Guest Blog: Telmo Gil>> Sideways In Portugal

It's interesting to see how drifting – a relatively new form of motor sport – has truly spread to all corners of the world. Speedhunters reader Telmo Gil was wielding his camera in Bombarral, a small Portuguese town with around 5,500 people, for the Portuguese Drift Championship. Here's Telmo's report.

Telmo: The Portuguese Drift Championship is only in its second year, with the Bombarral round held at a go-kart track.

The youngest driver is Andre Silva, who is only 16 years old. In Portugal, you can only get your license once you are 18. Andre is certainly a rising star of Portuguese drifting and was top qualifier before finishing in 3rd.

A 5 series isn't a car you normally expect to see in a drifting competition…

…And he's a Speedhunters reader for sure! This BMW produces around 600hp with plenty of torque to smoke the entire track.

This S13 was driven by Sandro Dias in the Amateur Class. Beneath its hood (actually, what hood?) is an RB25 conversion.

Last year's champion, Jose Lopes, is driving an S14 for this year. He also competes in the British Drift Championship, and you can see the experience has helped with his lines and angles.

Hugo Fernandes usually drives a Toyota Soarer, however as that's getting some major updates, he steered his brother's 180SX that was brought over from the UK after the last BDC round at Teesside.

Another Speedhunters fan!

And finally, I loved seeing this Opel Kadett which was fitted with a motor from a Calibra.

- Words and Photos by Telmo Gil

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1

LOVED IT!!!

PORTUGAL

2

You messed in your sentence...drifting isnt a new sport by any means...it was actually invented in the 70's

3

Portugal, the best ;D

4

Very good report!!!!! Thanks (the blue s13 drifter lol)

5

eu de portugal, a dar com força

6

I really liked the look of the 180sx. It might be the color and wheel choice.

7

great photos has always!

8

Nice, near my dad's hometown too!

9

Any specs on that 5 series?

10

And I live nearby... Darn it, should've attended!

11

Don't know how I feel about the 5 series... hopefully it at least still has a BMW engine.

12

About the M5. It has a M5 engine with 600HP with compressor, don't really know for sure the torque...

14

Mais uma razao para me orgulhar de ser portugues!

15

our drift championship has something that atracts me more than any other drift competition, it has some kind of magic ;b

16

M5 for wallpaper pleaaaase!

17

Props for the E39 M5 !

18

Great report! Telmo is indeed a talented photographer. Congrats to all, Go Portugal!

19

Q bom ver cenas sobre a cena de drifting em portugal,qem sabe um dia ainda temos um feature de mocambique tb =)

20

Nice pictures. Congratulations to Andre Silva for being such a nice driver.

21

Nice report, I was on holiday near there for a couple of days about 3 weeks ago! I'll make sure to check out PDC dates if i ever go back for sure :)

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