BECKY:
It's like, everything's down to this point
and I've thrown everything I could at this.
If it doesn't come together now,
I can only say I gave it my best shot.
Last year, I took the first steps
to get back into competitive driving.
This year, I'm going to prove I can make it
to grassroots competition.
The DriftCup, I'm gonna enter the event.
I just want to be able to qualify.
I have worked so hard, I need to keep my head in place.
You need the money from the work to drift.
Then you need the time.
As long as you give everything, then you can be proud
at the end of the day.
It's gonna be me to prove that I've got what it takes.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
Okay, so it's 48 hours
till we are going into the practice for the competition.
All hands on deck.
Like I have been up so late, so has Julian.
He's been burning the midnight oil but the clock is ticking.
I'm really glad that we decided to go
with the ice gray color because it just pops much more.
It looks so sick.
There's always that moment
when you see everything come together,
even my hands are shaking.
Cause I'm excited.
It's like 11:30 now and we've just left the shop.
The car is really, really taking shape.
The nerves are starting to build up in me a little bit
because it's getting closer and closer to fruition.
But the excitement for how sick the car looks
just completely overrides that.
Tomorrow I'm going to get here and when I arrive,
the car is gonna be fully done.
And, yeah, I am just really, really excited about it
but I wanna go home now. Let's go.
So I'm like, so nervous.
This is like months of work and prep.
And my heart is just thumping. And I don't wanna cry.
[SIGHS]
Let's have a look.
Whoa.
Oh, my God.
It looks incredible.
Oh, no, I'm gonna cry.
Yeah, it looks really good.
I can't believe this is mine.
My hands are shaking.
[SIGHS]
It looks amazing.
It is half three and we've just left Dub Customs.
So we've got like the eight-hour drag up to Driftland now.
The car looks amazing.
Everyone is happy with it. I am happy with it.
Big day tomorrow. Can't wait.
I just need to get my ass in the driving seat
and get out there.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
Okay, so it's race day. It's finally here.
I can't quite believe it.
But I know as soon as I get in the car
like, the adrenaline will kick in and I'll be back in the zone.
MARK:
CROWD: Good morning.
Final round here at Driftland.
BECKY:
like just get my line down, that'd be sick.
The right hand two lanes,
are your lanes that you're gonna be using.
Can you please make sure that you line up side by side
as you get to the start line?
Don't skid, don't crash, have fun. Yeah?
As simple as that.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
BECKY:
but I am always running with about 90% cortisol in my blood.
But that is how I am every single day of my life.
But it forces me to get shit done,
keep moving and just keep progressing.
And you can't squeeze me anymore. I'm squeezed.
JULIAN:
In half an hour it could be raining.
So, you never, never know.
Bottom line, she qualifies,
we've all done a brilliant job, especially Becky.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
BECKY:
at the start of the day.
During competition, each driver is scored out of 100
on their qualifying lap.
You get two chances.
then your best score decides if you make it through to tandem battles.
This being my first drifting competition ever,
qualifying would be the absolute dream.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
So, next on the line we have Becky Evans
in the SR20DET-powered S15 running around 385 horsepower.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
BECKY:
It's all come down to this one weekend.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
I'm getting nervous, now.
BRIONY: Just be patient.
I have competed for years
and I don't think I've ever been as nervous.
-Three months training... -Yeah.
And jumping into her first grassroots drift competition.
CHRISTIAN:
Come on, Becky.
JULIAN: Just letting sun is shining.
CHRISTIAN:
just takes it over that first curb, makes it nice and wide.
Oops, zone 2 and into deep into clip 3.
Looking very strong there.
[CAR ROARING]
TREVOR:
New to the track as well.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
[CAR ROARS]
BRIONY: Good.
I didn't breathe for that however many seconds.
Really impressive for her first time out there.
TREVOR:
for the second half of qualifying to up that score.
So we do have a score for Becky and the score is a 65.7.
For your first ever competition, that is pretty good going there.
Hey, Becky, absolutely awesome. Absolutely spot-on.
BECKY: Thank you.
You must be beaming in there.
BECKY: I'm just like,
I'm just happy that I made it made round nice and smoothly.
I'm just gonna try and push it out a tiny bit wider now.
Exactly. You don't have to do anything more than what you know
was your best runs in practice, you know, that's it.
Well done. Proud. Sound. Bye.
JULIAN: She's very, very happy.
There was no risk taken,
which is exactly how you want to do it.
Get settled and then do a higher score run.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
CHRISTIAN:
for second qualifying.
She's on the throttle very early.
CHRISTIAN:
Really deep into 3.
I mean, this is looking insanely good for Becky.
Bit of a correction going from 5 to 6.
TREVOR:
CHRISTIAN:
TREVOR:
CHRISTIAN:
TREVOR:
a lot faster than her first run.
It's just unfortunate there towards the end.
In judges' terms, she basically kind of zeroed out.
MARK:
we are now going to announce the top 32 drivers
for the final round
of HEL Performance DriftCup here at Driftland.
Can we have a round of applause for James Cross,
please, in 32nd?
