Hey Team,

Well after a great series from the team at D1NZ they announced that they would be having an annual awards dinner for the 2009 Championship at Albany stadium. The awards dinner took place last weekend and it had a great turnout from all the drivers, teams and sponsors throughout NZ.

It was a very successful night for my team. I was nominated for 13 of 17 different award categories available and brought home 6 awards in total including "New Zealands Drift Ambassador".

I would like to thank you all for your continued support and hope to work with you through the 2010 D1NZ series. We still have plenty of events left to go for the remainder of 2009 inc NZDRIFT Championship finals, Formula Drift Thailand and Formula Drift Malaysia. Please see below for all the results from the D1NZ awards dinner.

Thanks MADMIKE

D1NZ 2009 Turtlewax F21 Best Presented Website

Description: Drivers were watched over the season on promotion of their website, updates, sponsor support and relevance to D1NZ.

Nominees Fanga Dan WoolHouse, Carl Ruiterman, Madmike, Gaz Whiter

Winner: Gaz Whiter

D1NZ 2009 Bouncin Fun Sportsmanship

Description: The D1NZ driver who displayed generosity, comrade, Integrity, dedication to other D1NZ drivers and overall good bastard

Nominees Madmike, Glen McFarlane, Andrew Redward, Brad Smith, Jason Sellers, Sam Groombridge

Winner: Glenn McFarlane

Holy Water D1NZ 2009 Best Presented Tow Vehicle

Description: overall package of the tow vehicle and trailer to car

Nominees Madmike, Steven Sole.

Winner: Mad Mike

Magwarehouse.com Northshore D1NZ 2009 Best Smoke Machine

Description: The driver who managed to produce consistent smoke throughout the season while still battling and impressing the judges

Nominees Madmike, Steven Sole, Andrew Redward, Fanga Dan, Jason Sellers, Cole Armstrong

Winner: Cole Armstrong.

Brown Brothers D1NZ 2009 Best Style

Description: The D1NZ Driver who displayed contributing factors of big angle, smoke, good chases and overall look on the track

Nominees: Jason Sellers, Andrew Redward Mad Mike, Fanga Dan and Steven Sole, Gaz Whiter

Winner: Fanga Dan

Street Pro Kits D1NZ 2009 Best Presented Vehicle

Description: The D1NZ Driver who represented the drifting look to its fullest while keeping a clean fresh look that supported his sponsors overall.

Nominees: Gaz Whiter, Mad Mike, Steven Sole, Andrew Redward, Cole Armstrong

Winner: Mad Mike

Fast Cars D1NZ 2009 Angle King

Description: The D1NZ driver who over the season had the biggest angle in battles and qualifying while keeping the judged lines.

Nominees: Mad Mike, Andrew Redward, Steven Sole, Fanga Dan Woolhouse,

Winner: Fanga Dan

Elite Tint presents the D1NZ 2009 Best Tandem Battle

Description: The D1NZ battle that impressed the judges over all others

Nominees: Gaz whiter vs MadMike, Round 1 Jason Seller vs Andrew Redward, Round 5

Winner: Gaz Whiter vs MadMike, Round 1

JapaneseUsedcars.com D1NZ 2009 Most Dedicated Driver

Description: The D1NZ driver that exceeded D1 expectations put mammoth amount of efforts and time into the D1 season to compete and help others

Nominees: Glen Mcfarlane Matt Jackson Andrew Redward Daynom Templeman Jason Sellers

Winner: Jason Sellers

High Octane Performance D1NZ 2009 Most Improved Driver

Description: The D1NZ driver that grew skills and ability to impress the judges over the season and develop to top quality drifter

Nominees: Andrew Redward Cole Armstrong Daynom Templeman

Winner: Andrew Redward

Extreme RPM D1NZ 2009 Best Presented Engine Bay

Description: The D1NZ driver that went beyond the mark to display a great engine bay setup.

