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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mtbaughs: [QB] Well drifting is certainly picking up a lot of attention lately. I've even heard several road racers getting into the idea. I think it's appeal mainly comes in the form that it is more of a thrill for the crowd to watch. The average person watching a race I think doesn't have much of an idea of what hitting the apex is and what heel-toeing a car involves. Either driving style I feel requires a great deal of skill. In drifting one needs to know how fast they can approach any given turn. Things such as the degree of the turn and the cars breaking point. How much speed to carry into what degree turn. There are similar but different factors with traditional road racing as well. As far as which car would make it out of the turn faster this is tough when I first pondered the question to myself. One would think right off that the car doing the drifting was faster. Many would think that one doesn't lift going into the turn and that they just keep the pedal to the floor. I don't think this is the case unless their car is under powered from the typical race cars. From the vids I've seen of drifting the cars tend to enter into a turn at a reduced speed. A speed of which will be as fast as it can be without losing total control in the turn. This is where I think a road race car would take them. Yes the road race car brakes going into the turn but a good driver will run full throttle up as far into the turn as the cars brakes will allow. The goal here is to get through the turn with the least amount of braking and the most amount of throttle. Also of note. If a car is drifting in the turn itself wheres the cars forward momentum at? It's not propelling the car forward at this point since all 4 wheels are in a drift. A car will always make it through a turn fastest carrying the most amount of speed while still driving the tires. Anytime the tires lose contact your car isn't moving as fast as it could be if there was contact. Look at it this way. 2 top fuel dragsters both of which could easily light the tires up all the way down the track. Sure the one spinning the tires would make it down the track but the one that sticks the tires would win hands down. A road race car would carry a lot more speed coming into the turn than a car preparing to drift. Also the car that is under control would be able to follow a tighter line through the turn. If your wheels are drifting steering, and throttle are affected. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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