Japanese Drifting Champ heading for Birmingham

[Dirfto]

Japanese Drifting Champ heading for Birmingham

Have people seen this coming up...is it real/going to happen???
July 18th 2004
Drift Uk is holding a Drifting event at Birmingham wheels Raceway. Ken Nomura wil be appearing with his 2003 Nissan Skyline and demonstrate the fun of drifting. Drifters from all over the UK will be putting their skills together to include (awaitng conformation) the Redline magzine corrolla AE86 and of course Davy from the mag to report whats going on. Motorstv will also be showing the event at a later date on TV. many other attractions will be in in place. A day not to be missed Drifter or not you'll love it. See you there!!!!!!!!!
http://www.driftuk.co.uk/

checkout the usa today (cant believe a national paper has this)link
cool little drift explanation (with narration) and good little vid.

[Sx Drifter]

hmmmm nice... just up the road from me

i WILL show up!

[SteveDunn]

Cool, I'll definately go and see that :o

[twinturboch]

Lokks well worth the journey :thumbs:

[hadyn]

ermmmm, whens it happening?

[MattyGee]

ooh ill try and go to that :)
edit: hope it isnt full of nova-boy nobbers

[Midgers]

18th July it looks like. Day after Round 3 at silverstone.... Why have we never heard of this lot before? Who are they? When did they get set up?
Site has a lot of tips on drifting but not a lot else.

[Dirfto]

its on the 18th july, would like to say i have done some quick searches and cant find any other links mentions of it. so dont know if it is legit..
if anyone knows i would be interested to hear. It probably is but :confused:

looks good, and i really want to see what a jap pro drifter can do!!!

[PulsatingStar]

18th July it looks like. Day after Round 3 at silverstone.... Why have we never heard of this lot before? Who are they? When did they get set up?
Site has a lot of tips on drifting but not a lot else.

Thats what I was thinking. Id have to go though, but would prefer him to do some exhibition runs at Silverstone than Birmingham Wheels if its happening.

Lee

[hadyn]

the surface looks more like what is used in bangor racing than something say like silverstone :eek:

[PazzaAE86]

looks good, and i really want to see what a jap pro drifter can do!!!

Yeah me too, but as said, that track is a) very, very small b) slippy (it is used for bangor racing!) and c) reaaally dangerous. Just ask newclearbomb, Brum wheel's first drift victim! If it is the oval (and i cant think of any other area on the site, we've walked around it looking...) then it wont be that much of a display :(



18th July it looks like. Day after Round 3 at silverstone.... Why have we never heard of this lot before? Who are they? When did they get set up?
Site has a lot of tips on drifting but not a lot else.

Thats what I was thinking

Wondering that too.. Plus, all of the content is copied from other drifting sites around the net.. :( Still, if its genuine, i'll go just to see Nomura! :D Would be better to see him at Silverstone so everyone can see how much the Japanese and the English drivers differ..

Meh

Paz

[Midgers]

seems strange that a fairly basic website can organise someone so good to come over - they must have a bigger connection somewhere surely.
Anyone e-mailed them? I'm gonna :nod:

[Midgers]

woah - look at the regulations bit - it's straight off the UKD1 site :eek::wack:

[Matt_T]

this smells of BS big style to me?

pretty sure if there was any chance of real D1 drivers coming over it would be through Option?

[Matt_T]

jesus! just looked at the site! doesn't appear to be a single word on there actually typed by whoever set it up, and not jusy copied and pasted from elsewhere! hahahahaha

[PhilMorrison]

absolute bollocks, why the f*ck would they do it at Birmingham wheels lol :D Myself James and Paz pushed that track as far as you can go, Ken would f*cking laugh his ass right out the country and never come back lol :ghey:

[Matt_T]

can any computer geeks f*ck up that site so nobody can see it? we just managed to stop being the armpit of the drifting world by having comps in the dry.
This will make us look like retards to everyone again:(



Then again, if he does turn up we're gonna feel real stupid! ahaha

[ATrull]

