A.: Drifting got it starts on the mountain roads in Japan. Initially, drivers would GRIP race their cars around the winding roads, pushing their machines as fast as they would go. However, do to the hills, unforseen road conditions, unexpected corners, etc, alot of them would lose control, slide sideways, and most times lose control, however, those that could maintain a corner after loosing the rear end, were revered as the best drivers on the mountain. These eventually evolved into what we know as drifting, as they soon began to purposely tune their cars to go sideways, and stay sideways, around the corner, in a great show of control and precision driving. All of this has further evolved into what we know today publically as "drifting", including D1GP, and people who, still to this day, race the mountain roads in Japan. So remember, whether your at a local AutoX event, D1GP, or just on the back roads near your house, drifting is NOT faster than grip, it is a show of control, it started as such, and will remain such, from the back hills of Tennessee, to the D1GP.
B.: AE86's can outrun Skyline's with twice their power on the track. Anyone ever see that video of the two 86's against the new skyline? The one with the LOWEST hp won. It's not about who has the most hp, or the best tuned car, its about who has the driving skill to back up their machine. A perfect example would be when my mother recently came for a visit. She used to road rally race back in Mass. when she was in her 20's, so I figured she be good for a romp through the back roads here. She was in a 95 Civic EX with brand new tires, and I was in my wife's 2000 Cavvy that has 70K miles and the same tires that it came with on it, that I havnt put air in for something like 8 months now. We were romping about when we hit a sudden left hand dipped corner with an incline on the exit. I brake to balance the car, throw it hard into the corner and slam the accelerator to accelerate out and maintain balance. I look behind me and my mother has completely lost the rear end of the civic, over-corrects three times, and finally slams on the brakes to keep from driving off into a ditch and hitting a tree. Should a 2000 Chevy Cavvy beat a 95 Civic in handling? Hell no, but did it? yup, y? cuz of the driver... plain and simple.
C.: Swift, I think this thread has served its purpose, plz dont let it turn into another purposeless rant thread about which is faster..... I think its time to swiftly nip this one in the bud.
P.S. of all the people who voted in the highest catagory (-dodgedart-, Bryan C., d3p0, DARKEST_HOUR, Delphic Reason, dking, EJ1Rider, FC3S-D, icandriftbetter, jzz30degogo, led1013, lllb0y, rsmithdrift, RX-7 FD Drifter, Ryen49, Spyder_V, Takumi92, tedaconda, ToyotaDrifter, TRi), D3PO, maybe DR (I havnt seen too much from him), Ryen48, and TRi and I are probably the only ones who should PROBABLY rank there. O, and I think I've seen ICDB post up some good stuff, but still
THANKS ALOT. 
