the beginning of the afternoon actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Once the night went on, it was a full house again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The event began with the qualifying runs for the guys.
\nSeeing that all the competitors have elevate their skill level and this was reflected back in the qualifying scores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cesar el Che took the pole with the best run of the night.<\/p>\n

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Between the runs the track was kept hot with hooning and fever from other drivers who did not qualify or just came out to hoon at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Leading the pack was Gabi himself in Savage Camaro and we also saw the return of Erderly in his Mazda RX-7.<\/p>\n

We also saw the return of Leandro to the track in his new S15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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He used to borrow Rene’s ride and just stomp the limiter in it going sideways.
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Now he has his own machine to hoon and drift with. The drift scene is just exploding again on the island. We are very happy to see this and also will do everything to support this positive vibe.<\/p>\n

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Eliminations – Making it a trough comeback!<\/p>\n

This event was all about who could maintain the smooth line while hitting the clipping points and having some kind of proximity while chasing.
\nThe final 4 saw Rene vs Ricky Bobby and Ali vs Brandon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Check out the runs we recorded below<\/p>\n