Domain Name:
driftuk.co.uk

Registrant:
Terry Collins

Registrant's Address:
Gramwell
49
Milton Keynes
MK5 6DG
GB


If you're idley curious :) Any dori peeps in MK fancy checking this guy out ? :D

[Matt_T]

you'd think anyone going to the trouble of sorting out a (crap) venue and bringing Nomuken over would also go to the UKD1 rounds, especially as he's all of 25mins away :rolleyes:

[PhilMorrison]

Lol I wasn't going to post his address untill I'd recieved or not recieved a reply from him, but no worries ;)

The fact he lives miles away from wheels is just another reason to be entirly sceptical about this :rolleyes:

[Dirfto]

i feel a bit embarased, seemed really good when i found it but general concensus seems to be that it is a load of bs. if it is real i would still love to see the monkey in action even at a dodgy venue if he doesnt see the oval and walk straight out.

does anyone have an email/ contact address for redline magazine, the site says that they are prob going...if they know nothing about it then it prob is a hoax.
And i will have to go into hiding because of the shame....and become a monk. :cry:

[SteveCarter200]

Dont be embarrassd mate, at least you found out about it which is more than anyone else here did.:)

Ive sent Mad Man Dan (Redline writer) a PM about this.

[Genjuro]

It is really weird. At first i though the site had been set up by yanks as they were refering to 240sx's...

[Adam_AE86]

good call, best person to ask is dan as his car is meant to be featured.

[Morf]

oh dear :eek: :wack: :wack:

[S13 Gimp]

The more i look into it the more it looks like a wind-up. Especially the particularly un-defensive reply to phils post (which I think was possibly a little harsh, but interestingly should have provoked more reaction)

Contact Via Email only? no phone numbers? ...wierd.

Also like everyone has said, getting a JPD1 pro to drift a short oval? might as well use shoreham roundabout... :annoyed:

And you can gop there on a banger night and see twenty stripped granadas
drifting (all side by side!) :D

I'm tempted to buy a ticket... I've drifted wimbledon and eastbourne ovals in bangers, I'll do it again, but where does the cheque go?

Does anybody remember the guys plan from lock stock, selling the dildo's?
Well hmmm yeah...

Cw

And who is posting on the forum under 'S13's are for gimps' Nice name!!!!

[Morf]

LOL :smash: :smash:
This is just to silly :wack:

[S13 Gimp]

Yes, but this is sillier:

http://www.cafeshops.com/uk_drifting

From the 'merhandise' section of the same site...

I want a thong and a hat please Terry... I will be weraing them and (nothing else) at the next D1 event to put off all the other drifters and give me a chance of getting in the top 40.

Cw

[Morf]

I noticed that as well :|
Don't think DRFT would be to happy having that sold as "drift UK" tops... :whip:

[Morf]

It would appear as thought the event isn't listed in Ken Nomura's schedule :wack: http://www.nomuken.com/sche.html

I doubt he would be shipping the car to the UK now when he has several D1 events between now and July 18th and soon after :wack: :wack:

[PhilMorrison]

S13 Gimp: my post on that board was possibly a little harsh, and a little snobish perhaps, but we (TNS,OPT,SXOC etc) are 'THE' U.K.'s premiere drifters, why have we never heard of this guy despite him living 25 miles away from Silverstone? and why has this not been advertised on every single bulletin board in the country? I was litterally just calling him out. His answer is:

I have written too the people who have a problem with drifting and to let anybody else know the event is to teach drifting to the newcomers and to improve the standard of the British driver to allow us to compete with them and not criticise every thing that dosen't fit into their small world

WTF does that mean? don't get me wrong I'm definatly seeing the funny side of this, and a small part of me hopes it might be true, but it is so far fetched it's going to take a helluva lot more pursuading for me to be a believer..

[SteveCarter200]

fit into their small world

Thought that was quite ironic seeing as no one here (probably the most popular drift forum in the UK at the moment) has heard of him.:D

[alanjuggler]

Yes sorry but things are moving so fast the website has been updated and price are set out below Entrance fee is £12 : booked in advance £10 book in advance by contacting info@driftuk.co.uk

Family ticket 1 - 2 Adults 1 Child £22
Family ticket 2 - 2 Adults and up 3 Children £25
Drivers & Competitors £20.00 preferably book in advance by contacting info@driftuk.co.uk

Programme for Day as follows

Gates Open 9.30 am
10.00 am Ken Nomura will be available to talk to competitors ( thru an interpreter) to teach the finer techniques of drifting.

