It was a disappointing start to his national campaign, but Wanganui drift racer Ricky Lee made his absence from the big stage work for him in Taupo on Sunday.
The 31-year-old Lee did not qualify in the Top 10 of the first event of the D1Pro-Am at the national driftingseries in Hampton Downs on Saturday, saying some set-up issues with the car kept them in 18th out of 38 entries.
"So due to not making the finals on Sunday we headed to another drifting event in Taupo as part of the Powercruise weekend."
Lee said they got the car "dialled in" and won the day, being the No1 judged drifter for the annual Taupo event.
Prizes included Supercheap Auto Vouchers, $300 cash and the trophy for the mantelpiece.
