drift fury was great

[ECMgarrett]

im sunburnt, still exhausted, but still stoked i came down there.
the six hour ride was well worth it.
admin - thanks for your hospitality, you were extremely nice to both me and carl (duder with M coupe)

everyone else we spoke with down there was super nice as well

drift fury was good, way better than the stuff we have up here in NC

we will be coming back down for the next three events without a doubt

[4dmin]

no prob glad to see you guys made the drive and enjoyed it. next time hit me up you can crash at my place

[SwurvinIn]

are we gonna get kicked out again for having too many ppl? cause if that was our biggest problem its not a bad problem to have...but still that was gay

[4dmin]

^ na the situation will be sorted out before the next event

[SwurvinIn]

good news paul! thanks for everything dude...had a blast! great turnout! definatly one of the best IA events yet imo!

[illeagle]

yes it was great! I am gonna hit up more ATL events...no doubt

[Whoopee95]

hell yeh, i had a blast, it was so nice meeting alot of u too!!!

[Nemesis]

hell yeh, i had a blast, it was so nice meeting alot of u too!!!

lol we were both worried probably the most out there since we were the first two to run yesterday and it was our first event

[Brett]

IA as usaul held a kick ass show!!

[Darkside]

where all the pics at?

[HalfBaked]

I'm exhausted.

I slept for about 12-13 hours last night.

And hell somehow I'm not even sunburnt...nor do I have a wierd tan line.

I was really hoping to tan in the shape of the little vest I had on.

[SwurvinIn]

hahahahaha^^^that would be tight y0

[HalfBaked]

I know, I was really hoping to be able to go to the pool and get wierd looks because I'm tan on my arms with a v shape on my chest a bit.

Oh well. There are always more events!

[CHADbee]

im sunburnt, still exhausted, but still stoked i came down there.
the six hour ride was well worth it.
admin - thanks for your hospitality, you were extremely nice to both me and carl (duder with M coupe)

everyone else we spoke with down there was super nice as well

drift fury was good, way better than the stuff we have up here in NC

we will be coming back down for the next three events without a doubt

too bad i got there at 5 "just in time for the first round"

[Nitro]

too bad i got there at 5 "just in time for the first round"

i saw your car but not u bro........ hollaaaaaaaaaaa

[melisme0]

i saw u nitro lol

[Whoopee95]

lol we were both worried probably the most out there since we were the first two to run yesterday and it was our first event

lol, yeh, what i learned is never be the first to pull up at a drift comp, ..lol, then i will be the first to qualify ...lol

i had a blast tho, i cant wait until june now

[illeagle]

just curious...how many people had LSD's?

[Ran]

lol, yeh, what i learned is never be the first to pull up at a drift comp, ..lol, then i will be the first to qualify ...lol

i had a blast tho, i cant wait until june now

DG Trials is at Atlanta Motor Speedway on May 6th.

[ECMgarrett]

i took a shit load of pics, ill get them up soon (not all of them,but some, i took 399 this weekend).
if anyone would like to see pics of their car then just let me know what you were driving, im sure i got pics of everyone.

half baked - you the guy only wearing the reflective vest? well, i mean, you were wearing pants, but you know. i remember seeing you walk by and thinking "that dude going to be in pain tomorrow"

[HalfBaked]

half baked - you the guy only wearing the reflective vest? well, i mean, you were wearing pants, but you know. i remember seeing you walk by and thinking "that dude going to be in pain tomorrow"

Yea that was me.

Believe it or not I'm not burnt.

[ECMgarrett]

well youre a son of a bitch then cause i look like a public school hotdog - very pink. ive been spreading the aloevera on my face, neck, and arms all day, im miserable.

but it was worth it, this was such a good time

[HalfBaked]

The trick is to just be really tan whenever something comes up. Atleast that worked for me, I have been laying out by my pool for the past 2 weeks everyday.

Also, if you get sunburnt put some lotion on afterwards also.

[CHADbee]

i saw your car but not u bro........ hollaaaaaaaaaaa

i was there like 20 min. and everybody else was leaving so i went to baskin robins on ponce. saw the pics that are up...urs was lookin nice. got a trophy too huh? congrats!

[Whoopee95]

ran, yeh i talked to marty about that event in may, forgot about it already, yeh, dg in may, see ya then

[ash7]

i think the thing that I'll remember the most about the event is when my friend's (Hybrid14) crank pulley fell when he was parking his car... hahahaha! i couldn't believe it. But yes, that was a totally sweet event for sure. I'll def. be there for the next one.

[ECMgarrett]

damn what kind of shit was he doing when trying to park?

[Whoopee95]

btw, im running a Helical Gear LSD, im wanting to go with a 2way clutch type next

[The Ren]

hey matt.. where is your wristband?

[{X}Echo419]

im sunburnt, still exhausted, but still stoked i came down there.
the six hour ride was well worth it.
admin - thanks for your hospitality, you were extremely nice to both me and carl (duder with M coupe)

everyone else we spoke with down there was super nice as well

drift fury was good, way better than the stuff we have up here in NC

we will be coming back down for the next three events without a doubt

same here, except for the whole NC part. more like Marietta .
I'm a red-neck fo' real today

[chnco]

good times, good times.

