The European Drift Championship ( EDC ) was an annual drifting series held in the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2012. The series was previously known as D1 Great Britain ( D1GB ) in 2006 and D1UK from 2002 to 2005, but event organizers disassociated from the D1 Grand Prix in 2007. D1UK was also known as the Autoglym Drift Championship due to sponsorship by Autoglym .
6-575: In 2008, EDC introduced the British Drift Championship (BDC) as a feeder series, but the BDC broke off to form its own annual professional series just a year later and became aligned with Formula D . In 2010 the championship organisers made the controversial move to change from a Top 16 to a Top 8 invitational format. The championship featured only 8 drivers who were all sponsored by Pirelli Tires . All championship rounds became part of
12-606: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . British Drift Championship The British Drift Championship was a drifting series held in the UK . The series began in 2008 as a feeder series to the European Drift Championship . However, the partnership between the BDC and EDC organisers ended at the end of the season and the BDC became a professional series in its own right. The series originally had two classes, Semi-Pro and Pro. However, due to
18-703: The Modified Live car shows alongside the UK Time Attack series. At the end of the 2012 season, the championship folded due to drivers moving over to the British Drift Championship and Modified Live events now only feature drift demonstrations rather than full competitions. D1UK/Autoglym Drift Championship D1 Great Britain European Drift Championship This Auto racing-related article
24-468: The end of 2020 after failing to make it a success. Following his decision not to cancel during the Covid 19 pandemic, he then forced the feeder series DriftCup to fold. At the end of the 2022 season, the championship folded due to the a series of bad financial decisions, bad management. Plus staff were not being page their correct wages over the final season. The progressional system that was in place for over
30-517: The series the chance to prove they have what it takes to drive in the main championship. In 2016, the series was taken over by the owner of the Irish Drift Championship, David Egan. Following the conclusion of the 2018 season, it was announced that Egan would be stepping down from his position, to be replaced by Matt Stevenson, a BDC Pro driver and 2014 Semi-Pro champion. Stevenson sold the championship to his understudy Frost at
36-523: The vast growth of the championship a third class was added for the 2011 season, called 'Super Pro' which became the highest class. The top drivers in the Pro class were merged into this new class. For the 2015 season the championship reverted to two classes; the three classes from 2014 were merged to create the Pro-Am and Pro class. A feeder series called Drift Cup was created to allow those wishing to take part in
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