EDC Round 1 2007 Video Coverage

The Top 8:
Ben Broke-Smith again managed to recover a 7-3 deficit and managed to pull John Power into sudden death. Ben’s Chaser still giving him some problems meant that he was still unable to perform to the level that he is capable of knocking the second Driftworks driver out of the competition, whilst newly licensed Power found himself in the Semi Finals. In the next battle, a big mistake by Niall Gunn knocked him out of the competition which meant that Chris Parry, another of the newly licensed made it through to the Semi finals. Mark Johnston pulled a controversial manoeuvre against Tim Marshall causing Marshall to spin out, but the move was judged as bad, but not as critical as a spin giving an advantage to Johnston in the Weston Performance Silvia. Marshall managed to pull back an advantage in run 2 but not by enough to put the Apex Performance Skyline into the top 4. Brett Castle looked very composed through out the competition and didn’t put a wheel wrong against Mark Luney. The SVA 350Z managed a 5-5 run in run 2 but the advantage gained by Castle in the first run saw the Autoglym/Abbey Motorsport 200SX in the last 4.

The Semi Final:

An all newcomer semi final went to sudden death but Chris Parry making a critical error in the 3rd run meant that John Power would be in the finals at his first ever EDC competition. The second semi final also going sudden death showed just how close the competition was. Johnston had upped his game even further and managed to hold off the veteran Brett Castle to book his place in the final.

The Final:

The finals turned out to be a clear cut decision with John Power making a big mistake on run 1 giving an 8-2 advantage to Johnston. Power was well aware of the situation and made a daring move to try and turn the match around. This however did not pay off resulting in further mistakes by Power and crowning Mark Johnston of Weston Performance the winner of Round 1 of the European Drift Championship. The HKS Hard Charger award was awarded to Chris “Paz� Parry in the Team Nightspirit AE86 Corolla for his aggressive yet controlled driving and his alarming achievement over the course of the last three days. An exciting few days of competition with many unexpected results gave everybody the impression that the 2007 European Drift Championship is something to keep an eye on, each and every round. Next round SILVERSTONE 3rd JUNE 2007.