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I'm really stepping out into something
that I have no idea about I don't
exactly know where I'm at or what I'm
doing or what I need to drive people are
really sort of investing their time and
energy in me but just want to do
everyone proud I'm really ready to
dedicate my life to this
welcome to one of the most unique events
in motorsport there Falk lightning
struck a drift car and a pinball machine
at the same time this would be the
result I'm freshly back from the US I'm
gonna be heading up to Liverpool for a
Red Bull dress shifters it's actually
Mike's own event and he said for me to
come up there to update him on what I'd
done to the car because I'm really
driving the s15 like we're dead SRX a
beautiful style angle
through the he's invited the best
drivers from around the world to come
over and compete on this course shutting
down the center of Liverpool James
Dean's up there Matt Carter's up there
so it'll be really nice to catch up
they'll be able to finally see the s15
in the flesh oh here she is
good choice awesome choice you'll be
replacing these panels loadout you're
not crash you're not going hard enough
did you get to the States
I did so I went and saw rad Dan he's an
amazing driver yeah he's cool I mean
we're here at Red Bull Drifters yeah
this is gonna be crazy slight gives me
goose bumps is talking about it this was
another one of my dreams for a driver
your score 100% legitimately on what
you're doing so your speed your angle
with proximity with all the senses I
mean as a spectator you don't have to be
a core follower of drifting as such and
know how the judges critique our runs
it's simple if you hit the center
ditching you've got the sound effects
the big-screen TVs
you'll enjoy it you'll see I mean the
lineup of drivers I have here is
absolutely world-class you've got a busy
weekend ahead of you right thank you sir
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it's been a while since I've seen you in
a few weeks yeah James machine I've been
watching on Instagram and you've just
been here that maybe we're been
absolutely crazy flew to Seattle to
straight back to Ireland I think for two
days then we went to Riga managed to win
the event in Riga yeah we flew from Riga
straight back to st. Louis
and we came straight here with an hour's
sleep oh my god it's been busy
what is it like on that it's a lot of
fun can I do it again here when it kills
there's a couple of people just got
their eyebrows down
belching fire semester with Japan and
then we went to LA we went to Rome for
those things
even though right Willow Springs a
pretty cool place very open very hard
it's just absolutely mental you got a
taste with some real power yeah yeah
nice to meet you uh swaying yfd
competitor James usually takes the win
you know but people love to see the
James Forest battle so hopefully you
know we can get some more of that with
both of our cars running good I was just
catching up and Becky and she's actually
learning how to drift
oh really awesome she might be coming on
this stuff a lot of practice to stick to
that and you know you'll get that Oh
guys it's been amazing to watch you very
fout there today good luck thank you has
to look she's got good luck nice are you
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if you're watching and wondering what is
going on
Factory has not caught fire next in we
got Matt Carter Great Britain's finest
so much where he's driving
the last time I saw you was boots yeah
gonna last it's that much being alone
well you can do it
I've been traveling with drift Masters
Championships amazing and then we come
here the car
she said she's here what do you think
she's gonna do - how long did it take
you for buying a street car like this -
getting into a race car except it was
only about a year to be honest my first
competition on my second time in the
fourth girl so technically I could just
head into a competition as long as you
know yourself you can get around the
track it's so much harder actually
following a track than it is just going
around the cone what do you think I
should do now all right we should set
you out sort track somewhere you've
actually got lines to follow and if you
go out then line your L an aptitude test
day oh yes I guess the only thing we've
to do next is get some fun
see 2018 cold the proximity sensor noon
perfectly this is gonna be huge let's
see if he can get the highest score
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it's not long now before I've got to
head up to Santa pod and tackle that
course that Matt's been drawing up for
me
I'm a little bit nervous so many used
it's time to go out to drift limits and
squeezing that last little bit of sea
time to prove that I'm actually ready
for grassroots competition things very
good very good
so this is a training day this is the
big day before the big day because
obviously we're on a track with walls
next you have to be 110% in control here
it's about sea time that's the longshore
drift
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too fast
come on all right yeah come in better
