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Spring Matsuri 2017 details

With the date now set in your diary, time for some information.

The details you all need for the event are as follows:

Tickets will go on sale on Sunday the 12th February 2017 at 8pm.

There will be a two types of driver tickets for Saturday;

  • The first will be for the Outer Paddock area ONLY. This will be the same track as used for round one of DriftCup on Sunday. A bespoke layout which will encourage proximity drifting. Places will be limited to ensure plenty of seat time for all – £99
  • The second driver ticket will be for the Infield and Oval layouts – £179

Sunday and weekend tickets;

  • You will be able to buy a driver ticket for Sunday – £179
  • A discounted driver ticket for the weekend – £340
  • Garages (24 available) that holds two cars for the weekend with access from Friday £100
  • A weekend spectator tickets will be £30 if bought in advance from the website.  £35 on the gate
  • A Sunday spectator ticket will be £16.50 if bought in advance from the website. £20 on the gate
  • Passenger wristbands will be available for sale at £25 per day
  • Additional drivers will be charged £50 per day

Camping is free of charge for all

Drivers, if you buy two tickets or someone else pays for your ticket, you MUST tell us the drivers name. Tickets WILL BE REFUNDED if we are not told within 14 days!

Driver tickets are not to be sold or transferred. The person named must be the driver on the day. There will be a reserve list set up for those who miss out on buying a ticket.

*** RESERVE LIST ***

If you fail to secure a ticket, we will be operating a reserve list, to be placed on the reserve list you must send a message to us via the Drift Matsuri facebook page. Drivers will be placed on the list in the order of request.

The reserve list will not be started until all places have been sold.

Refunds

All driver and garage tickets:

A 75% refund will be granted up to and including Sunday the 5th March 2017.

No refunds will be offered after Sunday the 5th March 2017.

All spectator tickets are none refundable.

The event will run an open pit lane policy on all tracks.

There will be a radio controlled drift track operating within one of the garages. If you have a radio controlled drift car then make sure you bring it with you.

Refreshments will be available on site in the cafe.

The event is for EVERYONE, whether you are drifting or not, this is the event to be at!

Cars do not need to be caged and drivers of any level are welcome due to the nature of four different tracks.

Helmets and seat belts are mandatory.

Car specification:

  • No oil or fluid leaks will be tolerated.
  • All vehicles must have front and rear functional tow hooks or straps present. BMW OEM screw-in tow hooks are not acceptable as they shear when pulled at an angle. If towing hooks/straps are not fitted, cars will be recovered by whatever means necessary and RDDAYS cannot be held liable for any damage caused.
  • All vehicles must be maintained to a satisfactory standard.
  • The noise limit is 105 DB at three-quarters throttle in a static test.
  • Cars must have at least 2 working rear brake lights.
  • Cars must start the day with both front and rear bumpers fitted.
  • Cars must have headlights or headlight covers and tail lights fitted into the factory positions and in reasonable condition.
  • Cars must have all factory glass or Perspex replacement windows (driver and passenger window glass can be replaced by approved netting).
  • Cars must have all panels present (including bonnet) and in reasonable condition without any sharp edges.
  • Rude or offensive stickers/number plates must not be fitted.
  • Cars may be subject to checks by RDDAYS staff at any point during an event and may be prohibited from using the track until any faults are rectified.
  • All decisions by RDDAYS staff are final.
  • Have a 1kg hand held fire extinguisher fitted

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Spring Matsuri – When and where!

We can reveal the Spring Matsuri will return to Rockingham Motor Speedway on Saturday and Sunday the 11th and 12th March 2017!

The venue hosted the first ever #SpringMatsuri in 2016 and was an incredible event!

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The Infield is ultra high speed and rewards the brave!

The Oval will offer an exclusive layout only used at the Spring Matsuri. The concrete blocks on the pit exit are moved to allow drivers to drift into the pit lane!

The rear of the Oval will be changed from the regular track used at Rockingham Drift Days. Use of the inner and outer walls will transform the layout!

