Originally Posted by RX007CYM

I usually don't post in this neck of the woods because of the poor attitudes. After seeing on the home page that Zate had a recent post, I came in to see what is going on.

A few years ago I had experimented on the street a few times with drifting so I decided to check out some events. I attended DDayI & II and wanted to get into the sport of drifting. When I heard people talking trash in the audience about Bill while he was doing some absolutely incredible things with the SR Miata at DDII, I knew this wasn't the sport for me and got into other automotive sports/events. I hope for the sake of this sport in our region that some grassroots efforts can be made like the kind that Kyle made to organize DDII down in Palmetto. It was a great event with the right mind set in the organizers, but not in the crowds.. it all leads back to attitude. Take pride in ownership of your sport.

~James

Originally Posted by ???

I don't get the hostily here... so your saying you don't want to help with the event in anyway but going to it... not that that's not a good thing to pay your money and go, believe me I know fl fails because of a lack of drifters coming up with the 100$ plus getting to the event that 2hours plus away, but it also fails because of people like you that won't help set up events.


I'll admint I don't know what all you have to go thru, that's why I said contact dg and sponsor them (or even talk to the guys that put on osw and have them do a tampa thing) but if someone from tr does know and want to try I'd damn sure help if needed and also pay to for entry to slid...(or make a fool out of myself trying lol)

Originally Posted by Zate

autocross events have the SCCA behind them usually and have been around for a long time.

AutoX events also tend to attract a lot more experienced or older crowd..

Drifting lacks something like the SCCA to help with the grassroots movement and getting new people started.

Originally Posted by Matt Vassallo

The children won't pay it. plain and simple.

Originally Posted by Zate

serious question matt.

What different between a SCCA AutoX @ $35 and a drifting event ?.. why are they much more expensive?

btw thanks for pointing out the SCCA - Forumula D link Mark, wasnt aware of it. I'll have to talk to some SCCA folks i know and find out why there are no grassroots drifting events, only the Formula D stuff.

I am thinking the venue and track setup would be somewhat similar, the tech and cars some what similar the only real diff is not using a timing system. Am I missing something ?

oh and i know the maturity level of the participants blah blah blah .. lets assume its the same. Lets assume its the same set of people going to both events.

Originally Posted by Zate

serious question matt.

What different between a SCCA AutoX @ $35 and a drifting event ?.. why are they much more expensive?

btw thanks for pointing out the SCCA - Forumula D link Mark, wasnt aware of it. I'll have to talk to some SCCA folks i know and find out why there are no grassroots drifting events, only the Formula D stuff.

I am thinking the venue and track setup would be somewhat similar, the tech and cars some what similar the only real diff is not using a timing system. Am I missing something ?

oh and i know the maturity level of the participants blah blah blah .. lets assume its the same. Lets assume its the same set of people going to both events.