You asked for it, you got it.

We struck a deal with Kawartha Speedway located 45 mins Northeast of the GTA to run a FREE Drifting practice and an Autocross grip course all for $0. Parking is also free but why would you want to park it, when all you have to do is pass tech and have a valid license to get on track!

- Sharpen your drifting skills
- Grip or Slip on the AutoX course
- Practice the basics on the figure-8 setup
- Show of your ride on the infield to the crowds
- Test and tune with plenty of room in the pits
- Chill out, hit the Casino or just relax in the licensed bar
- Watch the mayhem from the enclosed grandstands or restaurant

Off the momentum of the House of Drift demo we ran last September, many of you wanted to participate, not watch from the sidelines. Since the owner of the track knows money is tight, he offered the whole track to: drive, hang or just enjoy the rest of what this first class facility has to offer.

Brought to you by Spo-Com Media (www.spo-com.com) and Kawartha Speedway (www.kawarthaspeedway.com)

Drift Free Fridays kicks off May 25 and continues on select Fridays all summer long more info available soon at www.driftfreefridays.com


For more information call 416-521-7428 or email info|@|spo-com.com

That's 5 minutes from my house. I won't be doing any racing/drifting but I will definately come out with some friends to check it out. Sounds like a good time.

Do you mind if I post this on another board? would be nice to come down with some local folk

Kawartha website is down... what time does this thing start? Sounds like a lot of fun. (I'll be watching though) I'm gonna need a LOT more boost to drift AWD. lol

Feel free to post it around Murtaza. The more interest we get, the more the owner will invest.

Tech in is at 6:30-7:30, 1/2 of further instruction and line up on grid. Trak is live at 8pm!

Website is done, just needed to spread DNS name around the internet, everything ws put in motion this week!

Ryan you going? I have no plans friday let me know!

Yeah swing on by it will be busy, probably 1000 or so already plus the drift crowd.

Here is more info:

So couple more bytes of info:

- site is live, still needs some work but its live. www.driftfreefridays.com

- helmets are mandatory on track, SNELL 95 preferred but a decent helmet full or open will be accepted.

- there is race gas at the track 104 unleaded 110 leaded up until 8pm confirmed

- Closest Sunoco is in Peterborough at 1119 Water Street, there is one on the way in Oshawa at 925 Simcoes Street S.

- there are tire changing facilities at the track, up until 8 pm confirmed, $10 per tire. Hopefully we can pursuede them to stay if the business is there for them.

- Alex Lee AKA "X-Nobody" will be helping arranging some of the track setup, since he is a seasoned guy, we know it will be fun and challenging.

- Tech-in is at 6:30-7:30. now we hear some people have to work and battle traffic, yes some are coming from as far Kitchener! So track an official down and we can get you to tech-in later.

- Japanese Imports.ca is also bringing JDM cars for testing also for sale!

- Noise curfew is in effect, so hopefully cars coming aren't too loud, leave your pipes connected or the cat in if you were considering taking it out. It should be quieter than a regular race night, so it may get extended even later if things go well.

- We are estimating each participant will have over 25 runs if night goes smooth and number of particpants is accurate.

- We will have a figure-8 and donut area setup for warm-ups

- Tandem will be limited to those drivers displaying utmost control and respect for the track. Scheduled later on during event.

I'm there for sure. (unless it is a thunderstorm)

Call me on my cell if you want to find me at the track. (705)341-7367

Yeah the hype is storming along. Some people coming down from K-W and get this one group from Sault St. Marie.

I couldn't even make that up.

Hope to see a London crew as well.

Adam. I will be going. I work till 9 so I will be heading down after that. Call my cell if you need a ride down there or if you want to meet up. 868-3394. Same goes to you Randy.

Just a heads up there will be two chickies working the entrance at the tunnel to the infield. They may have packed up and left by the time you get there but not to worry just come in, if anyone stops you just say you are here for the event and allowed to register late.

What time is it estimated that this will be running to? (weather permitting of course) I'd love to come see it, but might not be able to make it until later.

WOW.
Awesome event. Would have stayed longer but ran out of tires.

Next time I'll run the oval.

Let us know when the next one is.

Rafael what car was yours, Ryan, Randy and I were there, from about 9-11.

It seemed pretty cool, hopefully bigger turnout for the up and coming ones.

I had a great time. It's good to finally see something like this in Peterborough. It's a great event just to get out and meet up with people. It would be a great place for us DSMers to meet up. Would be nice to see more DSMers out there next time. Too bad Peterborough sucks and has that shitty 11pm noise bylaw. Will, if you want to get the word out about this I would be willing to help you out. There would be a lot of interest in Peterborough for these events. Who does that Skyline belong to that was there. That was a beautiful machine. I am trying to figure out where I have seen it before. I am thinking it was in a magazine but can't remember. It's nice to see one of those around when you are used to all of the local rice which I am sure most who were there tonight saw lol.
Rafael, it's too bad we didn't know you were there. It would have been nice to meet you.

Didn't know there was DSMer's there.
This is my second Event this week. Gone through 2 sets of tires in that time.

I am pretty sure I remember seeing your car there. Depends on what time you left. I got there about 10 or shortly before that if memory serves me well. That was actually the first time I have seen drifting in real life. It's pretty fun to watch.

Rafael, is your 240 turbo?

I know there was a black turbo 240 and two white turbo Nissans.

Also kinda fun to see the beemer and the white 240 break. lol

Good times.

NON TURBO.
Can't decide on an engine.
The BMW had no form. TOnnes of power though, it was an "M"

I'm phoning up my brother to see if his ae 85 corolla still runs! Maybe he could bring it out sometime.

Yah That Beamer was pretty sweet. Sucks about the local white 240 that broke. I guess somebody should have told him it helps to have oil in the engine when drifting. I love how he put the oil in the engine AFTER he blew the bottom end out and it wouldn't start.

EVENT PICS

We just uploaded a bunch more pics with ontrack antics of driftryder, enyaw and the red hatch. It takes guts to tackle the banks. As well as the some of the carnage:

- blown tire on the FC
- delamed tread on the Kouki
- local hatch that exploded the bottom end..SR TIME!

Great turn out for the short notice over 30 cars some from as far away as K-W, Keswick and Sault St Marie WTF?

Next event is in June, turnout will be much bigger and we'll have more track time as we will clear the main lot earlier.

See you next round.

I will be there. Keep us posted with dates and times.

New date added, this Saturday June 23 @ 3pm...Drift Free Weekends fires up again!

http://www.ca.dsm.org/forums/ubbthr...r=234624&page=0#Post234624Post234624

That's a good looking guy on the right there Dave.

Why such late notice?????