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30th Dec 2014

Video: This 5-year-old from Tyrone may be the future drift king of the world

Santa Claus was very kind to Jack Irwin this Christmas...

Alan Loughnane

Is this the best Christmas present ever?

Jack Irwin from Fintona, Tyrone is just five-years-old but that hasn’t stopped the young lad from getting behind the wheel of his very own miniature drift car and showing the rest of us how it should be done.

Jack received a miniature Toyota AE86 Corolla V8 drift car as a present from Santa Claus this Christmas after the great man saw the vast array of driving skills the young drifting enthusiast had at his disposal.

Santa did have a helping hand in building the car from Cathal O’Neill and from Jack’s father, Jonny, who owns a full sized version of the car.

car

You need not worry about Jack having such a powerful car however, because while the car may have a steel frame similar to the high-powered Corolla, there is only a four stroke Honda gx160 engine under the hood.

However, that is plenty of power for the young man to pull off these pretty impressive drifting moves on ice over the Christmas.

At his age, JOE still had stabilisers on our bikes and had trouble grasping the idea that our noses were not there to be picked so it’s amazing to think that someone so young can possess such a unique skill set.

Keep an eye out for the name Jack Irwin in the future; we’re sure there are big things in store for him…

Media via Jackmcl driftkid.

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