Nominees: Madmike, Gaz Whiter, Steven Sole

Winner: Madmike RX7

Lokey Kits presents the D1NZ 2009 Best Team Battle

Nominees: The Black Taxis ‘MadMike, Fanga Dan, Jason Sellers and Shane Harris

Winner: The Black Taxis

Demon Graphics D1NZ 2009 Team of the Year

Description: The team with the best representation, uniform and overall team effort in D1NZ

Nominees Team Mulisha Team DriftCorp

Winner: Drift Corp

Dodsons D1NZ 2009 Most Dedicated Driver Support

Description: A representation of hard yards, helping out, mucking in and supporting a driver or drivers to compete in D1NZ beyond the call of duty

Nominees Tony Whiter Cyril Cook Ken Templeman Peter Sellers

Winner Tony Whiter

Demon Energy D1NZ 2009 Comeback Driver

Description: The D1NZ driver that made an extraordinary comeback while not competing or having a tough season.

Nominees Carl Ruiterman Shaun Year bury Cole Armstrong

Winner Shaun Year bury

D1NZ 2009 Prestigous awards Prestigious awards:

Castrol Edge Oil D1NZ 2009 New Zealand's Drift Ambassador

Description: The driver bringing New Zealand's drifting and drifters forefront to the world, representing our culture and how NZ does it on a international scale.

Nominees: Mad Mike, Gaz Whiter

Winner: Mad Mike Whiddet

Castrol Edge Oil Drift Ambassador of D1NZ 2009

Description: The D1NZ driver who has best represented D1NZ on and off the track, training upcoming drifters, representing D1NZ at shows and representing the D1NZ way of life to its fullest

Nominees: Mad Mike, Andrew Redward, Jason Sellers, Gaz Whiter

Winner: Andrew Redward

Demon Graphics D1NZ 2009 Drift King

Description: The D1NZ driver who has inputted the most dedication and skill to become New Zealand's National Champion and the 2010 face of D1NZ

Winner: Gaz Whiter

Pace Pools presents the D1 Rookie 2009 Driver of the Year

Description: The D1 Rookie driver who has inputted the most dedication and skill to become New Zealand's National D1 Rookie Champion

Winner: Marcus Davies

King Turtle wax F21 Spirit of New Zealand Drifting

Description: The person who has lived, briefed and been drifting over the 2009 year, displaying efforts of dedication, camaraderie and overall driftaholic

Nominees: Tony Whiter, Mad Mike Whiddet, Gaz Whiter, Daynom Templeman, Jason Sellers, Brad Smith

Winner: Brad Smith

NZ Auto Salon Magazine presents D1NZ Best Sponsor overall for 2009

Description: The dedication and company support to NZ drifting on and off the track, taken driver sponsorship, round sponsorship and season sponsorship - dedicating team members and prizes to NZ drifting and continuing support to D1NZ.

Winner: Orica NZ - Trading as Turtle Wax F21

D1NZ 2009 Dodsons Best Photograph

Description: The ultimate capture of NZ Drifting which captures, speed Angle, Smoke Crowd and drivers in one.

Nominees: Boyd Whittaker, Waikaraka park - Nakita Phillip, Grand Final - Simon Anderson, Round 1

Winner: Simon Anderson

Turtlewax F21 presents D1NZ 2009 Most Dedicated Volunteer

Nominees: Dan Teeboon Phillip Coleman Theresa Knight Pauly Howe Bronson Reardon & Nikki Gibson

Winner: Dan Teeboon

HUGE thanks to all my fans, supporters and my Sponsors RedBull, Goodyear, Castrol, Redline Performance, HKS, DC, Weds, TengTools, Tein, Lokey, Fusion, PPRE, magwarehouse, Turbosmart, Classic Cover Insurance, Any Maz Spares, BOP polishers, Chromey, Damion, Cookie for your time, knowledge and support. Without you all it would not be possible.