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November 12, 2005 Open Practice Video
Music by "The Crud"
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November 12, 2005 Group A Competition Video
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Group
A Competition Scores & Season Points
What an awesome day
for drifting, photos, girls and great competition. Looking more and
more like a pro event, the latest round of practice and competition
exceeded any others to date. We had a few mishaps like one fortunate
driver who rode up the tires and got the car on two wheels (without
rolling) in the sweeper and Royce Fujimoto’s vicious impact during
Group “A” reverse course practice, but the overall level of
performance is very encouraging. Crowds of eager amateur
photographers now swarm the sweeper, all vying for the best angle.
When the Group “A” hits the track at noon it somehow reminds me
of the scene at Pipeline when all the pro’s paddle out to a killer
10 foot West swell in the middle of the day. One thing we’ve
noticed recently is that drifting events seem to get nicer chicks
than most other motor sports events in Hawaii (I would hope you all
agree). We are always excited to see the latest umbrella girls Dave
Shimokawa has sniffed out and we like seeing them mingling a bit
with the competitors. The latest round once again brought out a
super close competition with only a single point separating 1st
from 2nd the rest trailing just slightly behind and Steve
Oliberos has now tied Barry Wong for the season championship lead.
At
Long Course Turn 1 we had the usual practice sessions with less
experienced drivers practicing some of the basic drifting maneuvers
and many of them ending up to the left or right hand side of the
track at some point. Eight drivers ended up signing up for and
buying in (for $5.00 each) to the noontime competition. Top honors
went to “first time competitor” Sean Domingo, who scored 65
points out of the possible 100. Jason Lee, last event’s Long
Course Turn 1 winner, was close in 2nd with 50, but was
unable to match the drift of Sean, which was fast and smooth.
Unfortunately half of the competitors were “going for broke” and
looped it on the slippery dirty apex of the corner. It seemed, to
the judges, as though a drift around the middle of the corner was
more successful, pleasing to the eye and faster than trying to hit
the apex on this day. 
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