Drift Academy

Hi there
My name's John Chambers and I run Drift Academy. John1UK gave me a call today to ask whether we could put on a drift day for you all and he suggested I post here to let you know what's possible.

We normally teach drifting with rear wheel drive cars only, but some of the skills we teach will apply to any car and a lot of people who come on our courses want to learn about car control in general to make them a better road/track/race driver, so it's all useful, even if it's not pure 'drifting'.

I'd be pleased to put together a course especially for Scooby owners who want to get to grips (no pun intended) with their car's handling on the limit. We work with several venues around the country and could tailor a course specifically for your cars if we can get some input from you telling us what you want to learn.

It's not going to be possible to teach you all the techniques used in drifting because they simply don't apply and won't work in a 4wd car, but we can put on a different course which might appeal to you all.

Just let me know what ideas you have and feel free to ask any questions and we'll see what we can come up with.

Thanks
John

John1uk

Thanx for the info John

im sure we could organise something in the near future, once we know what we want to do...

trails

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i may be interested...

Cornelius

iTrader: (2)

sounds like a laugh

alloy

i'd be interested in doing something like that

Spec'c'57

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us lucky enough to have variable diffs like a bit of drifting....

Tripple'O G

I'd be very interested in this as i'd like to learn more about my cars (dare I say) limits. Not saying that I want to take my car that far but after the accident i'm a bit nervous and would love to know what to do regarding opposite lock etc.

So are you saying we could use our own cars to do this?
If so i'm a definate and the sooner the better IMHO

Thanks John1uk

John1uk

when i spoke to john. he said we can useour own cars mate

Tripple'O G

Cool......we'll i'm a defo for whenever.....

Tripple'O G

bttt

anymore news on this????

Mrs spec'c'57

So you mean i will be able to have a go at drifting in your car??

Spec'c'57

iTrader: (1)

NO.... use ya own car....

Mrs spec'c'57

What??? But mine hasn't the variable Diff

John1uk

Just recieved this email from drift academy if anyone is interested....


DRIFT ACADEMY NEWSLETTER 27


New DVDs in stock
We've just added a few more DVDs to our shop.

Grip Video Volumes 7 & 8 and Drift Society Volume 2 are in stock now. Featuring some of the top U.S. Formula D stars on street and track, these releases are full of hardcore drifting and behind the scenes information.

Links to trailers and full details can be found here:

http://www.driftacademy.co.uk/videos.html

2006 Drift dates
In case you haven't heard, we've just announced our first few drifting courses and practise days for 2006.
We'll be at Silverstone on March 15th, April 4th and April 19th and at Brands Hatch on July 19th and October 14th.

For full details, including prices and online credit card booking, please visit:

http://www.driftacademy.co.uk/courses.html

All the best


The Drift Academy Team
www.driftacademy.co.uk

Tripple'O G

19/07/06 at Brands?

320bhp

Sounds like a laff! Im always up for learning new driveing tecniques.

John1uk

DRIFT ACADEMY NEWSLETTER 30

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED

The next Drift Academy Level 1 and Level 2 courses are now confirmed:

Silverstone
June 19th
June 29th
July 17th
Brands Hatch
July 19th
October 14th

For full details, including prices and online credit card booking, please visit:
http://www.driftacademy.co.uk/courses.html

Team Falken GB
Don't forget to take a look at the new Team Falken Drift Team website. We'll be working closely with the team throughout the year to bring you the best drift events, championshp news, competitions and special offers. We'll be at Japfest at Castle Combe on Saturday May 20th with one of the Team Falken cars so we may see you there.
http://www.teamfalkengb.com/


The Drift Academy Team
www.driftacademy.co.uk

Tripple'O G

I'll be up for brands on the 19th???
well i'd even take the trip to silverstone on the 19th of june??
anyone else?

Tripple'O G

So is anyone going to the October 14th one at brands??
I'm still keen

Fishuk

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i would like but rather learn how to drift my scooby than mx5

baz69birds

Hi there
My name's John Chambers and I run Drift Academy. John1UK gave me a call today to ask whether we could put on a drift day for you all and he suggested I post here to let you know what's possible.

We normally teach drifting with rear wheel drive cars only, but some of the skills we teach will apply to any car and a lot of people who come on our courses want to learn about car control in general to make them a better road/track/race driver, so it's all useful, even if it's not pure 'drifting'.

I'd be pleased to put together a course especially for Scooby owners who want to get to grips (no pun intended) with their car's handling on the limit. We work with several venues around the country and could tailor a course specifically for your cars if we can get some input from you telling us what you want to learn.

It's not going to be possible to teach you all the techniques used in drifting because they simply don't apply and won't work in a 4wd car, but we can put on a different course which might appeal to you all.

Just let me know what ideas you have and feel free to ask any questions and we'll see what we can come up with.

Thanks
John

Tomski_908

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Is the happening?? I'd be will interested in doing something like this!!

Can't really learn driving control on the roads, to many round abouts

Vapid

What on earth have roundabouts got to do with not being able to learn 'driving control'?Even an idiot would surely realise that they are in fact one of the most likely places to induce oversteer/understeer. The reason you can't learn 'driving control on the roads' is because it would be bloody stupid, nothing to do with what road furniture is present, you muppet.

Tomski_908

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