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Spectator Passes: LZ World Tour - October 21st & 22nd

LZ World Tour @ Calder Park Raceway

21 Oct 2023, 9:00 am AEDT – 22 Oct 2023, 6:30 pm AEDT

Calder Park Thunderdome, 377 Calder Fwy, Calder Park VIC 3037, Australia

TICKET INFORMATION

Event Information: www.keepitreet.com/lzwt

Saturday Admission Ticket : $65

General Admission for Saturday (October 21st) of the LZ World Tour (No Grandstand Seating)

Sunday Admission Ticket : $75

General Admission for Sunday (October 22nd) of the LZ World Tour (No Grandstand Seating)

2-Day Admission Ticket : $120

General Admission for both days (October 21st & 22nd) of the LZ World Tour (No Grandstand Seating)

Kids 12 and under get free admission to the event only and must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

2-Day VIP Add-On : $250

VIP add-on ticket for Saturday & Sunday. This ticket does NOT include admission . A 2-day admission ticket MUST be purchased separately. Only a VERY limited number of VIP add-on tickets will be available per meet & greet group, so please book early to avoid disappointment. All persons, including kids of any age, wishing to avail of the VIP add-on package must purchase a VIP add-on ticket.

VIP Add-On Tickets Include:

• Early Access (1 Hour Early)
• VIP Meet & Greet (Grouped – See Below For Groups)
• Limited Edition Merch Bundle
• Commemorative Hard Card
• VIP Grandstand Seating (Best Viewing Area in Grandstand 1)
• Paddock Access During Meet & Greet

VIP Meet & Greet Groups: VIP add-on tickets will be sold based on a chosen meet & greet group, and you will only be guaranteed a meet & greet with your chosen group of people.

• Collete Davis
• Sam Lucas / Sammit
• Dave Egan / Drift Games
• Mike Lake / itsmikelake
• Jay Duca / Low Standards
• Okachan / Yashio Factory
• Mad Mike Whiddett
• Julian Jacobs / Animal Style
• Ben Jenkins
• Taylor James
• Tye Jefferies / Oaktree Outlaws / Low Origin
• Tommy Lemaire
• Jimmy Oakes / Oakes Garage
• Chris Rudnik
• Grant Anderson
• Jason Ferron / Keep it Reet
• Stewy bryant / InertiaMS
• Hayden Dick Finney / Team Kamikaze
• Mitch Larner

Grandstand Add-On

Grandstand seating add-on ticket. This ticket does NOT include admission. An admission ticket MUST be purchased separately.

• Grandstand 1 Saturday: $20
• Grandstand 1 Sunday: $20
• Grandstand 2 Saturday: $15
• Grandstand 2 Sunday: $15

Additional Information:

• Motorsport Noise Warning - Hearing protection recommended
• Due to our events popularity viewing areas may be obstructed

If you have any accessibility needs, please email us prior to the event to allow us to make sure we’ve accommodated for you correctly due to Calder Park Raceways’ rough terrain.

**Tickets are non-refundable & non-transferable**

**Strictly no drugs, alcohol or pets allowed within the venue**

**Any patron behaviour we deem inappropriate or disrespectful will have them removed from the venue**

Sunday Ticket

Grandstand - add-on.

• Grandstand 2 - Saturday $15.00
• Grandstand 2 - Sunday $15.00

2-Day Ticket

Saturday ticket, vip group 1 - add-on.

VIP add-on ticket for Saturday & Sunday. This ticket does NOT include admission. A 2-day admission ticket MUST be purchased separately. Only a VERY limited number of VIP add-on tickets will be available per meet & greet group, so please book early to avoid disappointment. All persons, including kids of any age, wishing to avail of the VIP add-on package must purchase a VIP add-on ticket.

VIP Group 2 - Add-On

Vip group 3 - add-on, share this event.

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LZ WORLD TOUR Coming Sat. March 23rd

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WHAT TO EXPECT

For the first time ever, Adam LZ is bringing the LZ World Tour to the West Coast … and he’s bringing the whole crew with him! That’s right, on March 23rd & 24th, the 2024 LZ World Tour will be kicking off at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway in Bakersfield, CA in what is set to be one hell of a show from start to finish! With 2 days of non-stop action on and off track, keep on reading down below to find out what you can expect when we touchdown in The Golden State, then with very limited tickets available, make sure you grab your tickets by clicking “Buy Tickets” above before it’s too late.

