Today hasn't exactly started very well.
I get this trapped nerve at the back of my neck,
but it's fine.
I knew that if anything like this kicks off
it's just gonna push everything back.
It's so frustrating.
Last year I took the first steps to get back into competitive driving.
This year I am going to prove I can make it to Grassroots Competition.
The Drift Cup, I'm entering the event.
I want to qualify.
I have been working so hard I need to keep my head in place.
You need money from the work to drift and then you need time.
As long as you give everything you got
then you can be proud when you get out the car.
It's gonna be me to prove I've got what it takes.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
Scottish Drift Championship are holding a round this weekend.
I thought it'd be an opportunity to see the other drivers.
How they attack it?
Is there a particular technique to the track layout?
I'm starting to feel a bit burnt out.
I've been working so hard recently
and I know that I need to keep my head in place
because it's a matter of weeks now for the competition.
After the event I'm hoping to get seat time in
and progress to that all-important tandem drifting.
Oh, big puddle. Ah!
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHUCKLES]
Today hasn't exactly started very well.
This morning I tried to get on the way to Scottish Drift Championship
and I physically couldn't move my head.
I get this trapped nerve at the back of my neck
which basically restricts the movement of my head
up and down side to side.
It's been a little bit of a setback, annoying
because I did all those miles yesterday in the car,
and I knew that if anything like this kicks off
it's just gonna push everything back.
It's so frustrating.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
It's kind of mad to think that it's gonna be me out here on this track.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
This is where all of the best drifters started,
like a grassroots competition
where there's loads of different skill levels.
People here are just coming out to have fun.
[ENGINES REVVING]
Oh, it's a little spin.
That's gonna be me in not a lot of time, a few weeks.
All I can think about is now, I'm starting to watch people's line,
where they pull the handbrake.
I'm trying to collect as much information as I can
because now I can start formulating some sort of plan.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Briony out here in E36, she's like the only girl holding it down today,
and I'm gonna have a chat with her.
Just see how she gets on.
I'll be like, "Yo, teach me how to drive this track, hon."
[LAUGHS]
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BECKY: Hello. How was that? -Hi. Good. A bit sketchy.
BECKY: Sketchy? -Very sketchy.
I was just thinking to myself if that was me,
you go out there and hit a dry patch,
then it changes your line, but then goes completely wet,
and then it's like a whole new game.
It's like the speed, the line, the braking point…
Yeah, I was trying to figure out first few runs.
Trying to figure out
when to come off power,
and get back on again.
When am I gonna have to catch it is the issue?
And you're getting it, you start getting it
and all of a sudden at Scotland the heavens open.
So, it's all experience. It's all learning.
How long have you been drifting for?
Eh, four years.
Four years. I like the track here
is like there's more options for different layouts.
It's not the case if you're going out
and doing the same thing every day.
I'm here, sort of once a month, regularly.
And private days as much seat time as possible.
My car's great. My car's good for me.
I like the way it drives.
Knowing your car is a lot.
BECKY: Yeah, definitely.
Well, you need to go get your results for you.
BRIONY: Yeah. -Good luck. See you in a bit.
BRIONY: Thank you.
BECKY:
I saw another local drifter, Craig,
whose car really stood out on the track.
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CRAIG MACLEOD:
And I was like, "This looks way more fun than what I'm doing."
This car, I bought it from a granny, who had it since new.
It was her pride and joy
and she said to me,
"You're not going to be doing that drifting thing with this."
I was like, "I might do." She's like, "Well, look after it."
And then I proceeded to dissemble it,
and destroy it, and turn it into this thing.
[CAR ENGINES REVVING]
BECKY:
Smiling when it all goes wrong.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
BECKY:
I'm gonna have to scrap my plan to stay at Driftland for the day.
I've left the track because we've managed to thankfully find somewhere
where I can get a sports massage for my neck.
It's gonna knock me back with my schedule,
but I got to get it sorted
as I'm off to Latvia tomorrow for a presenting gig.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Okay, big difference getting up this morning.
I can lift my head up off the pillow
without it making me scream in pain.
Emergency physio worked so it's managed to just loosen the knot.
Despite the setback, it's time to put my presenter hat on
and use the opportunity to chat to some drivers
whilst on the sidelines.
Hello and welcome to round four
of the Drift Masters European Championship.
Whilst I'm here there's a lot of friendly faces
because I'm just desperately trying to pick up anything I can
which is gonna absorb in my brain,
and hopefully come true when I'm driving the car.
-Ah, Ahmad. AHMAD DAHAM: Hey.
I managed to track you down this weekend.
-Good weekend so far? -Yeah, yeah.
AHMAD:
It's one of my best spots.
The first time I came, Drift Masters was in Riga last year, 2018.
I wasn't lucky last year, hopefully, this year will be better.
-How is everything going with you? -Good, good.
The driving is coming along. I took the car to Ireland.
[CAR ENGINE REVVING]
Learning the edges of what's possible.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
Knocked a few bumpers and sills off it.
[THUDDING]
So, I really need to get some chase and lead.
I still haven't done that.
You haven't done any kind of drifting so far?
Not yet.
You'll enjoy it when you start.
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Chasing is a lot of fun. It's tricky.
What I do is I try to aim to the front wheel.
I just keep that as a target. Stay close as possible.
And during transition, you have to back off a bit
and dive into the part again.
And in the lead run, you just have to try to forget
that someone's chasing you.
I think that's the key to the lead run.
I'll catch up in Germany with you.
-If I got more seat time. -Yea, definitely.
More seat time, definitely.
BECKY:
We go way back to series one.
I'm hoping he'll be up for helping with my training.
Matt Carter, how are we?
Hello, hello. If it isn't Queen B. How's yourself?
I've got my competition in three weeks.
MATT: I've heard.
BECKY: And I still haven't done chase and lead
and it's stressing me out, honestly.
You're confident that you can go out.
You've got your lead line dialed in, but coming to a chase run
you've got to start learning to left-foot brake,
maybe hand brake and clutch
just to stay away from the car in front of me.
You want to be close,
but not obviously hitting or crashing through him.
Maybe if you were around
would you do some chase and lead practice with me?
I've got three weeks.
And I need to get some practice in.
Once you're back in the U.K., and I'm back in the U.K.,
-we'll see what we can do. -That'd be great.
That'll be massive help for me.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
It's been a good opportunity for me to recruit more mentors.
Being out of the car allowed my neck to heal properly
before I put my helmet back on, and get back to drifting school.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
All I could think was to get out there and see for myself.
I am gonna be shaken when I actually get in the car.
So borrowed car's in the back of your mind all the time.
You don't want to damage someone's pride and joy.
[TIRES SCREECHING]