Latvian drift star comes to Reitnau
BERGRENNEN REITNAU Spectators at the 2nd round of the Swiss Mountain Championship will be treated to a special motorsport show during the breaks next Sunday, July 2. In addition to four national drifters, a star from Latvia will come to Reitnau with his 1000 hp bolide. Kristaps Blušs from the Latvian capital Riga is one of the world's best in his scene. In Formula Drift, [...]
Kristaps Blušs from the Latvian capital Riga is one of the world's best in his field. The 36-year-old Latvian is currently seventh in Formula Drift, the highest league for lateral drivers. He already has two podium finishes to his name in 2017.
The company HGK Scuderia Ltd., behind which Kristaps Blušs stands, builds the racing vehicles for this operation area itself, also for competitors. The Eventcenter Seelisberg, which makes this operation in Reitnau possible together with the organizing ACS Mitte, also has vehicles from HGK in its fleet, such as the Toyota GT86 V8 of instructor Yves Meyer.
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The competition car flown in specially from Latvia by Kristaps Blušs is a BMW with a V8 Dart427 supercharged engine from MAST Motorsports under the front hood that produces around 1000 hp.
Blušs and Meyer plan to climb the Reitnau racetrack in parallel flight. They will be joined by Franz Hunkeler, also an instructor from Seelisberg, in the 850-hp Lexus, and Remo Huonder and Patrick Müller in their Mitsubishi Evo IV from the Time Attack Masters series.
This drift show is in no way intended to distract from the actual hillclimb race. Rather, it should be seen as an entertaining addition, especially since many spectators come to Reitnau not least for this reason and ensure a great atmosphere there.
In the end, Berguerand, Steiner, Meisel & Co. and the whole of Swiss motorsport will have something to gain from this...
