Euro Drift Pro Am Championship

The EuroDrift Pro Am Championship is coming to Chepstow Racecourse on 7th July. This is the first event of its kind in Wales. Drifters from all across the UK will be competing in this event which makes for an action packed day.

Entry prices are as follows:

Adult £10
Under 16s £7
Under 11s Free

A limited number of car clubs have the opportunity to display inside the racecourse on the day. These clubs will also be able to take advantage of a reduced rate entry price (50% off) and a 10% discount voucher for DriftSkool sessions on the day. To guarantee your advanced bookings they will need to be received before 5pm on 3 July 2007. Any bookings received after that date will have to be returned. Group bookings are welcomed. Paypal payments can be sent to [email protected] Please ensure that your full postal address is given and that you make reference to your car club and “EuroDrift Chepstow” as part of your payment.

Gates will open at 9am. Further entertainment includes local car club displays from across Wales and the chance to get behind the wheel of a fully prepared DriftSkool vehicle for an interactive drift session with a qualified tutor. (Thanks to http://www.driftskool.co.uk/ ) The drift sessions will run throughout the day and cost just £20 per person! Limited advanced bookings are available on request.

Drifting is one of the fastest growing forms of motorsport entertainment in the UK. If you love drifting, you’ll love EuroDrift. For more information on the EuroDrift Pro Am Series please visit http://www.eurodrift.com/. The previous rounds of the Championship have been successful, but let’s show the rest of the UK what the Welsh are made of!

If you have any questions, please ask in this thread or email [email protected] and a response will be provided as soon as possible. Further information on drifting can be found at http://www.driftuk.co.uk/.

Further update to the post above…

The main entry gates at Chepstow will open to the public at 10am.

The public car park (which is signposted) is opposite the main gates, there is an underpass situated there that must be used by ALL pedestrian public, the local traffic police have insisted that public are not allowed to cross the main road for safety reasons.
All pre paid ticket holders should show the ticket to the gate staff upon entry.

Pre-paid Car Club cars ONLY can enter into the racecourse through St Arvans Gate - pass the main gates on your right hand side, St Arvans Gate is the next entry gate on the right.

The event goes on to approx 21:00 (see timetable below) entry for Car Club cars to the event will be permitted up to 17:45. this is just prior to the start of the Amateur Best 8.

Timetable for Round 5 Chepstow

10:00 - Gates Open
10:00 - Open Practice
14:00 - Open Practice Ends
14:05 - Amateur/Pro Briefing
15:30 - Amateur Qualifying
16:30 - Pro Qualifying
17:30 - Qualifying Session Ends
17:35 - Drivers Briefing
17:50 - Amateur Best 8
18:50 - Pro Best 16 Tsuiso (Twin Battle)
19:50 - Amateur Best 4
20:10 - Pro Best 4 Tsuiso (Twin Battle)
20:30 - Prize Giving

We are pleased to announce that http://www.gumball3000.com/media/photos/dan-joyce (of http://dirtysanchez.yomego.com/ and http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtv2/home/18012007/dirty_sanchez fame) and http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=63444937 (from Boyzone) are two of the confirmed competitors for this event in both Pro and Amatuer rounds. The day will also be recorded by Sky Sports for broadcasting later on in the year.

http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=danjoyceea2.pnghttp://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4312/danjoyceea2.th.png Dan Joyce

http://img405.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsdriftukdriftskoolchepfx5.jpghttp://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1277/dsdriftukdriftskoolchepfx5.th.jpg Shane Lynch

As has already been said…

Round 5 is attracting a great deal of interest from all across the drifting and car club community so why not come along and be a part of it?

Please Note - All those who are wishing to take part in a DriftSkool Session must bring along their photocard driving license as you will not be able to take part without it.