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#130681   2017-10-07 19:00          

My first grassroots drift experience


Woke up early this morning, so I could head to the post office at opening time to pick up a package. I ordered a drone, so I could take some better rolling shots of cars. Here is a test picture I took of my house this morning.



The drift event was chaos. From what I was told when I arrived, most of the drivers only did the first day of the event, so attendance was lower than I was expecting.



This turquoise ZN6 was powered by a straight 6, of what kind I do not know. He hit the track almost as soon as I took the static shot. The guy was a decent driver, but his setup was so poor. It was really stiff, so it struggled to transition. Unfortunately, he caught some freak grip around a 60mph ish corner and headed straight into the bank off track. He gotlucky he didn't flip it, because he had no roll cage.



These 2 BMWs both ran similar setups, low pressure turbo straight 5s making around 400hp. They were both really talented drivers, especially the driver of the white 3 series. We all spoke to the driver and we pursuaded him to up the pressure, he said it could make about 700 at the wheel. He actually recorded the fastest entry of the day, hitting 110 before the first corner. That lap was super impressive, but he blew something in the motor so we all pushed him into the pits and had a good laugh.





So this S15 was impressive. From what people were telling me, this owner was in a bone stock 5 series yesterday, and was frustrated that other people were faster than him in slower cars. So he rocked up today in Formula Drift ready, 1000+bhp, Silva. Put it on the wall after a lap or 2, left angry. Professional level car driven by an awful driver, only one thing was going to happen.






Now this R32 GTS-T was driven by a guy named Mike, who I spent most of the day hanging out with. It was an interesting story about how he got the car. He when on a trip to Japan about 3 years ago, and spotted this after getting lost on his way to suzuka. He took a closer look at the Skyline and took a shining to it. It was bone stock, apart from some custom made front suspension arms from Kids Heart. The owner came out and spoke to him, and he spoke a little English. Apparently he was going to drive in D1SL, with the support of a smaller garage in town. The shop went into bankruptcy as they were working on the car, and it had sat stationary since 2007. He bought it and never told me for how much, but he couldn't aford to import it to the UK. He dumped it somewhere in Yokohamma, vowing on day to return and take it with him. He's had it in the UK for a year now, and he plans on making it a fully competitive car.



The Altezza and the R33 were also brilliant to watch. They were driven so hard, chucking it aggressively into every corner.




Mike lent me some spare tires and helped me take off my, bumpers and wings. I was nervous to get out their with te a RX7, but I did OK. I didn't crash, which I was a little worried about.



Mike told me about a section in the docks he would break into and drift. I went with him, and we both ran the spot for a few hours. I had a blast, and I'll definitely drift their again.



New to all this

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RX7 Savanna (4A-GE, Daily)
1970 Chevy Nova (RestoMod, WIP)