James Deane

This week Jacob sits down with the legendary, 3-time champ, James Deane. They chat about growing up in rural Ireland, what it is like to be one of the greatest of all time, and some of his most incredible memories. James Deane has established himself as one of the fastest- growing personalities in the sport and boasts the largest following of any Irish motorsport personality in the world. James began his competitive drift career in 2006 behind the wheel of a Ford Sierra in the Prodrift Junior Championship and in 2023 he is again behind the wheel of a Ford only this time it is a Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD in Formula Drift with 1,111 horsepower.

James makes his Formula Drift return, the world’s premiere drift series, after a three-year hiatus from the series which saw him take home the Championship in three consecutive seasons (2017, 2018, 2019).

However, during his hiatus from US drifting he was no stranger to winning, taking first at the DriftNeu North Cyprus Championship Finals, Goodwood Festival of Speed Driftkhana competition, the LZ Festival Mondello Park, multiple podiums in the Drift Masters European Championship and that’s just 2022.

As 2023 gets underway James will be in pursuit of a record setting 4th Formula Drift Championship and 3rd for RTR Motorsports.

JAMES DEANE https://www.instagram.com/jamesdeane130/

JACOB GETTINS https://www.instagram.com/jako13/

Produced by

Jacob Gettins

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Frank Maguire

Edited by Kyle Mayhew

Audio Engineering by J-One Audio Services

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