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Hampton Downs 2010

Once again Devolution Photography had the pleasure of being invited to another Driftopia event, this one at the new(ish) Hampton Downs circuit just south of Meremere. The weather forecast for this event could not have been any worse, with a 'weather bomb' the size of Australia due to hit and stick around for the weekend.

Expecting the worst I packed all the obligatory wet weather gear that had become a feature of the last D1NZ season. But Awoke on the Saturday to a nice sunny (if not a little windy) morning.

Arriving in the pits I noticed a lot of familiar faces, some with new cars in the testing stages and others out there to beat on their trusty steads some more.

Blair Martin brought out his new competition car for 2010-11, a black S14.5

Matt "Toffee" Sellers was there in his S14 for his second proper track day

180sx built for a single purpose, loving the whiskers

A pair of tidy s13's

C's garage 1via ripping it up

Andrew in his street driven s15

RX7 skids

All Out Motorsports FC RX7

Troy Burbridge's Toyota Chaser

Matt Sellers getting to grips with his S14

Gaz Whiter was there putting on a smoke show as always

A blast from the past, Victor Chapman back doing what he does so well

Daynom Templeman seems to have no problem lighting the tires anymore

Another blast from the past, Justin Rood gets behind the wheel of his matt black 180sx

Sky Zhao was out in his new 2010-2011 car

Kylee Cooper shoing the boys how its done

blue lightning mcqueen

full speed out of the gravel trap team onions stlye

Brandon Rogerson 'on fire' as always

Nikau Reid, Hard n fast

Alas the good weather wasn't to last and around lunchtime the skys darkened and the heavens opened up.

Simon and Nick from Garage H always seem to have time to say Hi

gotta love the nimble little toyotas

S-Chassis tandems towards the hairpin

Parting Shot

Cheers to Kylee and the rest of the Driftopia team for giving drifters the chance to get their practice in a safe and fun filled enviroment. I hope that this wasn't the last driftopia ever as that would be a huge loss to the sport. Enjoy your break and look forward to shooting your days more in the future.