i couldnt believe it my dad was watching news like usual he knows about drifting. He called me to the living room and said drifting is on CBS to my surprise it was heres the link...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1683031.shtml


there saying the sport is getting bigger and bigger.

(CBS) Watch out NASCAR, there's a new kid on the track. It's a screeching, smoking, testosterone-fueled auto mania called "drifting" — basically throwing your car into a controlled, high-speed tailspin. As CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports, Americans are taking to it like — well, boys to hot cars.

Drifting is not about speed; it's about style. Winners are judged on the excitement and grace of the drift.

Drifting started in Japan years ago as a rebellious, underground car cult, then morphed into something huge. It jumped to the United States three years ago and took off like a rocket. Last year Vaughn Gitten Jr. became the first American to out-drift the Japanese.

"It has all the excitement of everything that America loves," Gitten says when asked why drifting is taking off. "We have smoke. We have bumpers flying off. We have cars smacking walls."Professional drifters say they can hit speeds up to 125 miles per hour and hit corners doing 85. Whitaker hopped a ride with Gitten at the Long Beach Speedway in California and says what looks like a near-death experience actually was "better than a roller coaster."

Drifting has become so cool that it's hot. It's showcased in music videos by groups like the Black-Eyed Peas and commercials by big companies such as General Motors. The soon-to-be-released movie "Fast & Furious 3" is called "Tokyo Drift."

With all the hype, drifters and police have teamed up — they're going to schools in California to warn young fans: Don't try this at home.

On the track, some fear that success — corporate sponsors, TV deals — will spoil the sport. Gitten isn't among them.

"One thing that's never changed is the fun factor," he says. "Everyone got into it because it's fun" ... and noisy and fast. You get the drift.