Star Drift Challenge Round 1

Star Drift Challenge remains the best competition in the country, featuring a high speed and technical course with the best drifters around participating, testing the cars' performance and drivers' skill to the limit.

The tyres that were selected for this round are Direzza DZ101 225/45/17 front and 255/40/17 rear. It's the first time we're running 255 rears so we're still testing out various pressure to see how the tyres perform, especially on the tricky 'bank' on the A'Famosa course. A slight drizzle came down on Saturday practise so we're managed to try it out on the wet surface as well.


Due to the high speed drift course, the tyres didn't last very long. On the R32, it can do about 15 laps before the tyres ran out of grip. The 255s are even more smoky and grip is superb (although I think I could use more grip...), I can nail the throttle on full even during transition.

I made some mistake during the qualifying round but was manage to secure a 9th position out of 39 drifters in the Ace group to qualify for best 16. Managed to get to best 8 but lost to Tat Wei in his TE71. Final position for the day is 6th.

Looks like it's time to lighten the car.