Top End Drift Series joins Super Series Darwin support

The popular Top End Drift Series will join in as an exciting support act for the Hi-Tec Oils Super Series at Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin.

The Round 2, April 29-May 1 long weekend event, will embrace some local flavours of skilled car handling with the highly skilled Drift Series competitors coming on board.

The TEDS (run by the TEDA Top End Drift Association) will feature in some demonstration runs, before commencing competition for its second round of competition for 2023.

TEDS Drivers to watch for include Round 1 winner Jacob Martin, Ben Candy, Paul Seidel, Club President Mitch Doyle, and young up-and-coming drifter Jack Botting, who finished a career-best fourth in the opener.

the highly skilled action of the Top End Drift Series will be on display at Hidden Valley alongside the Super Series circuit racers. Image/main image: Trent Robinson Photography

The Benalla Auto Club and Super Series manager Stephen Whyte, says the addition of the Drift Series in Darwin is important for its national exposure.

“Drifting is an important commercial property for our naming-rights sponsor, Hi-Tec Oils – in our first round at Winton, there were demonstration runs from a couple of the Hi-Tec All Stars Drift competitors, which were well-received by the spectators,” Whyte said.

“By incorporating the Top End Drift Series into our Hidden Valley program, the drift competitors will be exposed to our circuit racing audience, while drifting fans in the Northern Territory will be treated to a sample of national-level circuit racing.”

Run by TEDA, the Top End Drift Series will bring its Round 2 action infront of the circuit racing audience in Darwin. Image: Trent Robinson Photography

The drifting will support the circuit racing categories on the program, which include the TA2 Muscle Cars, HQ Holden Crocodile Cup, Hyundai Excel Dash for Cash, and Australian Super TT Championship/NAMSC Combined Sedans.

Don’t miss the chance to see some exciting drifting action and high-speed circuit racing at Hidden Valley Raceway.

The Monday afternoon of the event will be broadcast live on SBS and Fox Sports between 1-4pm, with live streaming also available on the Monday between 9;30am-12:30pm on the series’ Facebook site.

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