Paul Smith (drift driver)

Paul "Smokey" Smith (born 23 January 1980) is a British professional drift driver from Spalding, Lincolnshire. He drives a 1JZ powered Nissan Silvia S15 for Team Japspeed. He won the British Drift Championship in 2012 after several years of competition.[1]

Paul Smith
Paul Smith (foreground) at a practice day at the Adrian Flux Arena.
Nationality United Kingdom
Born (1980-01-23) 23 January 1980
British Drift Championship career
Current teamJapspeed
Championship titles
2012British Drift Championship

Career

Smith began drifting in 2004 in a Nissan 200SX at a Silverstone Circuit practice day. During the following year, he began competing in the UKD1 Autoglym Clubman Championship in a newly built Nissan Skyline R32, finishing the season in second place, missing out on the title by a single point.[2]

He continued competing in the Pro-Am Eurodrift Championship until he obtained a European Drift Championship license at the final round of the 2007 season, qualifying 5th overall. He competed in EDC in 2008, achieving Top 8 finishes.

Smith competed in the British Drift Championship from 2009, achieving several podium finishes, until 2012, a season in which he showed vast improvement as a driver and won the championship at Knockhill Racing Circuit.

References
  1. Paul Smith secures the 2012 BDC Championship at Knockhill, knockhill.com.
  2. Meet Paul Smith Archived 31 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine, japspeed.co.uk.
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