Sport of Drifting:

Today drifting is considered a sport and there are competitions taking place all over the world. The competitions are not based on time, but are based off of how well the driver does drifting around the track. There are judges that judge each driver as they maneuver their vehicle around the track. According to formulad.com the judging criteria has four main factors: speed, angle, line, and style/impact. The drivers each complete one lap and the top 16 drivers with the best score move on to the next round. The top cars then take two more runs, but they are in tandem runs, which
means two cars competing in the same run. Each driver gets a chance to be a lead car and the driver with the best score moves on to the next round. And the driver with the best runs will win the competition in the end. There are also other types of competitions where the driver just gets judged by drifting a certain corner. The driver with the best scores for that corner wins.

Here is a link to a drift competition in Japan. I was amazed when I watched this video for the first time. It almost seems like the vehicle defies the laws of physics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uW6iGxcNqQ

 

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