drift practice 8th of may (few pics too)

[capella re]

got invited to the drifts yesterday and thought "why not?" its been a while since i've been out to lala and wanted to catch up with someone so headed out there for a geez. now normally im a self proclaimed hater of the drifts, bores me to tears . started at 4.30 - 5pm and went till 9pm. I was expecting to be gone by 7pm.

man was i surprised!!! its been years since i've been out there and i gotta say i ate my words period!! i had an absolute ball- to the point of thinking about selling my fd and buying an fc to drift!! there were about two classes of a total of 50 cars and for 4 hours one after the other just did laps over and over. back when i used to go, there was maybe 15-20 cars and there would be 10 minute breaks between runs and it was just straight lame.
the guys out there last night mainly just in street cars were absolutely awesome, i mean the skill some of these guys have got is just nuts!! no rotors out there but one of the guys i was with, who had 3 mates drifting that night, said last practice there was a black fd with 290kwatw, crazy!!
one of the best cars/drivers of the night was a guy in a ke70 rolla, like that really light fawn greeny colour with black over fenders and mirrors on the front guards and jesus, his entry speeds were blinding!!
it was ten bucks to enter as a spectator and i thinks between 125 and 150 to drive, you get to walk around the pits have a chat to some of the guys driving on the night give em a hand to fit zip ties, was fun.

some of the cars were-
green chaser (too gooda condish to be drifting it)
supercharged vt v8 wagon
sigma wagon with turbo astron motor
blue cortina with autobarn decals (sounded rb but definate turbo)
cressida with 2jz
r33 with blue tyres that smoked blue and left blue skids
r32 gtr rear wheel drive with cackling side pipe out the passenger door
pewter grey s15
jms white s14
about 4 ke70's
vl turbo (suffered major missfire issues by the end of the night)
about 4 ceffys
and a million 180's and silvias

so all in all, if you havent been for a while, i highly recommend going down there to have a look. i was very surprised how much its changed for the better and will surely head out to the next one.
heres a few pics, not sure why they turned out so crap (could be the $99 camera) but you get my drift, and i only got a few pics cos as usual i didn't check the batteries

severe rear damage to this silvia, perfect offset though!!
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/S-X3HwZi4FI/AAAAAAAABD4/z8lwtHlicDs/s800/S6301100.jpg
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/S-X3il_klpI/AAAAAAAABEU/8JYQBQJoNIc/s800/S6301099.jpg

mean 33, full cage, stripped out-more serious of the drifters last night
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/S-X3rDObc_I/AAAAAAAABEY/NUHgRjZTBD4/s800/S6301098.jpg

yeah, hes facing the wrong way, few big hits in the tyres to keep you pumped all night
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/S-X8Mq1LzAI/AAAAAAAABE0/YC_TsQRTiPw/s800/S6301088.jpg

plenty of big smoke slides
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/S-X8dmm-iSI/AAAAAAAABFQ/s8bqz-X0md0/s800/S6301091.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6galpzg6SxU/S-X8oSYQItI/AAAAAAAABFU/dpEAGQofzo4/s800/S6301093.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/450171197_f011db03a0.jpg

[jesse_RE]

heres a few pics, not sure why they turned out so crap (could be the $99 camera) but you get my drift Lol no pun intended?

I was at the last comp (drift super cup) i'd go out there more often to the practices etc if it werent so far away! takes an hour and a half to get out there from my place.

[jass5fc3srx7]

hey man
i used to go out to most of the drift practices last year but havent been this year. i always had a good time. same format as you said. there was 2 fc rx7s out there usually a blue one with revs decals full rollcage the works done to it cant remember what power it was makin. the other fc had a camo paint job built by revs aswell to4z 250kwaw. yeah you got me wanting to check it out again im gonna go to the next round of g1 on 11 july, maybe a prac before that.

[FLEX]

might have to try make it out to the next one

[capella re]

that blue one was for sale on ausrotor a bit back i think, immac!! the guy i went with has a fair few drifting mates, 3 were drifting that night (2 white 180's and a black silvia)

next time he lets me know theres a meet on il post it up and we can car pull or something, leave your cars at my house and i drive the rest (seeing as im closest) so then people like jesse dont have to drive an hour and a half on their own petty.

the night driftings the best i reckon, frikkin cold that night though.

[jass5fc3srx7]

the summer nights are the best out there for sure. you can actually wear a t shirt n shorts and be comfortable.

any of you guys interested in actually practicing, i reckon it would be alright but im thinkin of a normal prac day not a drift for now. i was going to go to the next one on the 22 but looks like my alternator is on the way out or already buggered. so ill have to fix that first.