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Drifting refers to a driving technique as well as a motorsport. A drift occurs when the car's rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle, and the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn. This gives the car the appearance of driving sideways.
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- Began as a racing technique popular in the All Japan Touring Car Championship races in the 1970's
- Drifting competitions are judged based on line, angle, speed, and show factor
- The film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift is based on this driving technique
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Howstuffworks.com: How Drifting Works
Drifting is a style of racing that was born on the mountain roads of Japan in the 1990s. Learn about drifting and find out how drift racing competitions work.auto.howstuffworks.com -
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Drifting (motorsport) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org
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Video: Moar Forza Motorsport 3 drifting. Still testing for best capture/export settings. http://www.vimeo.com/7511951
@slip_angel | November 09, 2009 05:37 PM -
I favorited a YouTube video -- Forza Motorsport 3 Drifting http://bit.ly/3T138E
@speeddemon_09 | November 08, 2009 09:34 PM -
RT @DjDATZ: Drifting the Ken Block Subaru WRX - Forza Motorsport 3 http://is.gd/4OXqM (Finally up and updated!)
@360Sync | November 06, 2009 04:56 PM -
Drifting the Ken Block Subaru WRX - Forza Motorsport 3 http://is.gd/4OXqM (Finally up and updated!)
@DjDATZ | November 06, 2009 04:45 PM -
Location of SA's new motorsport complex http://bit.ly/LwRtk circuit racing drags drifting motorbikes etc
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Drifting: Sideways From Japan to America - $19.95
Dreamed up by drivers trying to outdo each other on the mountain passes of Japan, the art of the sideways descent of a switchback—what Wired described as “the fishtailing ballet of burning rubber called drifting”—has made it to ...
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View All Drifting (motorsport) Questions (17) | Ask a QuestionDoes GPS create any direct evidence for continental drift? (3 Answers)The BBC has documented a case where continental drift has been measured by GPS. According to GPS systems, the UK is drifting northeast at a rate of 2-3 cm per ... read moreWhat is longshore drift? (1 Answer)Longshore drift is the result of waves approaching the shoreline at an angle. The wave surge pushes sand up the beach at the same angle that the wave is approaching ... read moreWho was the first driver to win the Daytona 500 for Hendrick Motorsports? (1 Answer)The winner of the 1986 Daytona 500 was Geoff Bodine, and he was the first driver with Hendrick Motorsports to win the Daytona 500. Later Hendrick winners include: Darrell Waltrip ... read more
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