Anyone just watch speed Sunday?
Anyone just watch speed Sunday?
Who was driving that car?
17 October 2004, 03:46 PM
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Perhaps he thought he'd get it back on the grass..... The chuff had no idea, surely a RWD car'd be better suited?
Ive never understood why 'drifting' is touted as motorsport; its twatting about in a car ffs, it belongs in a deserted carpark.
Simon
Ive never understood why 'drifting' is touted as motorsport; its twatting about in a car ffs, it belongs in a deserted carpark.
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17 October 2004, 04:02 PM
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It was a rear wheel drive car 
It's a mgzt 260 or something like that.
Drifting is actually a highly skilled sport so I can see why it is a sport. There is such a fantastic amount of car control needed and greater than normal circuit racing IMHO
It's a mgzt 260 or something like that.Drifting is actually a highly skilled sport so I can see why it is a sport. There is such a fantastic amount of car control needed and greater than normal circuit racing IMHO
17 October 2004, 04:17 PM
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I didnt pay that much attention; if it was a RWD car then the man looks an even bigger fool.....
I have to disagree about the skill required to 'drift'; I learnt in a go-cart in a wet field when I was 9 or 10, its just practice; racecraft is something else.
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I have to disagree about the skill required to 'drift'; I learnt in a go-cart in a wet field when I was 9 or 10, its just practice; racecraft is something else.
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17 October 2004, 04:23 PM
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I thought he looked like he totally cocked it up what ever car it was.
Pretty much anyone can drift a go-kart but a car with all the weight transfer, steering lock, diffs & gears to contend with make it a totally different game. I used to have a 100cc two stroke kart pushing out nearly 30bhp & that was a proper handful in the wet but a piece of **** to control compared to a real car that you are trying to drift.
each to their own I guess
Pretty much anyone can drift a go-kart but a car with all the weight transfer, steering lock, diffs & gears to contend with make it a totally different game. I used to have a 100cc two stroke kart pushing out nearly 30bhp & that was a proper handful in the wet but a piece of **** to control compared to a real car that you are trying to drift.
each to their own I guess
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It was a nasty bump 
I thought Mike Wood was at this event, in a WR1
but didn't show it 
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I thought Mike Wood was at this event, in a WR1
but didn't show it Tony
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Pulling the handbrake on a rear drive car whilst throttling it 
17 October 2004, 05:51 PM
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I went to that event, got a film clip of the accident from another angle and some photos.
Apparently the driver was Alastair McQueen a past winner of the event !! He said he was going for it all or nothing, unfortunately he was going far too fast and crashed.
Apparently the driver was Alastair McQueen a past winner of the event !! He said he was going for it all or nothing, unfortunately he was going far too fast and crashed.
can you host the clip somewhere please?
17 October 2004, 06:57 PM
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