Thanks guys! Well the 350Z is reliable but definitely not made for towing, i should get a truck asap.

Grassroots

Okay, here we go! So we went to a drift event on saturday as i told you, it was at MacArthur Park Raceway in Oklahoma City, or simply "Mac park" as the locals call it. It was great to drift the 86 for the first time, it was also nice to see so many other drifters just ripping the track! Well, some more than others but most of them were quite skilled. You could see all kinds of rides out there - BMWs, Nissans, Mustangs, Camaros, GT86's, some guy even had a C6 Corvette but he didn't do very well, it just wasn't the right car for a track like this. There was also a little car meet next to the track but with many more cars than anyone expected, someone even showed up in a 1000HP R35! All in all it was a blast, i met some pretty famous drifters from the state which i've seen in some videos, i made a lot of new friends too which i'll definitely see at another event like this.

Some drivers really had some "on the limit" moments!


This guy did some amazing runs for a pretty much stock E36! This one also reminded me of the drift scene back in Europe where 99% of drift cars are BMWs haha.



This one managed to make quite a smoke show, and it was a bone stock GTO! It's hard to handle such a big car on a small track, hats off to this guy.


This Supra was familiar to me, i've seen it in some videos and i found out that it attends most of the drift events all around Oklahoma. It was obvious that the driver gained some experience, he managed to pull off some sick drifts! Supra had a lot of steering angle too.


Later i noticed that it's an import, i wonder how it's registered. Maybe it's a 93 model but i've seen it in some last year's videos too.


This Stang is a frequent participant too, with a very skilled drifter driving it.



And here's the most common type of car that was at the event - the 240, first choice for most of the amateur drifters in America. Many of them were LS swapped which is a common thing as well, but this one sounded particularly good and the driver did some impressive drifts!



This guy was struggling a bit though. Well a G35 might be a good base for a drift car but definitely not a stock one, in fact there was one 350Z but it had full drift suspension and an LS swap.


Most of the 240s looked kinda half-assed to be honest, part street car and part drift car, but this one was obviously purpose built for drifting! Well it has mismatched colors on some parts but it still looked like a proper build.


Some of them were also SR20 or RB25 swapped and sounded really nice.



This guy was drifting flatout all the time! His car was pretty beaten up so he didn't have to worry about anything. I just love that "ain't care" drifting!




This was one of the very few clean looking S13s!


Now this one really stood out from the S-chassis crowd.


And under the hood was not the typical SR, RB or LS swap that you'd normally expect...


It was a 1JZ! I recognized it from the sound before checking out the car from up close, you can't miss it. This ride has gotten quite famous among Oklahoma's drifters probably because of the looks alone, its owner goes on all the drift events so he got pretty famous too, i've seen his ride in many videos.


With a 1JZ and an aggressive bodykit it really reminded me of the hotboi 180 Skip used to have in Japan. Man that was a nice one!


After checking out the cars and taking some photos i had a go too. I had the only AE86 at the event, the others had the new ones! I was so satisfied with it, it runs just great and it's perfect for drifting on a small track like this! Maybe i could do with some more power in some corners but it was nothing that a little clutch kick couldn't fix.


The engine was tuned just to work well with the ITB's but it still ran perfectly! It needs a fair amount of revs for peak power so it was banging on the limiter quite often. After a few laps i stopped by the track to check the engine and when i popped the hood i got struck by a hot wave of air lol. So i let it cool off for a moment and then kept on ripping. Just before going on the track i put on a Vertex wheel that i snagged from the shop when i was in Japan haha.


I wanted to power oversteer in one corner but i was lacking some power in that exact moment so i understeered on the grass lol. AE86 is quite low with this bodykit so i'm glad i didn't scrape anything. Actually i wanted to put on the Do-Luck rear bumper cause i'd be less upset if i smashed that one but it has the exhaust cutout in a different place so that was a no go.


Some guy was flying a drone around the track and he managed to make many sick shots along with this one!


I found a short video of the event too! *LINK* There were some professional cameramen on the track so i'm sure there will be some more awesome videos later on.

This was one of my best weekends i've ever had! I mean, can it get any better than shredding tires, seeing sick rides and meeting new friends? There will be a few more drift events this year so i'm going there for sure! See ya around guys, and keep on drifting!