GM is going drifting
GM is going drifting
General Motors officials confirmed the Pontiac division will tap former U.S. rally racer-***-aftermarket parts guru Rhys Millen to take a factory-sponsored Pontiac GTO into the Sports Car Club of America’s Formula Drift Series. The new racing series kicks off April 24-25 in Atlanta.
Drifting is a form of motorsports developed mostly in Japan and new to the United States that calls for drivers to control a car while sliding it sideways at high speeds through a marked course. It is similar to rally racing but is done on a closed, paved course. It is judged on execution and style rather than just time.
So-called tuners compose its largest audience, according to SCCA officials. In addition, an announcement that Pontiac will also take the GTO road racing in Grand-Am next year with the Pratt & Miller team is expected in the near future. Pratt & Miller runs the Corvette ALMS program as well as the Cadillac CTS-V in the SCCA Speed World Challenge.
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Drifting is a form of motorsports developed mostly in Japan and new to the United States that calls for drivers to control a car while sliding it sideways at high speeds through a marked course. It is similar to rally racing but is done on a closed, paved course. It is judged on execution and style rather than just time.
So-called tuners compose its largest audience, according to SCCA officials. In addition, an announcement that Pontiac will also take the GTO road racing in Grand-Am next year with the Pratt & Miller team is expected in the near future. Pratt & Miller runs the Corvette ALMS program as well as the Cadillac CTS-V in the SCCA Speed World Challenge.
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Originally posted by loj68
yuck......drifting has got to be the dumbest thing to do with a car since NASCAR was invented........let's pray this ridiculous fad dies a quick death and people go back to actually "driving" a car.
yuck......drifting has got to be the dumbest thing to do with a car since NASCAR was invented........let's pray this ridiculous fad dies a quick death and people go back to actually "driving" a car.
long live RWD, AWD!!
If any of you have seen Rhys drifting an Evo (try drifting an AWD car - not the easiest thing in the world), you can only imagine what he'll do with a big HP rwd Holden (aka Pontiac). Since weight isn't a factor in drifting, I think the big torque and rwd will make him a force. Plus he's a pretty good driver, I hear. 
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Originally posted by loj68
yuck......drifting has got to be the dumbest thing to do with a car since NASCAR was invented........let's pray this ridiculous fad dies a quick death and people go back to actually "driving" a car.
yuck......drifting has got to be the dumbest thing to do with a car since NASCAR was invented........let's pray this ridiculous fad dies a quick death and people go back to actually "driving" a car.
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Originally posted by Chris in HB
If any of you have seen Rhys drifting an Evo (try drifting an AWD car - not the easiest thing in the world), you can only imagine what he'll do with a big HP rwd Holden (aka Pontiac). Since weight isn't a factor in drifting, I think the big torque and rwd will make him a force. Plus he's a pretty good driver, I hear.
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If any of you have seen Rhys drifting an Evo (try drifting an AWD car - not the easiest thing in the world), you can only imagine what he'll do with a big HP rwd Holden (aka Pontiac). Since weight isn't a factor in drifting, I think the big torque and rwd will make him a force. Plus he's a pretty good driver, I hear.
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Originally posted by TwiNpnOy84
I think the domestics should stay away from drifting and leave it to the import cars.
This is just me though
I think the domestics should stay away from drifting and leave it to the import cars.
This is just me though
and besides, the GTO does have the performance credentials to be a great drift car.
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Originally posted by loj68
yuck......drifting has got to be the dumbest thing to do with a car since NASCAR was invented........let's pray this ridiculous fad dies a quick death and people go back to actually "driving" a car.
yuck......drifting has got to be the dumbest thing to do with a car since NASCAR was invented........let's pray this ridiculous fad dies a quick death and people go back to actually "driving" a car.
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Originally posted by loj68
yuck......drifting has got to be the dumbest thing to do with a car since NASCAR was invented........let's pray this ridiculous fad dies a quick death and people go back to actually "driving" a car.
yuck......drifting has got to be the dumbest thing to do with a car since NASCAR was invented........let's pray this ridiculous fad dies a quick death and people go back to actually "driving" a car.
FWD Driver and American !
Drifiting is actually a full sized competition here in Australia, and one that even the normal racers love to see..
We have our own series in every state, and whoever wins that goes to a national comp.. and then to the Japanese comps..
Drifting requires so much more skill then Drags do, i mean how simple is it to drive in a straight line ???
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