110 degrees… on a typical las vegas summer day, and I ask myself why am I here? because I am here to drift.. I am here to support the only grassroots left in Las Vegas… I am here to support Team Silhouette Autosports.
The morning was good, I had a few starting issues on track where I needed a jump start / push start to get moving. So I installed the positive cable, and I seriously messed up. I ran like 3 times at the practice course and then moved to doing doughnuts in the skid pad where the car decided to shut off completely. Turns out I didn’t double check my cable work and fried my new pos battery cable. I went a head and put back on the old cable and still it wouldn’t turn back on. Waylon suggested it is the negative cable cut it back a little and try again.
So I did so and now it is all working. I went and had fun back in the practice course. Where I was a bit intimidated because all I know how to do successfully is clutch kick to transfer the power to the rear tires. At the first turn it is a long turn then it gets to the end of the turn it gets to a sharp turn, where I would feel I can actually get sideways in then move forward but it still feels a bit uncontrolled. I started today with keeping the speed slow where I still feel like I am coming in too fast.
I attempted to do a feint drift but when I turn left and right the car follows so does the weight and the transfer is instant and I retain grip, as I must not be doing something right because I am getting way too much grip.
My goal is to do a slick smooth initiation that I can do the float feel around the corner and the feel I am more in control of the drift. I feel I need to come over the fear of being intimidated of the course and learn more with technique. The grip I also suspect that heat was a major factor as it was 110 – 112 out with about 135 – 140F on the pavement.
Practice course was on the left color coded with the white car, Pro-Am Round 3 took place on the red car to the right. I actually wiped out after the second turn if I gave it too much gas after I would clutch it. The course is longer then it looks, and the white cars make it look easy. As it feels like you can fit 3 of the cars side by side in that course. I seen the pro’s actually drift it and carry the long drift in the first corner, but the second corner I seen alot of people have trouble possibly to the heat.
Till the next practice, or till next ProAm + Practice.
