Cars are icons to many people: teens, adults, even elderly people, and the rich and poor alike. Some people view cars as a daily get-around vehicle, while others fantasize of what they can do, or the potential of what their cars could become. For many, drifting, racing, or modification is a lifestyle. Over the years it has developed into a professional sport under legal authority.

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        This man is Kunimitsu Takahashi. He is credited with using drifting as a technique in his professional                    Formula One racing career in the 1960s and 1970s, according to Justin Banner in his article The History of            Drifting and The Future of Formula Drift in the online magazine MotoIQ. He first began his Formula One            career in 1965. He raced even into the year 1995. Japanese audiences then took to his racing style and created an unofficial race style called Tōge (touge), which refers to racing in mountain passes.

        With a series of events, and the rise of reputation for other drivers, occurring between Kunimitsu's career and         the year 2003, the creation of Formula Drift in the United States took place. This was formed around rules and regulations from other official races to become a professional event. Thus, drifting took its hold in the United States.

        While drifting on the streets is illegal, that doesn't stop many people from wanting to do it and fill with                  exhilaration from the adrenaline of taking corners at high speeds and sliding the back end around it and eventually straightening out.

   

         Drifting is a dangerous style to use on the streets and is also illegal, and street racing is also illegal. It should not be taken lightly as a skill to be learned.