Darren McNamara

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Darren McNamara
Nationality Ireland
Born (1982-09-10) 10 September 1982 (age 38)
Cork (city), Ireland
Formula D career
Current teamTeam Falken Tire

Darren 'D-Mac' McNamara is a professional drift driver from Cork, Ireland.

McNamara first competed in the Irish Prodrift series and the British D1 Great Britain series (now EDC), winning the Prodrift title in 2006. He drove a Toyota AE86 with a Nissan SR20 engine.[citation needed]

In 2007 he was invited to compete in the American Formula D series.[citation needed] He achieved his maiden win at Wall Speedway[1] and a second place at Road Atlanta.[citation needed]

In the 2012 Formula D Season, McNamara started at Long Beach in the Falken Tire Saturn Sky. After a crash in his top 32 battle with Kenneth Moen, the Sky was damaged and not usable for future competition.[2] For Round 2 and 3, he drove the Falken Tire 350Z, formerly driven by Tyler McQuarie. For Round 4 and 5, he competed in the Falken Tire Nissan Silvia S15 with a V8.

For the 2013 season McNamara drove a newly built V8 powered Nissan S14.[3]

McNamara also competed in European events in a Rotary powered Toyota AE86, including in Prodrift and British Drift Championship events.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/2009/07/01/darren-mcnamra-interview-after-his-first-win-video/[bare URL]
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2012-07-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/blog/2013/04/05/darren-mcnamara-with-his-zenki-front-nissan-240sx-sneak-preview/[bare URL]
  4. ^ http://www.speedhunters.com/2011/08/car_feature_gt_gt_team_need_for_speed_d_mac_86/[bare URL]

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