Introduction to GDD

First of a very big thanx to Genki DoriDori for the sponsorship I am so pleased to have been chosen from the many great r/c drifters out there, its an honour.

Well most of you out there will know me for creating such great bodyshells such as my Yokomo 180sex and the Tamiya Z-Tune door slammer.

Well I best start really with how i got into the drift seen haha well i used to race R/C buggy's as a young teenager and didnt really do that well for some unknown reason things were always breaking and as a young lad money was always tight, and if you know the type of vehicle i was using at the time they were the likes of tamiya sand scorchers which were fairly fragile.

So after a few years of mucking around with buggy's I became a little older and got to the age of driving 1/1 cars so after passing my driving test it was all down hill from then with r/c as the interest became strong for real car modifications which as we all know takes all your money and more. As time goes by we reflect on the things we do as a youngster and my wife said to me one Christmas what do you fancy for a present this year? Well for some reason I said I fancy getting back into R/C cars just for fun as a hobby like we know and love, so of to my local LHS and a couple of hundred pounds later a fully hopped up Tamiya TL-01 was of to a flying start, well after playing around for a few weeks more power was needed and along with more body's LOL. Then one day I decided to go searching the internet for more hop ups and stuff and stumbled across rcdori which from that day forward I have never looked back, after many hours of searching the r/c drift scene and then more and more forums popping up and joining its just got bigger and better by the month.

Ive now been into r/c drifting for around 4 years now and as most people that know me, know me for my bodyshells and of course the all loved Tamiya TA-03, which is one of the best r/c drift cars available at this moment in time, ive personally moved on from the TA-03 since i came across the ARD CE-4 which with the help and thanx to Genki DoriDori has made it such a great chassis for me to drive.

As for entering the D1RC series it was the best thing i have ever done, I entered the last 2 races of the 2006 season and found it a massive learning curve using full r/c purpose built tracks which as most of us who enter into the drift scene start in back yards and car parks, After many chats with the organisers Eddie Turner and John Turner I have learned a lot more about car set up and how to prepare your chassis for race conditions and have never looked back since.

Well enough of me for now just glad to have been chosen for the GDD sponsorship.

More to follow soon.................