So after some delay here’s part two of my report. The action took place in one of the Trafford Centre’s overspill carparks, after recent disappointment with the European Drift Championship I wasn’t expecting much from JDM Allstars.

With the course dominated by the biggest flat screen I’ve ever seen, which would letter be used to project someones arse from the crowd to the height of 60ft. And later Bryn of Tafftune fame in his now infamous red hoodie.

Local guy Ant Cahill from Team Japspeed came out top in unseeded qualifying, Ant would make it all the way into the top 8, losing out to Luke Fink ultimately.

Shane Lynch boy band member turned drifter, took advantage of the down time between runs to shakedown the now V8 powered S15.

Mark Luney was my winner of the day, I thought he edged out Jon Calvert in the final. But the judges declared Calvert the winner. The wildly kitted Toyota Supra created its own weather system shovelling smoke into anyone unfortunate enough to be trailing.

Simon Perry scraped the wall almost routinely his fantastic run would be ended by Driftworks Dan Chapman late in the day.

Apparently starting out life as a Taxi in Japan Dan Chapman made sure

With Twin Turbo’s this E36 punched its way to 800hp whilst looking relatively stock externally, struggled in the match-ups Wills pulled off some mad angle during the demonstration runs. Pressure does that to you.

Both Team Driftworks cars would bow out of the competition early. Phil Morrison’s day ended by a clutch failure on the S15.

Considering Luke Fink’s mammoth trip from Madrid it didn’t show in his driving easily dispatching most of the drivers. Mechanical problems would force Fink’s retirement after two gruelling OMT’s against Dan Chapman.