The D1NZ National Drifting Championship has confirmed its 2027 calendar, featuring a return to Gisborne and a first ever round at the new BOP Drift Park. Driver entries are rolling in, with a mix of returning favourites and exciting new talent set to hit the track. The season opens in Tairāwhiti with a double header at Gisborne Drift Park from 15-17 January. Pro drivers will contest two full rounds across the weekend, and Pro Sport will run a single round. It gives the champi

Tauranga’s Dave Steedman comes from behind to win the 2026 D1NZ Pro Championship at home — beating his own teammate in the Grand Final to seal the crown In a championship finale that delivered everything promised and more, Dave Steedman has been crowned the 2026 D1NZ Drift King — winning on home soil at Mercury Baypark Arena in front of a walk-up crowd that voted with its feet on a clear ANZAC weekend evening. Steedman went into Round 5 trailing championship leader Connor Hal

Drift King Dave Steedman to be the first D1NZ representative on the HOTPIT Autofest stage in California, as New Zealand’s national series steps onto the international platform Capping a landmark night at Mercury Baypark Arena, D1NZ has confirmed a strategic international partnership with HOTPIT Autofest — one of the United States’ fastest-growing motorsport and car-culture platforms, based in California. Newly-crowned Drift King Dave Steedman will be the inaugural D1NZ repres