Ken Block has nothing on this...

[Azuremen]

Werd

 

[SRinc.]

Sick drift!

 

[homeforsummer]

That's pretty awesome. It's like playing Asteroids with a car...

 

[SRinc.]

1st turn just shuts the show down, I didn't even wanna see the rest just because LoL!

 

[exigeracer]

Reminiscent of that Gigi Galli sequence. Good stuff.

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Reminiscent of that Gigi Galli sequence. Good stuff.

I loved that. As soon as I saw this video I though of the Evo coming around that turn.

 

[Christhedude]

Ken Block has nothing on this ... cause its done with a RWD Car

Chris

 

[Dijital Majik]

Kawabata's the man.

 

[Gabkicks]

insane angle.

 

[Prosthetic]

I could sooooooooooo do that in my Focus...

 

[Eric.]

I could sooooooooooo do that in my Focus...

When did you get a WRC Focus?

 

[Keef]

insane angle.

And what an angle it was. Whatever it was it's clearly past 90 degrees. The rear end was in front for a while there, lmao.

 

[Dragonistic]

Must be something around 120 degrees, maybe more. To do this in an RWD car and save it from a big accident is truly incredible, amazing stuff.

 

[SRinc.]

Idk the degree measurement and wont even guess one but his skill level is far beyond superb to pull off such a daring manuver with out a flaw in it. I gotta watch it a few more times again for eye's sake LoL!

 

[Dragonistic]

I had to watch it multiple times to comprehend the excellence, Kawabata is quite the driver.

After this huge crash he went on to win the championship by a single point during the same season ('07)

 

[SRinc.]

, that crash was awful glad he went on to win in the championship. He and the other driver are both great, just an unfortunate crash between the 2.

 

[-Fred-]

Kawabata's good, but I think Saito and Kuroi do it better...



I've got a crapload of old D1 vids from '01 to '05, I think I'll put a few clips on Youtube one of these days...

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

I had to watch it multiple times to comprehend the excellence, Kawabata is quite the driver.

After this huge crash he went on to win the championship by a single point during the same season ('07)

fail
he needs to learn to do this

 

[exigeracer]

fail
he needs to learn to do this

You seem to hang out at trackdays a lot, so it surprises me to see you posting such blatant retardation. They sent them out in groups of 65? I've seen lax timed events, but even the buffoonery there is less mentally unstable as that clip... These people are honestly choosing driving cool over life.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

You seem to hang out at trackdays a lot, so it surprises me to see you posting such blatant retardation. They sent them out in groups of 65? I've seen lax timed events, but even the buffoonery there is less mentally unstable as that clip... These people are honestly choosing driving cool over life.

erm not my video? was taken by the company that did the tv footage for the time attack last year of some drift event in belguim a few months back.

I just think drifting is a whole lot of fail anyway i mean learn how to go round a corner properly.

 

[daan]

Reminiscent of that Gigi Galli sequence. Good stuff.

Yep. Considering he's not there specifically to drift, and taking into account the width of the road, I think this one is better.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

erm not my video? was taken by the company that did the tv footage for the time attack last year of some drift event in belguim a few months back.

I just think drifting is a whole lot of fail anyway i mean learn how to go round a corner properly.

Oh, how amusing. I'm assuming this is sarcasm? I hope so.

Olly Clarke?, Time Attack?, sideways!? Surely not, I thought he knew how to go around corners...

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Olly Clarke?, Time Attack?, sideways!? Surely not, I thought he knew how to go around corners...

no its true drifting is for people that can't be bothered to learn how to go round a corner properly.

Olly Clark doesn't drift in the time attack what you are witnessing is power oversteer not drifting and he hasn't beat Andy Gallacher yet.

 

[Jim Prower]

That's odd. Many of these "Drifters" have other jobs, like driving super-high-downforce GT cars 'round racetracks at speeds approaching 200 mi/h on some tracks. "Drift King" Tsuchiya has multiple Japanese Touring Car Championships, and even drove the ARTA NSX for awhile. To say that all drifters can't drive a car without going sideways is ludicrous. These guys are professionals, not yobs in a carpark.

((Idiots in a parking lot, for us Yankees))

and if you dare say something about downforce making a car easy to drive, I'll go ahead and state that, by that logic, Formula 1 drivers can't go 'round a corner without huge wings. and we KNOW that's not true.

If you dont' get it, you dont' get it, that's fine. But they're a damn sight better at driving than most people.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

"Drift King" Tsuchiya has multiple Japanese Touring Car Championships, and even drove the ARTA NSX for awhile.

Last time i checked ONE didnt mean multiple and that was a class win

Championship winners

Year Winner Team Car
Group A
1985 Naoki Nagasaka Beaurex BMW 635CSi
1986 Aguri Suzuki NISMO Nissan Skyline RS
1987 Naoki Nagasaka Object T Ford Sierra RS500
1988 Hisashi Yokoshima Object T Ford Sierra RS500
1989 Masahiro Hasemi Hasemi Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
1990 Kazuyoshi Hoshino NISMO Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R
1991 Masahiro Hasemi Hasemi Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1992 Masahiro Hasemi NISMO Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
1993 Masahiko Kageyama Hoshino Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R
Supertouring
1994 Masanori Sekiya TOM'S Toyota Corona E
1995 Steve Soper Schnitzer BMW 318is
1996 Naoki Hattori Mooncraft Honda Accord
1997 Osamu Nakako Mooncraft Honda Accord

 

[Dijital Majik]

Because it's easy to place at the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans without knowing how to corner correctly, right?

Why do threads about drifting so often fall into the exact same crap? It's about the same level of stupidity as saying all time attackers have no idea how to race and/or overtake. Utter stupidity to tar the lot with the same brush.

Anyway I digress, let's get this back on topic. Here's a deliciously old school Drift Xtreme Team vid.

 

[LSX]

I always thought those chopped 180's/240's (whichever they are) looked cool.

 

[homeforsummer]

The Sileighty? With a Silvia front-end and the rest of a 180SX? Funnily enough I've never been keen on them (prefer 180SXs with their standard front-end and not keen on Silvias in general) but they do look a hell of a lot better when they're going sideways with smoke pouring off them!

Props for the producer of the video using a Bad Religion song too

 

[SRinc.]

I don't see how someone can take drifting and compare it to driving improperly or not proper, it would almost be humorous if it weren't sooo sad, poor thing. Great video though Majik, real good stuff.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

no its true drifting is for people that can't be bothered to learn how to go round a corner properly.

Olly Clark doesn't drift in the time attack what you are witnessing is power oversteer not drifting and he hasn't beat Andy Gallacher yet.

Power oversteer - Powersliding - Drifting. Still sliding. You seriously think I don't know why Olly has to wrestle the car on exit?
So Clark has to beat Gallacher to know how to go around corners? Winning Time Attack and TOTB isn't enough?!
Still, at least Clark prepares his own car 💡