Jack Shanahan (born 3 August 1999) is an Irish professional drift driver from

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. Shanahan was the 2016 and 2017 champion of the British Drift Championship and also won the Russian Drift Series in 2021.

Career

Shanahan began competing in the semi pro class of the Irish Drift Championship at the age of 13, in a

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, and competed in select rounds of the Drift Allstars European series. In 2014 he won his first major event, the British Drift Championship event at Lydden Hill in a new car, a

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, and finished third at the Drift Allstars event at

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. His 2015 BDC title triumph at the age of sixteen made him the youngest driver to win a major drifting title.

Family

His younger brother, Conor Shanahan, is also a drifter and competed in the Pro class of the British Drift Championship in 2017 after graduating from the Pro-Am class in 2016. In the 2016 season, the brothers shared the same car, a

. In 2017 Conor Shanahan appeared on ''The Grand Tour'' television series.

References

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