Awesomefest 2011 – Thank you!

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

Stephen Brooks has worked his magic putting together this amazing film from AwesomeFest 2011. A big thanks to everyone who came to the Mallory Park race circuit in Leicester and supported AwesomeFest, it really was a blast!

For many, the event has been described as the best festival they’ve ever been to, with some even going as far as to say it was the best weekend of their lives! And we completely concur, the brilliant mix of fun, fuel and face plants have made this brand new style festival a complete hit overnight and we cannot thank you, the people, enough for coming to be a part of it.

There was as promised a huge amount of things to participate in – everything from the massively popular MX tracks, BMX jumps, the hilariously surreal Beard Off, the on track drifting throughout the day, the ramp park, the huge Big Top Party tent that played host to what the DJ’s described as ‘One of the best crowds we’ve ever ever had’, and of course the utterly incredible night drifting battle that genuinely changed the game completely overnight.

It is so rare to have everyone from all the scenes in one place, and this really bought us all closer together. No competition meant drivers didn’t have to worry about the pressure of winning, it was all about going back to the reason they started drifting in the first place, for fun. The media teams gelled together and shared stories and laughs all weekends, and it was great to see all the guys working with each other. We promise next year we will have working WIFI, and we will continue to limit the amount of media passes to ensure you guys can always produce the quality of shots we have been previewed.

We at Driftworks have a few thank you’s to make, so we will make it quick. Firstly, thank you to you for buying your ticket, having an amazing happy time, and giving us the incredibly overwhelmingly positive feedback. We’d like to thank the media guys for trooping the entire event for two and a half days taking stunning pictures and film that we cannot wait to see. We’d like to thank the caterers, the brilliant security staff, and the volunteers who helped out. We’d like to say thank you to Propaganda, The Futureheads, Aeroplane Dope, Cyantific, Wilkinson, Bassline MC, Switch, Cable, JellyHeads, and all the other DJ’s who ripped on the decks. We’d also like to thank the drivers, both pro and the public heroes who travelled from all over the world to be there – guys, you made the event, and we hope you all can make it back again.

Most importantly, we’d like to finally thank Bob Inglis, the guy who quietly in the background made this event happen, we couldn’t have done it without him, and to say that he is the best thing to happen to European Drifting would not be an understatement in the slightest. Bob, from the people, the staff, and us here at a very broke and tired DW HQ, thank you.

We have threads up in the Driftworks Forum for discussions, photos, videos, memories, fun and when all the other blogs around the net hit their write-ups we will try and be the first to let you know what and where you can read them.