The 09 D1NZ official awards dinner - Albany Stadium OCT 3rd

[D1NZ HQ]

That’s right peeps D1NZ is holding its end of year awards dinner to give back to the drivers, supporters and fans for some well deserved awards, So make sure you witness the first ever D1NZ Awards Dinner to be held in Auckland on Saturday October 3rd at North Harbour Stadium, Albany.

This will be a great tribute to everybody involved with a buffet dinner, drinks, awards, the Grand Final of the 2009 Model Search – (lingerie edition) visual presentations plus loads more with a few surprises included…
DON’T MISS OUT! This is strictly limited to 40 tables so be in quick! 15 have gone already!
(please email brendon@d1nz.com for more D1NZ Awards Dinner information)

The Awards Dinner Information
Official Awards Dinner – October 3rd
North Harbor Stadium
Albany (commence 6.30pm; conclude 10.30-11.00pm)
Tickets are $65.00 per head or $650.00 for a table of 10 (includes buffet dinner and free drinks for one hour)
This is a formal event - black tie and evening wear are requested – feel free to get fruity with it and mix it up a bit in true drift style

The Official After Party – Backyard Bar, Takapuna (party buses to take participants from North Harbour Stadium to after party venue)
The Backyard Bar is located next to the historic Poenamo Hotel which have plenty of parking and rooms available for out of town guests.
We recommend if you’re coming from out of town to book a room ASAP for your convenience.
You can find the venue here: http://www.poenamohotel.co.nz/

D1NZ resident DJ Scissor hands will be mixing it up and Ned Roy will be banging it out on the 1's and 2's afterwards

The following categories will be presented –
if you think someone should definitely win one of these awards feel free to post up your suggestions

The following will be awarded to both D1NZ and D1Rookie separately:
Best Style
Best Presented Vehicle of the Year
Best Presented Tow Vehicle
Best Smoke Machine Vehilce
Best Presented Engine Bay
Angle King of the Year
Best Tandem Battle of the Year
Team Battle of the Year
Team of the Year
Most Improved Driver of the Year
Most Dedicated Driver of the Year
Comeback Driver of the Year
Sportsmanship Award
D1Rookie of the Year
D1NZ Driver of the Year

The following will be awarded to non-Drivers:

Drift NZ Ambassador of the Year
D1NZ Drift Ambassador of the Year
Best Presented Driver Website
Photograph of the Year
Judge of the Year
Volunteer of the Year
Supporter of the Year

These may vary on the night

We look forward to your suggestions on nominations...

[0t1]

how about
"Hard Luck"
Best Presented Driver/Team Website

web based Public vote for
Best Presented Vehicle of the Year
Best Presented Tow Vehicle
Best Smoke Machine Vehilce
Best Presented Engine Bay

[Toyota Drifter]

[D1NZ HQ]

That’s sort of what we are aiming for here, if there is enough posts for a particular driver on an award then we would strongly consider awarding that driver the award - and of course with peoples input it will help us make the decision on other awards too so DON’T BE SHY – post up your suggestions on people for the awards !!

[abd]

So who won what?

[SLYDHO]

I got Drift Angle King for rookie

[D1NZ HQ]

Hey guys what an awesome night to celebrate a hard year’s end, congratulations to all that won trophies, definitely some hard calls to make as the level is always rising. A full report will be up on D1NZ’s main page in the next 24hours so stay tuned for photos.

A huge thank you to all that attended and the awesome sponsors who helped us with the night.

D1NZ Awards:

D1NZ 2009
Turtlewax F21 Best Presented Website

Description: Drivers were watched over the season on promotion of their website, updates, sponsor support and relevance to D1NZ.

Nominees
Fanga Dan WoolHouse, Carl Ruiterman, Madmike, Gaz Whiter

Winner:
Gaz Whiter

D1NZ 2009
Bouncin Fun Sportsmanship Award

Description: The D1NZ driver who displayed generosity, comrade, Integrity, dedication to other D1NZ drivers and overall good bastard

Nominees
Madmike, Glen McFarlane, Andrew Redward, Brad Smith, Jason Sellers, Sam Groombridge

Winner:
Glenn McFarlane

Holy Water D1NZ 2009
Best Presented Tow Vehicle
Description: overall package of the tow vehicle and trailer to car

Nominees
Madmike, Steven Sole.