[APPLAUSE]
BECKY:
You know this is kind of like the seminal moment, isn't it?
It's like everything's down to this point.
In 29th place, Sara Price.
BECKY:
In 28th place...
BECKY:
In 27th place, Becky Evans.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
-Well done. Well done. -Yeah.
Well done.
BECKY:
I've learned that a lot is possible
in a short amount of time.
You perform sometimes better than you realize
but it's massively increased my confidence.
For everyone that sort of put time and effort
and, you know, sleepless nights
and tears and nerves and all those things,
this is kind of like the moment where it gets launched for real.
-Are you happy? -I'm Delighted.
Absolutely delighted.
Delighted.
I am, because it's made everyone's efforts
so worthwhile.
You've won your battle.
Now you can go out there and battle whoever or whatever.
Well, it doesn't matter. I liked that one too.
Now, it's all that pressure is just like...
as I was going, I was like...
So now going battling, drive someone's door.
I was about to say that.
MARK:
You guys are now in this final. Right, your battles.
First battle will be Steve Knott against Hayden Edmonds.
Second battle will be Craig Barber against Thomas Taverner.
The third battle will be Tom van-Beek against Sara Price.
The next battle, Craig MacLeod
will be against Becky Evans.
Best of luck, everyone!
BRIONY:
Craig is a great guy.
He's a really good driver as well.
He is quite strong in battles.
It's gonna be a good lesson for our Becky.
JULIAN:
Throwing up against Becky in our first battle.
BECKY:
I'm chasing first.
So he'll be nice to follow because he's got a good line.
I can't play safe.
Just have to go and send it, just keep everything crossed.
BECKY:
To be back here on the start line
is everything I wanted.
MAN: What could go wrong, man?
Two cars get written off, but that is the reality.
I've done it.
Someone spun in front of me,
I went passenger door straight in the front end
with my wee sister in the car.
It's a lesson to learn because you then realize
that you can't actually just go for it and hope for the best.
BECKY:
like it ramps up.
It's like a curb. As soon as you get up to the start line,
and then you just have to breathe through it.
Becky should be massively proud of herself.
Three months training coming on to her first grassroots.
JULIAN:
This is only like, the first step in what, to me,
can be a very long journey
because she actually has genuine talent.
And money doesn't buy talent.
I'm gonna say all the hard work she's put in
to get to this stage has paid off.
BECKY:
Anything can happen in drifting. Best thing who knows.
JULIAN:
Push, push, push, push.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
BRIONY: Good, good.
Yeah. Oh, too tight.
-Keep it going. -Too tight.
Not sure if Becky had two wheels trapped between five and six.
-That could be a possible zero. -It very well could be.
So, basically, she went off track there.
This is what we warned her, don't be too tight on transition
because it doesn't give you room to dive back in.
JULIAN: Can't see whether it was two wheels off
to even get a zero or not. I'm not sure.
BECKY:
What it comes down to is when I'm there on the track
and feel the car moving and enjoying it
and I'm like, "You can do this."
CHRISTIAN:
She comes across and she makes it nice and deep
and she goes real deep into clip one,
makes it nice and right through 2 and 3.
JULIAN: Craig is putting it to her nicely.
Go, go, go.
BRIONY: You can do it.
JULIAN: Drop it good. Go up, Becky.
BRIONY: Yeah.
JULIAN: Yeah.
Sweet.
TREVOR:
Such a great lead line there from Becky.
She should be over the moon
-with what she's achieved. -Without a doubt.
TREVOR:
How is it coming?
CHRISTIAN:
Taking the next spot in the top 16 is...
Craig MacLeod!
Fair play.
TREVOR:
But put your hands together for her as comes off track.
CHRISTIAN:
She qualified, car looks amazing,
she's a bit off track.
I would be super proud if I was her.
TREVOR:
CHRISTIAN:
JULIAN:
would have actually scored you really high in qualifying.
Whatever.
But it's part of the learning curve.
It is a journey.
This is the first time you competitively battled.
JULIAN: It's simple, there was decision made.
And I think everyone's happy.
JULIAN:
-Yeah. Is he? -He is buzzing.
Well, I couldn't have gone off the gate
with someone better.
Sorry. Sorry about that.
Did you know it's the first time in my life where I've lost
but I'm really okay about it.
We all lose. All happens every single time.
Like, the win for you is you qualified
and you've never been in a competition.
First competition I came to, I never qualified.
So, you did brilliant.
Thanks. That's really sweet. Thank you.
Let's go watch the other thing, send them off.
Yeah. Yeah.
-Thank you. -I'm gonna see you next time.
Oh, hundred percent. I am coming back for you.
Relief washed over me when I heard that I qualified.
BECKY:
I was like, right, I don't even know how the handbrake works.
And now to link a whole track and start battling people
is just so mind-blowing.
That would be the message for anyone,
even if you didn't qualify this time,
you just try and try again.
And I never give up.
Even if I had lost into the wall, I wouldn't give up.
I had a point to prove
and I think actions speak louder than words.
And we're here.
We did it.
[LAUGHS]