Drift king Bio?

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Do you mean the Japanese guy (Keiichi Tsuchiya, apparently) who calls himself "Dorikin" (pffft), or the World Record Holder for sideways driving, Simon de Banke?
 
Yep. Over 2 hours in one continuous slide.
 
Originally posted by Timmotheus
Why would you want to read a biography about some guy who's almost the best drifter?
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Oh **** now youve started it :lol:
Were gonna have WWIII now all the drifters are gonna argue :lol:
 
Well, the argument should have already started. But the attack was subtle, so I decided to bring it out into the open. Just so nobody feels left out. One-sided arguments are both boring and unfair.
 
Can Simon de Banke jump in ANY car and drift the **** out of it??? can he also do more than just one continuous circle or not?

Im not being an ass it just i have never heard of him but Tsuchiya on the other hand i have seen and respect. To my knowledge there is no english biography.
 
No english...maybe some...ENGRISH! muwhaahah. And props to the dude who drifted a rex for that long. That takes skill.
 
Arguing about who's a better drifter is like arguing whether Robbie Knievel is a better motorcycle jumper than say Jeremy McGrath (for those of you who don't know who McGrath is, he's nicknamed the King of Supercross because of his 7 championships). Robbie has numerous world records for distance (over houses and cars and bridges, etc), but McGrath is hands down the better, more skilled motorcycle jumper. They make a huge deal about how Robbie jumps over 200ft from ramp to ramp over cars. I've seen videos of McGrath jumping over 200ft dirt to dirt (which is a hell of a lot harder than ramp to ramp) and throwing a trick in the air. If MC wanted to, I have no doubt in my mind that he could break all of Knievel's records. I also have no doubt in my mind that if Tsuchiya wanted to, he could break Simon de Banke's record. I just don't think Tsuchiya has any interest in it. I'm not trying to say that de Banke isn't a great driver. I'm sure he is. I'm just saying that you can't compare the two.


-Mark
 
yeah if i had a year or two before this was due lol i guess ill have to do some stupid explorer thanks guys now i know how reliable gtp is lol
 
Originally posted by jack_e_campbell
Can Simon de Banke jump in ANY car and drift the **** out of it??? can he also do more than just one continuous circle or not?
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I have no idea. Go and ask him. He's a member at ubb.scoobynet.com

To answer the former - no, and neither can Tsuchiya.

And before you whinge at this, just think of what the term "ANY" car encompasses (MCC SMART, Trabant, Ligier Microcar, Bond Bug, Reliant Robin/Kitten), and that there's a drifting "snob order" where people think that drifting an FF is not actually drifting (I have no opinion on this).
 
I mean c'mon, you guys are just fighting a loosing battle here. You're bothering to pick an argument with GTP's knoledgable (<=== spelling) and that's official. Go and watch paint dry it's a lot more productive. ;)

Edit: Drifting, powersliding, what's the differance???? Apart form one improves your lap times and one makes all the girls watching say 'hey, I bet he's got small penis'.
 
Do you need a biography for class, or just a normal book? If you need any book, read Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. It's pretty short, and it would impress your teacher more than some drifter's book.
 
Originally posted by Famine
I have no idea. Go and ask him. He's a member at ubb.scoobynet.com

To answer the former - no, and neither can Tsuchiya.

And before you whinge at this, just think of what the term "ANY" car encompasses (MCC SMART, Trabant, Ligier Microcar, Bond Bug, Reliant Robin/Kitten), and that there's a drifting "snob order" where people think that drifting an FF is not actually drifting (I have no opinion on this).
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I belive you can drift ANY car, it wont nessicarily be D1 sideways but you can "drift" any car, any drive train, any power level. It just depends how big your balls are. I know a guy that drifts a Camry wagon like its a f-uc-ken rwd. I have also seen someone drift a mighty boy and also some Kei cars.

Any car
Any format
Any power level

Dont get all keyboard warrior on me either cause i actually get out of the house and go balls to the wall every day of the week, be it in my E2000 work van, my Silvia(CA18) or my mazda 323.
 
Whatever a keyboard warrior is.

I'd be willing to bet it's impossible to drift a Ligier. Testicular diameter notwithstanding, it's a 20hp, FF with a wheelbase shorter than the average penis.
 
umm, first, ff cant power slide, please tell me how if it does, power sliding is intiated when the rear wheels loses grip, through over spin, and the grip through the FRONT wheels pivot the rear to slide, how does an ff do that??, and Simon de Banke is not that special, if you see what he did, he just went around in circles, just put your foot down and steer hard, Keiichi knows how to control his slide, through teqnique, not a souped up ride with hard tires
 
Originally posted by Da_King
umm, first, ff cant power slide, please tell me how if it does, power sliding is intiated when the rear wheels loses grip, through over spin, and the grip through the FRONT wheels pivot the rear to slide, how does an ff do that??, and Simon de Banke is not that special, if you see what he did, he just went around in circles, just put your foot down and steer hard, Keiichi knows how to control his slide, through teqnique, not a souped up ride with hard tires
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Nice to see some thread resurrection. However, I'm not totally sure who you're addressing the post to.

You seem to be agreeing with me that Keiichi Tsuchiya - or anyone else - cannot just jump into any car and drift it. But then you seem to jump right onto the "Keiichi-can-do-no-wrong" bandwagon.

If what Simon de Banke did was really not that special, why is his world record still standing?
 
Originally posted by Famine
Nice to see some thread resurrection. However, I'm not totally sure who you're addressing the post to.

You seem to be agreeing with me that Keiichi Tsuchiya - or anyone else - cannot just jump into any car and drift it. But then you seem to jump right onto the "Keiichi-can-do-no-wrong" bandwagon.

If what Simon de Banke did was really not that special, why is his world record still standing?
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Keiichi Tsuchiya knows that there are way better drifters than him. Even though he is named "Drift King", he isnt the best. He was named the "Drift King" because he won a Toyota Corolla Championship back in a day. He won by drifting his hachiroku around. He was drifting but he didnt go directly sideways, he was speed drifting which basically means he wasnt doing it "D1 style". Speaking of D1 and Tsuchiya, Im sure that there are some D1 drifters that can actually out drift Keiichi. The skills of some of the D1 competitor are amazing!

As for whos the best drifter? I am, of course, anyone would agree. Right Famine ;) *back me up here*

Simon de Banke is not special, I could do it since I am the best drifter in the whole world. Im just too lazy. I rather stay home then drift in a circle round and round with my Toyota Vitz! I could beat Simon de Banke with my Toyota Vitz, if I wanted to. All I need is to know how to drive, how to drift, and of course I would need a Toyota Vitz!

You cant drift everything. Period.


If he still want the Bio, I have it.
 

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