Here is a short video of me driving at Gardermoen Raceway.

Here are some photos taken by kjeltring.no and Daniel Hovdahl from the second round in PowerDrift this season. I did not make the top 16, but it was a very fun weekend and a lot of great driving.

License Day is over and I got my drifting license and my car was controlled and approved. Unfortunately, I had some problems with the car afterwards and was unable to get any track time. Here is a HD video I captured and recorded from the day at Rudskogen, Norway.

Today was the first time in 8 months that the car was started. The engine started on the first try and everything sounds and looks good. Tomorrow is the License Day of PowerDrift Series, which is what I’ve been working towards during the winter and a lot of effort in the last 3 weeks. I hope I can capture some video from tomorrows event and publish it here on my site.

Purchased various parts from Gundersen Motorsport, everything in Sparco of course.

The start number list for PowerDrift 2009 Season has been published and I was lucky to get #42 has I had last year as well. Check the full list: http://powerdrift.no/v2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=173&Itemid=118

As you can see the list is already long and it’s evident that the drifting motorsport is growing in Norway. As of today, there are 205 competitors in the Norwegian PowerDrift Series.

Kenneth Moen is #1 and is probably the most recognized drifter in Norway and has been very instrumental in getting this motorsport to be accepted and grow in Norway. Fredric Aasbø with #2 took part in the Red Bull World Drifting Championship in USA last year and is one of Norway’s young drifting talents.

There are some other Mazda drivers, Sindre Haga #15 which drives an RX7 FC. He helped me learn some drifting techniques at Gardermoen Raceway. Martin Sørlie #22 helped me as well on the same track, he is also driving an rotary powered RX7 FC. It’s obvious that Nissan is the major brand amongst drifters, here is the full list of rotary powered drifters:

#15 Sindre Haga, Mazda RX7 FC3S ca 400hk - PRO
#22 Martin Sørlie, Mazda RX-7 250hk- PRO
#42 Sondre Bjellås, Madra RX7 FD 1993 325 rwhp - SemiPRO
#103 Shaun Evans , MAZDA RX-7 Type R
#107 Henrik Holmsen, Mazda RX7
#117 Carl-Andre Forsberg, Mazda RX7 400hk
#122 Christer Kvalheim, Mazda RX7
#130 Bjørn-Vidar Hvitstein, 1992 Mazda Rx7 300hk - Club
#146 Tommy Tallakstad, Mazda RX7 300hk - Club
#196 Thomas Omdahl, Mazda RX7 500-700hk – PRO

This is going to be a very interesting season with a lot of burnt rubber, smoke, noise, cheering and fun!

I attended the PowerDrift race in Kristiansand this weekend and came in on a 12th place in the Club-series. Pretty satisfied with that and the car worked excellent as always. It’s not completely rigged for drifting yet, but it’s improving.

Had a little trip outside the track and it took the rescue crew a while to clean up after me.

Congratulations to Kenneth Moen and Fredric “Halllon” Assbø for amazing driving and respective first- and second-place.