D1NZ 2027: Season Dates Revealed!
Five rounds.
Four venues.
One championship.
Here's where the D1NZ series is heading next year - who will take the fight to Dave Steedman as he defends his title?
'Mad Mike' Whiddett shreds a historic Croatian shipyard before blocking out the Zagreb sun in his 4-Rotor Pike's Peak Mazda 3; full throttle in front of thousands of fans as part of Red Bull Showrun 2026
At just 14 years old, Riley McKeown from Taupo won the 2025 D1NZ Pro-Sport Series Driver Scholarship - competing in a 13b Rotary powered FC RX7
The 2026 Drift Masters Grand Prix Grand Finale at a sold-out PGE Narodowy in Warsaw was an absolute spectacle, packed with high-stakes championship drama in front of 55,000 roaring fans.
Highlights from Round 3 of the 2025/26 Drift South Series, where Baylie Mcclintock secured the overall championship title in a borrowed car!
John O'Gorman won the Logitech G VD1 Virtual Drift Series after some insane competition held on the D1NZ Baypark Stadium layout. It was certainly a shake up in the standings, but the guys put on a show to end the season on a high!
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We sit down with the newly crowned 2026 New Zealand Drift King, Dave Steedman, for an in-depth, 20-minute feature interview looking back at a legendary D1NZ season!