Declan Hicks
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Declan Hicks is a professional racing driver, competing in the European Drift Championship and National D1 Drift Championship of Great Britain
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Originally Hicks competed in a Mk1 Mazda
MX-5, which proved a great starting point for a budding drifter. Soon the requirement for big power was met by the acquisition of a second generation Toyota Soarer
, with a rare manual gearbox and factory sunroof delete option package. This has provided the ideal base for a drift car, despite being originally intended by Toyota as a Luxury Coupe. Long gone is the two litre twin turbo engine, having been replaced with a Single Turbo 2.5 litre powerplant.
Declan is involved in many various forms of motorsport, and was recently part of a team building and racing a Power Tool Drag Racer to race in the Silverline tools Challenge, soon to be seen on the Discovery Canada magazine show Daily Planet
, with his team-mates Jon Lawes
and Ben Short. Declan is a senior drift instructor, event organiser & also heavily involved in marketing & media within the drift industry.
Declan is sponsored by RHDJapan, Universal Turbos, Silverline Tools, CarDomain GAZ Shocks, Autoglym, & Sumo Power. He maintains a website which keeps a regular blog of all of his events, information about his cars build, championship progress & photographs.
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...
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Originally Hicks competed in a Mk1 Mazda
Mazda
is a Japanese automotive manufacturer based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales...
MX-5, which proved a great starting point for a budding drifter. Soon the requirement for big power was met by the acquisition of a second generation Toyota Soarer
Toyota Soarer
The Soarer made its first appearance at the 1980 Osaka International Motor Show with the name "EX-8", and the Z10 series Toyota Soarer was produced from February 1981 to December 1985, with 2.0L, 2.8L or 3.0L DOHC I-6 variants. The first generation Soarer debuted with a rear-wheel drive...
, with a rare manual gearbox and factory sunroof delete option package. This has provided the ideal base for a drift car, despite being originally intended by Toyota as a Luxury Coupe. Long gone is the two litre twin turbo engine, having been replaced with a Single Turbo 2.5 litre powerplant.
Declan is involved in many various forms of motorsport, and was recently part of a team building and racing a Power Tool Drag Racer to race in the Silverline tools Challenge, soon to be seen on the Discovery Canada magazine show Daily Planet
Daily Planet
The Daily Planet is a fictional broadsheet newspaper in the , appearing mostly in the stories of Superman. The building's original features were based upon the AT&T Huron Road Building in Cleveland, Ohio...
, with his team-mates Jon Lawes
Jon Lawes
Jon Lawes is a Motoring Author and Aviation Engineer, currently living in Dorset, UK.Author of the motor sport reference book 'Competition Car Electrics' published by Haynes in 2006, his writing style has been described as "easy to understand" , whilst 'Competition Car Electrics' has been described...
and Ben Short. Declan is a senior drift instructor, event organiser & also heavily involved in marketing & media within the drift industry.
Declan is sponsored by RHDJapan, Universal Turbos, Silverline Tools, CarDomain GAZ Shocks, Autoglym, & Sumo Power. He maintains a website which keeps a regular blog of all of his events, information about his cars build, championship progress & photographs.