article_title name birth_date titles
steve biagioni
 steve baggsy biagioni 12 june 1987 british drift championship
steve biagioni

steve ` baggsy ' biagioni is a professional drift driver from the united kingdom who won the british drift championship in 2009 .
he started drifting in a volvo 340 and in 2008 began competing in the semi pro class of the bdc in a nissan 200sx s13 .
he finished sixth in the championship which allowed him promotion into the main pro class , he then joined team japspeed and ended up winning the pro championship outright in 2009 .
he then switched to a rear wheel drive converted subaru impreza .
the car was not competitive during the 2010 season with many mechanical failures preventing baggsy from qualifying .
in 2011 the subaru had a 1jz engine transplant which helped the car become more competitive , with a second place finish at the final round of the season .
during 2012 baggsy was a regular podium finisher and ended up 5th in the final championship standings .
for 2013 baggsy left team japspeed and joined acorn motorsport division , now back in an s13 .
his season got off to a bad start with a major crash at lydden hill , causing extensive damage to the car .
baggsy is a monster energy athlete and features at monster demonstrations across europe .
he featured in idris elba 's ` king of speed ' show , teaching idris how to drift in a toyota gt86
