Originally posted by "Shin180sx"
Originally Posted by FordMan
I just do not get what the big deal is about drifting. To me it proves nothing other than some practice sliding a car around. It seems to be nothing that can be used in any real form of racing.
Lets here it....
The same can be said of drag racing. It's just driving in a straight line for a couple of seconds and money is more a factor than actual drivers skill.
Oh man not this debate again ! Sure driving some daily driver 15 second car at the strip for fun seems as if it takes no skill but even with that same 15 second car a lot of driver ability comes into play if you are bracket racing. And if you are not bracket racing and driving something faster than 12's in the quarter there is alot of skill envolved, especially when trying to be consistant.
And money is actually not as heavily weighed in drag racing as one might think. Take my friend that used to race his rusted out B210 at Sunshine every week in the bracket class. He came home with trophies over half the time and that was with being paired with cars that ran 6's in the 1/8 mile as compared to his mid 10's in the 1/8th !
For Rally Racing I see drifting as a needed skill, to go in a parking lot or back roads and do it just seems like nothing but wear on a car.