Winner:
Mad Mike

Magwarehouse.com Northshore D1NZ 2009
Best Smoke Machine

Description: The driver who managed to produce consistent smoke throughout the season while still battling and impressing the judges

Nominees
Madmike, Steven Sole, Andrew Redward, Fanga Dan, Jason Sellers, Cole Armstrong

Winner:
Cole Armstrong.

Brown Brothers D1NZ 2009
Best Style

Description: The D1NZ Driver who displayed contributing factors of big angle, smoke, good chases and overall look on the track

Nominees:
Jason Sellers, Andrew Redward Mad Mike, Fanga Dan and Steven Sole, Gaz Whiter

Winner:
Fanga Dan

Street Pro Kits D1NZ 2009
Best Presented Vehicle

Description: The D1NZ Driver who represented the drifting look to its fullest while keeping a clean fresh look that supported his sponsors overall.

Nominees:
Gaz Whiter, Mad Mike, Steven Sole, Andrew Redward, Cole Armstrong

Winner:
MadMike

Fast Cars D1NZ 2009
Angle King

Description: The D1NZ driver who over the season had the biggest angle in battles and qualifying while keeping the judged lines.

Nominees:
Mad Mike, Andrew Redward, Steven Sole, Fanga Dan Woolhouse,

Winner:
Fanga Dan

Elite Tint presents the D1NZ 2009
Best Tandem Battle

Description: The D1NZ battle that impressed the judges over all others

Nominee’s:
Gaz whiter vs MadMike – Round 1
Jason Seller vs Andrew Redward – Round 5

Winner:
Gaz Whiter vs MadMike – Round 1

JapaneseUsedcars.com D1NZ 2009
Most Dedicated Driver
Description: The D1NZ driver that exceeded D1 expectations put mammoth amount of efforts and time into the D1 season to compete and help others

Nominees:
Glen Mcfarlane
Matt Jackson
Andrew Redward
Daynom Templeman
Jason Sellers

Winner:
Jason Sellers

High Octane Performance D1NZ 2009
Most Improved Driver

Description: The D1NZ driver that grew skills and ability to impress the judges over the season and develop to top quality drifter

Nominees:

Andrew Redward
Cole Armstrong
Daynom Templeman

Winner:
Andrew Redward

Extreme RPM D1NZ 2009
Best Presented Engine Bay

Description: The D1NZ driver that went beyond the mark to display a great engine bay setup.

Nominee’s:
Madmike
Gaz Whiter
Steven Sole

Winner:
Madmike RX7

Lokey Kits presents the
D1NZ 2009 Best Team Battle

Nominee’s:

The Black Taxis

Winner:
The Black Taxis

Demon Graphics D1NZ 2009
Team of the Year
Description: The team with the best representation, uniform and overall team effort in D1NZ

Nominees
Team Mulisha
Team DriftCorp

Winner:
Drift Corp

Dodson’s D1NZ 2009
Most Dedicated Driver Support
Description: A representation of hard yards, helping out, mucking in and supporting a driver or drivers to compete in D1NZ beyond the call of duty

Nominees
Tony Whiter
Cyril Cook
Ken Templeman
Peter Sellers

Winner
Tony Whiter

Demon Energy D1NZ 2009
Comeback Driver

Description:
The D1NZ driver that made an extraordinary comeback while not competing or having a tough season.

Nominees
Carl Ruiterman
Shaun Year bury
Cole Armstrong

Winner
Shaun Year bury

D1NZ 2009 Prestigous awards

Prestigious awards:

Castrol Edge Oil D1NZ 2009
New Zealand’s Drift Ambassador

Description: – The driver bringing New Zealand’s drifting and drifters forefront to the world, representing our culture and how NZ does it on a international scale.