EVENT FORMAT:

For all LZ World Tour events, you’ll be able to enjoy our very own LZ World Tour unique, fun and exciting competition format. 29 drivers will enter our Qualifying session on the first day of every LZ World Tour event, where all 29 drivers will Qualify in positions 1st-29th. Drivers who place from 1st-13th in Qualifying will automatically make it into our Day 2 “Main Show” Top 16. However, drivers who Qualifying from 14-29th will go head-to-head in our Day 1 “Last Chance Top 16” competition, with the Top 3 finishers making it through to the main show! Fun, right?

As always with the LZ World Tour though, there’ll be heaps more for you to enjoy both on and off the track! On-track, outside of our main competition items both days, there’ll be plenty of jam sessions and other fun things like fantasy battles, exhibition laps and lots more tyre-shredding action for you to enjoy. Then off-track, we’ll have epic show cars on display in our car show area, a whole host of your favourite vendor booths to check out like LZMFG, Drift HQ and more, plus food vendors and lots of extra bits and pieces for you to sink your teeth into!

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• Team Name: LZMFG
• Car Number: 5
• Car Manufacturer: BMW +
• Tire Manufacturer: Nitto +

Since 2009, Adam LZ has been traveling the world and documenting his adventures on YouTube. After making a name for himself in BMX he leveraged his success to fund his first drift car in 2015 - an SR20DET S13.

He has had hundreds of thousands with him watching his journey as he progressed from his first parking lot donuts to becoming a fierce competitor all over the world. 

Adam is most known for his aggressive entries, versatility with many different chassis, and a heavy Japanese influence in his driving style. For 2024 Adam will be competing in his 2JZ E36 that was used previously in grassroots style events.

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• Hometown: Woodbury, USA
• Residence: Orlando, USA
• Car Name: LZMFG E36
• Sponsors: Drift HQ, Tire Streets, BC Racing, Link ECU, FDF Race Shop, Prismatic Powders, Deatschwerks, Heatwave, Vibrant, LZMFG, Griots Garage

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ICAR MIRABEL

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

ICAR Mirabel

May 18th & 19th, 2024

What To Expect

Canada, the LZ World Tour is BACK!  Adam LZ is bringing the LZ World Tour to the Quebec … and he’s bringing the whole crew with him! On May 18th & 19th, the 2024 LZ World Tour rocks into ICAR Mirabel, Canada in what is set to be one hell of a show from start to finish! With 2 days of non-stop action on and off track, keep on reading down below to find out what you can expect when we head to Mirabel. In 2023, Toronto sold out in record time… So make sure you grab your tickets by clicking “Buy Tickets” above before it’s too late!

EVENT FORMAT:

For all LZ World Tour events, you’ll be able to enjoy our very own LZ World Tour unique, fun and exciting competition format. 29 drivers will enter our Qualifying session on the first day of every LZ World Tour event, where all 29 drivers will Qualify in positions 1st-29th. Drivers who place from 1st-13th in Qualifying will automatically make it into our Day 2 “Main Show” Top 16. However, drivers who Qualifying from 14-29th will go head-to-head in our Day 1 “Last Chance Top 16” competition, with the Top 3 finishers making it through to the main show! Fun, right?

As always with the LZ World Tour though, there’ll be heaps more for you to enjoy both on and off the track! On-track, outside of our main competition items both days, there’ll be plenty of jam sessions and other fun things like fantasy battles, exhibition laps and lots more tyre-shredding action for you to enjoy. Then off-track, we’ll have epic show cars on display in our car show area, a whole host of your favourite vendor booths to check out like LZMFG, Drift HQ and more, plus food vendors and lots of extra bits and pieces for you to sink your teeth into!

Event Schedule

Saturday, May 18th, 2024

10.00am – VIP Early Access Gates Open

10.00am – VIP Ticketholder Meet & Greet (Ends 12.00pm)

11.45am – Drift Jam Session

12.00pm – Spectator Gates Open

1.30pm – Track Break

2.00pm – Drift Jam Session

3.00pm – Track Break

3.30pm – Drift Qualifying (LIVE ON YT)

5.30pm – Track Break

6.00pm – Last Chance Top 16 Battles (LIVE ON YT)

8.00pm – Last Chance Podium Ceremony (LIVE ON YT)

Please Note: This schedule is not finalised and is likely to change before the event. Please check back later for the final schedule.