For 2017 there will be a fourth track in operation on Saturday! The Outer paddock will be exclusive for those who wish to practice twinning and proximity drifting! Whether its your first time drifting or you have been drifting for years, this is the track for you! This will be sold as a different ticket for those with a tighter budget and those who wish to practice twinning and proximity rather than high speed drifting the other parts of the Matsuri offer.

Full details of how much places will be, when and how to book a ticket will be announced on Friday the 6th January at 8pm!

In the mean time, don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @driftmatsuri for images from the #SpringMatsuri2016 and #Driftmatsuri2017

We would like to wish you all a very Happy Driftmas and a fantastic new year!

The Drift Matsuri 2016

The Drift Matsuri returned to the wonderful Angelsey Circuit for the 4th annual event.

The event is open to everyone, from grass routes first time drifters to British and Irish champions.

During the day three track were buzzing with cars circulating all day!

The mixture of cars this year was better than ever, from the popular BMW, Nissans and Toyota to the wild and wacky!

The night fight did not disappoint, the actions was WILD with backwards entries, 360 deg entries!

The eventual winner would be Richard Grindrod from Team Uk!

There would be a firework display as the winner was announced, then the action moved to the Party in the Pits’ until the small hours!

Here is just a small selection of the action caught on camera by the media.

For more pictures, check out our Instagram and Twitter feed – @driftmatsuri and of course our Facebook page.

A few details before tickets go LIVE at 8pm

Ladies and gents

To clarify a few details.

All tickets will go on sale at 8pm in the shop.

There will be places available for those wishing to drive either Saturday, Sunday or both ‘Weekend Driver’.

Any additional drivers must pay in cash on the day of the event for the cost of £50 per day per driver.

** The sin bin will be in operation on the car, not the driver **

Passengers must pay in cash on each day of the event at the cost of £25 per person per day.

Garages will also be available which hold four cars comfortably, these will be available for Friday and Saturday night.

EVERYTHING will be sold on a first come first serve basis will no exceptions.

Please note there will be a very small delay while all items go live.

Once driver tickets have sold, we will start a reserve list, to be placed on the list you must send us a message via this Facebook page. We will need your contact telephone number and email address.

The reserve list will not be started until we announce all places have been sold on our Facebook page.

 

Autumn Matsuri 2016

As the season comes to a close, we look forward to the annual Drift Matsuri at Anglesey Circuit in North Wales.

The details you all need for this event are as follows:

A driver ticket will be available for Saturday – SOLD OUT

You will be able to buy a driver ticket for Sunday – SOLD OUT

A discounted driver ticket for the weekend – SOLD OUT

All driver tickets will come with entry for two people, the driver plus one.

Garages (8 available) that holds four cars for the weekend – SOLD OUT

A weekend spectator tickets will be £30 if bought in advance from the website.  £35 on the gate

A Sunday spectator ticket will be £16.50 if bought in advance from the website. £20 on the gate

Passenger wristbands will be available for sale at £25 per day

Additional drivers will be charged £50 per day

Camping is free of charge for all

Drivers, if you buy two tickets or someone else pays for your ticket, you MUST tell us the drivers name. Tickets WILL BE REFUNDED if we are not told within 14 days!

Each driver will have their own disclaimer to sign at the event. If you are not named as a driver, there will be no disclaimer for you and you will not drive.

Driver tickets are not to be sold or transferred. The person named must be the driver on the day. There will be a reserve list set up for those who miss out on buying a ticket.

*** RESERVE LIST ***

If you fail to secure a ticket, we will be operating a reserve list, to be placed on the reserve list you must send a message to us via the Drift Matsuri facebook page. Drivers will be placed on the list in the order of request.

The reserve list will not be started until all places have been sold.

Refunds

All driver and garage tickets:

A 75% refund will be granted up to and including Sunday the 16th October 2016.

No refunds will be offered after Sunday the 16th October 2016.

All spectator tickets are none refundable.

The event will run an open pit lane policy on all three tracks.

There will be a United Kingdom vs Ireland battle on Saturday night under flood lights.

Once the battles have finished the party will start, Mike Lewis will return on the decks until the small hours.

Refreshments will be available on site in the cafe.

