2008 European Drift Championship season explained

The 2008 European Drift Championship season is the second season of the European Drift Championship. The championship was won by Ben Broke-Smith.

2008 entry list

2008 Japanese Used Cars European Drift Championship Driver	Car	Number	Team/ Major Sponsor	Country
Brett Castle	Nissan 200sx S14a	1	Abbey Motorsport/ Autoglym
Mark Luney	Nissan 350z	2	SVA Imports
Mark Johnston	Nissan Silvia S13 (TBA)	3	Weston Performance
Ben Broke-Smith	Toyota Chaser JZX81	4	Driftworks
Maciej Polody	Nissan 200sx S14a	5	Polody Performance
Tony Green	TBA (AE86?)	6	TBA
James Grimsey	Nissan 180sx/ Nissan Laurel/ TBA	7	GBH Motorsport
Phil Morrison	Nissan Silvia S15 (2JZ Powers)	8	Driftworks
Chris Parry	Toyota Sprinter Trueno	9	(Major Sponsors = Driftworks, Angelworks, VEMS, Run Free, Japanese Used Cars.com)
Tim Marshall	TBA Nissan Skyline R33 GTS with Chevy V8	10	TBA
Peter Barber	Mazda RX7 FD3S with N/A RX7 engine with RX8 internals	14	Swinton car insurance
Ian Harrison	Nissan Skyline R32	15	Harrison Motorsport
Alan McCord	TBA (Nissan Silvia S15; possibly 2JZ engine)	16	Hi-Octane Imports
Paul Smith	Nissan Silvia S15	17	TBA
Nobushige Kumakubo	Subaru Impreza GDB (RWD converted, ex D1GP)	TBA	Team Orange
Mark Coyne	Nissan 200sx S14	TBA	TBA
Ian Coyne	Nissan 200sx S13	TBA	TBA
Scott Armstrong	Nissan Onevia S15.3 (S13 front, S15 chassis, supercharged RB30 engine)	TBA	Performance Parts & Services Ltd
Kazuhiro Tanaka	Subaru Impreza GDB	TBA	Team Orange

• Entrants 1-17^[1]
• Kumakubo ^[2]
• Coyne Brothers ^[3]
• Armstrong ^[4]
• Tanaka ^[5]

More entrants will be added throughout the season including British Drift Championship Wildcard Entries.Round 2 wildcard - Mike Gaynor

2008 Rounds

• Round 1 - April 5/6th - Donington Park
• Round 2 - May 17/18th Knockhill Circuit
• Round 3 - June 1 Silverstone Circuit
• Round 4 - July 11/12th - Santa Pod Raceway
• Round 5 - September 6/7th Silverstone Circuit
• Round 6 - September 26/27th - Poznan Circuit, Poland

1. Web site: Japanese used cars EDC Drift Drivers & Teams . 2009-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090603232327/http://www.europeandriftchampionship.eu/drivers%20and%20teams.html . 2009-06-03 . dead .
2. Web site: Japanese Drifter Kumakubo to enter EDC2008! . 2009-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091014123713/http://www.europeandriftchampionship.eu/Japanese%20Drifter%20Kumakubo%20to%20enter%20EDC%202008.html . 2009-10-14 . dead .
3. Web site: Crazy Coynes R back! . 2009-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528055736/http://www.europeandriftchampionship.eu/crazy%20coynes%20come%20for%20EDC.html . 2009-05-28 . dead .
4. Web site: Armstrong flexing his muscles?? . 2009-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100206153445/http://www.europeandriftchampionship.eu/Armstrong%20Flexing%20his%20muscles%20fact%20or%20fiction.html . 2010-02-06 . dead .
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2009-10-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090219095628/http://europeandriftchampionship.eu/08%20downloads/Tanaka%20PL.pdf . 2009-02-19 . dead .

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