Race Vehicles
Race Vehicles
Drifting
One of the fastest-growing forms of Motorsports, Drifting is a driving technique and motorsport competition where drivers intentionally oversteer their vehicles, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control at high speeds. Drifting occurs when the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle prior to the corner apex, and the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn (the car is turning left, wheels are pointed right or vice versa), and the driver is controlling these factors.
Modern drifting as a sport started out as a racing technique popular in the All Japan Touring Car Championship races over 30 years ago. In the past 10 years, Drifting has exploded in popularity in North America, Australasia, and Europe, especially among the growing import tuner crowd.
Usually, drift cars are light to moderate weight rear-wheel-drive coupes and sedans with the most common drift vehicles including several vehicles by Nissan, Infiniti, Mazda, Toyota, Honda, the Ford Mustang, Dodge Charger and Viper, Chevy Corvette and Pontiac Solstice. Outside the U.S., Vauxhall Omega in the UK and Ireland, BMW 3 Series, Ford Sierra, Volvo 240, Volvo 340, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Alfa Romeo vehicle are utilized for Drifting.