Yokomo International Drift Meet 2018 in Singapore Event Report

The Yokomo International Drift Meet (YIDM), an international RC drift competition held annually in various Asian countries, took place this year on Saturday, March 25th and Sunday, March 26th, at Far East Plaza, a tourist destination on Orchard Road in Singapore. The special circuit for this year's YIDM was set up in the main atrium at the entrance of Far East Plaza, where many visitors stopped to watch with great interest.

The event featured four classes: CS (4WD), OPEN RWD, YOKOMO RWD, and TANDEM (teams of three cars). Participants traveled from countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia, resulting in a heated battle involving a total of 158 cars.

Judging was handled by Takahiro Ueno from Japan, who is an active driver in the D1 Grand Prix and a judge for the Yokomo Drift Meeting Special Round, along with Masami Hirosaka of Team Yokomo.

The surface of this special circuit was an indoor P-tile track, a first for YIDM. While participants struggled with how to increase car speed on the low-grip surface, the high-level, bumper-to-bumper tandem runs driven by the techniques and setup skills of the top-ranking competitors drew cheers from the crowd.

 

After the intense competition, a standing banquet party and awards ceremony were held at the same location where the circuit had been, making it an event filled with constant smiles from the participants. The winner of the YOKOMO RWD class was awarded an airline ticket to the Yokomo Drift Meeting Special to be held at the Yatabe Arena on December 8th–9th this year.

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Hobby Haven and the entire Singaporean operations staff for managing the competition.

We thank you for HABBY HAVEN and crew of Singapore.

from Yokomo.

CS (AWD) class Top 16

1. Adam Yusri / Malaysia

2. James Teoh / Malaysia

3. Ariff / Malaysia

4. N@rd / Malaysia

5. Piew / Malaysia

6. Acom / Malaysia

7. Thalha / Malaysia

8. Hakimo / Singapore

9. Nic Ling / Malaysia

10. Awis / Malaysia

11. Ronny.D / Malaysia

12. Nicholas Lim / Malaysia

13. Kent Ong / Malaysia

14. Simon RCL / Malaysia

15. Ab Halim / Malaysia

16. Watson / Malaysia

Single run 1st: Piew / Malaysia

OPEN RWD class Top 16

1. Opan / Indonesia

2. Didee / Singapore

3. Ivan Loh / Singapore

4. Adam Yusri / Malaysia

5. Kwan / Singapore

6. Epit / Malaysia

7. James Teoh / Malaysia

8. Gary Tan / Singapore

9. Alan Leung / Singapore

10. Sin Sek Chon / Singapore

11. Lani / Singapore

12. Zed / Malaysia

13. Piew / Malaysia

14. Marco Chan / Singapore

15. Beyz / Indonesia

16. Chris Speedster / Malaysia

Single run 1st: Kwan / Singapore

YOKOMO RWD class Top 16

1. Alan Leung / Singapore

2. Matzek / Malaysia

3. Kwan / Singapore

4. Ariff / Malaysia

5. Marco Chan / Singapore

6. Adam Yusri / Malaysia

7. Thalha / Malaysia

8. James Teoh / Malaysia

9. Ivan Loh / Singapore

10. Ah Ngu / Malaysia

11. Epit / Malaysia

12. Azri(Falcon Hawk) / Brunei

13. Hsin / Malaysia

14. Booden / Malaysia

15. Sin Sek Chon / Singapore

16. Gary Tan / Singapore

Single run 1st: Kwan / Malaysia

Tamdem (3 cars) class Top 16

1. Team Nick Yokomo #2

2. Team Nick Yokomo #1

3. Team EP Hobby

4. Drift Society #1

5. Team Nick Yokomo #4

6. Team Nick Yokomo #3

7. Team Hobby4Life

8. Drift Society #5

9. Team JRA

10. Team Zink

11. Drift Society #3

12. RCDReamland

13. Drift Culture

14. Team SLI

15. Drift Society #4

16. Drift Society #6
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