After hearing about the Driving Sports Inc 'Twilight Drift' event from a few work mates i thought i would head down with them to check it out. Held at Eastern Creek Raceway, this twilight drift event featured 3 drift arena's including the wet skid-pan or 'Peanut' as they call it, a figure 8 and the advanced course, turns 4 to 12 on the main track.
I was hoping the lighting was going to be good so i could get some nice shots but unfortunatly wasn't and due to my progression into slow-panning being exactly that, slow, it was a bit of a challenge. But not to worry as i still enjoyed my time there especially when my good friend and work colegue Phill from Fast Fours magazine invited me into the passenger seat of his 180SX.
This experience was a first for me and while i would not consider myself a huge fan of drifting i will admit, even being in the passenger seat and on the small course it was a load of fun.
Phill managed to link a few corners which looked pretty cool and was even better when i was sitting shot-gun. Linking corners is not as easy as you think, and most of the time you end up like this
Not the outcome you want but still a load of fun!
Look at Phill all crossed-up and lovin it!!!
Tom Hall, or 'Biggie' as he is known to his mates, editior of Fast Fours was also out in his awesome drift-spec 180 and was cutting-sic with the best of them.
I'm in love with Biggie's 180, the black TE37's look hot and are a great contrast to the silver duco. the stance is just perfect IMO. Wouldn't you agree?
Phill and Tom love to pose for the camera.
Make sure you log onto http://www.fastfours.com.au/ to check out all the latest Fast Fours goss and more cool shit you don't get to see in the mags.
I'm a big KE70 Corolla fan and i was glad to see a few cool Keysev's out on the pad. This fluro green example was pretty awesome and was difinatly the best presented on the night
I really like this shot. As you can probably guess by the plates it was running a 20V 4AGE under the hood
Whip that shit!
This 70 had some sort of a turbo conversion, most likely a 4AG of some sort i would imagine
Such a cool shape. I heart KE70's!!
A drift event wouldn't be the same without a few Hachi's in attendance
Denting panels, smashing lights and loosing bumpers i'm told is all part of drifting.
This R33 love-tapped a witches-hat and in retaliation it lashed out and ripped off his front bar, i kid you not!
This S14 was loud as running a straight-through pipe from the angry SR. The thing was on the deck too...
This neat S13 with JI65AW plates had some nice lock-to-lock trasitions going
180SX's are a very popular drift platform and for good reason too. The chassis is very well suited to drifting and once you have your suspension set up right it's on like Donkey-Kong!
The next twilight event is due to take place on 20/8 and will feature the same awesome drifting action. I will definatly be back for a second look and will try and get some pics from the figure 8 and if i can gather the energy, the main track too...
For more details make sure you check out the Driving Sport Inc website http://www.drivingsports.com.au/ where you will find all information on pricing, event calender and other usefull info.
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