I loved my FC3S, don’t get me wrong. The feeling I got when driving that car was like no other and the attention it drew was incredible. Unfortunately, the petrol bills and various other running costs were equally as outlandish and this is ultimately what stopped me using the car for what I intended to use it for – drifting. As the FC took up its new residence on my drive I needed something else to get my drifting kicks; something fairly cheap to run and slightly practical with lots of skidability while still looking cool.
Following on from last year’s Life On The Streets videos (which you can find here) we decided to start filming for this year’s video. I’ve got a lot of plans and ideas but as is always best with these things, the less said the better. Here’s a tiny bit of footage from the other night:
The British Drift Championship (or BDC as it is commonly known) is the pinnacle of drifting in the UK…at least that’s what I’d been told having never been to a round before! I set off to Teesside Autdrome at the crack of dawn looking forward to hanging out with my mates, showing my support for friend Alex Law in the Pro class and of course getting to watch some of the best drifters in the country strut their stuff.
Round 1 of the British Drift Championship at Teesside was, in a word, exhausting! As usual I’ve got hundreds of photos to sift through but for now here’s one of the Team Japspeed Impreza going hard into the fast left-right section at the end of the course.
These hastily taken pictures were snapped before going out on a street mission to film footage that would eventually make its way into Life On The Streets: Part Two. Obviously the lighting was pretty appalling and I was trying to focus on filming but I thought it’d be rude not to share them after stumbling across them on my hard drive.
It’s that time of year again…back to Buxton! Unfortunately I had to miss the first of this year’s Drift One weekenders but yesterday I made it to the first day of April’s event (I had to miss today’s due to work commitments). I hadn’t been to Buxton Raceway since last summer and I’d completely forgot how harsh the weather can be up in the English hills; moments later I started shivering and made my way straight to the butty van.
Today I made it to Buxton to attend one of their Drift One drift weekenders. Although the weather wasn’t amazing it was still a great day but I’m now faced with the unenviable task of sorting through hundreds of photos! For now though, here is one of my favourite snaps from the day: JDM Garage’s recently acquired JZX100 going hard into the switchback section of the track. Stay tuned for the write-up and the rest of the photos.
You might remember the feature I did on Ant’s E36 back in January (if you didn’t see it, you can find it here). Since then Ant has replaced the Cromodora wheels with a set of stunning Borbet Bs in 17×8.5 and 17×10 sizes. Fortunately I had my camera with me last night and managed to take a few quick pictures as the light was dying.
The world of modified cars is awash with weird and wonderful engine conversions; most are done in the pursuit of performance, others are done for practicality and sometimes some are done just to see what will happen! This Mk2 Escort caught my eye at the recent BDC Licensing Day at Silverstone, and that wasn’t just because of the bright yellow paint…
I’m going to be straight to the point with this one: I’ve never bought a drifting DVD before. Come to think of it, I’ve never even bought a motorsport DVD before, with all of the automotive-related items in my collection being efforts from Top Gear and Jeremy Clarkson. For the most part I’ve made do with low-quality videos on YouTube, the vast majority of which have little or no English subtitles. Of course, there are also the excellent Best Motoring and Hot Version videos uploaded by GT Channel that have both English subtitles and narration, but I’ve watched these so many times now that I was desperate for something new.
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