Drifting Cars

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Drifting is a driving technique and at the same time known as a motorsport where over steering is done by the driver, losing traction in the rear wheel through turns whilst having a grip of vehicular control thus results to a super speed exit. An accurate balance of steering, accelerating, braking, shifting and pulling the e-brake to retain the state of oversteer. A driver should have balance to “keep” the car sideways, oversteering whereas the rear slip angle of his car is greater than the front slip angle prior to the corner apex while the front wheels are heading in the opposite direction while the car steers more than he would like to, pushing the boundaries of what a car is capable of to its perimeter.
As a world-known motorsport brings challenge to drivers in course navigation in a sustained sideslip by exploiting coupled nonlinearities in the tire force response. In this sport, drivers across the globe compete as professional drifters. Drifting lashed out roads and circuits all throughout the mountains uphill in Japan, the busy streets of US, the heart of Europe and even blazed in the desserts ofMiddle East like a spilled gasoline thrown with a burning cigarette.
This racing practice became a highly competitive sport that originated from Japan not only exercised by driving professionals, street racers , rookies and intercontinental car enthusiasts. In 1970, All Japan Touring Car Championship had the racers fueled, intensely battling then bit by bit increased their lap times started going over the grip limit of their tires and still managed to be in control of the car. The perfect plot to show off driving skill but to test their grip in car control.
History
Motorcycle driver, Kunimitsu Takahashi mastered the drifts, known hitting the apex in great speed perfectly and causing the car to oversteer which results to powerful slides through the corners where he took home several championships back then.
The crowd was marveled by the angry screech of tires, burning rubbers and dusty turns done by Takahashi, that inspired a street racer named Keiichi Tsuchiya now known as the Drift King,whose professional career started in 1977 as he joined the Fuji Freshman Race.
Tsuchiya practiced drifting techniques day and night through the steep and tightly twisting mountain passes where cars go head to head for either uphill or downhill races with his 1986 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GTV.

Outside Japan, drifting became a blast in 1996 at Willow Springs Raceway California, as a major event hosted by a famous Japanese magazine Option Motorsport where Japan Legends came as judges. After that event, drifting raced in each continent where car enthusiasts desire of taking his road skills to the circuit while the sport itself grew popularity everywhere else day after day.
Drifting came to the next level with the innovation of tougher techniques and practices opening more garages, auto-workshops and drift car tuning centres worldwide.
Techniques and Must-Knows in Drifting
It is a must for a driver to master all the drifting techniques, as it is mainly a drifter's core of ability. Starting from the basics, general idea of high performance of driving is the key. From the oversteer to the understeer and the heel-toe downshifting technique.
Practice Makes Perfect
The answer is to constantly remain in a state of oversteer by finding the perfect balance point in which the driver finds the car stabilizing in the drift. This practice is essential if a driver wants to clear the car drift smoothly.
There are corners which some drivers goes to which are at almost impossible angles, seeming that the will be off-balanced, but since they have mastered the skill of drifting, balance is maintained. Usually for beginners, they don't realize that it takes years of perseverance, hard work and full focus to perform a smooth drift.
Precise balance requires a wide range of instruments which is very important to know what each does and how it affects the car's performance in the track. Drivers must learn to shift the weight of the car in order for the back tires to lose traction and spin, bringing the vehicle sideways.
The car is kept sideways by the utility all of the instruments, such as throttle, brake, clutch, steering and e-brake.
Throttle:
The measure of throttle varies on the car's angle and the amount of countersteering done. Further throttle increases the angle. Excessive throttle can cause the car to spin while a reduced amount of throttle decreases the angle. The least throttle done, lets the driver regain the grip.
Brakes:
Braking is commonly done when entering the drift. Usually, the brake pedal is used to lower down the speed, but proper braking can greatly influence the car's balance by shifting additional weight. Steering while braking it can increase the drift angle. Having a close watch on the brake balance is very important; the driver needs to have a keep feeling for the brakes.
Brake drifting is mostly done as the driver enters the corner and pulls the E-brake to lock the rear wheels and then steering into the turn, while the back end of the vehicle breaks free and kicks out sideways. This technique can also be applied on long straightaways with a high rate of speed, pulling the E-brake and traveling sideways into the turn.
Clutch:

To initiate drifting, clutch is often utilized. The Proper usage of the clutch pedal results to the increase of the drift angle and provides greater momentum. Minimal adjustments can be done without risking much speed. Typical techniques for lower-powered cars is clutch kicking, where the clutch itself is sufficient enough to induce drift.
Clutch drifting uses a technique usually in road racing, the heal-toe-downshift. This is when the driver press the clutch with his left foot while hitting the break with the toes of his right foot and revving the RPMs with the heal whilst downshifting. This is an advanced technique will help avoid a jerky downshift and shift the weight of the car allowing it to get sideways as it is done in the corner
Steering
Probably, the most essential of all, is steering which is very crucial for a driver to find the most precise amount of countersteer, that he either spins around the track of too much countersteering or he flies off the circuit, in short-steering smoothly is the rule.