
Hampton Downs is the one track in New Zealand that I have mixed feelings about. I’m not entirely sure that I like it, nor do I hate it. The only way I can describe it is “frustrating”. For a drift section, it’s pretty basic: 4th gear handbrake entry down a straight, into an uphill right with a quick switch back left over the crest, section ends. The tricky thing is, that because of this simplistic section, and that everyone in D1NZ has driven this track numerous times, it puts us all on a very even playing field come battle time. Read below for my high’s and low’s of this event and track.
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