Niall Gunn
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Niall Gunn was born in Cork
, Ireland
is a Professional Racing driver specialising in Drifting.
Gunn was involved in Motorsport from a very young age. He started of in motocross at 11 years old and Enduros and by 17 years old was the youngest ever Expert Enduro Rider in Ireland at the time. In 2003 he finished 3rd in the Irish Championship before switching efforts to concentrate on the British and European Championship in 2004
He was selected for the Irish Team in 2004 but retired mid-season due to injuries
Gunn also has experience from racing 4 wheel vehicles also and was a Professional Race Instructor at Kartword in Ireland where he also race karts for a season and had some single seater tests.
In late 2005 Gunn's interest turned to a new sport called drifting
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In 2006 in his first event drift event he obtained a D1GB license from 2005 D1 Champion Yasuyuki Kazama
, 12 other licenses where also given out on what was the first Professional Drift Series in Europe D1GB
At round 2 at Silverstone
Niall finished 5th overall in the D1GB event and qualified as the top 8 European drivers to enter D1 Grand Prix
Mechanical problems hindered his car on the Sunday.
Gunn finished 10th overall in the series.
In 2007 Gunn competed in the European Drift Championship
where he had three top 8 finishes .
In 2008 Gunn concentrated on building the JDM Allstars Invitational series and competed in the Prodrift European series.
Cork (city)
Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
is a Professional Racing driver specialising in Drifting.
Gunn was involved in Motorsport from a very young age. He started of in motocross at 11 years old and Enduros and by 17 years old was the youngest ever Expert Enduro Rider in Ireland at the time. In 2003 he finished 3rd in the Irish Championship before switching efforts to concentrate on the British and European Championship in 2004
He was selected for the Irish Team in 2004 but retired mid-season due to injuries
Gunn also has experience from racing 4 wheel vehicles also and was a Professional Race Instructor at Kartword in Ireland where he also race karts for a season and had some single seater tests.
In late 2005 Gunn's interest turned to a new sport called drifting
Drifting (motorsport)
Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed...
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In 2006 in his first event drift event he obtained a D1GB license from 2005 D1 Champion Yasuyuki Kazama
Yasuyuki Kazama
is a drifting driver from Japan.Kazama was first introduced to drifting at age 17 when he watched Gengo-San, who later became his spotter and mentor, drifting on a touge....
, 12 other licenses where also given out on what was the first Professional Drift Series in Europe D1GB
At round 2 at Silverstone
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Banbury...
Niall finished 5th overall in the D1GB event and qualified as the top 8 European drivers to enter D1 Grand Prix
D1 Grand Prix
The , abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift, is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Option magazine & Tokyo Auto Salon founder Daijiro Inada, and drifting legend Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting...
Mechanical problems hindered his car on the Sunday.
Gunn finished 10th overall in the series.
In 2007 Gunn competed in the European Drift Championship
European Drift Championship
The Pirelli European Drift Championship is a drifting series held each year throughout the United Kingdom. It was introduced in 2007 following the collapse of the D1 Great Britain series which in turn replaced the Autoglym Drift Championship...
where he had three top 8 finishes .
In 2008 Gunn concentrated on building the JDM Allstars Invitational series and competed in the Prodrift European series.