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I was surfing a site on drifting and they were claiming that a authentic drift is with only japanese cars. it is obvious that these ppl don't know the history of drifting
History of Drifting >_<
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haha that and the fact that Drifting was first done in like 1968? (somewhere around there) in a Pontiac GTO
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Yeah I am not sure on the exact Details but I heard it while I was at Advanced auto ^_^
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lol you know I am not sure but I would take a wild guess and say on the road
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Prolly but they just kept it to themselves and didn't really talk about it much
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yep yep *nods*
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when was rallying first done anyways?
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The Grand Prix cars of the 50 's and 60's had no downforce at all and were 'drifted' round most corners.
Watching footage of the likes of Acsari, Fangio, Hill (Graham and Phil), Clark, etc. taking on the circuits of this era, including the Nurburgring is amazing. Having said that I have seen footage from motorsport from the 20's and 30's with cars that could be described as sideways. I personally would say that every since cars have had the power to excide the grip of the tyres, drivers have had them sideways, they may not have called it drifting, but its the same thing; getting a car round a corner using opposite lock and the throttle.
As for rallying it origins are as old as the motorcar itself, but in a form close to what we now know as rallying would again be the 60's. Before that date the were mainly very long distance endurance challenges, such as the infamous Peking to Paris challenge of 1907 when most countries outside of Europe and the US had no roads. It was won by Prince Borghese in a 7.4litre Itala who covered the 10,000 miles in 60 days.
Watching footage of the likes of Acsari, Fangio, Hill (Graham and Phil), Clark, etc. taking on the circuits of this era, including the Nurburgring is amazing. Having said that I have seen footage from motorsport from the 20's and 30's with cars that could be described as sideways. I personally would say that every since cars have had the power to excide the grip of the tyres, drivers have had them sideways, they may not have called it drifting, but its the same thing; getting a car round a corner using opposite lock and the throttle.
As for rallying it origins are as old as the motorcar itself, but in a form close to what we now know as rallying would again be the 60's. Before that date the were mainly very long distance endurance challenges, such as the infamous Peking to Paris challenge of 1907 when most countries outside of Europe and the US had no roads. It was won by Prince Borghese in a 7.4litre Itala who covered the 10,000 miles in 60 days.
