NASCAR Drivers DRIFTING

NASCAR Drivers and D1GP Drifters perform a demo at the Irwindale Speedway on Aug. 31st, 2006

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Autos & Vehicles

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• NASCAR
• DRIFTING

[babbsiscool]

what you dnt realize is nascar drivers most all start out on short dirt tracks which is almost 100% drifting

[Fox1991]

thank you Captain Obvious... x)

[112leo]

Nascar drivers are good drivers and I like them and all but the most skilled drivers in the world are Rally Drivers and you cant argue with that :)

[blewett76]

WHICH ONE IS BILL ELLIOTT?!?! <3

[TheZenPerspective]

The beauty of drifting is when someone looks totally out of control, is when they are in total control. I like Americans now.

[bloodypandahachiroku]

so what cars were the nascar drivers and what cars were the d1 drivers?

[texasmusicfan03]

@weaverracing96 But yes what you have just wasted your time posting is right about how to drift on dirt, but my first post never mentioned dirt so you're trying to compare apples to oranges/pavement to dirt.

[texasmusicfan03]

@weaverracing96 And plus more than half of the field would be out of the race trying to drift on pavement with 40+ cars around them. I know what a drift is and I know what a skid was, I was describing the difference between the two to babbiscool which Nascar is doing more of a skid on the sharper corners of the short tracks. I raced ASCS sprints for 10 years until my freak accident, I know what a drift is.

[texasmusicfan03]

@weaverracing96 hahaha as a dirt track driver myself, you Sir are 100% wrong about what I meant, you intentionally drift on dirt because you go faster around the turns, instead on pavement you don't drift even though you do go faster around the turns drifting but you lose a lot of time going into the pits changing tires. What I was referring to babbiscool is that short track yeah you do slide but it is not drifting on short track Nascar, it's more of a skid. Get your facts right dickwad.

[weaverracing96]

C the right and hold the top of the wheel pointed at about 2 o'clock as you step back into the throttle. If the car's handling right you wont move the wheel much through the corner and keep it to the right, you rotate and drive the car pretty much just with the throttle.

[weaverracing96]

Down the straightaway; wide-open throttle, and just using the wheel to keep the car as straight as possible (which is a challenge on banked clay), after you're 3/4 of the way down the straight, you aim the car towards the apron/bottom of groove at the entry of hte corner, trail braking/dragging brakes as you do that. Then right as you get to the corner, squeeze the brakes quick and hard, then let off, that rotates the rear end around and puts you in the slide as you turn the wheel back to C

[weaverracing96]

@texasmusicfan03 You are 100% wrong. As a dirt racer let me correct you. Going around a left hand (counter clockwise track) in a dirt late model, you are turning the wheel to the /right/ 90% of the time. Dirt racing and drifting is so similar it's not funny except that drifting is aimed at getting the most sideways and making the most smoke. Dirt racing is about making the best time through the corners. Here's half a lap on dirt: (next post)