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| Practice session |
Watching redneck pickups crashing against each other is definitely fun, but hey, let's not forget about glossy and stylish sport cars that are real delight for the eye! Luckily, I was just in time for the race at another place - probably the most popular racers stop, Racers Island, at the Tokyo Drift track.
The practice was lasting for a half an hour after the sim was closed, but finally all the racers have gathered at the lounge for queueing at 6 PM. At first there were 6 participants, then turned out one more - Zev Titanium - just didn't get on the queuer before it was closed. However, he impressively handled the speed, especially at the turns, what provided him the pole position!
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| Before the race |
Since it was a drift race, the determinant was how good are you in handling the steering wheel on the turns, and I must say, it's some kind of art. What can be more gracious than perfectly performed steering at the hairpin?
But of course, the perfection is inconstant in this world, and even the best of the best do mistakes that let those who were going close to them pass them by, and your task is to take a chance when you see one (if you're behind) or collect yourself and get back on the track as quickly as possible.
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| The start |
At the beginning of the race, all the racers were close to each other, like it usually is... except for one participant, who took an advantage of his pole position and the clean track up ahead - of course I'm talking about Titanium; also Yuriko Nishi and Nella Boccara have been left behind. The rest started the fight for the 2nd place, where Shaft Laval and Eddie Mathieson were leading at first, then Brave Ashbourne took the leadership and started catching up with Titanium.
Closer to the middle of the race, most of the racers already got rooms and paced themselves...
Ashbourne wasn't too close to Titanium, who was going 1st - about 1-2 seconds down - but on the 20th lap he finally got him. (That's the price of a little mistake in any competition) What about others? Mathieson kept up with Biggs Braham, who was 3rd, at first, but, in the end of the race, gave ground and finished 4th. Boccara realised on the 22th lap she can't compete being 2 laps down and dropped out. |
| After the race |
This was the 1st of any serial races I've watched at Racers Island - and guess it's not the last one. All the competitors are seem to have an experience in racing, some more, some less - but everybody have, so it was really exciting to watch - when it's not predictable who will be the winner, you just don't want to miss a single moment.
All the stats and points are also posted in the Racers Island Drift blog, so I'm moving to the pictures - it would be a crime if I didn't take pictures of them!
Race director: Eddie Mathieson
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| Winners podium of the month |
Racers, as followed: Yuriko Nishi, Brave Ashbourne, Eddie Mathieson, Shaft Laval, Biggs Braham, Nella Boccara, Zev Titanium; pictures have been taken during the qualifying
Lined up:
The race:
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