Adam Richards

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name = Adam Richards


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current series = D1NZ, Drift Revolution, NZ drift series
first year = 2003
current team = WSR
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best finish = 1st
year = 2005
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titles = D1NZ 'Drift King'
title years = 2005
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Adam Richards is a drifting driver from New Plymouth, New Zealand. He has been drifting competitively since 2003 and was crowned the 2005 D1NZ champion driving a modified Nissan Cefiro.cite web |title=2005 championship results
url=http://www.d1nz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=53
accessdate=2008-01-23] He has competed in the D1 World All Stars Drift Championship in 2006 and 2007.cite web
title=D1 All Stars World Championship
url=http://www.autospecsltd.com/Irwindale/
accessdate=2008-01-22]

Cars

Nissan Cefiro A31

Adam started in the D1NZ series using a modified Nissan Cefiro with camouflage coloured vinyl stickers. He swapped the standard engine with a RB26DET from a Nissan Skyline GT-R to increase the power output. This helped him to get a spot on the podium in four out of the six rounds of 2005. Adam stopped using this car competitively after the first round of D1NZ 2006, making way for a sponsored Nissan Silvia.

The Cefiro made a return in round 3 of Drift Revolution 2007, sporting a new exterior design.cite web
title=Drift Revolution homepage
url=http://www.driftrevolution.co.nz/news.html
accessdate=2008-01-23] After a few competitions in New Zealand the car was shipped to America to compete in the D1 All stars. He is currently competing in the European Drift Championship with the car.

Nissan Silvia S15

After winning the 2005 championship, Adam and his sponsors modified a new car, hoping to imitate the HKS S15 driven in the D1GP by Nobuteru Taniguchi. The car was heavily modified, mainly with HKS accessories. Some people called the car "the most intense competition drift car ever built in New Zealand".cite web
title=Performance Car magazine article
url=http://www.performancecar.co.nz/articles/performance-car-115-heavy-artillery
accessdate=2008-01-23] He competed with this car throughout 2006 and 2007, although struggled, finishing eighth in the 2006 season.

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