Awesomefest 2012 Cancelled

January 26th, 2012 | By Phil

It’s with a very heavy heart that we have to inform you that Awesomefest 2012 is hereby cancelled.

After the recent news regarding Mallory Park having to dramatically reduce events in 2012 thanks to local noise complaints, we have been working tirelessly to find a suitable alternative venue. But the amount of planning involved in an event of this scale always meant that we were on a very tight deadline to find a replacement venue. That time and our options are now completely exhausted.
We have carefully considered, enquired about, and visited many of our ‘backup’ venues, and some of the suggestions you all came up with too. Although we would be able to put on a relatively good event at a couple of the venues, we feel that at this time none would be suitable enough for us to call it ‘Awesomefest’.

Those of you that have already pre-ordered tickets should have received a full refund by now. If you haven’t, please contact usat :[email protected] with your order details.

We would like to thank you all for the support you have shown us, and assure you that when we have a suitable venue Awesomefest will be back bigger and better than ever.

Phil Morrison, Bob Inglis and the rest of the Driftworks Awesomefest Team.

AwesomeFest 2011 – Thank you!

August 1st, 2011 | By Al

Wow, what an incredible, amazing, sunny, packed, adrenaline fuelled, chilled out, tyre wrecking, music filled, jump-tastic wicked, fun and happy event that was.

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Awesomefest Schedule

July 26th, 2011 | By Jay

With a little over 3 days till the gates open to Awesomefest, I wanted to post up the schedule of events for the weekend. This is what you can expect:

Friday 29^th July
13:00 Campsites open
17:00 Media sign on opens
18:00 Paddock open (including Skatepark, bars, paintball arena, funfair, Huffy sliders, track access [no engines allowed] and graffiti wall)
18:00 Media sign on closes
19:00 Big top tent open with Propaganda DJ Nick Finning playing the Sky Insurance Sound Stage
22:00 The Futureheads DJ set
22:00 Gates close for entry
00:00 Big top tent closes – Paddock closes.

Saturday 30^th July
07:00 Gates open
07:00 Campsite entry opens
07:00 Media sign on opens
08:30 Pro drivers briefing
09:00 Public track sessions begin, including Drifting, Moto X and Mini Moto X. Big top tent opens.
10:00 Media sign on closes
14:00 Beard-off judging in big top
14:00 Digital Base DJ set begins
17:30 Public track sessions end
18:00 Moto X and Mini Moto X tracks close
18:00 Aeroplane Dope DJs BTT
20:00 DJ Switch & DJ Cable DJ BTT
22:00 Pro Drift Demo, Aeroplane Dope DJ set
22:00 Gates close for entry
22:30 Cyantific Vs Wilkinson Ft Bassline MC
00:00 Big top tent closes – Paddock closes.

Sunday 31^st July
07:00 Gates open
08:00 Media sign on opens
09:00 Media sign on closes
09:00 Sky Insurance sound stage opens
09:00 Public track sessions begin, including Drifting, Moto X and Mini Moto X.
17:00 Public track sessions end
18:00 Moto X and Mini Moto X tracks close
18:00 Awesomefest finishes – Paddock closes.

All tickets are available on the gate for no extra cost. Track sessions are still available…

Drifting: Pro drivers line-up!

July 25th, 2011 | By Jay

With 3 days remaining until Awesomefest kicks off, here’s the full and final list of Pro drivers that we have taking part in the demo on Saturday night:

Phil Morrison
Ben Broke-Smith
Dan Chapman
Paz
Remmo Niezen
Lars Verbraeken
Darren McNamara
James Deane
Paul Smith
Shane Lynch
Shane O’Sullivan
Stephen “Baggsy” Biagioni
Julian Smith
Walton Smith
Mark “Buff” Luney
Christy Carpenter
Lennard Wanders
Duane Mckeever
Steve Wills
Wayne Keeber
Brad Hacker
Paul “Polo” Cheshire
Matt Carter
Alan Green
Buttsy Butler
Anthony Scott
Brad McQueen
Marc Huxley
Andy Shervington

Fearless skatepark layout

July 25th, 2011 | By Jay

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STR Graffiti Crew Confirmed

July 22nd, 2011 | By James

We’re chuffed to confirm that the STR Graffiti Crew will be running the Graffiti walls at Awesomefest this year

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Moto X track work is underway!

