they be drifting

[BruceC]

Took this today at a drift event.



nap time

[jdmkai]

i love them sil-eighties

[forsaken]

just looks wrong in left hand drive. But you gotta love a drifter

[BruceC]

thanks. far from my best shots beccause I was so far and shooting through a hole in the fence.

[Belmondo]

Originally Posted by forsaken

just looks wrong in left hand drive. But you gotta love a drifter

It's a nice photo, but I must confess to not understanding the whol drifting phenomenon. I was raised to believe that the goal was to get from Point A to Point B in the shortest time. Generally, that involved doing so with the least loss of traction (i.e. smoke).

As to the right hand/left hand drive question, I think there should be no standard. We should all be able to decide for ourselves. If I want to come to New Zealand and drive on the right, that should be my choice. The fact that I'd only make it about forty feet is far less important than having preserved the right to express my individuality.

[BruceC]

It's a nice photo, but I must confess to not understanding the whol drifting phenomenon. I was raised to believe that the goal was to get from Point A to Point B in the shortest time. Generally, that involved doing so with the least loss of traction (i.e. smoke).

me too lol. Its pretty weird.

As to the right hand/left hand drive question, I think there should be no standard. We should all be able to decide for ourselves. If I want to come to New Zealand and drive on the right, that should be my choice. The fact that I'd only make it about forty feet is far less important than having preserved the right to express my individuality.

sounds like you understand drifting. j/k I don't know

[Tom W]

Having cut my youthful driving teeth on "Smokey and the Bandit", I'd be more inclined to call it "controlled oversteer", but that's just me. Them ladies & fellers in the open-wheeled F-1 cars and Indy cars are drifting in most every corner they take, or at least they are doing the type of drifting that I was taught back in the day.

Still looks like a lot of fun, though. I'd give it a try if I could afford the tires, while still supporting my camera & lens habit.

BTW, I think shot #1 captures the event best.

[PhotosGuy]

The fact that I'd only make it about forty feet is far less important than having preserved the right to express my individuality.

Taking "Rugged individualism" to a whole new level!

[Coco-Puffs]

being japanese and growing up in japan for half of my life, its natural . but kinda annoyed by how it has become a trend.

cool pics! i like the nap time pic.

[BruceC]

Still looks like a lot of fun, though. I'd give it a try if I could afford the tires, while still supporting my camera & lens habit.

At this event they had a tire shop or something like that supplying the drivers with free used tires and a guy changing them.

being japanese and growing up in japan for half of my life, its natural . but kinda annoyed by how it has become a trend.

hey I'm part Japanese, and plan on taking a trip early '06 to Japan for my first time. Should be fun.

Thanks again eveyone.

[Tom W]

Back in the day, this was a drifter:

[Valencia Photography]

Originally Posted by belmondo

It's a nice photo, but I must confess to not understanding the whol drifting phenomenon. I was raised to believe that the goal was to get from Point A to Point B in the shortest time. Generally, that involved doing so with the least loss of traction (i.e. smoke).

Drifting is pretty much a fad now. It's the "ricer" of motorsports. All show and no go. Still, nice pics.