Nominees:

Mad Mike, Gaz Whiter,

Winner:
Mad Mike Whiddet

Castrol Edge Oil
Drift Ambassador of D1NZ 2009

Description: The D1NZ driver who has best represented D1NZ on and off the track, training upcoming drifters, representing D1NZ at shows and representing the D1NZ way of life to its fullest

Nominees:

Mad Mike, Andrew Redward, Jason Sellers, Gaz Whiter

Winner:
Andrew Redward

Demon Graphics D1NZ 2009
Drift King

Description: The D1NZ driver who has inputted the most dedication and skill to become New Zealand’s National Champion and the 2010 face of D1NZ

Winner:
Gaz Whiter

Pace Pools presents the
D1 Rookie 2009 Driver of the Year

Description: The D1 Rookie driver who has inputted the most dedication and skill to become New Zealand’s National D1 Rookie Champion

Winner:
Marcus Davies- King

Turtle wax F21
Spirit of New Zealand Drifting

Description: The person who has lived, briefed and been drifting over the 2009 year, displaying efforts of dedication, camaraderie and overall driftaholic

Nominee’s:

Tony Whiter, Mad Mike Whiddet, Gaz Whiter, Daynom Templeman, Jason Sellers, Brad Smith

Winner:
Brad Smith

NZ Auto Salon Magazine presents
D1NZ Best Sponsor overall for 2009

Description: The dedication and company support to NZ drifting on and off the track, taken driver sponsorship, round sponsorship and season sponsorship – dedicating team members and prizes to NZ drifting and continuing support to D1NZ.

Winner:
Orica NZ – Trading as Turtle Wax F21

D1NZ 2009
Dodson’s Best Photograph

Description: The ultimate capture of NZ Drifting which captures, speed Angle, Smoke Crowd and drivers in one.

Nominee’s:

Boyd Whittaker – Waikaraka park
Nakita Phillip – Grand Final
Simon Anderson – Round 1

Winner:

Simon Anderson

Turtlewax F21 presents
D1NZ 2009 Most Dedicated Volunteer

Nominee’s:

Dan Teeboon
Phillip Coleman
Theresa Knight
Pauly Howe
Bronson Reardon & Nikki Gibson

Winner:
Dan Teeboon

D1 Rookie 2009 awards


D1 Rookie awards

D1 Rookie 2009
Bounci Fun Sportsmanship Award
Description: The D1 Rookie who displayed generosity, comrade, Integrity, dedication to other Rookies and overall good bastard

Nominee’s:

Ryan Johnson, Phil Otene, Randal Liupuhi, Darren Rangitihi

Winner:
Darren Rangatihi From Drift inc

Holy Water D1 Rookie 2009
Best Presented Tow Vehicle
Description: overall package of the tow vehicle and trailer to car

Nominees:

Ryan Johnson, Phil Otene, Randal Liupuhi, Darren Rangitihi, Nico Read

Winner:
Randal Liupuhi

Magwarehouse.com Northshore D1 Rookie 2009
Best Smoke Machine
Description: The driver who managed to produce consistent smoke throughout the season while still battling and impressing the judges

Nominees:
Richard Gray, Nico Reid, Gary Tanana, Micah Hoebers

Winner:
Richard Gray

Brown Brothers D1 Rookie 2009
Best Style
Description: The D1 Rookie who displayed contributing factors of big angle, smoke, good chases and overall look on the track

Nominees:
Randal Liupihi, Micah Hoebers, Marcus Davies-King, Kurt Holland, Nico Ried

Winner:
Nico Ried

Street Pro Kits D1 Rookie 2009
Best Presented Vehicle
Description: The D1 Rookie who represented the drifting look to its fullest while keeping a clean fresh look that supported his sponsors overall.

Nominees:
Randal Liupihi, Marcus Davies-King, Sky Zhao, Kurt Holland
Winner:
Sky Zhao

Fast Cars D1 Rookie 2009
Angle King
Description: The D1 Rookie who over the season had the biggest angle in battles and qualifying while keeping the judged lines.

Nominee’s:
Richard Gray – 2nd, Ryan Johnson, Nico Reid, Phil Otene, Marcus Davies-King.