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

11.45am – Drift Jam Sessions

2.30pm – Fantasy Battles (LIVE ON YT)

3.30pm – Track Break

4.30pm – Main Event Top 16 Battles (LIVE ON YT)

7.00pm – Main Event Podium Ceremony (LIVE ON YT)

Ticket Prices

Please Note: Kids 12 and under get free general admission to the event only. Anyone aged 13 and up must purchase tickets at regular ticket prices below. Anyone, including kids of any age, wishing to avail of the VIP add-on package must purchase a VIP add-on ticket. Due to scheduling, there will be no option for ride-alongs with our drivers at this event. All ticket prices are shown in both US Dollars and Canadian Dollars. When purchasing tickets, you will be able to check out in either USD or CAD.

SATURDAY TICKETS

Saturday Entry Ticket – USD $40.00 (CAD $55.00) General Admission Ticket

Saturday Entry Ticket + Guaranteed Seating – USD $50.00 (CAD $70.00) Includes General Admission Ticket

SUNDAY TICKETS

Sunday Entry Ticket – USD $40.00 (CAD $55.00) General Admission Ticket

Sunday Entry Ticket + Guaranteed Seating – USD $50.00 (CAD $70.00) Includes General Admission Ticket

WEEKEND & VIP TICKETS

2-Day Regular Ticket – USD $75.00 (CAD $100.00) General Admission Ticket

2-Day Camping Ticket – USD $115.00 (CAD $160.00) General Admission Ticket Includes Camping Friday & Saturday Night Note: All persons camping at this event must purchase a weekend camping ticket, excluding kids 12 & under. 

Camping Information: If you have a car in the car show and are camping, we do ask that you leave your car in the car show area overnight, and camp in the camping grounds separately.

2-Day VIP Add-On Ticket – $175.00 (CAD $240.00) VIP add-on ticket for Saturday & Sunday. This ticket does NOT include admission. A weekend admission ticket MUST be purchased separately. Only a VERY limited number of VIP add-on tickets will be available per meet & greet group, so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

VIP Add-On Tickets Include: – Early Access  – VIP Meet & Greet (Grouped – See Below For Groups) – Limited Edition Merch Bundle – Commemorative Hard Card – VIP Grandstand Seating

VIP Meet & Greet Groups: VIP add-on tickets will be sold based on a chosen meet & greet group, and you will only be guaranteed a meet & greet with your chosen group of people. The available groups will be:

– Group 1: Adam LZ & Collete Davis – Group 2: Chelsea Denofa – Group 3: Jimmy Oakes – Group 4: Grant Anderson – Group 5: Chris Rudnik – Group 6: Drift Games

Tickets for this event are not currently available and the ticket types and prices that will be available for this event are currently being finalised. Please check back later for more information.

Event Applications

Car show entry.

Entries for the car show, which takes place on both May 18th & 19th, are now open. If you want to enter for the show, hit the link below and make sure you read all of the relevant entry information before entering.

Traders & Vendors

If you are a trader or vendor looking to have a trade stall or similar at this event, please click the button below and complete our vendor application process. A member of our team will be in touch once it has been reviewed.

Media Accreditation

Media applications for this event are now open. To apply, please click the button below and complete the Media Application form for this event. Once the deadline has passed, we will respond to all entrants.

Venue Information

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12800 Boul Henri-Fabre, Mirabel, Quebec J7N 0A6, Canada

www.icarexperience.ca

+1 514-955-4227

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Mondello Park has exciting plans for the year ahead, from the Drift Masters European Championship, the return LZ World Tour, the annual Historic Racing Festival, Mondello24, the Irish Rally X series to the ICCR there is plenty to look forward to!

The LZ World Tour returns in July following a sensational debut in 2022 which attracted the largest ever attendance at a Mondello Park event. Starring Automotive YouTuber, Adam LZ, and a host of International stars, the two day celebration of motoring will feature insane Drift battles, guest appearances and a gathering of more than 500 of the Ireland’s best modified and performance cars.

The annual Mondello Park Historic Festival is the headline event of the 2023 Car Racing calendar. This years’ theme will be 100 years of Le Mans and some exciting cars from the famed 24 Hour race are being lined up to make guest appearances. Alongside the demonstration runs, the Kildare circuit will also be graced by the best of Historic Car Racing action from iconic cars from the last century, while off-track there will be a carnival, vintage fun fair, live bands, food village and sideshows which will provide and action packed day of family entertainment.

The remaining Car Race calendar dates will be filled by the close and competitive Irish Championship Circuit Racing (ICCR) and Irish Rally X series’. Following two years under the guidance of Mondello Park, ICCR continues to go from strength to strength as it heads into its third season. The championship will continue with five Mondello Park weekends, while adding a first overseas trip, to Anglesey in Wales. The five Mondello Park events will all take place over two days, with different classes racing on each day. The calendar will run between April and October with two weekends on the National Track layout and three on the International Track. To finish out the season the Fiesta 6 Hour Endurance Race will once again run in early November.

