Drift (in) Australia; What now?

[Rice86]

Word...good commentators will keep you focused on whats going on out on the track instead of you having to block your ears to hear their nonsense yelling and laughter for no good reason

not much commentators are really connecting with the audience, hence they lose interest and just pack up and go home when all the good bits are done

[worked]

hahaha you should come down to tas for our drift series
with tasmanias own hamish and andy, the bayliss and fowler show
*frequent coarse launguage and alcohol consumption is part of the act we must warn*
we have a pretty tight drift community down here, pretty much everyone knows everyone, so when two ex drifters who are always drunk and jawing off got the chance to sit on the mic for a bit, it was hilarious. well to most of us.
'oh damo roach is coming in, weak as shit' 'josh priseman, not only is he a member of the gvc, but he's a pretty tall bloke as well' etc etc
plus tas series is going so well this year
top marks to lazy and co for organising it all so well.
round 1 was the most ideal

[resol]

just browsed the thread, read some of the comments that stood out the most to me.

theres a lot of complaining about how drifting needs to stay 'grass roots' and how commercialism is/will ruin it, or how its no longer alternative? much like boso?

jeez guys need to step back and have a look at how the world works. when something becomes popular, people find out about it and what to know more, see more or do it for them selves...how did you get into the sport?

so you cant complain that its becoming less grass roots. there will always be grass roots, and for a sport like drifting typically thats on the street. have a look at vids on youtube or the option vids, jdm insider etc. the pros over there are STILL drifting the street, and being shown doin it. granted its a diff culture over there but thats how they do it.

just because the sport 'came from japan' doesnt mean it should stay there. where live in australia and we should bring some aussie flavour to the sport. so bring on the v8's! hahaha. (nah i love toyota, and jap cars too). but not so much like the US series goddamn i hate how they drift!

*off topic theres a vid of tsuchya(sp) and some other d1 driver (cant rememer his name) who go over to USA to challenge some of their top drivers to mini comps etc. one is who can drift the best in a stock MX5 the USA guys were SHOCKINGLY bad, very bad drift styles from only ever driving powerfull cars with good HB.

i really like the idea about having the drift series follow the V8 supercars, but they already have the porsche cup, and who knows whats happening wth indy. and yeh drift does throw a lot of debris onto the track which grip drivers would hate!

my thoughts...

-dan

[drift kid]

the thing i hate most is when people are uneducated about this motor sport, im not saying i know it all etc, but i was talking to a mate at school the otha day and he told me about how he was "drifting" his mates shit box FWD mazda 323 or sum shit on a dirt road, he was acting like he belonged in a D1GP comp. this sort of attitude is very irritating to me, does any one else deal with these types of people.

thats my 2cents.

[Rice86]

YES, and only noobs says they drift, i say i slide cause im still no where near to even drifting yet...

its even more irritating comming from a person who doesnt even have there license but drives illigally and calls himself a dirfter in a stupic civic, people like that needs to get done by the cops

[v-tec]

Drift is what you make of it, it will only ever die in the arse when you get bored of it

[Intense]

Just don't deal with them or quickly put them in there place. These people need to be humiliated so that they realise just how big of a tool they are.

[Konakid]

Pretty much hey