Professional drifting competition
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SÂ’pore to host its 1st professional drifting competition in April 2008
SINGAPORE: Singapore will host its first professional drifting competition in April 2008.
The sport of drifting involves cars that race with a twist.
Tyres spinning, screeching and smoking are all part of the attraction of the sport. The drivers, or drifters as they are known, execute various moves to get their cars to move sideways.
In competitions, two cars do it side—by—side, often within inches of each other.
However, organisers claimed that the sport is safe, and it is moving into high gear in Singapore.
"Today in Singapore we have a core group of about 10 drifters... I sponsor about half of them, and what we do is... to promote this sport that is safe, that is family friendly to the public here in Singapore," said Binter & CoÂ’s general manager Marcus Lim.
And bringing the sport closer to Singaporeans will be the Formula Drift competition, slated for April 27 next year.
Thirty—seven drivers from the region and three pros from the US will be showing off their skills at the new Changi Exhibition Centre.
Two Singaporean drifters, Ivan Lim and Colin Teo, are among the participants.
"I am looking forward to a lot of fun, a lot of smoke, and the crowd experience as well. Most importantly, I feel that drifting is something that everyone can get involved in," said Mr Teo.
The Singapore leg is the first to be staged outside North America, where the event has been running for four years. — CNA/ac -
HOST? At where sia.
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got date no venue...or did I miss it?Originally posted by ueo: -
although drifting seems cool,
would it not be expensive to keep tearing the tire and handbrake to pieces? -
Smelly rubber-burning.
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its not known to be a cheap sport anyway...Originally posted by reddressman:although drifting seems cool,
would it not be expensive to keep tearing the tire and handbrake to pieces? 
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if ur using handbrake then its not drifting.
quite expensive cuz u have to change suspensions and tuning and struts n wat not. -
so who are those young people in sg able to afford drifting?Originally posted by newcomer:if ur using handbrake then its not drifting.
quite expensive cuz u have to change suspensions and tuning and struts n wat not.
inheritance? -
"if ur using handbrake then its not drifting."Originally posted by newcomer:if ur using handbrake then its not drifting.
quite expensive cuz u have to change suspensions and tuning and struts n wat not.
using handbrake not drift? its a technique called e-brake brother... unorthodox technique or to steer an understeering car. Even Keiichi Tshuciya uses it if u watch his drift video lessons "Drift Bible" and ppl like Calvin Wan and Ken Gushi does use this technique. -
really?
i guess it boils down to diff school of thoughts; ebrake locks the real wheel during the drift itself whereby the rear side is moving away from the turn direction. drifting in its strict terms refers to controlling the amount of "swinging out" of the rear by how much torque is applied to the rear (which is why drifting can only be done by rear drive cars), not by how much skid caused by the rear brakes. therefore, when u're using the ebrakes, what you're effectively doing is the power slide.
when u see a ff car "drift", its not really drifting, just sliding its rear. -
it might be a stupid question but can we drift with a FWD car?? Apologies my ignorance.
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well, i was talking abt FR not FF, just like u said, FF if use handbrake, its just sliding..true enough and in Formula D, if u watch the show before, the requirement for the car are all FR. Abt swinging out...well...not really swinging, drift means "enabling to control a car in an out of control situation" well, some terms called drifting, power slide too. Alot of techniques other than this, shift lock, acceleration or power over, clutch kick. Trust me, u will understand wats the e-brake for when u get the "drift bible DVD" taught by keiichi himself.Originally posted by newcomer:really?
i guess it boils down to diff school of thoughts; ebrake locks the real wheel during the drift itself whereby the rear side is moving away from the turn direction. drifting in its strict terms refers to controlling the amount of "swinging out" of the rear by how much torque is applied to the rear (which is why drifting can only be done by rear drive cars), not by how much skid caused by the rear brakes. therefore, when u're using the ebrakes, what you're effectively doing is the power slide.
when u see a ff car "drift", its not really drifting, just sliding its rear. -
no...Originally posted by bearhug75:it might be a stupid question but can we drift with a FWD car?? Apologies my ignorance. -
insightful indeed. but what's the exact function of the ebrakes? weight shifting?
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im not sure.. well but weight shifting is another technique called Feint..Originally posted by newcomer:insightful indeed. but what's the exact function of the ebrakes? weight shifting?