Drift Day Competition

[meatish]

There are still spots open for the competition in January. That is ridiculous, there are a lot of cars here that will never see the track except from a space in the parking lot. Well, who's going? I will be driving up from SD the night before..

[TRUENOCOUPE]

Glad tha people just don't sign up cause you have a drift car.

Waste of time for people that actually wants to compete.

[meatish]

Good point. But if more bad drivers sign up then there is a greater chance for me to win a set of falkens, and therefore I encourage it greatly.

[s13irdie2]

im gonna be driving. itll be my first time at this event. be nice to the newbz!! haha

[blu808]

wheres is this at?

[s13irdie2]

california speedway. go to driftday.com

[SpeedMonkeyInc]

Meatish: Upping the ante by lowest common denominator? hahahah just kidding buddy ( inside joke ). Good luck. I wish I was able to drive! I am seriously feinding for some track time. Maybe in another month or two I will get to see the track again.
Al, are you driving? Last time I really thought you where going to make it further! I have you on video from the C2 and you looked sick. Good luck!

[TRUENOCOUPE]

Al, are you driving? Last time I really thought you where going to make it further! I have you on video from the C2 and you looked sick. Good luck!


Maybe. I don't want to drive anyone else car anymore, I've been doing this for the last 6 months.

I thought so either, but thats ok. There are better drivers out there.

-Al

[pruto]

it is true that in competitions/D1 searches lately there are drivers who shouldn't be there, people who are just beginners are best served getting the most seat time, competitions are the worst bang for the buck deal in terms of seat time. 5-10 runs at MOST during a day with a ton of downtime in between. However, just because you don't think you're the top 10-16 at a competition doesn't mean you shouldn't attend. High pressure, competition type situations are great experience to see what you are really made out of. To see if you can nail a course with 2-3 practice runs and be consistant during the judged runs. So intermediate drivers shouldn't psych themselves out and not do it just because they don't think they have a chance.

I personally don't have the skills to win one of these at the moment, BUT i suffer from a little performance anxiety, i don't do well when i feel a lot of eyes are on me/i'm being judged. The best way to get over that is to have a lot of experience under such situations and get used to it. Unfortunately i don't have the time or money to enter this one. See ya'll next time, haha.

[theicecreamdan]

lemme drive somebody's car, I'll go.

as it stands my only cars are a stock suspension open diff fastback,
and a stock sr5 corolla...

[KA24DESOneThree]

I would, but the price is too high. That and I still only have less than four hours of drifting experience.

[theicecreamdan]

all these negative signatures about things sucking...

there's a practice day coming up too right?

[TRUENOCOUPE]

I personally don't have the skills to win one of these at the moment, BUT i suffer from a little performance anxiety, i don't do well when i feel a lot of eyes are on me/i'm being judged. The best way to get over that is to have a lot of experience under such situations and get used to it. Unfortunately i don't have the time or money to enter this one. See ya'll next time, haha.


You know, This is how I feel most of the time during competition. I fuck up cause of this.

I feel like all ther motherfuckers are looking at me and I fuck up.

Im starting to get over it tho. This year it will be different. I guess, I just said one day to fuck all the fucking fuckers that is sitting at the bench. Im here driving and they are not, so I win.

-Al

[TRUENOCOUPE]

all these negative signatures about things sucking...

there's a practice day coming up too right?

You are saying NORCAL sucks but you are from San Diego?

What do you even know about NORCAL? HELLA IDIOTS.

-Al

[meatish]

Performance anxiety definitely plays into it, plenty of people choked at the last competition. Just remember, this is for fun. Fuck the people watching, the only people whose opinions matter are the 20 or so judges. The only thing that should matter is you having fun and stomping everyone elses nuts into the ground, which is what i will be doing.. jk, good luck to everyone competing. And btw paul, you definitely have the skills to place in one of these.. you were kicking ass at the last comp..

[Dousan_PG]

go al
dont fuck up haha
id do it if my suspension has arrived yet. too much body roll then what i am used to
next event
lindsay might go. i would if i could :(

[Brian]

i feel like going.
i swear. i must be the only one who loves competitions.
nervous? not in the least bit. more people, the better!
you can flick high beams, wipers, or fingers at the people!!