The Irish Rally X Championship is set for a massive year with an entirely new race weekend format, an influx of brand new Supercars and growing numbers in the supporting classes. The Championship has five weekends on the schedule, with each Mondello Park event consisting of two championship rounds on two different circuits. The season opener, in early March, was the first to use the new double-header format which delighted the drivers competing. The second event in June will see the return of the ever popular British Rally X series, with the Irish competitors travelling in the opposite direction in August to race at Pembrey in Wales. The championship will be completed by two more Mondello Park weekends in November and December.

Adding a different challenge to the Mondello Park calendar will be the ‘Mondello 24’ returning for the third year in June. Mondello 24 is a unique cycle race which sees individuals and teams go head to head to complete the greatest number of laps around the Mondello Park International Track in 24 hours. This unique test of endurance gives cyclists the opportunity to race through the darkness and into the rising sun while pushing themselves to their absolute limits.

Three different Car Culture events will complete the calendar with the first of those being the return of European Drift Masters Championship in May which Mondello Park will host the opening round, bringing Ireland’s top International Drift stars home to compete against the best Europe has to offer.

September’s Retro Stock show will see Mondello Park taken over by owners and fans of Classic high-performance and competition cars with the track being filled by Retro cars being driven as they were designed to be. In October it will be the turn of Japanese Cars to take over the venue, as Jap-Fest returns for another year. This celebration of Japanese motoring has been Ireland’s biggest for more than a decade and this years’ show will once again feature a gathering of hundreds of Japanese machines alongside Irish Championship Drifting action.

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LZ World Tour rocks Calder Park

Youtube sensation adam lz and other us drifting legends join australasia’s best drifters at calder park raceway for the finale of the lz world tour, share this:.

Much like burnouts, drifting is a motorsport that’s seen a massive boom in the past couple of years, and here at Street Machine , we’ve been keeping a low-key eye on the sport of all things sideways.

Speaking for myself, I bloody love it. I own quite a few Japanese cars, and took up the sport of drifting properly this year in an R31 Skyline beater. I’d argue it’s one of the funnest things you can still do with a car on a modest budget, and it’s easy to see why it has become so popular.

So, when American YouTuber and drifter Adam LZ announced he was bringing the LZ World Tour to Australia, it was a bloody big deal for drift fans. This is the drifting equivalent of when the Street Outlaws crew toured Australia to film their drag racing TV series. Naturally, I had my tickets booked straight away for the two-day drift festival at Melbourne’s Calder Park.

The idea of the LZ World Tour came from the LZ Invitational event that Adam runs in his home state of Florida every year. Adam invites 30 or so of his best mates and drivers along for two days of drift competition, demos, show ’n’ shine, vendors – basically a standalone drift festival.

For 2023, Adam, along with his good mate Dave Egan and the crew from Irish events company Drift Games, decided to take that formula global and came up with the LZ World Tour. Kicking off in Englishtown, New Jersey, the tour has taken in Canada, Ireland, and finally Australia at Calder Park. It’s not an accumulative championship, more a moving circus with different guest drivers and cars at each stop.

The Australian leg was run in conjunction with Melbourne-based drifting events company Keep it Reet. Many of the big-name American YouTubers and drivers who came out for the event such as Jimmy Oakes, Grant Anderson and Collete Davis rented turbo Skyline sedans from the illustrious fleet of drift cars Keep it Reet holds for guest drivers. Adam’s own ride for the Aussie event was an SR20-powered 180SX – a clone of his infamous ‘Cream’ Nissan S13 240SX.

Other big names on the drivers list included plenty of Kiwi drifting top dogs, the biggest of those being ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett and his ‘Radbul’ three-rotor MX-5. Gaz Whiter and Ben Jenkins were other well-known Kiwis in the mix, and they were joined by a bunch of Melbourne drifters including Cam Marton, Mike Lake, Marcus McCathie and Keep it Reet frontman Jason Ferron.

With such an illustrious guestlist of drivers, crowds packed into Calder Park for both the Saturday and Sunday action. The competition layout for the drifting used Calder’s national circuit – mainly the big corner behind the drag strip startline, commonly referred to by drifters as ‘The Bowl’.

After qualifying, the 32 drivers were divided into a top and bottom 16. The top half of the field moved straight onto Sunday’s final battles, while the bottom 16 had to duke it out on Saturday for the three final places in Sunday’s final.

