Cole Chalmers
‘Tis the month of October, and the Drift season is near over. With a few more track days left to run, the atmosphere is aimed at fun. With Halloween just weeks away, the drifters all dressed up to play. And in the spirit of this time, I’ll write this post in way of rhyme.
Just another day of fun in the sun at Western Speedway in Victoria, BC. Sometimes I wonder if we have too much fun out here….
Well the infamous Bigfoot never made an appearance at Pacific Grand Prix (the heat must have been too much for all that fur), but the driving that went down in Kent, Washington this past weekend was equally as legendary…
Rode along for a morning Tofu run last week and snapped a couple shots during some downtime. Wolfpack Corolla keepin’ it legit. There’s just something about driving an AE86 on a nice open road in the early hours. If you’ve never experienced it then add it to the ‘bucket list’.
Professional driving returns to the Northwest and we were all set for a crazy Top 16 at Formula Drift, Monroe, Washington.
I swear I’m still picking bits of rubber out of my hair and ears after Round 5 of Formula D in Monroe, Washington. With a combination of beautiful weather and a sellout crowd, the drivers had an opportunity to put on an amazing show and they did not disappoint.
The smoke has settled at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington after a weekend of burning rubber and the results of Formula D Round 5 are in..
The Capital City Drift crew put on another epic day at Western Speedway this past weekend. New track layout, couple new faces, and a lot of good driving went down…
If I was to describe All Star Bash in one word, it would be: Hot. I am Canadian and I have a permanent fur coat on my chest. The desert is not my natural environment. Despite this, I could use another word to describe ASB: hellafunpartydrifttimesinthesun. Yeah… I went there.
The purple trio, Drift Union, have been causing quite the stir on the web as of late with their colour matched triple tandems. To inspire more people to follow their lead, Shawn Browne held the first annual Drift Union Invitational; Triple Team Tandem Event. True to their Keep Drifting Fun attitude it was structured more as a fun day rather than a competition.
The few Vancouver Island guys that have made it out to our mainland drift days always tell us to come out and check out their events on the Island. Vancouver Island has always been a place I love to visit and I hadn’t been there for a few years, so I decided to take this free weekend to skip across the Straight of Georgia to Victoria to check out the Island scene.
This past weekend, after a long winter, the Kelowna drift scene finally popped out of hibernation when Drift Union and Penticton Speedway hosted D-Day 13.
Agassiz’s Speedway is a simple oval, two corners and two straights, but it is small and tight… and notorious for taking out cars. Most often, inexperienced drivers panic and hit the brakes, understeering into the wall. But even pros, who have been drifting the track since 2007 when Cell Block D started have had their share of mishaps here….
Honestly, I don’t even know how to start this. A week later and I’m still trying to get over what I have come to call “Post-California Depression Syndrome”. This is the first time I attended a Formula D event and the first time I’ve been to California besides a trip to Disneyland when I was younger that I can barely remember. Needless to say, my brain was not prepared for the mind blowing it was to receive.
“What is your favourite season?” Classic question for first dates. A quick google search tells me that thirty-one percent of the population would tell you the best answer: Summer. Spring and Fall are also acceptable answers, some people just can’t take the heat! But can you believe there are folks out there who say: “Oh! I just absolutely LOVE winter!”?
