FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday 6th October 2017 Public Information: office@kingofeurope.net http://www.kingofnations.net Venues and Dates Announced for 2018 International Series across Europe and the World
King of Europe Limited – a sports and entertainment firm with a focus on new motorsports – today announced the 2018 venues and dates for its eight international championships. These tournaments shall be broadcast live via the Extreme Sports Channel's social media and feature some of the best drivers from across the world competing throughout four continents. Thirteen years old, the King of Europe Series will continue its worldwide growth in 2018. King of Europe and its seven international Series have become the battleground for the best drifters in the world, with drivers attending from fifty-four different countries since 2005. The first official series in Europe, Federal Tyres King of Europe Pro Series, is recognised as the most professional drifting championship in the continent. Open to top-level drivers and run over eight rounds, the Pro Series is the ultimate prize for drifters. This is King of Europe's heart. Federal Tyres King of Europe Pro2 series gives semi-pro drifters a chance to enter international events in front of a professional panel of judges and audience. It also offers drivers the opportunity to run on the same Pro layouts during the season. Drivers must attend at least three of the six qualifying rounds before heading to the final. Federal Tyres Queen of Europe Pro Series is the only female-orientated drifting series running across Europe - giving the best female drivers the opportunity to battle it out for the title of number one drift girl. 2013 was the first season of Queen of Europe which set a new benchmark for female drifting events in the continent. Federal Tyres King of Touge Series. Coming straight from the Japanese mountains, Touge drifting is composed of high altitude tricky drift layouts dedicated to the drifters with elite skills and no fear. ‘Go hard or go home’ is the core mentality for this thrilling category, which now enters its fourth season. Federal Tyres King of Asia Pro Series, our first series outside of Europe which was established in 2015, will return for its fourth season as a three-round competition dedicated to the hottest region when it comes to drifting, talent and also temperatures! Established in 2016, the national series Federal Tyres King of Italy has now a twin brother called Federal Tyres King of France, both run national events across France and Italy. Last but not least, the Federal Tyres King of Nations Pro Series will once again be the ultimate platform for drifters throughout the world in 2018. With seven official rounds, plus two extra single events across four continents, no other competition is going wider and larger than this! A total of 420 drivers from across the globe have attended our events in 2017, demonstrating the demand for our property both in Europe and abroad. In 2018 we expect to see more fans, more excitement and more sell-outs than ever before! The line-up of dates for this year’s tyre-smoking action will proceed as follows: Federal Tyres King of Nations Pro Series
NATIONS RD1 - MARCH 22-23 - UAE NATIONS RD2 - MARCH 31-1 - THAILAND NATIONS RD3 - APRIL 7-8 - THAILAND NATIONS RD4 - MAY 26-27 - PHILIPPINES NATIONS EXHIBITION - SEPTEMBER 15-16 - GEORGIA
NATIONS RD5 - SEPTEMBER 29-30 - AUSTRIA NATIONS FINAL - OCTOBER 6-7 - GREECE NATIONS/ SUDAMERICA EXHIBITION - NOVEMBER 24-25 - BRAZIL Federal Tyres King of Europe Pro Series PRO RD1 - APRIL 28-29 - AUSTRIA PRO RD2 - MAY 5-6 - ITALY PRO RD3 - JUNE 9-10 - FRANCE PRO RD4 - JUNE 29-30-01 - FRANCE PRO RD5 - AUGUST 11-12 - FRANCE PRO RD6 - AUGUST 31-1 - GERMANY PRO RD7 - SEPTEMBER 29-30 - AUSTRIA PRO FINAL - OCTOBER 6-7 - GREECE
Federal Tyres King of Europe Pro2 / Queen of Europe QUALIFYING ROUNDS PRO2/QOE RD1 - APRIL 28-29 - AUSTRIA PRO2/QOE RD2 - MAY 5-6 - ITALY PRO2/QOE RD3 - JUNE 9-10 - FRANCE PRO2/QOE RD4 - JUNE 29-30-01 - FRANCE PRO2/QOE RD5 - AUGUST 11-12 - FRANCE PRO2/QOE RD6 - AUGUST 31-1 - GERMANY
FINAL
PRO2/QOE RD7 - SEPTEMBER 29-30 - AUSTRIA
Federal Tyres King of Touge Mountain Challenge TOUGE RD1 - MAY 12-13 - POLAND TOUGE RD2 - JUNE 2-3 - FRANCE TOUGE RD3 - JULY 7-8 - SPAIN
TOUGE FINAL - SEPTEMBER 8-9 - FRANCE
Federal Tyres King of Asia Pro Series ASIA RD1 - MARCH 31-1 - THAILAND ASIA RD2 - APRIL 7-8 - THAILAND ASIA FINAL - MAY 26-27 - PHILIPPINES
Federal Tyres King of France Pro Series
FRANCE RD1 - JUNE 9-10 - ANNEAU DU RHIN FRANCE RD2 - JUNE 29-30-01 - TOURS SPEEDWAY FRANCE RD3 - AUGUST 11-12 - PAU FRANCE FINAL - SEPTEMBER 8-9 - PIPAY
Federal Tyres King of Italy SuperCup ITALY EXH - JANUARY 20-21 - VERONA ITALY RD1 - MARCH 17-18 - MODENA ITALY RD2 - MAY 5-6 - CASTELLETTO ITALY FINAL - OCTOBER 13-14 - MODENA
Federal Tyres King of Desert
MARCH 22-23 - UAE Mike Procureur, Managing Director of King of Europe, commented “Multiple events across four continents with drivers coming from all over the world demonstrates the success of our brand and the bright future of drifting as a recognised professional motorsport. 2017 was a huge success with our 24 event-calendar, for 2018 we will continue to grow and develop the same quality events for our fans, drivers, spectators and partners.” For more information on the series head over to http://www.kingofnations.net, or check out our one million fan Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/koedrift. Partnership information is available at http://2018.kingofeurope.net
