"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/25/2018 at 18:30 • Filed to: drifting, mi drift
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"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/25/2018 at 18:30 • Filed to: drifting, mi drift | 3
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Saturday, my brother and I took a break from the Saab for a few hours to go watch some drifting at the season opener for !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , held at Auto City Speedway in Clio.
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We showed up a little late, and left before it got dark, but the show ran from noon to midnight. There was a decent variety there, including FCs, MX-5s, 240SXs, 350Zs, SN95s and a couple of Foxes, BMWs, FR-Ss, and more. Mostly solo runs, but there was some tandem drifting going on too.
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I have only a handful of pics and videos to share, but you can use the #MIDRIFT tag to find more. (Be warned that some posts may be NSFW. Apparently some people have trouble spelling the word midriff ...)
There are some really great shots out there, including angles you can’t get from the stands. I saw a couple of quadcopters in the air, and there was also a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! wagon with a camera rig on the hood to capture some close-up footage.
The Mustangs looked particularly tail-happy on the track. One kissed the wall and bounced back with little more than bumper scratches (and maybe some broken fasteners. Another smacked the barrier and sprung a radiator leak, retiring for the day. In the paddock, there was a Fox with a blown head gasket on its turbo carb’d 302, and the team was working to replace it in time to get another run or two out of the car before the day was over. When we checked on them again before leaving, they were torquing the head down and would soon have the car back out there.
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As you’d expect, some drivers were better than others, but everyone was having a blast getting sideways. There were more than a few spinouts, as drivers explored the limits of their cars and strove to expand their own skill limits.
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Just as we were about to leave, we spotted this FR-S being towed from the track back to the lot.
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I wish we could have stayed longer, but we really needed to get back to wrenching on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
S65
> Urambo Tauro
04/25/2018 at 18:54 |
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I have got to make it out to a drift event some time, I’m curious to see what all the drift hype is about.
feather-throttle-not-hair
> Urambo Tauro
04/25/2018 at 19:35 |
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Good times, local open drifts can often have some serious variety.
There’s a dude up here that kills it in a Datsun 510 with a V8 swap from an infiniti. He’s not super fast, but always gets lots of angle plus cool looks and sounds.
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Urambo Tauro
> feather-throttle-not-hair
04/25/2018 at 21:26 |
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That sounds AWESOME. I bet that thing’s a ton of fun.
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Urambo Tauro
> S65
04/25/2018 at 21:28 |
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Not gonna lie, I think it’s more fun to do than it is to watch. Still pretty fun though.
If I had the budget for it (especially for tires) I’d be right out there with ’em. But for now, I’ll just stick to snowy parking lots.