The guys at Drifted put together a great piece and write up on how the Round 1 Ennis event took place. Former Formula Drift driver James Deane wound up landing a second place spot on the podium. The photo above is the Round 1 winner Alan Sinnott who looked great in his white AE86 all weekend.

1. Alan Sinnott
2. James Deane
3. Christy Carpenter
4. Duane McKeever

Source: http://www.drifted.com/damien-oconnor/event-prodrift-2011-round-1-ennis/7496/

The Team Need for Speed Toyota Corolla (AE86) that was built by McNsport has arrived. Paddy McGrath blasted out a few teaser photographs for EA Games owned Speedhunters which were put up today. They did promise a full feature coming soon for the SHIFT 2 Unleashed car.

Source: Speedhunters.com

Shane O’Sullivan will be taking over the Japspeed S15 to run ProDrift for the 2011 season. We released the 2011 ProDrift Ireland schedule a few weeks back which can be found here. The S15 is powered by a RB25 engine producing 470bhp and will retain it’s famous Japspeed white/black livery for the new season. The series kicks off this Saturday with a round at Mondello Park.

The ProDrift Ireland series that has produced competitive Formula Drift drivers such as Darren McNamara and Eric O’Sullivan have a 2011 schedule released to the public. From video footage we have seen of the Irish series it appears that Fermoy and Mondello are the most fun tracks/events if you plan on visiting Ireland to watch the competition this year.

Round 1 Ennis, Co.Clare April 16th/17th
Round 2 Fermoy, Co. Cork May28th/29th
Round 3 Punchestown, Co. Kildare June 11th/12th
Round 4 TBC July 16th/17th
Round 5 Mondello, Co. Kildare September 10th/11th

2010 Prodrift Ireland – Round 5 at Fermoy

Check out this video featuring Round 5 Fermoy from the 2010 ProDrift series. James Deane clinched the title without much trouble this weekend and took home another ProDrift championship. Issue 17 of Wrecked Magazine coming out has an interview with James talking about his victory over in Ireland.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/2010-prodrift-ireland—round-5-at-fermoy

James Deane has been doing double duty this year while driving a full ProDrift season and a half Formula Drift season during 2010. Well his hard work has paid off and after his win at Round 5 this past weekend in Ireland he was able to secure the championship. If he runs Formula Drift full time in 2011 I will be interested to see if he stays running ProDrift to defend his title?

The 2010 Prodrift season has come to a close this weekend after the Fermoy event. James Deane, who drives the Falken S15 in Formula Drift, took home the victory for the weekend. We have been hearing rumors that James Deane will be able to complete in the 2011 Formula Drift season here in the United States, using the Falken S15 he has been driving.

1st- James Deane
2nd- Christy Carpenter
3rd-Damien Shortt

2010 Prodrift Ireland – Round 4 at Mondello

Check out the guys at ProDrift Ireland tearing it up at Mondello. Eric O’Sullivan ended up taking home a win after James Deane had transmission problems in the finals. Eric is in the black AE86 with Hankook Tire stickers on it. Nice to see him still performing at a top level with a proper car under him. His Formula Drift season this year has been plagued with car troubles. This is a great video from Patrick McCullagh highlighting the weekends events.

Watch the video: http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/watchvideo/2010-prodrift-ireland—round-4-at-mondello

Check out how Pro Drift Round 4 went down with Formula Drift star Eric O’Sullivan returning to the series and taking home a big victory. Apparently James Deane was in the finals with Eric O’Sullivan and got a OMT called on their first battle but couldn’t run again due to mechanical issues giving Eric the victory. Here is how the podium stacked up.

1st. Eric O’Sullivan
2nd. James Deane
3rd. Mike Deane
4th. Alan Sinnott

Speedhunters announced yesterday morning that another car is being added to the Team NFS which already features Mad Mike Whiddett and Matt Powers. This addition will actually be Darren McNamara for some European Drifting. That means the V8 powered Saturn Sky won’t be retired anytime soon with the Falken colors. The highlights of news is that this car will be receiving a powerful  13B rotary engine. If you want to find out more about this insane project follow the link below.

Read About the new Team NFS Car: http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010/08/06/driver-blog-darren-mcnamara-announcing-the-d_2D00_mac-86.aspx