The King of Europe Round Three

Spain is a new country and a very good surprise, pictures will speak far better than words, an amazing track, something like Tsukuba (for those who know what Tsukuba is…) and a crazy weather. But even if the drift is very new is Spain, the level is really building up fast. You can expect something big in Spain about drifting in the following years…

The Alcaniz track is a new racing complex, mainly composed of 2 race tracks, 1 bigger of 5.3km not yet finished and this one of 2km in its biggest layout. It is a very technical and tricky track which offered very hot battles….

About the qualification, it was a very good surprize to see Nikolett Szanto taking the #1 with her purple BMW E30 3.2, her drifting skills impressed the spanish and koe judges, we hope to see her later in the afternoon doing that good in the twin drift.

Another serious contender in the KOE Series is Norbert Kovacic running the red & black E46 M3, Norbert, always there, always doing good, with #4 qualify ranking, once again we expect “Noro” to grab serious points for the championship. Last but not least ranked #2, Luis Lopez and ranked #3 Alberto Canado, these 2 local drifters already show us we can expect some serious battles with the local drifters and that is very good.

After 2 blank years, Nicolas Heyer, King of Europe 2006, is coming back in the series step by step, drifting has made a huge jump in 2 years and it is very complicated for him to grab the good train again. Anyway ranked #7 this time, he is improving round after round, unfortunately he was stopped during Top16 by a stupid spin….

Matt Zaitsev who attended serbian round was back with another crazy machine, after the R34 GTR, he was there with a 2JZ-powered S13. After a first Top16 hard battle won against Benjamin Boulbi, he failed in 1/4 final against the surprizing Alberto Canedo.

Alberto Canedo and his raging E30 325i will go through the Top16 till semi-final were he will be stopped by the highly skilled Luis Lopez drifting the green silvia S13. Luis ran amazing e-braking technique during all week-end with crazy first corner drifting.

On the other semi-final, Nikolett Szanto battled hard against Dan Adams, racing the beautiful blue M3 E36. After twice “one more time”, Niki gave up with a spin, opening the road to the final for Dan.

Before this final battle, Niki settled the 3rd place against Alberto Canedo. Then here come the final battle for win, with no major mistake for Luis during the whole Top16, Luis Lopez took the win over Dan Adams. This is the first win for Luis and we think not the last if we see him again in other rounds.

See you in Hungary for the round 4!
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Round 3 Results

1 Luis Lopez Mora Nissan S13 110 SP
2 Dan Adams BMW M3 E36 90 UK
3 Nikolett Szanto BMW E30 3.2 80 HU
4 Alberto Canedo BMW E30 2.5 50 SP
5 Arnau Gomez Jimenez Nissan S14 40 SP
Norbert Kovacik BMW M3 E46 40 SK
Matt Zaitsev Nissan S13 2JZ 40 UA
Asier Gonzalez Urria Volvo 40 SP
9 Nicolas Heyer Ford Sierra Cosworth 30 FR
Ange Munoz BMW E30 30 FR
Jeremy Enrique BMW E36 M3 30 FR
Daniel Suidan Nissan S14 30 SP
Sebastien Cornec Nissan Skyline R32 30 FR
Ivan Villarta Gallardo Nissan S14 30 SP
Benjamin Boulbi BMW E36 M3 30 FR
Diego Ezquerro BMW E36 M3 30 SP
17 Francisco Dengez Mazda RX7 10 SP
Carlos Bera Torres Nissan S14 10 SP
Javier Martinez Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 6 10 SP
Omar Marcet Nissan S13 10 SP
Javier Montes Mercedes 190 2.3-16 10 SP
S. Torres BMW E30 10 SP
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Timing :

Friday

12:00 – GATES OPEN
12:30 – SCUTINEERING
13:00 – 19:00 FREE PRACTICE
19:00 – 01:00 ILLEGAL FEELING – DRAGRACING / NO LICENSE, NO CATEGORIES, ANYBODY AGAINST ANYBODY, SATURDAY TICKET NEEDED /

Saturday

07:30 – GATES OPEN
08:00 – 09:30 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. BIKES QUALIFICATION
09:30 – 10:30 KING OF EUROPE QUALIFICATION
10:30 – 12:00 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. CARS QUALIFICATION
12:30 – 13:00 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. BIKES QUALIFICATION
13:00 – 14:00 KING OF EUROPE QUALIFICATION
14:00 – 15:30 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. CARS QUALIFICATION
15:30 – 16:30 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. BIKES QUALIFICATION
16:30 – 16:50 HELICOPTER SHOW
16:50 – 17:40 KING OF EUROPE QUALIFICATION
17:40 – 19:00 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. CARS QUALIFICATION
19:00 – 19:30 STREETFIGHTER SHOW
19:30 – 01:00 ILLEGAL FEELING – DRAGRACING / NO LICENSE, NO CATEGORIES, ANYBODY AGAINST ANYBODY,SUNDAY TICKET NEEDED /

Sunday

07:30 – GATES OPEN
08:00 – 09:00 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. BIKES QUALIFICATION
09:00 – 10:00 KING OF EUROPE QUALIFICATION
10:00 – 11:00 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. CARS QUALIFICATION
11:00 – 11:30 STREETFIGHTER SHOW
11:30 – 13:00 KING OF EUROPE FINALS
13:00 – 14:45 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. BIKES FINALS
14:45 – 15:15 HELICOPTER SHOW
15:15 – 17:00 HUNGARIAN CHAMPS. CARS FINALS
17:00 – 18:00 KING OF EUROPE SUPERFINAL
18:30 – 19:30 WINNERS CEREMONY

ENTRY FEES

FRIDAY : 1.500 HUF or 6 EUR
SATURDAY : 3.000 HUF or 12 EUR
SUNDAY : 3.000 HUF or 12 EUR
SATURDAY-SUNDAY 5.500 HUF or 22 EUR
FRIDAY- SATURDAY-SUNDAY : 6.500 HUF or 26 EUR