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LFS players in real life motorsport.
Since I am in the community of drifters in the LFS, I know many who have moved into real drift or come in LFS from real Drift. But I am also interested in players from other disciplines who participated in real competitions. If you know of any, please post it in this thread. It doesn't need to be big competitions, maybe on the local level, or even just some practics on amauter level.

Drift:

Name on eng (original name)
Nickname (titles)
links

Alex Golovnya (Алексей Головня)
4epa (Vice-Champion of the Vinnytsia drift Series VFDD 2011 Champion of the Vinnytsia Drift VFDD series 2012. 3rd place in the UDC Drift Championship of Ukraine 2012. 4th place in the EEDC Eastern European Championship 2012. 1st place in the Drift Championship of Ukraine 2013.3rd place in the EEDC Eastern European Championship 2013. 1st place in the Drift Championship of Ukraine 2015. 2nd place in the Russian Drift Championship 2016 Champion of the Russian Drift Championship 2020)
https://www.instagram.com/alexgolovnya/
https://vk.com/alexgolovnya
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHOm1GyEErkO7_W2e8xIXOQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJdkLpOP2UI
And there are a lot more videos on YouTube

Damir Idiyatulin (Дамир Идиятулин)
Damiracer (https://drift.center/idiyatulin/. 3rd place in Russian Drift Championship 2022. 3rd place in Russian Drift Championship 2020, Winner of RDS Moscow cup 2020.)
https://www.instagram.com/damiracer/?hl=en
https://vk.com/damiracer
https://vdrifte.ru/pilots/167/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxjTUnwlfe4
And there are a lot more videos on YouTube

Ekaterina Sedykh (Екатерина Седых)
ekaterina.drift (Vice Champion of Russian Drift Series East 2017, 2018. Champion Drift Street Legal 2019)
https://www.instagram.com/katedrift/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsXP0EVS8v8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM3VzvxQ1fY
https://goo.gl/p2TYSY
https://vk.cc/6Ey4kg
https://vk.cc/6Ey4fX
And there are a lot more videos on YouTube

Aleksandr Grinchuk (Александр Гринчук)
GRINYA (Red Bull athlet for many years. Champion of turkicsh championship)
https://vk.com/grinchukdrift
https://facebook.com/grinchukdrift/
https://www.instagram.com/grinchukdrift/
https://goo.gl/G1NLyU (one of the org in LFS events)
And there are a lot more videos on YouTube

Ivan Bobrovsky (Иван Бавровский)
Godzilla (top 8 on 3rd round of RDS 2016)
https://vk.com/becausegodzilla
https://goo.gl/aPGibd
https://goo.gl/6iUhqZ
https://goo.gl/12Uhvy
And there are a lot more videos on YouTube

Maxim Miller (Максим Миллер)
Miller (Participant of Dmec 2021 and 2022. Creator and President of the Drift Federation of Ukraine.
Organizer of sports car competitions and events in Ukraine and Europe.
An international judge with Japanese accreditation DRIFT. Judged VS, DC, UDC, RDS GP, DRIFTING.HU, DRIFT ALLSTARS and others.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyoybbpTUVQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN8KXJ6JplI
https://www.youtube.com/c/whoismiller
https://www.instagram.com/whoismiller
http://whoismiller.com/
https://vk.cc/6Ey42t
https://vk.cc/6Ey47R (one of the org in LFS events)
And there are a lot more videos on YouTube

Taylor Ray
tayloray
https://www.instagram.com/taylordrifts/
https://www.youtube.com/c/TaylorRayDrifts/videos
https://goo.gl/MUJWTL
https://goo.gl/xNuw5G
https://goo.gl/K5uxnv
And there are a lot more videos on YouTube

Pawel Trela
https://goo.gl/iMNRts
https://goo.gl/BhdhQR
https://goo.gl/E9EO45
https://goo.gl/IxznD8
And there are a lot more videos on YouTube

Alexey Katoliychuk (Алексей Католийчук)
-LSD-
https://goo.gl/TiLRYq

SKVGR team
https://vk.com/albums-100742272

Nick Makarov (Ник Макаров)
SKVGR n1x
https://goo.gl/Pf9q5m
https://vk.cc/6cgpWJ
https://vk.cc/66Ulv6
https://vk.cc/66UlCK
https://vk.cc/66UlLU
https://vk.cc/66UlWR
https://vk.cc/66Um1Z
https://goo.gl/KdolPl

Nikita Isaev (Никита Исаев)
SKVGR*DD
https://goo.gl/2wkkxc
https://goo.gl/lHjfMX
https://goo.gl/WjIu5R
https://goo.gl/p7abaf
https://vk.cc/6gzoZN
https://vk.cc/6gzpeh

Nick Makarov and Nikita Isaev (Ник Макаров и Никита Исаев)
SKVGR n1x - SKVGR DD
https://vk.cc/6gzoHV
https://vk.cc/6gzoMp
https://vk.cc/6gzoRd
https://goo.gl/RDxvLY
https://goo.gl/LXpe6O
https://goo.gl/p8IVKz