[s13irdie2]

how else do you guys practice besides drift days? are there any other open places to drive thats legal other than driftday in socal?

[AutoRnD]

goddamnt!!!!
aargh
f-ing A
I wanna drift....
i wanna do a competition...
i love drifting in competition..
it always bring out the better part of me...
its just that w/ all the ppl w/ high level of skill makes u step up your game as well..
dousan!!!!!! lemme drift ur s14 hahaha

[blu808]

how else do you guys practice besides drift days? are there any other open places to drive thats legal other than driftday in socal?


Most of the people on forums are internet drifters and pratice drifting online.

are you going to the jan 15th event josh?

[AutoRnD]

nope... car is stuck at racetune.. =*( i want to go.. tooo! which sucks.. WAH!!!
is your car gonna be ready?

[Dousan_PG]

josh
hahd
my car so sucks still
fucking tanabe
i migh go zeal if gthey arent her soon
so ill probably bug you
waiting on tanabe because its 10/8kg
i want tnothing less
can zeal get that shit all nice
i dont need function d
the b6 or whatever that nice one is would be fine too
lte mek now
this is frustrating
and they MUST go STUPID low
i mean like you can tuck 17s if you want low
and i mean the rim.

[AutoRnD]

i have a set of 8/6 in stock...
if u want i can always revalve em to 10/8 or u can order a set hahaha.. and i'll try and air em for you

[Dousan_PG]

no rush for this event
probalby next week ill start shoppin gagain
tanabe is delay i guess. boo
ill give you a callone day
we atlked at d1 remember? brian asked about the r34 ER34 brake pads

[Brian]

yeah dude.
you need some coilovers ASAP.
hahaha so you stop breaking my car.
:)

[s13irdie2]

what if it rains hard on that day? will the event continue?

[Brian]

drifting goes on in any weather.

[meatish]

Just got this in the mail, thought i'd share.. looks like track layout is same as last comp. Haha, 'no manji zone'.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/meatish/ddcomp.jpg

[mav1178]

Just got this in the mail, thought i'd share.. looks like track layout is same as last comp. Haha, 'no manji zone'.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v489/meatish/ddcomp.jpg


You know why? Because there are always guys that manji that cannot control their cars and that poses an unnecessary risk to others at the track.


One advice: since this is a rare opportunity outside a regular "pro" competition where you can find many advanced drivers/instructors as judges, if you run do what the more seasoned drivers do already: ask questions. Just because you pay to do 5 runs doesn't mean it ends there. If you want to learn and be the best that you can be, ask questions. People like Benson Hsu, Ken Gushi, one thing they always do is they ask the Japanese D1 drivers that are at events to critique their driving. It helps them improve.

And I'm also driving too. HAHAHA.

-alex

[meatish]

And I'm also driving too. HAHAHA.

I know, damn..
Thanks for the advice.

[wanganwonder]

not to hijack or get too off-topic, but are there any other socal events open to public that aren't comps? I've been looking and can't find any but I find it hard to believe that DDay is the only one.

[AutoRnD]

hmmm.... that looks very similar to the last last... driver search course.. hahaha

[pruto]

Alex: does Moto have your name etched into the 3rd place trophy already? :D

[blu808]

nope... car is stuck at racetune.. =*( i want to go.. tooo! which sucks.. WAH!!!
is your car gonna be ready?

My car is ready. i finished it today, monday is dyno, then fire wall fab, tues is graphics day, wed is a find me some more tires day, thursday is a touge shake down, and friday and sat is off to the track.

have any 17" tires josh? 215-265?

[fliprayzin240sx]

nope... car is stuck at racetune.. =*( i want to go.. tooo! which sucks.. WAH!!!
is your car gonna be ready?

Damn josh, aint the anniversary of the death of your KA round the corner??? That means your cars been down for YEAR NOW B*TCH!!!! :duh: :rl:

[S14DriftR]

results, pics, videos? post em up if you got em, id like to see how it went.