Friday, January 4, 2013
Drifting Glossary
Drifting Glossary
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AE86
see "Hachiroku"
Chicane
A quick left - right / right - left "S-turn" usually placed onto straightaways in order to slow drivers down before they reach slower corners.
Drifting Rules
Drifting Rules
Welcome back! The Drift Session rules and regulations are being posted once again for their intended purpose: helping new drivers get used to the Drift Session format. If your drifting organization wishes to use these rules and regulations for your own events, please remember to credit the Drift Session and its drivers for helping to bring these guidelines to life. For more information on Drift Session rules, regulations, and scoring, please be sure to visit an official Drift Session event.
Drifting Tracks
Drifting Tracks
Japanese Racetracks
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| Name: | Auto Polis International Racing Course |
| Circuit Length: | 4,674 meters / 2.905 miles |
| Max Straight Length: | 902 m |
| Course Width: | 12 - 15 m |
| Address: | Kami-noda 1110-12, Kamitsue-mura Oaza, Hita-gun, Ohita Pref. 877-0321, Japan Google Maps Satellite |
| Telephone: | +81-973-55-1111 |
| Fax: | +81-973-55-1113 |
| Website: | http://www.autopolis.jp/ |
| Email: | ?? |
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Autopolis is an international racing circuit located near Kamitsue village in Ōita Prefecture. Opened in 1990, it hosts a range of domestic and international motorsport events throughout the year. Although the track meets a high standard in terms of its facilities, it has never hosted a Formula 1 race. Due to the circuit ending up in financial difficulties, it has changed hands several times but still operates to this day.
The circuit, located within Aso Kujiyu National Park, was built at a cost of $500 million by the wealthy real-estate developer and investment banker Tomonori Tsurumaki who made headlines in 1989, when during a Paris auction, he successfully bid a Pablo Picasso painting Les Noces de Pierrette for $51.3 million from his Tokyo hotel room. Following his successful bid, he announced that his painting was to hang at at the art gallery of the auto racing resort, under development at the time.The circuit was designed by Yoshitoshi Sakurai who was the project leader of the Honda F1 team during the 1960s. Tsurumaki ordered 30 Buick powered US built single seater race cars called "Sabre Cars" for a race to take place on his circuit's grand opening, on November 1990 consisting of a mixture of invited US CART drivers such as Stan Fox, Johnny Rutherford, Dick Simon, Gary and Tony Bettenhausen, against local Japanese drivers. After the grand opening, Tsurumaki planned on a series with the cars, known as FC-45 "Formula Crane". A few races were run in 1991, with only a handful of cars competing. The only major international race held at Autopolis was the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season final race, the 1991 430km of Autopolis which was won by Michael Schumacher and Karl Wendlinger in a Mercedes-Benz C291 fielded by Sauber. To promote the venue's intention to host a Formula 1 race, it sponsored the Benetton Formula 1 team in 1990 and 1991. The cars featured prominent Autopolis logos. Visitors criticized the track for being too remote to the hotels which required several hours bus ride and felt that it was unsuitable for an F1 race. By then, hopes were fading, Tsurumaki turned up at the 1992 Portuguese Grand Prix. Whilst staying in Estoril, $250,000 of cash and jewels was stolen from his hotel room. Tsurumaki also invested in race horse A.P. Indy and paintings of renowned painters such as Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, Chagall, Renoir and Magritte before his company, Nippon Tri-Trust collapsed, leading to his bankruptcy in 1993. The circuit plus the painting and contents ended up at the hands of Hazama who was responsible for the construction of the race track. By 1995, the company offered the site for sale at 10% of its build cost which consisted of three hotels, swimming pools and an artificial ski slope. The paintings by then remained in a bank vault waiting to be sold. The circuit currently holds events for the D1 Grand Prix as well as Super GT.
Autopolis. wikipedia.org Accessed 11 July 2008.
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Drift Technique:Swaying Drift (Manji Drift)
Swaying Drift (Manji Drift)
This is a slow side-to-side faint like drift where the rear end sways back and forth
This is a slow side-to-side faint like drift where the rear end sways back and forth
down a strait.
Drift Technique:Long Slide Drift
Long Slide Drift
This is done by pulling the E-brake through a strait to start a high angel drift and
This is done by pulling the E-brake through a strait to start a high angel drift and
to hold this to set up for the turn ahead. This technique can only be done at high
speed.
Long Slide Drift
1. Enter a turn at high speed to perform this drift.
2. Turn your wheels into from the turn.
3. Hold in the release button on your E-Brake and pull up your brake sharply, then quickly release (e-brake is held up for only about 1 second). If using a RWD car, clutch in while pulling your E-Brake.
4. When you feel the vehicle’s rear end kicking out, immediately countersteer the wheels to face straight with the road. Your vehicle will pull in the direction of the front wheels, as long as the wheels are still moving. Keep on the throttle.
5. If your vehicle begins to lose speed while sliding sideways, heel-toe downshift into a gear low enough to pull your vehicle through the drift.
6. When you wish to straighten out your car, after completing the drift, let off the throttle smoothly and straighten out the wheels as your vehicle kicks in line behind the front tires.
Signal Auto's Drifter X demonstrating some long slides in Hawaii
Drift Technique:Kansei Drift (Inertia Drift)
Kansei Drift (Inertia Drift)
This is performed at race speeds. When entering a high speed corner a driver
This is performed at race speeds. When entering a high speed corner a driver
lifts his foot off the throttle to induce a mild oversteer and then balances the drift
through steering and throttle motions. The car that is being used for this style of
drift should be a neutral balanced car therefore the oversteer will induce itself. If
the car plows through any turn this technique will not work.
Drift Technique:Braking Drift
Braking Drift
This is performed by trail braking into a corner. Loss of grip is obtained and then
This is performed by trail braking into a corner. Loss of grip is obtained and then
balanced through steering and throttle motions. This is mainly for medium to low
speed corners.
Drift Technique: Jump Drift
Jump Drift
In this technique the rear tire on the inside of a turn or apex is bounced over a
In this technique the rear tire on the inside of a turn or apex is bounced over a
curb to lose traction resulting in over steer. Do not attempt this technique at the
Drift Session.
Drift Technique:Feint Drift
Feint Drift
This is performed by rocking the car towards the outside of a turn and then using
This is performed by rocking the car towards the outside of a turn and then using
the rebound of the vehicle's suspension to throw the car into the normal
cornering direction. This is heavy rally racing technique used to change vehicle
attitudes during cornering.
Drift Technique:Dirt Drop Drift
Dirt Drop Drift
This is performed by dropping the rear tires off the road into the dirt to maintain
This is performed by dropping the rear tires off the road into the dirt to maintain
or gain drift angle without losing power or speed and to set up for the next turn.
This technique is very useful for low horsepower cars. Do not attempt this
technique at the Drift Session.
Drift Technique: Shift Lock Drift
Shift Lock Drift
This is performed by letting the revs drop on downshift into a corner and then
This is performed by letting the revs drop on downshift into a corner and then
releasing the clutch to put stress on the driveline to slow the rear tires inducing
over steer. This is like pulling the E-brake through a turn, but this should be
performed on wet ground to minimize damage to the driveline. Similar drifting
technique to Clutch Kicking.
Drift Technique: Clutch Kick Drift
Clutch Kick Drift
This drifting technique is performed by depressing the clutch pedal on approach
This drifting technique is performed by depressing the clutch pedal on approach
or during turn in to a corner. The clutch is "popped" to give a sudden jolt through
the driveline to upset rear traction, causing the power wheels to slip. Drifting is
maintained by balancing the throttle.
Drift Technique: E-Brake Drift
E-Brake Drift This drifting technique is very basic, pull the E-Brake or side brake to induce rear
traction loss and balance drift through steering and throttle play. This can also
be used to correct errors or fine tune drift angles. Main drift technique used in
FWD vehicles, however since it does decrease speeds, e-brake drifting is looked
down upon during solo (tansou) type drifting competition.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Drifting Technique:Power Over Drift
A throttle induced drift, this is performed when entering a corner and using the
accelerator to slip the rear wheels, producing heavy oversteer through the turn.
You will often need lots of horsepower to make this happen.
Drifting Technique:Heel Toe Shifting (Double Clutching)
Heel toe shifting is a race shifting technique that allows drivers to downshift quickly while applying the brakes. Proper heal toe shifting keeps the engine, transmission, and wheel speed matched up so there is no jolt through the driveline while downshifting. When drifting, heel toe downshifting allows drivers to downshift in order to increase engine rpm, while braking to transfer weight forward and off the rear wheels.
Drifting Limited Slip Differential (LSD)
Limited Slip Differential
A Limited Slip Differential (LSD) is a modified or derived type of gear arrangement that allows for some difference in rotational of the output shafts, but does not allow the difference in speed to increase beyond a preset amount. In an automobile, such limited slip differentials are sometimes used in place of a standard differential, where they convey certain dynamic advantages, at the expense of greater complexity.
Drifting Wheels
With such a wide variety of aftermarket wheel choices available for various drift cars, it's difficult to know where to start looking, let alone select a single set of rims for your vehicle. As drifting has evolved over the years, drifting style has also changed over time. Popular cars for drifting have gotten bigger, heavier, and more powerful; opening up a whole new realm of larger diameter, wider wheel and tire combinations. Here are a few samples of wheels that have held their popularity over time in the drifting market:
How to Build A Drift Car (Part 3)
Getting a Vehicle Ready for Drifting
Okay, so you've just purchased the drift vehicle of your dreams (according to our guidelines set in parts 1 & 2 of How to Build a Drift Car), now it's time to get that vehicle ready for drifting.
How to Build A Drift Car (Part 2)
Characteristics of a Good Drift Car
While we at the Drift Session believe that you can drift just about anything with wheels, there are certain things that you should look for when purchasing a vehicle. While any or all of these things are not absolutely necessary, this list serves as a good starting point for vehicle purchases.
How to Build a Drift Car - Part 1
Okay, so you've discovered drifting. It's the greatest thing since sliced bread, and you've decided that it's the sport for you and you want to dedicate your life to it. That's great and all, but before the sponsors, the big drift competitions, the magazine covers and umbrella girls, you need to build yourself a vehicle. This is the first chapter of several on how to start building up a vehicle to drift, or at least to have a vehicle that looks like it can drift.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Inaugural Formula DRIFT Super Drift Challenge to Run at 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Inaugural Formula DRIFT Super Drift Challenge to Run at 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach;
Invitation-Only Formula DRIFT Event to Become Grand Prix’s First Night Race
Invitation-Only Formula DRIFT Event to Become Grand Prix’s First Night Race
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