Does anybody drift on a r/c track?

Would that be called DRIFT RACING!

uh I got to a track, but we just call it a drift meet.

They don't normally base it all off first place right? Don't you get judged by speed, angels, apexs and excitement? I think its more art then race.

ya when we race its by points.

One car leads the other follows, and the better one does is the winner.

a race is defined as a competition of speed over time, which has places assigned first, second, and third which are based solely on time.

The two main governing bodies for professional drift events are D1 and FD. The format of these events are you must qualify solo being judged on Angle ,Clipping points,style, and speed of drift. Then you must drift in against another car, with one car leading one lap and the switching on the next. You are judged on Angle ,Clipping points , style, closeness to the lead car. The driver with the higher score moves on to the next round.

RC drifting is based on the real drift events as described above and are judged by the same guidelines.

So the act of drifting on race track does not make it “drift racing”.

Drifting has and always will be about style and not lap times, there for drifting events, meets, and tandem battles should not be miss labeled as “Drift racing”
The only way drifting could be called drift racing was if you based the points system on how fast you could make around the track while drifting and not on style. But then how could this be drifting as we all know drifting is not the fastest way to get around a track this would be closer to Gymkhana and or Time Attack/ Auto cross.


well said

i think there are a few vids from the people at Arai on youtube that show them racing gymkhana/SS style. Looks pretty interesting and incorporates aspects of drifting in it. if you google Arai and gymkhana you'll probably find it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNq0cFgy2g8
you are correct there are, but that is called gymkhana

gymkhana is primarily done on an open paved field or parking lot. The course is laid out with cones in key points to navigate to. The obstacle will often consist of slaloms, 180 degree turns, 360 degree turns, figure 8s, and some time parking boxes. The drivers goals is the get through the course and fast a possible with the least amount of mistakes. Gymkhana requires strong mental concentration and memorizing of the track, where you have to go and do next. The driver will use many techniques to effectively go through a course. Acceleration, braking, drifting & grip driving are all necessary for Gymkhana. Widely popular internationally, in Europe, Malaysia, Australia, and Japan.

Gymkhana is not drifting it invovles grip racing tactics as well, however some portions of gymkana tracks require you to drift or power slide. however you are not always in a drifT, for argument sake i guess this could be called :drift racing: to americanize the term GYMKHANA. But in america most poeple call this Auto cross or time attack. The x games rally comp is ver much a Gymkhana event

I feel if there's a optical course, you compete against others and there's points for drifting at an angle thru certain parts of the track, it sounds like drift racing, we have been blessed with a track that could put drifting on the map, just like touring and have it's sanction rules. That's just my opinion

why are you so stuck on making it a race, why do you guys uses transponders at your meets as well im confuzed on that. Like most groups and most people on the forum do drift meets and comps just like FD and D1. You keep saying you want to put drifting on the map, why would u come up with a new way to do it, make up a new name, and new rules. why not used what everyone is used to and what real 1:1 drift cars do. i just dont get it

for our drift comps we've had, we follow d1 rules.period. thats drifting. if i wanted to race, i'd put sticky tire on and compete on sundays and the lhs. you know what drifitng is, you got sponsored by hpi for drift events

why are you so stuck up on any thing I have to say about drifting are you the exception, the rule maker, the standard. I once asked your crew to come down and help us set the record straight and rejected my proposal, why now should I follow what guide lines you follow.

[link]http://www.rcdriftnetwork.com/net/why-have-standards[/link]

this is like you guys said SIRCCC not V95, besides what you think, we dont charge for drift meets, we do charge for drift event's to maintain TRACK COST and fuel for gas blower, we dont use transponders, but yes a ACCURATE TIME SCORING SYSTEM THAT GETS RECORDED.

I would like nothing short of extention an invitation to you, to come here for yourself and see what we have been able to do with what we have already learn from you guys, whatever it's worth we appreciated what help you guys have offered in the past.

[link]http://www.roarracing.com/region1.php[/link] go to bottom of this page, if it's considered a race will it get past.

besides what's the big issue about, that I call DRIFTING - DRIFT RACING.

No i dont make the rules nor am i standard however i do follow the standard that the West Coast groovy guys set up as they where on the front lines of bringing RC drifting to the states years ago, if its not broke dont fix it, groovy has set up a standard for RC drift events which alot of people follow, this is what i follow and what my team follows. As it follows what the real 1:1 to cars do.



No one is attacking what you guys do, you asked a question on an open forum about terminology, most people who responded didn’t agree with calling drift racing and offered up other more traditional names, no one cares what you call but you asked.

Why are you affiliated with ROAR, we don’t race we drift? Is this one of the stipulations the town and your local hobby shop put on you guys in order to be able to hold events at the track.

i have always said that i wanted to see what you guys are about, untill you and your team got upset that we couldnt make it as team to your event and took it as an insult. even with all the posts back and forth between us i have no beef and would still come out. there are no problems between V95 and SIRRC. We only try to inform you of the going standards and terms, which you take as a personal insult due to them not agreeing with your own thoughts

drift racing might be the wrong terminolgy to use in a regular sircumtsances, we have an oval track, more than enough needed to do demo's or regular drifting. We had to figure out how to use the whole track make some new rules because the existing drift rules couldn't be applied, not to mention that most of us did touring, the last thing I'M LOOKING FOR IS BEEF, I still say what you guys have is great, I also think I live in the wrong state because half THE PEOPLE HERE dont know what drifting is beleive it or not, so we had to use the term drift racing, the reason we ROAR CLUB is to get enough peolpe behind the drift scene on a bigger scale. I didnt put drifting on the map, but I'm gonna make sure it get's reconized by the big industries and support the EASTCOAST. I have no harsh feeling towards any of you guys.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE DRIFT SCENE, that's all.

yeah bro i have no beef at all with you or any of you guys. its all good in the hood, yeah the east coast is a rough place for drifting but its coming along.

great! new page