10th May 2010, 03:49
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| Senior - BHPian  | Formula Drift - Drifting Championship. I was there!! Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed. A car is said to be drifting when the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle prior to the corner apex, and the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn (e.g. car is turning left, wheels are pointed right or vice versa), and the driver is controlling these factors. the above is obviously not the stuff that i can type out. pulled it out from Wikipedia. Formula Drift is a championship which is held nationwide and features some top notch teams and privateers. its very much like INRC that we have. privateers who impress the sponsors get sponsorship deals. Need For Speed did sponsor one such privateer. enough of digressing. This event that I went to was held at Road Atlanta (Braselton,GA) which is a motorsports park.   they have a calendar of events covering all types of track races. This is known to be one of the best racetracks too (they claim). The days events actually started in the noon with free practice for all participants starting at 2pm. I planned my travel such that I'd reach there by 1pm just so i could get to see these cars up close. I parked up and walked towards the Paddock/Pits area. passed by these on my way...            interesting drift in a RC car.. Last edited by 14000rpm : 10th May 2010 at 03:50. |
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10th May 2010, 04:31
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| Senior - BHPian | as i was entering the paddock region, my attention fell to the far corner of the area where i saw tyre smoke and rumbling V8's. it was the dodge stall. and those V8's rumbling were Challengers and Chargers in SRT 8 HEMI's. they were drifting in a track made specially by Dodge. this had nothing to do with the actual competition. I stood and watched it for a while and then i saw this  oh yes. thats when i realized that the passenger seat was part of the thrill ride on these drifting 425HP V8's. left the rest of my paddock visit to air and got in line for this ride of a lifetime. this is where my eyes where stuck on all through the wait for my turn.           actually i know the pix are a lil useless but then, I ain't gonna tell "i'm sorry for bad pix " and all that...its really the camera's fault. it just won't focus forget zooming in/out. anyway, i took this video while waiting and then, the moment arrived. it was my turn. the 2nd part of the below video is stunning. must see. what a ride it turned out to be..phew.Oh btw, my ride was a Challenger (the orange one you see in pix) well, now the greed came in. went for a 2nd time this time to just sit and feel it and not concentrate on the video. this time around, my ride was a black Challenger. Not that I'm complaining, but then, I'd really wanted to ride in the Charger. This is what the charger did for the video.. this was one adrenaline filled stall i tell you. and this was just the beginning of all the fun there was coming up. at this time, I haven't even seen the track. Last edited by 14000rpm : 10th May 2010 at 04:33. |
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10th May 2010, 06:29
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| BHPian  | WOW another fantastic event you got to visit  Must have been one helluva ride sitting in that Dodge OT: I somehow don't like that Scion xB..yuck! |
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10th May 2010, 06:42
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The scion xB's look kinda weird but you know the kinda fan following they have right. well , i know about it. most of the shows that we exhibit in has scion sponsorship and therefore a whole lot of scions end up there. | |
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11th May 2010, 11:05
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11th May 2010, 12:41
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 | Rehaan, We need the manufacturers to make more driver oriented cars for that. Not 1.2liter shopping trolleys. And RWD of course. Otherwise wehsall see a ton and more of Fiats and Ambis do this.  @14000, AWESOME coverage. Any more pictures? |
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11th May 2010, 12:59
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| Senior - BHPian  | Awesome videos 14000rpm. Loved the one where you took the ride and the charger's burnout. Did you take one of the driver driving the car? Would love to see the driver inputs in controlling the car. |
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11th May 2010, 15:29
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will put them up soon. I thought this thread was not gonna get any replies so I just stay put. I'll put pix later today. Quote:
when i was busy taking video the 1st time around, i realized i was not enjoying it. so the 2nd time, i did not bother to take video. | |||
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11th May 2010, 17:40
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| Senior - BHPian  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mysore
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11th May 2010, 22:19
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| Senior - BHPian | moving on, i went around the Dodge stall.         |
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12th May 2010, 04:40
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| Senior - BHPian | more paddock strolling ...                |
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12th May 2010, 05:26
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| Senior - BHPian | and now for the participants..                            |
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12th May 2010, 05:55
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| Senior - BHPian | more participants..         |
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12th May 2010, 14:28
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Ofcourse i was aiming for rally prepped fiestas etc -- but to be honest, even a thrilling ride around a track in a 1.2 can be an exhilarating experience for most people, and will perhaps draw more crowds to watch the actual motorsports event. cya R PS - Does the RX8 have a radiator at the rear? Or has it been modified? | |
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12th May 2010, 15:10
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