Quote Originally Posted by BABY J View Post
I'm glad you said this. What do you think a mom and dad in a minivan thinks when they see 2 "amateurs" drag-racing. They are in FUCKING awe. HOLY SHIT LANKHOSS IS DRIVING AT LEAST 13.9 @ 109mph HE IS A PRO. You just said "it's not hard to drag race". Say that to some1 who doesn't do it and they will disagree.

In YOUR brain, you are chillin - changing the radio station and adjusting your seatbelt during the run. It's NOTHING to you. You're like "umm - that was easy". Same goes for drifting... to a tandem drifter he doesn't see it as a challenge. 3 inches from the other car is NORMAL SHIT. You don't just crash THEIR car if you hit some1 - you crash YOURS too ... there is no difference in the confidence level of some1 who drifts against some1 ELSE who ALSO drifts.



We are comparing a DRIFTER to a DRIFTER. It's a DIRECT comparison. 1 fighter pilot can't say "yeah, but my F22 is more expensive than your Mig29 so I can fighter-pilot better than you can. Write me a check." - LOL. GAY!!!!!!!!!! You're either a fighter-pilot or you're not. You're either a drifter or you're not. And both of these guys ARE.
Maybe I should have been more specific......street racing from a ROLL is pretty mindless. The hardest thing about drag racing, is launching....period. When you go from a roll, the whole "skill" of launching and adjusting your throttle to not spin (or lose control) is almost ELIMINATED.

Also, drifting is way different in the sense that once you ARE drifting, the danger level is much more similar across the board. Someone who drag races a 15 or 16 second car can pretty much just stomp the gas until he gets through the finish line. It is almost impossible for someone with a car that slow to do something that would make his vehicle go completely out of control. With drifting, the IDEA is to have your car on the edge of being out of control regardless of how much power it makes. I'd think that higher hp cars are more dangerous than the lower ones, but I don't think drag racing slow cars is NEARLY as dangerous nor takes even close to the same amout of skill and practice that drifting does.

Also, by "danger" I mean the possibility of something happening to my car. Bumping into someone while drifting in a parking lot probably won't harm or kill anyone, but the fuck if I want to take the chance at someone sliding into my door. It's the same reason I don't like racing from a dig, as that means I've gotta trust the jackass next to me doesn't just stay in it if/when he loses traction, and T-bones me.