2008 Russia Exhibition Match
Drifters in Russia. Here they are!
After crossing Europe from North to South and West to East, After being the first drift event in Dubai, King of Europe is happy to strike back again and be the first European Drift Series to hit Moscow!
And it was hot in Moscow last sunday! And not because of the sun. A smell of burned tires was first felt in the center of the city where Moscow City Racing show had been held and then in Luzhniki sports ground where numerous spectators watched this first King of Europe Drift Series Exhibition Match.The best drifters of Russia and best drifters of King of Europe met to in the next combat to find out who was the best.
The main result of this noisy and smoky event – there are drifters in Russia who are ready to compete with the most experienced European drivers. The best of Russian drifters became Sergey Zaitsev who took the second place in this stiff struggle.
One of the widely known and titled Russian sportsmen – Timofey Kosharny from Saint-Petersburg had problems with the engine and was fighting mostly with his car.
However he managed to reach the quarter final. A few more Russian sportsmen reached the quarter final where in a stiff struggle when even half a point was important yielded to notable Europeans.It was a real holiday! While in the parking lot of the southern area of Luzhniki Russian drifters heated themselves up and competed who would challenge an elite of European drifting sportsmen from the first ten of the “King of Europe” series were amusing spectators with Moscow City Racing.
The Russian round of the King of Europe was in many ways unique. An only Russian made car LADA-2105 at the start. The only girl-drifter to whom mechanics suggested to change a tape on the body of the car for the “”Queen of Europe”.
But the main stunning event – a show. Parallel runs of drifters, a heat of competition, spectators’ applause. A friendly easy atmosphere.The most entertaining thing was that most of cars which arrived from Europe were rather “aged” by the competition while the Russian ones were sparkling with lacquer and chrome. But everything went to its place when the cars entered the track. What a way they were running! It was a real “dancing on asphalt”.
Once again it was confirmed that the principal part in a car is a substance between a steering wheel and a seat. As many European pilots admitted Russian sportsmen have a great potential but lack an experience.
As the winner of the Red Square Drift Ramble – Vernon Zvaneweld who piloted Toyota AE86 said:“These guys need to train themselves for a about a year and having such an equipment they will be very serious competitors. Their cars are splendid.”
1st Place : Vernon Zwaneveld
2nd Place : Sergey Zaitsev
3rd Place : Marko Kok
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