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British Drift Championship
Category	Drifting
Country	United Kingdom
Inaugural season	2008
Folded	2022
Official website	thebritishdriftchampionship.co.uk

The British Drift Championship was^[1] a drifting series held in the UK.

The series began in 2008^[2] as a feeder series to the European Drift Championship. However, the partnership between the BDC and EDC organisers ended at the end of the season and the BDC became a professional series in its own right.

The series originally had two classes, Semi-Pro and Pro. However, due to the vast growth of the championship a third class was added for the 2011 season, called 'Super Pro' which became the highest class. The top drivers in the Pro class were merged into this new class.

For the 2015 season the championship reverted to two classes; the three classes from 2014 were merged to create the Pro-Am and Pro class. A feeder series called Drift Cup was created to allow those wishing to take part in the series the chance to prove they have what it takes to drive in the main championship.

In 2016, the series was taken over by the owner of the Irish Drift Championship, David Egan.^[3] Following the conclusion of the 2018 season, it was announced that Egan would be stepping down from his position, to be replaced by Matt Stevenson, a BDC Pro driver and 2014 Semi-Pro champion.^[4]

Stevenson sold the championship to his understudy Frost at the end of 2020 after failing to make it a success. Following his decision not to cancel during the Covid 19 pandemic, he then forced the feeder series DriftCup to fold.

At the end of the 2022 season, the championship folded due to the a series of bad financial decisions, bad management. Plus staff were not being page their correct wages over the final season. The progressional system that was in place for over a decade in the UK was destroyed due to their negligence. Mac Frost folded the company with dept of over £185,000.

Champions

Pro-Am Class (previously Semi-Pro)

Year	Driver	Team	Car
2008	Steve Moore		Nissan 200SX S14a
2009	Martin Richards		Nissan Skyline R33
2010	Ian Phillips	Skyline Owners	Nissan Skyline R33
2011	Matt Campling	Dorihero	Nissan 200SX S13
2012	Owen Taylor	Rampstyle	Nissan Silvia S13
2013	Matt Samuel	Car Loan 4 U	Nissan 300ZX
2014	Matt Stevenson	Slide Motorsport	Nissan 350Z
2015	Fraser Stark	Garage F***House	BMW E30 Touring
2016	Danny Grundy	Essex Drifters	Nissan 200SX S14
2017	Scott Cartledge		Nissan Skyline R33
2018	Lee Scott	Finvoy Tyre Services	BMW E46
2019	Lwi Edwards	Allitalia	BMW E36
2022	Craig Macleod	Craig Does Drift	Nissan 200SX S14

Pro Class

Year	Driver	Team	Car
2008	Dave Walbrin		Nissan Skyline R32
2009	Steve 'Baggsy' Biagioni	Japspeed	Nissan 200SX S13
2010	Phil Morrison	Driftworks	Nissan Silvia S15
2011	Michael Marshall	MnM Engineering	Nissan Silvia S15
2012	Christian Lewis	Dorihero	Nissan Skyline R33
2013	Jay Greene	JapsTheOnlyWay.co.uk	Nissan 200SX S13
2014	Richard Grindrod	Driftworks	BMW E36 V8
2015	Jack Shanahan	Driftworks/Shanahan Car Sales	Nissan 200SX S14
2016	Jack Shanahan	Shanahan Car Sales	Nissan 180SX
2017	Matt Carter	Japspeed	Nissan Skyline R32
2018	Duane McKeever	Tri-Ace Tyres	Nissan 180SX
2019	Oliver Evans	VP Racing Fuels	Nissan 200SX
2020	Duane McKeever	Tri-Ace Tyres	Nissan 180SX
2021	Duane McKeever^[5]	Tri-Ace Tyres	Nissan 180SX
2022	Dylan Garvey	59 North Wheels	Nissan 180SX

Super Pro Class (merged into Pro from 2015)

Year	Driver	Team	Car
2011	Matt Carter	Falken Tires	Nissan 200SX S14a
2012	Paul Smith^[6]	Japspeed	Nissan Silvia S15
2013	Michael Marshall	Team MnM	BMW E36 Touring
2014	Shane O'Sullivan	Japspeed	Nissan Silvia S15