The event is for EVERYONE, whether you are drifting or not, this is the event to be at!

Cars do not need to be caged and drivers of any level are welcome due to the nature of three different track.

The official film from the Spring Matsuri

The event would be the largest drift event the UK has EVER seen!

Over 200 drivers would take part in the event at Rockingham Motor Speedway.

They would experience the thrill of the oval in TWO specially designed track!

The Infield circuit would see car destroying tyres at an alarming rate!

The event was a HUGE success and we hope to return for more of the same in the future!

For now, sit back an enjoy some of the highlights int he official film of the 2016 Spring Matsuri!

Spring Matsuri 2016 teaser video

The first ever spring Matsuri at Rockingham Motor Speedway took place in March 2016

The action was fast, furious, took place over two full days and long into Saturday night!

Here is the teaser of the full length film to on Thursday the 31st at 2000!

Set your alarm so you do not miss it!

The tracks

The venue at Rockingham Motor Speedway is the largest purpose built oval in the UK.

With its infamous 1 mile oval built for 200 mph NASCAR and INDY cars it has to be WIDE!

With that in mind, we will be constructing two tracks on the banked oval. Both tracks will be driven by drivers, one after the other in a lap of the outer track.

 

The first track will be at the back of the track. The chance to ‘Run the wall’ will be built in to test drivers who wish to push to the limit. The track will then tighten to make use of the 50 meter wide section of tarmac towards the infield.

There will be an undulation where the banked oval drops to the level of the infield, making the most of out the area available. Twinning and trains of cars through this section will be fantastic, drivers, this section is for you to have plenty of fun with your mates!

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If you wish to show the crowd what you are made of, the second track will be made for you!

Set under the a grandstand, a track set up so you can ‘Run the wall’ in front of the crowd and head in to the pit lane! Rockingham have agreed to move the dividing wall in the pit lane to allow cars to finish their drift in the pit lane. Then its down the pit lane to go back to track one!

The infield has already been announced, the track is fantastic, fast flowing with a complete mix of corners for all to drift!

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Will you ‘Run the wall’ or play it safe on the infield?

 

 

Drift Matsuri 2015: The Report

Anglesey Circuit played host to the third annual Drift Matsuri this last weekend, hundreds of drifters, three tracks, night drifting and a party, the season would end in style!

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There is no competition here, just a gathering of drifters looking to enjoy their weekend on and off the circuit.

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The track action kicked off on Saturday morning with the drivers getting to choose between the three tracks. The touge track rose up above the rest of the track before cresting the hill into a blind initiation, it then winds its way back down the hill with a few tight corners.

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The hairpin track was mainly used to practice their entries with a few people trying backwards entries throughout the event.

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The final circuit was the BDC loop in reverse, a run upto the first corner would see the drivers hitting 3rd gear before initiating past the pit exit, a quick manji down the straight before initiating into a banked right hairpin. It’s a fast track that finishes with a high speed right hand bend.

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There were some familiar drivers out on track with regular BDC and IDC drivers taking part, the lesser known drivers get to mix it up with some of the drivers they look up to and learn from them whilst on track.

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The selection of cars was better than ever before, ranging from a hotrod powered by a turbo charged SAAB engine to a host of AE86s and everything in between.

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As the sun started to set the drivers would return to the paddock whilst a selection of drivers prepared their cars for the night drifting demo.

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The spectators crowded around the edge of the track all waiting to see the cars emerging from the darkness at speed.

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The drivers describe this as scary but incredible fun, it’s amazing watching as they manage to run close together at high speed in the dark.

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Most of the cars had been decorated with light bars, neons, strobes, anything the drivers could get their hands on to make their car visible for the spectators.

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After 2 hours and lots of shredded tyres it was time for the track action to stop for the evening but the party in the paddock went on much later into the night.

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Sunday morning and it was time for the track to open again, the drivers would get another full day of drifting and everyone headed out onto track to make the most of it.

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By the end of the day everyone was exhausted, it was time load up and head home from another successful Drift Matsuri.

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We have added just a few photographs some of the additional media that were present.

You can view our full event picture gallery on the DriftMatsuri Facebook page