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went to drift showoff miami
OK,
Not too shabby for a south florida event. Very hot. Not that many people, and the drift course had only 2 or maybe 3 depending, turns in it. Contestants went down one way, then back again the opposite direction.
It was very very hot. Only a handful of vendors, some nice cars on display though. It was really hot.
As for the people, I don't know if people are getting stupider, or that drifting attracts non-car people but the entire audience has no clue about car parts or car control. Just cosmetics. Body kits, and engine bolt ons, they know what they look like, and where they go, but not what they do.
Every peanut gallery comment on a drifters style or technique or mistake had nothing to do with car control or knowledge about vehicle dynamics. And the drifters who contested and walked around didn't answer much in terms of what went wrong. It was like the blind leading the blind. I kept my mouth shut because I don't drift and that automatically removes me from the conversation as per car knowledge for some reason. Like the people dissing the guys in the 240's with the KA engine and not the SR like that's a bad thing. The its a low speed course and the KA has more lowdown torque so the KA has the advantage not the SR which when modded is peaky. So I just sighed and moved on.
Still, it was nice to see that many cars drifting.
Apparently there are alot of 240's floating around.
Its a shame they are all kept in such crappy condition.
I have tons of pics and a few videos, and I can host them, just it will take time to get them up.
Seth
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