"Right-hand-drive cars are either fully built or transported from overseas." " people don't know about right-hand-drive drift vehicles and are usually shocked because it's not common in this country," Guevara says. Michael Guevara from north Phoenix is a drifting fan, especially if the drifters are driving right-hand-drive vehicles imported from Japan, as seen at last year's Import Face-Off car show and drift competition in Chandler. In competition, the drifters are judged on how eloquently their drifting routines through the race course are performed - without crashing into the walls, orange-colored cones, or into one another. This Sunday's drift competition is for intermediate drivers, and it's a tandem-style drift competition. Michael Guevara From particular vantage points, it's as if the cars, primarily when a few drifters compete in tandem, appear mimic synchronized vehicle dancing - or art in motion. Then, as the driver comes out of the turn, they straighten out the steering wheel momentarily, repeating the process, power sliding into the following successive sets of curves. As the car's weight shifts, the rear tires break loose, losing traction, and continue spinning and burning rubber as the vehicle drifts. The vehicle maintains its speed throughout a relatively circular motion as the driver applies the right amount of pressure on the throttle, rapidly pushing the clutch in and then releasing it quickly. The driver of a manual transmission and rear-wheel-drive car purposely takes a hard turn, oversteering.
But, it's quite the contrary.ĭrifting is a complex technique.
On January 22, local drifters will duke it out at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler at the Best of Phoenix drift competition by, as part of the Import Face-Off car show.ĭrifting, where the cars slide around curves at high speeds, may appear reckless and out of control. The automotive sport, where high-horsepower vehicles burn rubber around street courses, has since evolved into an art form. It's been about 20 years since 2 Fast 2 Furious hit the silver screen, and the act of drifting came into the public consciousness.
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