July 22nd, 2011 | By Jay

Just a week to the day to go! It’s been a huge amount of work to get to this point, but thanks to Bob and the community this weekend is shaping up to be something genuinely special for the UK. We took a few minutes whilst at the Mallory Park yesterday to catch up with the guys who are preparing the Moto X and Mini Moto X and BMX tracks for next weekend when AwesomeFest kicks off. I figured I’d show you a few shots of how its shaping up with less than a week to go!

Phil took his new Honda for a quick spin around the Mini MX track and had a blast, loving the size of the track and the twisty layout which should allow for a good rhythm. This view here is from the top of the BMX Dirt jumps which the diggers will do on Tuesday. Remember, this is all FREE to ride, all weekend!

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Mini MotoX fun

July 15th, 2011 | By James

As well as the Drifting, Most of the Driftworks staff are getting pretty excited about the Mini MotoX at Awesomefest.
Here’s Phil messing about on his KLX110 a while back

Stephen Brooks Films in the house!

July 12th, 2011 | By Phil

If you don’t know who Stephen Brooks is, then make sure you check out his work HERE. and then make sure that whatever you do over the Awesomefest weekend, you do something awesome (or stupid) enough to end up in front of his lens! . Brooksie is really looking forward to shooting such an awesome array of different spectacles, and we can’t wait to see the video results!

Confirmed Pro drivers Remmo Niezen & Lars Verbraeken

July 12th, 2011 | By Jay

The latest pro drivers confirmed to take part in the Pro demo on Saturday night at Awesomefest are Dutch Falken drivers Remmo Niezen & Lars Verbraeken. Remmo and Lars will be bringing their world-famous E30 BMWs all the way from Holland, and both Falken cars sound freaking amazing! Remmo’s E30 is powered by an E39 M5 V8 and Lars’ car is powered by a 1JZ Toyota engine.

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Propaganda and The Futureheads takeover Friday!

July 11th, 2011 | By Jay

We’ve finally been able to confirm that Friday night at Awesomefest will be taken over by Propaganda – the UKs biggest indie club night! The Sky Insurance sound stage will be hosting a night of indie music with Propaganda’s DJ Nick Finning kicking the night off at 7PM and the Futureheads’ Ross Millard and David “Jaff” Craig headlining Friday night’s entertainment with a killer DJ set from 10-midnight.

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Keelan Phillips Flatland @ Awesomefest

July 7th, 2011 | By Phil

Just a little taster of what you can expect to see at Awesomefest!! Keelan Phillips, one of the best Flatlanders in the business! You will be sure to find me engrossed all weekend, fondly remembering the days where I could just about manage a hang five without busting my teeth out . I may even dig out my Quamen to see how many dents I can put in my shins. Bring your bikes people! Awesomefest will be unmissable!

Confirmed Drivers: The Smith brothers!!

July 7th, 2011 | By Jay

The latest pro drivers to confirm they are attending Awesomefest in 21 days are Julian and Walton Smith! Julian will be bringing his world-famous ex-Ken Nomura Garage-D/Blitz ER34 Skyline, with Walton driving his Jap Performance Parts RB25DET powered Impreza in the Pro demo on Saturday night. We’ve got 22 pro drivers now signed up and confirmed, with a few more announcements due over the next couple of days!

If you don’t already know who Julian and Walton then you’ve missed out! They’ve both been around since the beginning of the UK and Irish Drift scene, Julian being one of the most experienced drifters in Europe, starting his competition career back home in Ireland in an E30 M3, now most commonly seen in ‘de Blitz’ ER34 Skyline. Walton followed in his brothers footsteps jumping straight into Irish and UK competitions, although with a different selection of drift cars, starting his competition life in a Ford P100 pickup with V6 power! Both of them now use their skills to keep half the European drift cars alive (and Watford’s KFC in business) at Julian’s workshop in Watford, Garage D.

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Another confirmed team: Team Falken UK

July 6th, 2011 | By Jay

We’ve already announced that Lennard Wanders is coming to Awesomefest in 23 days time, but why have 1 Falken driver/car when you could have 4? Team Falken UK will be hooking up with Wanders at Awesomefest so we’ll have 4 Falken cars tearing round Mallory Park! Alan Green Paul “Polo” Cheshire and Matt Carter will all be bringing their Falken cars and taking part in the Pro Drift Demo on Saturday night.

