Track

Centrally located in Germany, 5 massive excavator giants stand on a peninsula in the middle of Lake Gremmin, which covers the desert of an opencast mine. Then the gigantic arena , whose tension between music, light, nature and the steel relics ensures a unique atmosphere day and night and which not only pulls you into the middle of the action because of its thundering acoustics.

For the IRON DRIFT KING , the steel arena will have a custom-made 14,000 square meter racetrack. It takes almost a whole week to set up the racetrack. With concrete walls and safety fences according to Formula 1 standards, one of the most modern drift tracks in the world is built every year just for this one weekend.

DRIFT ISLAND 2025-202X

Track Type

Temporary Race Track

Opening

17.08.2018

Track Length

504 meters

Corners

4 incl. Entry

Fastest Entry

132 km/h (James Deane, 2019)

Clipping Zones

7

Track Design

Mathew Steele, Max Heidrich

Judging

3 Judges, Live Video Analysis

Start

Before the start there is a warm-up zone in which all 4 tires of the drivers are warmed up to the correct core temperature. For the twin battle, the chaser positions himself to the left and the leader of the run to the right of the start.

Entry

Initiation into the drift takes place at up to 130 km/h in the direction of the concrete wall.

North Corner

From here it's up close and personal! The chaser must hang as close as possible to the leader in order to achieve important advantages with the judges.

Wall Ride

Timing is everything! Blinded by the tire smoke of the man in front, the chaser follows the leader almost blindly and needs extreme tact when changing before the curve in order not to land in the concrete wall.

West Corner

Final spurt! The chaser has to build up pressure again to finally convince the judges and spectators. And the motto for the leader is: Don't make any more mistakes in the last meters!

DRIFT ISLAND 2024

Track Type

Temporary Race Track

Opening

15.08.2024

Track Length

??? meters

Corners

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Fastest Entry

-

Clipping Zones

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Track Design

Marcel Uhlig

Judging

5 Judges, Live Video Analysis

DRIFT ISLAND 2018-2023

Streckenart

temporäre Rennstrecke

Eröffnung

17.08.2018

Streckenlänge

504 Meter

Kurven

4 inkl. Entry

Schnellster Entry

132 km/h (James Deane, 2019)

Clipping Zonen

7

Streckendesign

Mathew Steele, Max Heidrich

Judging

3 Judges, Live-Videoanalyse

Start

Vor dem Start befindet sich die Warm-Up Zone in der die Fahrer alle 4 Reifen auf die richtige Kerntemperatur gebracht werden. Für das Twin-Battle positionieren sich der Chaser auf der linken und der Leader des Runs auf der rechten Seite vom Start.

Entry

Das Einleiten in den Drift erfolgt mit bis zu 130 km/h in Blickrichtung zur Betonwand.

Nordkurve

Ab hier geht es auf Tuchfühlung! Der Chaser muss sich möglichst dicht an den Leader hängen um wichtige Vorteile bei den Judges zu erreichen.

Wallride

Timing ist alles! Durch den Reifenqualm des Vordermanns geblendet, fährt der Chaser dem Leader fast im Blindflug hinterher und braucht beim Umsetzen vor der Kurve extremstes Fingerspitzengefühl um nicht in der Betonwand zu landen.

Westkurve

Endspurt! Der Chaser muss nochmal voll Druck aufbauen um die Judges und Zuschauer endgültig zu überzeugen. Und für den Leader gilt die Devise: Auf den letzten Metern keinen Fehler mehr machen!