Not really, I am Sure Rallying is Where most of us saw our first sliding but Drift has been used in Car Chases in movies for Years... We just never realised it..

Drift has been used in Onroad and rally racing as a way to shave off lap times but Its Show Drift that has inspired most of us.. Smoke Shows with cars doing wicked Continual power slides down main straits...parralel to the motion they are travelling in..