Konstantin Ivanov (Константин Иванов)
SKVGR.Ikostya
https://vk.cc/6B41kC
https://vk.cc/6B41gg (s14)

Denis Morozov (Денис Морозов)
SKVGR.xNASTYx
https://vk.cc/6B41oG

Javier Dopazo
SKVGR.Mad Dope
https://goo.gl/ZqyDcw

Tot Igor (Тот Игорь)
Maxxis Divan
https://vk.cc/6VNDjY
https://vk.cc/6VND9c
https://vk.cc/6VND6i
https://vk.cc/6VND2b
https://vk.cc/6VNCYJ
https://goo.gl/SqbVgT
https://vk.cc/6VNDv7

Artur Toyotik (Артур Тойотик)
Toyotik
https://goo.gl/KKPbuI

Kirill belyaikin (Кирилл Беляйкин)
GTRzavr
https://goo.gl/jmYoS8
https://goo.gl/JDe94L
https://goo.gl/NH8l1N
https://goo.gl/Y3zUSs
https://goo.gl/EP7W3n

Evgeny Rybinsky (Евгений Рыбинский)
Yjin
https://goo.gl/4TS8pV
https://goo.gl/ykTg68

Alexandr Savelev (Александр Савельев)
Fatalskid
https://vk.cc/60TaP8
https://goo.gl/t24QKe

Anton Zaharov (Антон Захаров)
[VDT] Raptor
https://vk.cc/60Ta8E
https://vk.cc/60Tagp
https://vk.cc/60Tank
https://vk.cc/60TatU
https://vk.cc/60TaBj

Artyem Shabanov (Артём Шабанов)
shabanovartem77 (2 - time champion of ZheZhe Ice Matsuri, 1st place at #MoscowWinterDriftSession)
https://vk.cc/7kY0Ty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdY9aG458YQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQcZ8_0oAho

Danil Machkarin (Данил Мачкарин)
Failcew Love (winner of the open winter drift championship of the Urals 2019)
https://vk.cc/6gzo6U
https://vk.cc/6gzojL
https://vk.cc/6gzouN
https://vk.com/wall-21931081_64820
https://vk.com/wall-21931081_57428

Evgeny Pakhomov (Евгений Пахомов)
R.D.C Pahom24rus (Top 16 of Water Pump Cup)
https://vk.cc/6gzq3V
https://youtu.be/e-23n-dKwbY?t=19511

Artyem Nekorkin (Артем Некоркин)
R.D.C Drift52 (1st place on OPEN SUMMER FEST 2018)
https://vk.com/lislon?w=wall-21931081_60531
https://goo.gl/amNvO7
https://vk.cc/6gzr3c
https://goo.gl/Xu3CCJ

Sega Lapshin
seroff
https://vk.cc/6QGM7o

Kirill Loginov
k1ruxa
https://goo.gl/ODZ0ia

Igor Cherny (Игорь Черный)
IgorCherny
https://goo.gl/GMls79

Anton Petrov (Антон Петров)
A.Petrov
https://goo.gl/o68YZV

Alexander Medvedev (Саша Медведев)
ZONDAX
https://vk.cc/6Qr50D
https://vk.cc/6QrzY0
https://vk.com/wall-21931081_57428

Nikita Maximov (Никита Максимов)
STaRK
https://vk.cc/6QruBe
https://vk.cc/6QrBbY
https://vk.com/wall-21931081_57428


----- Amatuers-----

Mikhail Molodkin (Михаил Молодкин)
VENOMDASTER
https://goo.gl/ynLSkw
https://vk.cc/6QrCJg

Danil Kubasov (Данил Кубасов)
DOCrip
https://goo.gl/AbNLru
https://goo.gl/122Y8P

Mark Shinkarev (Марк Шинкарев)
mark174
https://vk.cc/6QucB9

Anatoly Orlov (Анатолий Орлов)
KOT200sx
https://goo.gl/9BsG47
https://goo.gl/ce7zK6
https://goo.gl/6u6gz1

Andrey Kadyshev (Андрей Кадышев)
D.project Iandex
https://vk.cc/6QtIxB

Dmitry Gusarov (Дмитрий Гусаров)
ччД
https://vk.cc/77MABg

Alexey Soldatov (Алексей Солдатов)
Lacki
https://goo.gl/FGHWYr
https://vk.cc/66UoJ8

Egor Egorov (Егор Егоров)
Maxxis"Fazer
https://vk.cc/6QtJIY
https://vk.cc/6B46Vr

Vladimir Badagov (Владимир Бадагов)
Suba
https://goo.gl/KVpA92

Vadim Kiselyov (Вадим Киселёв)
R.D.C Chansonje
https://vk.cc/6B470V

Kirill Solomatin (Кирилл Саломатин)
R.D.C Axwell
https://vk.cc/6ERGXY

Alexander Andreev (Александр Андреев)
NARA☆Nakamura
https://goo.gl/hnWrCz

Vladislav Puito (Владислав Пуито)
NARA☆S1gal
https://goo.gl/8x5ucQ
https://goo.gl/TJl9qR

