n.— «The word “chansa” means chance, only it doesn’t exist in too many Spanish dictionaries, if any.

Abilities. Takashi was an exceptional drift racer, nicknamed the “Drift King” because of the amazing feats he could achieve when he engaged in drift races. He did eventually lose the title to Sean when they raced again, proving his skill set could be bested.

Keiichi Tsuchiya

In Japan, you can observe drifting both on the track and off. But when it’s off, it very much stays around the twisty curves of mountainous and countryside tarmac or quiet industrial roads. Late at night when there is very little traffic and far away from civilisation people lockdown these areas to hone their skills.

Generally speaking, the purpose of drifting is for the driver to make the car spin sideways, intentionally causing the car to oversteer, in order to achieve a drift state.

The cars are set up so they don’t drift. They’re too busy driving. When you’re drifting you’re losing traction which means losing speed. The last thing you want to do in a NASCAR race is lose traction and speed.

Technically, just about any car can “drift”. But most cars that you’ll see drifting are rear wheel drive, and are usually of higher power when compared to most other vehicles.

Drifting destroys tires and shortens the life span of tires to an afternoon.

Drifting, on the other hand, is far more difficult to learn. First, you need to know how to drive before you can drift. Second, the required skills needed in drifting are more complicated than the ones you need to start driving. You need hours and hours of practice to get the proper techniques of drifting.

Drifting is controlled chaos where a driver inititiates a controlled slide and uses his skills in car control through a desighated course. Its fun when you do it on a closed safe environment not the streets where you can get fined and loose your car. Here in the US its all about horsepower and bragging rights.