Cobras, unsafe at any speed

[Excaliber]

Drift, defined:
Forward movement of the car must not STOP at any time. A doughnut is NOT a drift. It is massive throttle over steer at best!

The principles in road racing are,,,,DON'T DRIFT, lol. It is NOT the fastest way around the track so it's not something road race drivers work on. Note the NASCAR boys doing the "doughnuts" after their victory, it looks cool. BUT it's NOT a "drift" by any means.

I think they COULD drift, I'd love to see them hang the a$$ end out and HOLD it in a nice big arc the car burning rubber and moving sideways AND forward in a controlled slide. probably can't do that on a banked track.

And then there is the skid pad thing. As soon as the car "breaks loose" the "test" is over. So,,,,what if you continued to apply throttle and let the a$$ end slip out and HOLD that position for as long as you could? 360, once, twice? VERY hard to do, with BIG horse power it's easy to START a drift, HARD as hell to hold it!

But if a young man learns to drift and THEN goes road racing, he learns much quicker. Most of the road race guys I "hang with" think drifting is "stupid" and don't care to learn it. I've seen plenty of them "spin out" and do a little "farming" in the dirt too! Maybe THEY COULD benefit from a drifting session or two!

I use OLD tires on some OLD and SKINNY Mustang rims on my Cobra when I drift. They have like NO traction and I may burn through a set or two in ONE DAY. When you get some traction race tires on after that, you feel like you can conquer the world!

Note some of the UGLY wheels on my car in the gallery. Trying different techniques with "skinny" tires up front or in the back and combinations thereof.

Ernie