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Team Drift Competition in Melbourne A Nissan Silvia S15 and a BMW E36 tandem drifting. Drifting as an officially sanctioned motorsport competition was initially popularized with the D1 Grand Prix in Japan, which began in 2001 and helped establish judging standards and competition guidelines. Judging takes place on just a small part of the ...
Drifting is a form of motorsport in which drivers intentionally oversteer their cars while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed. In motor racing, the four-wheel drift is a cornering technique where a car takes a high-speed corner held at an angle without major steering inputs, balancing natural understeer with power oversteer.
Drift race A drift race is where one or more cars are drifting around the closed roads, blocked off by traffic cones, street signs, etc. to avoid being out-of-bounds. Drifting is a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the entirety of a corner.
In 2009, Essa joined the Formula D drifting series roster. He has driven a variety of different cars in his drift career, including a Mazda RX-7, BMW E92 M3, BMW Z4 and a BMW E46 M3. He has won a championship and became the first privateer to become a Formula Drift Champion. In the 2015 season, Essa switched to a Chevrolet Camaro.
In 2014, he was the first New Zealand drift driver to receive an award from Motorsport New Zealand for outstanding achievement. [16] 2015, finished fifth at Irwindale Formula Drift for his highest finish in the series. 2016, finished first at Okayama International Circuit in the Formula Drift Japan series.
Formula Drift, also known as Formula D, had its inaugural season in 2004. With 60 currently licensed drivers competing in Pro and Pro 2, Formula Drift is recognized as the premier North American professional drifting championship series. The series consists of an eight-round championship played out at race tracks across North America.
Deane began his career in competition drifting in 2006, driving a Ford Sierra in the Prodrift Junior Championship, finishing third in the series. In 2007, Deane won his first ever professional event in the main Prodrift series at Rosegreen at the age of fifteen, which is believed to have made him the youngest professional drift event winner in the world at the time.
The D1 Grand Prix (D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri), abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift, is a production car drifting series from Japan. After several years of hosting amateur drifting contests, Daijiro Inada, founder of Option magazine and Tokyo Auto Salon, and drifting legend, Keiichi Tsuchiya hosted a professional level drifting contest in 1999 and 2000 to feed on the ever ...