USMCDrifter

Well everyone who knows the Stig knows that he drives a red Cavalier as his daily beater . . . here's a picture



Now that you've seen that here's the NEWS

http://www.11alive.com/video/player.aspx?aid=75012&bw=


The sad thing is,

1. How the News Reporter describes drifting.

2. That drifting is now associated with hurt, crime and death!

Not that it wasn't before, but this is really going to put a bad light on it. No offense to my West Coast buddies (I love you guys) but I don't want the same thing that happened there to happen here at our tracks because kids are out drifting their FWD cars off of parking garages.

This is bad, very bad, not only was he hurt, but he hurt the image of drifting, and unknowingly, put a BIG bruise on the side of all drifters who are like myself, Donny, Batosaii and others who are actually trying to make something REAL out of drifting and motorsports in general.

I can't believe how much this is going to hurt drifting, it's not like autocross,y you never hear of anyone dying trying to reenact autocross, but now drifting is going to have to try even HARDER to be taken serious and become respected.

Drifters . . . we have our work cut out ahead of us.

For those of you still drifting in the Streets.....you know who you are . . .STOP!!!! Just for a little while at least, once this **** blows over, then yeah, give it a month of you behaving on the road THEN go back to your old ways, but at least give us a month without yet ANOTHER "drifting" incident. Note the quotes.

-Stig

Biggamehit

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yea man its getting bad lol i use to have the urge to go rip the streets up to be somewhat rebellious now its like............. i want to keep my drivers License lol so i can work


HunterD557: guy in Atlanta drifts his cavalier
HunterD557: yes you heard me
BIGgameHIT: hmmm
BIGgameHIT: yea
HunterD557: drifts his cavalier off of the 6th story parking garage trying to immitate
HunterD557: you know it
HunterD557: FnF 3
BIGgameHIT: wow
HunterD557: in a cavalier
BIGgameHIT: did he die
HunterD557: much like my own
HunterD557: unfortunately not
BIGgameHIT: got dammit
HunterD557: but I'm glad he didn't
HunterD557: because that would have made it IMPOSSIBLE to drift anywhere

ryguy

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I don't think this is as big a deal as you think Dave. It only got a 10 second spot on the news and nobody died and he only hurt himself. It would have been a MUCH bigger deal if he had hit somebody. I'm gonna be honest, I have pulled the ebrake in empty parking lots in my cavalier, until I ***ked up my ABS doing it.

jramosthe1st!

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well..............the only up side is that it was a chevy so this might take some of the heat off of imports.

ryguy

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Did you notice that chick's attitude towards it though? God what an asshat, 'drifting' in a packed parking garage.

lol the cuss blocker doesnt block ***

Biggamehit

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OOHh im not trying to be a saint. i just got more to lose now than i did years ago lol..

USMCDrifter

Yeah I'm with DJ, it's just too much at risk. In the SCCA, you lose your license, you lose your racing license, and then you have to go through the process all over again to get it back. YES! It's a punishment, the SCCA holds it's drivers to the utmost and you are almost required to be on your P's and Q's and represent the SCCA in the best manner possible at all times.

Instructors . . .LOL. . . .we lose our instructors certificate . . . PERMANENTLY!!

Yeah, definitely more to lose now then when I was pushing my 550hp Camaro around the streets of Miami!

-Stig

battosaii930

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i would normally say that my car would be more then enough reason to not do stupid **** cause ive worked so hard on hit but its now gone so now i would have to say my passion towards motor sports keeps me from doing stupid **** just because i love to drive even kids in civics calling me a ***** have no effect LOL

jramosthe1st!

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^
good point, but with me i'd say staying out of jail is reason enough.

RuizXIII

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awesome
msg

sr91240

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lol the cavalier fell into a dumpster where it belongs lol jp stig i drive a cavi as a beater too lol

USMCDrifter

I WAS GONNA BEAT YO ***!!!!! LOL!

Just messin!!!

But yeah, it is kinda funny that it would land there and I was actually waiting for the jokes to start rolling in . . . .I figured battosaii would be the FIRST one to roll the "Cavalier in the Dumpster" jokes, LOL!

But everyone here makes very valid points, people don't realize that things like freedom, your ability to drive and your ability to stay within our lovely games that we call motorsports is FAR more important than any parking lot "drift". Note the quotes around the word "drift"

My little sister made a pretty funny comment (she's 13 and already in love with motorsports) she said that he was probably gonna put it on YouTube and had his friend's recording, as soon as he went over the edge, they took off, LOL! She's crazy . . . morbid . . . .but crazy, LOL!


-Stig

battosaii930

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lol my ex had a cavalier, they remind me of her so i usually stay away from those cars esp the ones in the dumpsters LOL

USMCDrifter

HAHAHAHAHA! Yeah gotta leave those Dumpstaliers alone, LOL!

-Stig

sr91240

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lol i might have to use that one