Winner:
Ryan Johnson

Elite Tint presents the D1 Rookie 2009
Best Tandem Battle
Description: The D1 Rookie battle that impressed the judges over all others

Nominee’s:
Kurt Holland vs Randal Luipuhi Final Round
Micah Hoebers vs Nico Reid Final Round

Winner:
Kurt Holland vs Randal Luipuhi Final Round

JapaneseUsedcars.com D1 Rookie 2009
Most Dedicated Driver
Description: The D1 Rookie driver that exceeded D1 expectations put mammoth amount of efforts and time into the D1 Rookie season to compete and help others

Nominee’s:

Phil Otene – rolling his car while on the trailer then fully rebuilding it to make a round. Traveling by himself to most rounds with no pit crew
Micah Hoebers, blowing his car on the dyno going back to New Plymouth the day of the event then driving to Auckland to try and make qualifying for Taranaki
Sam legge –blew his car up at Taupo and fully rebuilt for Whangarei, not to mention his to vehicle took 5hours to get to Taupo form Auckland.

Winner:Phill Otene

High Octane Performance D1 Rookie 2009
Most Improved Driver
Description: The D1 Rookie driver that grew skills and ability to impress the judges over the season and develop to quality drifter

Nominee’s:
Ryan Johnson
Nico Reid
Kurt Holland
Sky Zhao

Winner:
Nico Reid

Extreme RPM D1 Rookie 2009
Best Presented Engine Bay
Description: The D1 Rookie driver that went beyond the mark to display a great engine bay setup.

Nominee’s:

Marcus Davies King
Kurt Holland
Sky Zhao
Mike Squire
Ryan Johnson – Heaps fab

Winner:

Lokey Kits presents the
D1 Rookie 2009 Best Team Battle

Nominee’s:

Vaughn, Nate and Phil – D1NZ final round – Team ODC
Marcus Davies–King, Micah Hoebers and Randal Liupuhi, D1Nz final Round – Team 2RED1GOLD

Winner:
2 RED 1 GOLD -

Pace pools D1 Rookie 2009
Team of the Year

Nominees
Drift Inc from Wellington
Slip way team from Wellington

Winner:
Drift inc - Taken by Sunil Patel on behalf of Drift inc

Dodson’s D1 Rookie 2009
Comeback DriverThe driver that strived the hardest to get to the rounds and battle his way through the points to place high in the championship

Nominees:
Randal Liupuhi
Marcus Davies King
Richard Grey

Winner:
Richard Grey

[richie21]

Had a great night an very happy and suprised at geting awards etc. But trying to get home is proving hard as I am snowed in at taupo and have Ben since yesterday and is no way to get home as there is a gunman blocking my other way home haha . So runing my self broke here in motels. But thanks d1 for a great sat night

[0t1]

Awesome results, awesome championship
BIGGEST UPs to the D1NZ team, Brendan, Dan T and Justin

Congratulations to The ol' fella Glenn Mc genuine good bastard, Fanga, Carl, Gaz and Mike for the drawing the crowds and the skills displayed. Kwock and Stalker crews, Chuckie!, Simon some great shots bro'

Also like to thank the bro's in the Rookies D1WAKA, N8TIVE, the boys from the bush Micah and Marnix, Phil O, Ryan, Nico bro you are orsum, Vaughn watch out next year brother, all good buggas

Team Drift Inc da boyz n girls and my mokopuna Jayda and CJ

One negative in all this SPELLING of Names fkit

[N8TIVE]

Shot koro!!

Chur to Mike Squires, Sky Zao,Phill Otene, Richie Gray, Nico Reid ,Markus King, Micah & Marnix, Sam in the snef, Vaughn, Ryan, and all the other boys ive met in the last 2 years in the D1NZ Rookie series.

Chur to my pit crew and my girls Erin and Jaxon who i take to every round.

Ive had an ok year considering ive made every round and to only miss out on 1 top 16 all year.

Big thanks to all the D1NZ crew who battled the elements all winter to bring us event after event never letting the weather get the best of them.
Must be hard to do all that work for the love of it.
much appreciated from me and my team.

Nate Steel
N8TIVE