11.00 am 1 hours practice
12.00 Qualifying
Novices
Experienced

This is a preliminary programme and we reserve the right to change at short notice

i got this email reply back off them, seems rather specific for a wind up, but the disclaimer at the bottom spells trouble..

[S13 Gimp]

I have written too the people who have a problem with drifting and to let anybody else know the event is to teach drifting to the newcomers and to improve the standard of the British driver to allow us to compete with them and not criticise every thing that dosen't fit into their small world

WTF does that mean? don't get me wrong I'm definatly seeing the funny side of this, and a small part of me hopes it might be true, but it is so far fetched it's going to take a helluva lot more pursuading for me to be a believer..


Yeah that confused me too. I couldn't even figure out exactly who he was trying to accuse of bieng small minded. Maybye you should give him some harsher abuse because that was a lame response... :whip:

Cw

[PazzaAE86]

Id like to believe its happening, and id like to believe its happening on a differant track too.. Id love to see Nomura drive! But that track leaves little scope for him to stretch that ER34's legs..

My main concearn is for this "novice" section? If that means people who have not drifted before, then there is a super high chance of some BAD accidents.... Sure, i accept there is a risk of wiping out every time i drift my 86 but a major bonus of most venues is there aint much to hit! Like Phil said, we drifted there and went quite hard at it, and me and him came very close on more than one occasion and James came even closer :( If someone who's never drifted before has a run there they could wind up a touch upset as a single mistake can lead to the wall.

I E-mailed Dan yesterday and i saw it fit to mention this to him as well so i added it to the mail. I'll wait to see what he says?

Paz

[paulsmith]

:rolleyes:

mmmmm, gotta agree, does seem like a wind up.

Shame though, would be great to see a Pro Jap D1 driver in the UK - would be better at somewhere like Silverstone or Rockingham though.

[dorifter]

Domain Name:
driftuk.co.uk

Registrant:
Terry Collins

Registrant's Address:
Gramwell
49
Milton Keynes
MK5 6DG
GB


If you're idley curious :) Any dori peeps in MK fancy checking this guy out ? :D is this a breach of the data protection...GOOD LUCK ?

[PhilMorrison]

no anyone can get this info

[Cath]

Why not contact Wheels and ask if the venue is hired for that date?

[Cath]

also would directory enquiries gimme telephone number

if i provided name and addy ?

[PhilMorrison]

Why not contact Wheels and ask if the venue is hired for that date?

I'm going to try to get out at lunch and speak to them :)

[Dirfto]

Steve, i wasnt too serious about being :o , it was just that i am quite new to this forum, and didnt want to be accociated with some bs. to be honest the response/thread is turning out to be alot more interesting than i thought.

i am very glad that you lot are more sceptical than me as i prob would have turned up on the day and been pissed. :mad:

looking forward to the conclusion of the various investigations going on!

[PhilMorrison]

Terry Colins has e-mailed me this, he is blatently avoiding any and all of our questions:

The idea of this event is to introduce the way drifting is done in Japan with techinique and skill in the sort of place used in the streets of Japan. we will be bringing 6 D1 cars at our next event so to compete you need to raise your standards and perhaps some courtessy should be shown as the sport of Drifting is open to all not just you.

and my response:

LOL 'some courtesy' okay.. Right, I may come across a little harsh, but drifting is something very big to me, I moderate the biggest drift forum in the U.K., I am currently joint 1st place in the U.K.D1 championship, and have got there because of my passion, and dedication to the sport.. I have never heard of you, you live 25 miles away from Silverstone, why have we never seen you at the U.K.D1 events? why are you organising an event at an awfull venue in Birmingham, when you live in Milton Keynes? and what proof are you providing that Ken Nomura (or any other JP D1 champs) are ACTUALLY going to turn up? I have Spoken to Mick (runs Birmingham Wheels) about organising a drift event there some time back, and by his own admission: Wheels was a very unsuitable venue..

