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Round 1 of the British Drift Championship took place yesterday, so I went along to see a form of motorsport completely new to me. The result:
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The driver in the grey Celica won.
The driver of the Celica is a guy called Marc Huxley who's completely self made, he only just got the Avon sponsor for this season. That Celica was a barn find and he built it up himself. Just goes to show you don't need big sponsors and a big budget to win!
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Nothing wrong with FWD.
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- Tunerguy21
I was about to comment on how I love that Prelude, but then I saw Keiichi Tsuchiya on that Civic's window.
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That was what I was most pleasantly suprised by about drifting - that big talent can overcome small money much more than in other forms of motorsport. It was Matt Walker finishing second in Pro-Am in a ratty E30 that brought that home to me:
And leaving on Saturday, Jack Shanahan past as I was walking back to the car: one van with everything in it, towing the drift car on a trailer, and that was all he needed to take the title last year. Remarkable.
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Alec Hohnadell's Formula Drift car. I like it far too much.
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- a baby, candy, it's like taking.
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Nothing wrong with FWD.
Heh, an Advan civic. So that's where the '93 Civic Sedan RM from GT2 came from.
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What do speed holes do? Are there any aerodynamic advantages?
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A lot of factory bumpers act like parachutes, so speed holes can help the air under the chassis escape. Went the more extreme route on my car...
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It's a flawed concept. A tuner fad. Don't you think manufacturers would have been doing it already if it had any appreciable effect on drag? If they could save millions on engine development eking out every last scrap of efficiency, by simply venting the rear bumper instead, they'd have done it already. Most rear bumpers are blanked off anyway.
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A road car is also a very compromised machine. The concept has been proven in racing.
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I really would love to find one of these early Mercury Capris.
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Those capris though.
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Any other pics? Flares look interesting.
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Kei Miura's latest creation
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