Along with the competition runs, the LZ World Tour also featured jam sessions – where the track was opened up for competitors and demo cars to let rip – and fantasy battles, similar to callouts at the drags, where competitors stage one-on-one battles separate to the main competition. It all meant that there was rarely a dull moment on track, with fans entertained by sliding, close battles, big burnouts and slayed tyres aplenty on both days.

All in all, the LZ World Tour was a ripper event for its first crack, with the big-name celebrities putting on a good show and local hero Cam Marton taking the overall win in his R33 Skyline sedan. The Yanks have already hinted at the event returning to Oz next year, and we’ve got everything crossed that it comes to pass.

WHO IS ADAM LZ?

Adam Lizotte-Zeisler could be thought of as the drifting equivalent of Cleetus McFarland . A self-made man, Adam kicked off his YouTube channel as a BMX rider while he still was in college. It didn’t take long for him to discover the world of Japanese cars and drifting, and his popularity skyrocketed soon after. Since then, Adam has amassed 3.7 million subscribers on YouTube , nearly one billion video views, the dream-worthy LZ Compound in Florida (which you can find out more about online), an enormous personal car collection, and his own LZMFG car parts and clothing brand.

Adam has also competed in everything from grassroots drifting comps right up to the top-level Formula Drift, first with his own team, and then as a professional driver for RTR Vehicles in the company’s Ford-backed Mustangs.

HOW DO DRIFT COMPS WORK?

Drifting is a judged sport, much like burnouts. There are no stopwatches or speed traps; drifting is all about style. Judges will pick a layout of a few corners, giving drivers a specific line and criteria to follow.

Qualifying runs are done solo, followed by battles in pairs. Over two runs, each driver gets a chance both to lead a run and to chase. The lead car runs as normal, while the chaser must replicate what the lead driver is doing, staying as close to the car as possible without passing or crashing into it. That last bit is easier said than done!

• 1. Mitch Pullen’s S13 Silvia has been dropping jaws since its debut this year. The Silvia runs a Mitch-built blown LS that screams to 9000rpm and shoots exhaust flames out of the bonnet.

2. Levi Clarke’s ‘Drift Rod’ 1932 Ford put on plenty of shows in the demo sessions alongside Mitch Pullen’s S13. It debuted at World Time Attack Challenge not long ago and runs an aspo LS3 and a Datsun ute chassis.

3. Local hero Cam Marton took the overall win in his R33 Skyline sedan to the cheers of a packed crowd. It was a true underdog story, with his home-built R33 going up against pro-level machines, and Cam was ecstatic at the win.

4. Among the sea of JDM cars on display in the show ’n’ shine were two former SM cover cars, Heath van der Waerden’s Torana hatch ( SM , Sep ’23) and Shannon Heraud’s TUF253 Escort ( SM , Aug ’18).

5. The poster and merch art for the event came true on Sunday, as Adam LZ’s ‘Cream’ S13 took on Mad Mike ’s rotary ‘Radbul’ MX-5 in a fantasy battle.

6. South Aussie Jay Duca’s freshly completed Nissan Prairie was one of the fan favourites from the event. The Nissan people mover has been grafted onto a KE70 Corolla chassis, with aspirated 2JZ power! It was doing demos all weekend alongside Jay’s 2JZ-swapped Honda Odyssey.

7. Benjamin Sneddon and the boys from Mukka Motorsport jammed to get this six-rotor – yes, six! – FD RX-7 done in time for the event. Every time it did demos at the LZ World Tour, everyone stopped and stared with glee, the shriek from the six-rotor ringing out across Calder Park at 11,000rpm!

8. Running as close as possible to the wall is all part of the game, as shown here by Jason Ferron in the Barra-swapped R31 Skyline wagon. ‘The Bowl’, as it’s called, claimed plenty of tail-lights across the weekend.

9. The only female driver in the field, American Collete Davis came to grips with The Bowl in a borrowed Keep it Reet R32 Skyline. Unfortunately, she gave the wall a decent hit on her first qualifying run, before being eliminated by good friend and fellow Yank Jimmy Oakes later that day.

10. ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddett’s Radbul was another fan favourite, seen here in the merchandise area during one of Mike’s signing sessions at the Red Bull booth.

11. Punters packed the Calder Park facility all weekend, braving typically cold Melbourne conditions on the Sunday to see their favourite drivers blaze it up in the Top 16 finals.

12. Another big part of the event was the massive show ’n’ shine. Hundreds of cars spread the whole length of the drag strip, with plenty on display in the pits as well.