As I said, Drift is what I'm all about, and my concerns about you, your website, and your event are justified, it is now your job to pursuade me that this is the truth!! and if/when you do so, I will spread the good word...

regards

Phil Morrison

[Cath]

next email can you ask if hes on medication :wack:

also no registered number to that addy i can get - was gonna ring

[Morf]

Seems as though he would make a good politician :wack:


Terry Colins has e-mailed me this, he is blatently avoiding any and all of our questions:

The idea of this event is to introduce the way drifting is done in Japan with techinique and skill in the sort of place used in the streets of Japan. we will be bringing 6 D1 cars at our next event so to compete you need to raise your standards and perhaps some courtessy should be shown as the sport of Drifting is open to all not just you.

and my response:

LOL 'some courtesy' okay.. Right, I may come across a little harsh, but drifting is something very big to me, I moderate the biggest drift forum in the U.K., I am currently joint 1st place in the U.K.D1 championship, and have got there because of my passion, and dedication to the sport.. I have never heard of you, you live 25 miles away from Silverstone, why have we never seen you at the U.K.D1 events? why are you organising an event at an awfull venue in Birmingham, when you live in Milton Keynes? and what proof are you providing that Ken Nomura (or any other JP D1 champs) are ACTUALLY going to turn up? I have Spoken to Mick (runs Birmingham Wheels) about organising a drift event there some time back, and by his own admission: Wheels was a very unsuitable venue..

As I said, Drift is what I'm all about, and my concerns about you, your website, and your event are justified, it is now your job to pursuade me that this is the truth!! and if/when you do so, I will spread the good word...

regards

Phil Morrison

[Cath]

all still seems a big pile of steaming http://community.ultimate-music.net/images/smilies/shit.gif

I would like to put money on it :wack:

[Midgers]

Where else has this been advertised then..... Anywhere at all?

[PhilMorrison]

Where else has this been advertised then..... Anywhere at all?


nope, certainly no where I've seen..

[RADS_S13]

This bloke seems like a total plank :whip: :nod:

I hope this rubish don't harm the name Of D1

[Mad Man Dan]

Hi guys,

sorry I haven't replied - was out of the office yesterday.

I haven't got a clue what's going on!!! No-one has contacted myself or Davy at Redline. No request has been made for us to bring the Hachi. :rolleyes: :rant:

If this is a genuine event then the organiser needs to get in contact with me asap.

Sounds to me like it's a wind-up. I can't see our chimp-like chum coming all the way over the UK for this.

If I hear any developments I'll post 'em here straight away.

Cheers for the mails Steve and Chris. :thumbs:

[PhilMorrison]

Cheers Dan... I'm now intersted in getting to the bottom of why he's gone to all this trouble to deceive people :indiff:

[Morf]

I have a horrible feeling it will be a case of getting people in for the show and then Ken "can't" make it...of course we may all be proved wrong, but until that point :smash: :smash:

EDIT: It seems as though he has deleted the replies on his forum and removed then topic staying Normua's car is in transit :rolleyes:

[dorifter]

..............spoke to kiki needless to say we had laugh mostly over the fact that he tells me monkey magic speaks hardly any english yet his doing the briefing and giving tips,better start learning japanese !

seems like mr TC 's gauging interest with the website,surely birmingham wheels can give confirmation as to there schedule,they won't leave it open for long if they are holding the date and would not be secretive if asked.......would they ?

[paulsmith]

Just had a look under the news section and this came up......

*** LATEST NEWS ***

Updated 08-Jun-2004


I have just had confirmation the Ken (the Monkey) Nomura will be at the event and willl be scoring the british drifters. I am also awaiting confirmation from Davy at Redline Magazine that they will be there to report and with a bit of luck compete in their Corrolla AE86

[Genjuro]

If he really is coming to judge they must be paying him a rather large sum. :eek:

[Cath]

rollocks lol

one min he's driving / displaying - next he's judging.........

This Terry plonker has a very wild imagination :wack:

[Mad Man Dan]

Davy has now been contacted.