My life flashed before my eyes when Reggae Drift and his 5 million color BMW almost nailed me when I spun out.

ECM, I was driving the silver '98 240, were you driving?

[ECMgarrett]

no, i was spectating and shooting pics
my buddy had a bimmer in the car show

[Nemesis]

good times, good times.

My life flashed before my eyes when Reggae Drift and his 5 million color BMW almost nailed me when I spun out.

[Whoopee95]

good times, good times.

My life flashed before my eyes when Reggae Drift and his 5 million color BMW almost nailed me when I spun out.

omg, my heart stopped beating for a sec when i saw that about to happen

[NDSPD]

First of all the track was a track for rookies and if we keep doing this kind of tracks nobody in the east coast will ever get to the level they have in the west. you can go to any event in California and these people know how to drift no matter what car they have. The track at Turner Field was designed for 2nd gear only and like that you will never be able to tell the good drifters from the bad ones.

Second, even if you are organizing the event and you are not participating in drifting is not professional to cut in front of other drifters to make more passes. Decide if you want to drift or host. or at least put up a demonstration aside from the drifters. no biggy.

Third and last. Judges say they are going to judge by clipping points, angle, and speed. Spin outs meant zero points. I saw many drifters that did good and didnt make the top 8!!!!!!! while others were just "road racing" so that they could get close to the clipping point and the guy with the flag would wave it real drifters were trying to do it the right way. duh Come on! one thing is getting close to the clipping point while road racing and another while really drifting, burning tires and having an angle. Out of the 8 i saw only 3 cars that deserved to be there. The rest spun out on their qualifying passes. Others that did better were left out. Are we talking politcs or friendship here? I suck at drifting, i have a crappy car and i dont have the big budget but i know who is good or not and spectators too. Dont ruin the sport. Make better tracks and get judges that wanna make better drifters out of these events not friendships. 3rd gear drifting rules. Good car show though. nice organization too.

[Z33_kid]

jamaica !! lmao car wass odd but still kewl was a great meet

[Ran]

I agree with you that the track was definitely a beginner track. Yet, you also have to consider that a lot of the people out there, including two of my friends, were there on their first event. The only thing about the track that bothered my was the inconsistency. I was able to enter the frist corner in 3rd, but at that annoying "knoch" in the back, I was forced to downshift into 2nd and try my best to maintain a 45mph top speed. Still, it wasn't bad for a learner track. For high speed drifting, check out DGTrials at AMS in May. 5-6th gear drifts all day.

I have no right to say anything on the judging since I spun on my two judged runs. My practice run was golden tho.

Despite the pros and cons of the event, it was still a lot of fun and we got in a good number of runs considering the number of drivers. I'll be looking forward to the next one.

[HiPSI]

Out of the 8 i saw only 3 cars that deserved to be there. The rest spun out on their qualifying passes. Others that did better were left out.

So in your opinion, who out of the top 8 didn't deserve to make it and why? Secondly who was better and why?

first round of qualifying was one practice then two judged runs, with them taking the better of your two runs as your qualifying score. that meant you could spin one run then put down a good one and make it. those with the highest scores moved on. top 4 was a mock tandem setup, one run in front and one behind the other driver you were paired with so strategy could come into play. if the other driver spun and you were up then you could run a conservative run and win that round, if they ran a solid run then you'd better outdo them. i didn't get to watch all day, but from what i did get to see i think the top 8 was pretty fair.

[BID BAD 13-B]

the jamaican was Albert the owner of uab body shop.

[mumbles]

First of all the track was a track for rookies and if we keep doing this kind of tracks nobody in the east coast will ever get to the level they have in the west. you can go to any event in California and these people know how to drift no matter what car they have. The track at Turner Field was designed for 2nd gear only and like that you will never be able to tell the good drifters from the bad ones.

Second, even if you are organizing the event and you are not participating in drifting is not professional to cut in front of other drifters to make more passes. Decide if you want to drift or host. or at least put up a demonstration aside from the drifters. no biggy.

Third and last. Judges say they are going to judge by clipping points, angle, and speed. Spin outs meant zero points. I saw many drifters that did good and didnt make the top 8!!!!!!! while others were just "road racing" so that they could get close to the clipping point and the guy with the flag would wave it real drifters were trying to do it the right way. duh Come on! one thing is getting close to the clipping point while road racing and another while really drifting, burning tires and having an angle. Out of the 8 i saw only 3 cars that deserved to be there. The rest spun out on their qualifying passes. Others that did better were left out. Are we talking politcs or friendship here? I suck at drifting, i have a crappy car and i dont have the big budget but i know who is good or not and spectators too. Dont ruin the sport. Make better tracks and get judges that wanna make better drifters out of these events not friendships. 3rd gear drifting rules. Good car show though. nice organization too.

in response to your track complaint. the track was changed 3 times that morning b/c of the lot condition. why don't you go down there and look at the holes and the raised up asphalt, not to mention a huge grease spot in the lot. we did the best with what we had. and the track had to be quick with over 50 drivers. we were concerned about people getting enough seat time to make them happy. the only way for the inexperienced to get better is to get seat time. the reason for these event is for people to get used to a compation environment, and i believe this was accomplished. we made a techincal course last time and people didn't want to run the technical part so i guess you just can't please everyone.

EDIT: I am aware that i can't spell