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Old Nov 22, 2003 | 07:13 PM
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Originally posted by 240sxguy72
Yea, i think that was my problem. i didn't have enough speed going into the turn and i let off the throttle too soon. it's hard to find a decent place to drift around here. man i wish people would stop being so uptight. just be glad we aren't street racing.
Have you gotten yourself to a legal event yet? The runs you get there will teach you a lot. Or more so you get what you put in. The opportunity to learn a lot is there.

I have really only drifted 15 - 20 times over the last 8 months and I have improved over what I was doing in the beginning.

You are not going to have the confidence to hit turns ultra fast if you don't get out and learn:

How hard you can hit a turn.

How to correct for too much steam.

When to panic and put a stop to the drift.

How to stop the car (this can be fun, sometimes a counter move can only load the springs more and flick you over and over).

Get yourself to a DGTA or legal event, even if you are not driving. I will help you out. I might not be a great drifter but I am a damn fine teacher. I have the mechanics down pat.
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 07:34 AM
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Originally posted by 240sxguy72
man i wish people would stop being so uptight. just be glad we aren't street racing.
or how about you just go to legal events like stanbo said... we dont need your inexperienced driving running into stuffs on the road and making it on the 9oclock news, stereotyping you were a "street racer"... no iam not glad you atleast werent street racing, because that belongs at teh track also...
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 09:50 AM
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or how about you just go to legal events like stanbo said... we dont need your inexperienced driving running into stuffs on the road and making it on the 9oclock news, stereotyping you were a "street racer"... no iam not glad you atleast werent street racing, because that belongs at teh track also...
Get this one. We were drifting legally at a track event. A news crew shot footage of us thru a chain link fence and used the footage in a "street racing" article.

ULTRA ****ED UP

Streets are fun. Just hit the track so you know when to calm the fugg down.
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 12:14 PM
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Get this one. We were drifting legally at a track event. A news crew shot footage of us thru a chain link fence and used the footage in a "street racing" article.

ULTRA ****ED UP

Streets are fun. Just hit the track so you know when to calm the fugg down.
News people will do anything to fill up theyre hour
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 03:03 PM
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Originally posted by StanBo
Have you gotten yourself to a legal event yet? The runs you get there will teach you a lot. Or more so you get what you put in. The opportunity to learn a lot is there.

I have really only drifted 15 - 20 times over the last 8 months and I have improved over what I was doing in the beginning.

You are not going to have the confidence to hit turns ultra fast if you don't get out and learn:

How hard you can hit a turn.

How to correct for too much steam.

When to panic and put a stop to the drift.

How to stop the car (this can be fun, sometimes a counter move can only load the springs more and flick you over and over).

Get yourself to a DGTA or legal event, even if you are not driving. I will help you out. I might not be a great drifter but I am a damn fine teacher. I have the mechanics down pat.


yea thanx for the advice stanbo. i want to get to a event sometime but i'm bogged down with work right now trying to save up for some mods to my car. aren't there events at englishtown speedway? i live kinda close to there, not as close as maple grove raceway, but i would like to try to make it up there sometime.
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 03:10 PM
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Originally posted by Jonas
or how about you just go to legal events like stanbo said... we dont need your inexperienced driving running into stuffs on the road and making it on the 9oclock news, stereotyping you were a "street racer"... no iam not glad you atleast werent street racing, because that belongs at teh track also...
i don't drift on public streets alot, i go to industrial parks in the middle of the night when there are no people or cars there. i do like foolin around in the streets sometimes, but i do watch myself not to overdo it.
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 03:20 PM
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Originally posted by 240sxguy72
yea thanx for the advice stanbo. i want to get to a event sometime but i'm bogged down with work right now trying to save up for some mods to my car. aren't there events at englishtown speedway? i live kinda close to there, not as close as maple grove raceway, but i would like to try to make it up there sometime.
DOW is the series that is run at E-Town raceway park. Get your buns over there.

You need NO MODS. If you don't believe me give me your car and I will show you some stuff.
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 04:36 PM
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when does this dow series run? i will be sure to get my butt down there for a look at what i can do. oh i know i don't need mods in my car to drift. i need new brake pads and i want to go higher quality for drifting.
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 04:44 PM
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when does this dow series run? i will be sure to get my butt down there for a look at what i can do. oh i know i don't need mods in my car to drift. i need new brake pads and i want to go higher quality for drifting.
Last one of the season is coming up in three days. Come on out and chill. The more the merrier!
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 04:57 PM
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Last one of the season is coming up in three days. Come on out and chill. The more the merrier!
i don't know if i can come out or not. i have a half day in school that day, so i don't know. could you give me directions from harrisburg, PA??? what time does it start??
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 05:21 PM
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Here you go.

Starts at 4pm and lasts to about 11pm.
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 05:56 PM
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Sweet, thanx for the directions. I don't know if i can make it up or not but i'm sure going to try. another thing, is there any charge for getting in and maybe taking a few runs??
Old Nov 23, 2003 | 06:02 PM
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25 to run and 12 to come watch.
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