Alexander Shavyrin (Александр Шавырин)
13N.Silvia
https://vk.cc/6SVEQw

Ruslan Murtuzaliev (Руслан Муртузалиев)
NARA☆nb|x
https://vk.cc/60T8SU
https://vk.cc/60T8Ib

Nikita Veretelnik (Никита Веретельник)
Ник
https://vk.cc/6Sr8FN

Semyon Vasiliev (Семён Васильев)
CAPS™ Steve
https://vk.cc/6QAv33

Vladislav Batalov (Владислав Баталов)
Batalov
https://goo.gl/b7xDZu

Ivan Pavlov (Иван Павлов)
29 Павлов
https://vk.cc/6gzqlW

Vitaly Polyakov (Виталий Поляков)
VITALYA
https://goo.gl/eTQHPM

Evgeny Kapustin (Евгений Капустин)
アムビにしす
https://goo.gl/seHpL4


I probably forgot to mention many people I knowSchwitz and it's been a long time since this list was compiled, so the merits of many pilots may be incomplete too, sorry for that. I just can't know everything. Since the half Internet is blocked in Russia, I can't enter on Instagram or Facebook. So I lost a lot of links..
These are the only ones I know from drifting who played LFS. Please write who do you know from the disciplines of motorsport who played LFS.
Valtteri Bottas aka Vale (F1)
Scott Andrews aka DuCK (IMSA)
Norbi Kiss aka Norbi (FIA European Truck Racing)
Teemu Suninen aka marakattimax (WRC)
Christian Krognes aka Chriskart (VLN/Nürburgring 24h)
Rudy van Buren, World's Fastest Gamer (Porsche Carrera Cup Germany)
Philip Ellis aka painster (various GT3 championships)
Christer Jöns (various GT3 championships)
Michael van der Mark aka michaelvdm (World Superbikes)
Nick Catsburg aka NickC

Sources:
https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/95176
https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/99297
Quote from Flame CZE :Valtteri Bottas aka Vale (F1)
Scott Andrews aka DuCK (IMSA)
Norbi Kiss aka Norbi (FIA European Truck Racing)
Teemu Suninen aka marakattimax (WRC)
Christian Krognes aka Chriskart (VLN/Nürburgring 24h)
Rudy van Buren, World's Fastest Gamer (Porsche Carrera Cup Germany)
Philip Ellis aka painster (various GT3 championships)
Christer Jöns (various GT3 championships)
Michael van der Mark aka michaelvdm (World Superbikes)
Nick Catsburg aka NickC

Sources:
https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/95176
https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/99297

Wow, thats interesting, i know about Valtteri Bottas, but other ones is new for me.
Robin Larsson aka robin_l(World rallycross championship, European rallycross championship, Nitro RX championship)

Fabian Pailler aka Busta(French rallycross championship, European rallycross championship)

Jonathan Pailler aka St@nn(French rallycross championship, European rallycross championship)

Steven Bossard aka Beniwiwi(French rallycross championship, European rallycross championship)(former driver)
#5 - Sobis
Honestly I am so surprised that noone mentioned Dennis yet!

Dennis Lind aka Dennis93
European and World Champion of Lamborghini Super Trofeo, currently competing in "GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.
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Gabriel Casagrande aka 320_ (Stock Car Pro Series Brasil, 2021 champion)
Rudy van Buren – Official simulator test & development driver (Red Bull F1 / Max Verstappen Dutch news article)
Another professional drifter who is a long time LFS player, and who still uses it actively to practice, is Tor Arne Kvia from Norway.
He's has won many local drift competitions, he's a 2x Norwegian Drift Champion and is now back in Drift Masters after having a year off.
He ended up in 5th place in DMEC 2022, right behind James Deane, which is a massive achievement.
Swedish Euro RX former RX2-E driver Filip Thorén, and rally-drivers Calle Carlberg, Kalle Gustafsson and Patrik Hallberg.

All LFS-drivers in swedish and finnish rallycross,bilcross and rally events aswell.
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As over the years there have been multiple attempts (threads) by the community to collect drivers who emerged in motorsports professionally, who also play or have played LFS back then, I've decided to collect all available information in a single article/table on LFS Manual. This way, we can have a somewhat central, well-formed database of these drivers, open for contribution by any LFS user.

The table can be found on LFSManual: https://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/ ... _in_real_life_motorsports.

I hope you like it. Feel free to expand the table with (preferably referenced) information you find or know. This does require a great chunk of research - more on that at the bottom* of the article, see section Guidelines. If you have feedback about the table's structure (add more fields, omit some, display information in other ways), head over to the Talk page (https://en.lfsmanual.net/wiki/ ... _in_real_life_motorsports). Smile

(OP's list of drivers is already in the table, but without details filled in)
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