From JDM allstars at Wembley on Saturday.

Part of the brief for qualifying was at that particular corner to get the back of the car as close to the wall between those two cones as posible without hitting the wall.

So he did.

 

Errr can you ask him what his skill is like for picking lottery numbers?

 

No luck involved, he did it tons of times, over n over.

The run before that he messed up a tiny bit and tapped his back bumper off, so that run he compensated and got even closer as his back bumper wasnt in the way, literally rubbing the spoiler on the wall!

 

Lol, I was thinking of writing luck but I knew it wasn't. You got to be plain just skilled to do that shit so that's why I wrote "skill" in my first post

I would've gone to this event since I can drive to Wembley in 20mins if it hadn't have been for submitting some work in

 

Are all the competitors up for this? Is it quite a big budget thing/are these guys pro's or just your average joe that can drift good?

Must cost a wad when it all goes wrong, which i imagine it does from time to time. Good to watch though, no doubt.

 

quality pic!

can you remeber when i done that down chips place? i got soooo close to that pillar

so close it ripped the bumper off, smashed the boot lock off so it wouldnt shut, smashed the rear light cluster etc....

ok, i need more practice

 

judging from all the sponsor decals on their cars I'm guessing they have quite a bit of financial backing.

 

 

Steve,
the boy has the minerals

 

TBH mate it rained SO much from mid-morning on youd've had to have been pretty hardcore to stay in the weather anyhow!
But the final hour, the top16 twin drifting shootout, was SO mint it was worth getting soaked all fucking day.

Almost nobody is pro really, not to the extent where none of it comes out of their pocket, or that they make money from driving alone.
But if your good enough you get sponsorship usually to some extent as someone good is a good advert, so the sponsors come.
Or its a good advert for the drivers own company.

 

I assume its like Time Attack/TOTB etc? Mostly tuners who are the good ones or have the good drivers?

Very few individuals would be able to afford to risk putting their car into a wall in the name of entertainment i imagine, thats why i ask!

 

No, nothing like TOTB/TimeAttack.

Like said, 99% of cars are owned and driven and paid for by private individuals, usually home built too.

A few of these own companies associated with their car to some extent.

Most top ones have help from sponsors, but not massive help.

Simple fact is everyone smashes their cars up, and its just for fun. Just unlike most sports or groups of car peeps, they arnt pussys so just get on with it. Smash it, fix it, the end.

Two cars were easily insurance write offs by the end of the day at Wembley. They dont care.

And unlike pretty much all other motorsport, its about skill, not how much money/spec you got, so the "best" cars dont win unless they got the best drivers.

Infact this time winners was an old AE86 with a standard S2000 engine in it, and 2nd place was an even older Toyota Starlet with a Pinto engine on twin carbs.

 

Some more...

Earlier run...


Poss same run as 1st pic, dunno.

 

Infact this time winners was an old AE86 with a standard S2000 engine in it, and 2nd place was an even older Toyota Starlet with a Pinto engine on twin carbs.[/quote]





Dont know why the quote didnt work lol anyway

Was the guy who came second Steve Evans, used to do Street Racer Sunday with him, but he given up (or at least cut back lol) drag racing and moved into drifting.

Well pleased for him if it is, when he he used to drag he used to plaster his car with writting saying NO turbo No gas etc

Also a bouncer he once told me a story one sunday at drag racing about his the night before lol, oops best not lol



Steve

 

that photo is the bollocks.one to be proud of.looks like i missed a good day.

i can totally apreciate the skill and natural talent that these boys have.(saying that stav,is there any girls doing it?)

 

Damn I need to get into drifting

 

you and me both mate.wanted to for years but cant afford to and refuse to sell my cossie to do it
always wanted an ae86......no turbo to keep popping! tbh i love the looks of the corolla.

 

Always been fairly handy at driving sideways, much more fun than 4x4, fuck knows why I bought an escort cossie ...I would want a half decent spec car though, s14 200sx probably, but 2 cossies and a duke mean it isn't going to happen any time soon

 

know the feeling. the escort owes me too much.i couldve had a cheap one and a drift car but its also the money to pay for breakages and tyres

one of my mates has been doing it for ages.got a superb s13 that was bought from japan and had loads done.awesome car and was ready to drift. been out with him and its just superb even as a passenger

 

The second time he bent his exhaust tip over on the wall on the way round. Properly close. Shame about the weather but still an Awesome day!

 

dunno about natural talent. dont think ive seen anyone whos never done it before just jump in and be able to do it even basically.
the natural talent thing is just the ford peoples excuse for not doing it.

loads of birds do it, in BDC this year 2 different birds have came 2nd place.

 

Anymore pics from the day Stav??

 

http://www.morfed.net/gallery/v/jdmallstars/

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/medi...bley-city.html

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/medi...-pictures.html

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/medi...s-wembley.html

http://www.driftworks.com/forum/medi...ey-photos.html

 

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cheers

 

Manta GTE! Never!

 

With an E46 M3 engine in it.

 

Amazing, my first car was a manta GTE Thought they would all have been tin cans by now, can't remember the last time I saw one.

 

Cool as fuck

 

Same guy has an almost identical one in progress with a 1JZ in it with a big single turbo too.

 

my mate went and i saw the vids - awesome.

got that guy drifting real close to the wall too.

 

The Stay Strong Stephen Murray sticker is a nice touch.