What is Gymkhana?

[bchumley]

Is it a style/form of drifting? Or some type of specific drifting event layout? And if you search gymkhana on the internet, it's all about riding horses?

I ask b/c a friend told me that the local track has a drift event today. The track's website says Gymkhana practice event-$20. I'd like to know what I'm going to beforehand. Thanks.

[Var]

gym•kha•na

1. a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
2. Also called autocross. a competition in which sports cars are timed as they travel on a closed, twisting course that requires much maneuvering.
3. any of various other sporting events, as a gymnastics exhibition or surfing contest.
4. a place where any such event is held.

[Andrew Bohan]

so basically it can be anything!


i've seen it as something similar to autocross, with cones and stuff, but the course is WAY more technical and may reqire doing circles around a cone and other tight maneuvers. it is usually at a lower speed than autocross.

[AKADriver]

Yeah, "gymkhana" typically refers to an "old style" autocross which is more a test of specific driving skills than general performance driving. The goal is still to complete the course in the fastest time, but it's more of an obstacle course than a road course. It's still popular in places like Japan where they don't have many HUGE empty expanses of blacktop like we do... they can be held in tighter spaces.

Calling a parking lot drift event a "gymkhana" is kind of inaccurate since it's not timed.

[HyperTek]

can we jus assume its "gymnastics" for cars?? heheh

[SilviaNinja240]

:(
I was hoping you guys were talking about the movie Gymkata, GREAT MOVIE!
http://www.mgm.com/mgm/images/posterart-new/GYMKATA-00AA1-poster_hires.jpg

[bchumley]

good info, thanks.

p.s. that movie poster looks pretty tight!!!

[S14DB]

Japanese Gymnastic Porn

[ThatGuy]

Japanese Gymnastic Porn

I think I've seen that.

[Bbandit]

here ya go :)

http://c-racing.web.infoseek.co.jp/index2.html

[tastyratz]

sounds more like an std than autocross