I'll find as much info as I can and post this afternoon.

[PhilMorrison]

If you could Dan that'd be fantastic :) we need to get to the bottom of this, and if it is BS take action against this guy..

[Cath]

What kind of action?

[Morf]

The plot thickens...

ohh it is like a bad day time soap! :thumbs:

***Will Nomura turn up?
Is TC for real?

Tune in next time! *** :thumbs:

[paulsmith]

The plot thickens...

ohh it is like a bad day time soap! :thumbs:

***Will Nomura turn up?
Is TC for real?

Tune in next time! *** :thumbs:

PMSL :D

[Morf]

Ok, I still don't see how Ken's car can be in transport because of this I posted a while back:

http://www.nomuken.com/sche.html assuming http://www.nomuken.com/ is the official page of Ken his scheudle shows alot of events between now and the 18th and soon after inculding D1 events so how is he going to compete without his car?!

[PhilMorrison]

BULLSHIT

I've just been to speak face to face with Mick who runs Birmingham Wheels, he was made aware of this 1 week ago, it is NOT happening at Birmingham Wheels. Mick also mentioned that Terry had contacted Incar Race, and they had also told him that there was no chance of this going ahead at any of thier venues (and as a sidenote mentioned that they didn't trust the guy).. They are currently discussing action against the organisers of driftUK for the unauthorised use of the NIR name (Northampton Incar Race) on the website..

Basically, this for me proves that as suspected, this guy is full of sh!t, I suggest that all corespondence with him be ignored, and we make as many people aware of this bullshit as possible untill the website is shut down :)..

[Cath]

maybe a sticky in this forum naming and shaming the site ?

[Morf]

:smash:
Don't think that comes as a surprise to anyone :indiff:

[Midgers]

Nobjockey :nod:

oh and PMSL at his forum now :rolleyes:

[Morf]

Is ANY of the material on his page original?!?!?
I just found the place he copied/pasted (slightly changed) the blurb for DriftUK from?! Here (http://www.summitracing.com/landing/sportcompact/ln_02feature.htm?ID=%7BF5032269-206D-44D6-A11F-58D55067A766%7D&Type=5)

[Cath]

Beginner section is copied from

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/drifting.html?pg=5


Suspension is copied from

http://velocity.isfaster.com/drift/tech/suspension/suspension.htm

Wheels & Tyres is copied from

http://velocity.isfaster.com/drift/tech/wheel/wheel.htm

Related Links is copied from

http://www.driftsession.com/drift_techniques/ebrakedrift.htm

[Morf]

Regulations and 1/2 of What is drifing are from UKD1.com :annoyed:

[PazzaAE86]

I can just imagine how this could totally destroy any chances of other Japanese Drivers coming over to the UK... Say, in some wild flight of fantasy that this Terry guy does get Nomura over to the UK and clearly, he now has no track to hold his event on.. Nomura turns up, has spent alot shipping the car and he has no event to drive at?! Haha, hes often a happy chappy on video's but i know he'd be majorly pissed off and have one seriously tainted view of the UK because of one jerkoff letting him down. :( Im pretty sure word would get around with the Sun Pros/Video Option guys who run D1....

Eeek.

Paz

[Midgers]

If he is coming over we should intervene and get him to Silverstone on the saturday :nod:

[Mitch]

If he was coming, I wouldn't imagine him not going to Silverstone for a scan.....

[ATrull]

If he is coming over we should intervene and get him to Silverstone on the saturday :nod:

and give him a cute dori escort :D

[Morf]

and give him a cute dori escort :D
Mass SXOC meet outside the airport :D

[PulsatingStar]

Due to the level of distasteful comments which people have written on the Forum the Forum has been closed therefore if a there are any questions please contact me direct at tc@driftuk.co..uk

The event at Birmingham wheels is going ahead and a press release from D1 Corporation of Japan will be released soon.


:wack:

[Morf]

Wtf?!

[PhilMorrison]

I'm closing this for a while, as Terry Collins has finally contacted me. I will of course keep you all apprised, as soon as I know whats going on one way or the other :thumbs: