![]() Patrick Goodin – Oviedo, FL – Nissan S13 240sx Coupe.Chris Ward – Atlanta, GA – Nissan S13 240sx Coupe.Danny George – Las Vegas, NV – Mazda Miata w/V8.Jhonnattan Castro – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Nissan 350z.Jeremy Lowe – Sarasota, FL – Mazda FC RX7.Chelsea Denofa – Orlando, FL – Mazda RX8 & BMW E46 M3.Dave Briggs – Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada – Nissan S14 240sx & Nissan 350z.Enrique Mendoza – Moreno Valley, CA – Nissan S13 240sx Coupe.Mauricio Ornelas – Riverside, CA – Nissan S14 240sx.What was the best moment of 2012 for you?.Do you plan on returning to FD in 2013? If so, what do you hope to accomplish?.If there was one thing you could have done different this year off track that would help you succeed in Formula Drift, what would it have been?.How important is it to have reliable team members, equipment, and transportation?.What kind of toll has professional drifting taken on your personal life?.What is the most helpful thing you could do for your sponsors?.What is the most helpful thing a sponsor could do for you?.On average, how much does it cost to travel to an event? (food, lodging, fuel, etc).What is the single most expensive cost you’ve had this year?.We asked 10 simple questions that we felt would enrich the seasons of 2013 FD rookies, and give advice and encouragement to any fan out there who inspires to someday be a competitor in any driving sport comparable to drifting. Being a relatively new site that supports the grassroots effort to popularize the sport of drifting, we decided that we would get with as many 2012 Formula Drift rookies as we could, speak with them, and report back here with what they had to say. We’ve got the UAQ motorplex, Autodrome, Yas Marina and the Moreeb dune to promote all kinds of motorsports but that doesnt stop the teens with raging hormones from racing their 1000bhp tuned SUVs on our highways or driving on 2 wheels at roundabouts or the shenanigans after a game, national holiday, etc.When we heard that ProAm had been eliminated from Round 7 at Irwindale Formula Drift, we scrambled to come up with ideas and new ways we could cover the pro event and earn a track side spot in 2013, bringing you the best grassroots drifting related coverage on the net. I believe a lot of these folk if given a chance to professionally take it up as a sport might not enjoy it half as much. This is an evolution of just racing at traffic lights or doing burnouts/doughnuts in a parking lot. ![]() If they deny it, they are just plain lying. Every petrolhead must have raced in “unsafe surroundings” at some point in their life. ![]() The thrill is not just because of the speeds but the attached risk that comes with it. You’ve got to understand that there is a certain buzz you get out of racing or stunting on the street due to its inherent risk, obviousy. We have no idea how many crashes/injuries this may have costed. What you cannot see though(in the saudi vids), are the “out-takes”. He may not be the best out there, but their editing makes him look bloody good !! In less harsh words – car stunting maybe.ĭC Gymkhana videos, now that is beautiful. thats why we have more than 86000 car accident fatalities in the past 20 years.’ Too much energy and no place to let it lose. We will leave you with a very honest quote from a user of the SSKDrift facebook page ‘If we only had circuits or racing tracks here in Saudi, we would have seen these talents competing with the big guys today. There is no denying these chaps are not being responsible on any level, however we ask any of you to counter argue that there isn’t vast amounts of skill and car control on show here? Now take what has been stated above and note that the system in place doesn’t go and grab them, foster those skills, give them a platform to develop and take on the world! Why is that? Yet, you have all of this happening in Saudi. ![]() F1 to V8 Supercars, Speedcars, 24hr races, Formula Drift and everything inbetween.Īlong with that, we continually here about investment in grass roots, fostering talent, bringing Middle Eastern skills to the surface and giving them a platform to perform. We’ve seen grass roots motorsport burble along over the years along, from the dedicated bunch that facilitate motorsport such as Extreme Super Lap, SSKDrift, AutoX, UAE National racing etc, to the big spending heavy hitters, bringing global events to our doorstep. The odd thing though is that we view it with an equal measure of epicness and sadness. We were just sent a link to this video and like most crazy drift videos based out of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we felt compelled to check it out. ![]()
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