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Cyantific Vs Wilkinson Ft Bassline MC!!!

July 1st, 2011 | By Jay

YESSSSS!!!!!!! Thanks to the support of Sky Insurance, we are pleased to announce that Cyantific Vs Wilkinson Ft Bassline MC will be headlining on Saturday night (30th July)! Saturday night is going to be insane – Pro drift demo’s and a top line up which also features Aeroplane Dope, an amazing party set from DMC World Champ DJ Switch and his partner in crime DJ Cable. Cyantific & Wilkinson are two of the best Drum and Bass DJ’s and Producers around at the moment and we promise they will deliver a night to remember!!

Have you bought your AwesomeFest™ 2011 tickets yet? Weekend & day tickets, and track sessions are available from the Driftworks shop now…

I’m sure most of you will know that Cyantific is one one Europe’s top Drum and Bass DJs and for any of you that don’t, check out his website here.

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Need For Speeds D-Mac confirmed for Awesomefest!

June 30th, 2011 | By Phil

We’re proud to announce that Darren McNamara and Team Need For Speed have confirmed their attendence at The UK’s most insane event!: Awesomefest 2011 @ Mallory Park in the UK.

Team Need for Speed wrote: “Owner of multiple Formula Drift podium-finishes, Darren McNamara (D-Mac) has been working for one year to create the wildest Toyota AE86 ever imaginable: the Dmac86. The car will make its world debut at the AwesomeFest at Mallory Park in the UK on July 29-31.”

Darren has been driving in Formula D for three years now, and this is his first UK event for years. In his specially built Toyota Corolla AE86, D-Mac will be putting on a huge show with his fellow drifters on the fastest drift track in the UK: Don’t miss it! Get your tickets for Awesomefest from the Driftworks shop HERE & don’t forget you can still buy your track time to drive alongside all of the Pro drivers.

The Need For Speed Crew have just announced an official European tour which you can read more about HERE
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FREE paintball at Awesomefest

June 29th, 2011 | By Jay

Since Awesomefest (29-31st July 2011) is all about participation, we decided that the wall of death wasn’t the best idea… since we couldn’t allow the public to have a go. What did we decide to replace it with? An inflatable paintball arena! Oh, and its going to be TOTALLY FREE all weekend!

We’ve got an inflatable arena coming to Awesomefest which is 60x60x40ft and we’ll be running 10 minute battles between two teams of 5 players… all for free!! Another reason to make sure you don’t miss Awesomefest this year!

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Low Brain Drifters driver James Deane confirmed for Awesomefest

June 27th, 2011 | By Jay

Fresh of the back of winning Drift Allstars round 4 in France, James Deane has confirmed that he will be taking part in the Pro demo at Awesomefest in just over 31 days time! James is currently leading the Drift Allstars series in his Low Brain Drifters Silvia and I can’t wait to see him firing it into Gerrards at night!

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Team Japspeed are at Awesomefest

June 24th, 2011 | By Jay

Team Japspeed have confirmed that they will be attending Awesomefest at the end of July (29th-31st), taking part in the night Pro demo as well as the public track time (still available to buy). Shane Lynch, Paul Smith, Shane O’Sullivan and Stephen “Baggsy” Biagioni will all be in attendance bringing with them the Japspeed S15s, and of course Baggsy’s (now infamous) Impreza. There are many more drivers to be announced but the Pro line-up already includes Declan Munnelly, Lennard Wanders and Brad Hacker!

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Yet another Awesomefest confirmed driver – Declan Munnelly!

June 15th, 2011 | By Jay

After announcing that Brad Hacker and Lennard Wanders will be attending Awesomefest at the end of July, I’m pleased to confirm that Declan Munnelly will also be joining the Pro line-up.

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Confirmed Pro drivers – Lennard Wanders and Brad Hacker

June 10th, 2011 | By Jay

Lennard Wanders has confirmed that he will be coming to Awesomfest 2011 and bringing his world famous RB26 powered Falken/Driftworks S14 all the way from Holland!

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