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?
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!
The winner of the full series will be taken on the real world journey with the GT86 Scholarship Car, where the driver will get to drive in select real life D1NZ events.
Baylie McClintock took the win in his R32 Skyline, with Dylan Rastrick finishing second overall in his S13 Silvia - Shane Wood driving his S13 into 3rd place.
RAW engine noise and Drift Car action from Levels Raceway, Timaru