Durban to play host to national car drift qualifier
The event will take place at Suncoast Casino on Saturday, April 9.
THE country’s top drifters will converge to Durban to face off in South Africa’s most prestigious drifting event, the Red Bull Car Park Drift South Africa National Qualifier.
The event will take place at Suncoast on Saturday, April 9.
In 2021, Red Bull Car Park Drift made its way to South African shores for the first time. To mark its first event, Guinness Record holder and judge Abdo Feghali was drifting a Nissan 350Z through the streets of Durban and some of its most famous landmarks in a special clip that celebrates the city, titled ‘Durban Drift’.
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Drifting is one of the fastest growing disciplines in motorsport, demanding the perfect balance of speed, style and fearlessness from its drivers. The aim is to set the car into sideways drift through a corner by intentionally over steering to initiate the controlled loss of traction.
Legendary DJ and TV host Ready D said he is excited to finally have a tournament as prestigious as Red Bull Car Park Drift return to the country.
“Having this event come to South Africa is a huge occasion for drifters and high adrenalin motorsport fans”, said Ready D. “I hope it will continue to grow locally and that we can eventually have the event hosted in Cape Town”.
Participants from all over the country will descend at Suncoast and be put through their paces until the top 16 are selected to go head-to-head where the national winner will be crowned and go on to fly the Mzansi flag high at the World Finals in Saudi Arabia later in the year.
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