Hot Wheels drifting
I found this today in a thread on Hobby Talk, and thought I would share it here. It's absolutely amazing, the video should explain itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lzx61P57Hg
Discussion
Wow! My imagination is running wild. Can anyone else imagine what you could with more space, a couple helpers, and a bunch of spare time?
I just noticed that the person that made that video uploaded an update a few days ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwYrJ-x1lR0
Great stuff!! Kudos to those who put that together. It appears to be a low friction surface with some angled articulation. My only concern would be that only a limited number of cars would be able to adequately 'drift' on such a coarse. (Notice how only the Ken Block Fiesta is shown in the vids) I'm guessing that changes in the transition angles on the course could be made to accommodate different cars...finding that 'happy medium' would require much track tuning, indeed.
- I'm sure it would, as DCRL told me it took awhile to get their courses figured out. — KandORacing
Inspiration for a double ended drifting track layout....
- looks like a '33 / '34 mopar in the background. man talking to driver. — model40fan
- Wow, that's pretty awesome! — KandORacing
- is that a monster truck way off in the distance?? — CrzyTrkrDude
I got an interview with the guys that built the drift track, so look for that sometime next week.
I think we just found our next competition...