way better okay good way better it your
Donuts clockwise and clockwise
absolutely consistent yeah and I could
see where your confidence level already
was building into your figure of eights
yeah if you just do circles around the
two cones yeah going out wider is
actually putting you more in the kind of
the radius and kind of the speed and
control factor needed for tomorrow okay
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well if your transitions are looking
really really good
late second go for us so much nicer it's
just like get a bit of speed up and then
you can really get moving exactly once
you're in a higher speed drift you can
actually sit back relax I don't know
whether you felt it but a number of
times you're getting a slight bit of
understeer yeah okay
these are the original wheels and tires
on another front that the came with the
car from Japan okay and we have new
wheels for the car we have a brand new
hammer a do a tire rubber for them the
handling with the car be a lot a lot
better
we're gonna lower the car a bit more
better center of gravity full alignments
for tomorrow you should again feel
another difference with the car and
certainly no understeer tomorrow they're
actually laying out a track for you
towards the end there you were pushing
out to our second gear which was
actually using up the full amount of the
track because that is your kind of
boundaries of the track you're using
tomorrow with the a de facto walls walls
you have to think about us and respect
it but at the same time don't look at
the wall car you gonna hit it
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tomorrow the stakes are pretty high and
I'm nervous I just got a few final
tweaks that makes the S 15 and then I
should be ready to do what I set out to
do so testing today went well now it's a
case off at noticing that you had a bit
of a understeer a issues going on
earlier as well we're addressing those
issues with new wheels for a fresh look
new sticky tires for the front for our
control and then it's really kind of
case of with alignment seeing how low we
can go
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the I would have that tucked like tucked
in there course you would be but you got
your BMW for that everything feels
different from when I first walked in
here and sat on these steps I didn't
even know how many weeks ago your next
victim no bit of tire Lube yep working
with Dean and working with Julian and
seeing how they've kind of taken me
under their wing a little bit it's a
really nice feeling because it's been a
long time since I've been able to go to
a garage and have that same family
community feeling well now we've got
your wheels and tires fitted up yes you
can get the wheels and tires on the car
kind of get it looking much cooler
because obviously you want it much lower
yeah
but then we'll just find that middle
ground of too low between actually
functioning and being a drift car you
know I've been talking to Big Talk and
saying I want to get back into
competition but now it's really time to
stop talking the talk and actually walk
the walk right
we'll go for 30 mil yep you know what
they are it's a C spanner si Senora
drifting is a lifestyle
drag racing gave me a family and a
community and a home for so many years
drifting has the same community feel
this is kind of the final stage really
this is the alignment machine this is
state-of-the-art bit of equipment it
takes the readings or the front wheels
the rear wheels suspension tow camber
caster your righty and how's it looking
there yeah I've just finished up doing
the alignment I've stayed quite mild
just to keep the car as a streetable you
Yahoo car and you obviously you could
progress yeah into the car but that way
we're in a good place soon yeah the best
place I'll see you tomorrow all right be
on your door girl you better watch out
for me tomorrow
well you don't you never get rid of me
now so you're another one of the guys
the offspring are you one of the eggs
that have hatched you're learning scales
being like very very very quick and very
intensive I'm surprised and really
really proud of you j-dog thank you I
see you tomorrow man awesome
this is the big day the final reckoning
this is going to decide whether I'm
actually ready to go into grassroot
competition I am feeling nervous when
you're out driving it's a split second
between making it round that quarter and
putting myself back at square one again
in that moment anything can happen
right now there is everything to play
for and a lot at stake I've given this
project everything I can't fail at this
and more importantly make good on my
promise to my dad
alright guys we're here us a nice at
Windy Santa pod I have up there what I'd
like as a tract but I think it's more
important to basically walk it
check out the surface so what defines
when I can I can do it for me it's
consistency and that is going to be
working hand in hand with the confidence
so I know if you were to go through
there especially on drift rip your tire
off and probably gonna split you into
one of the concrete barriers there isn't
good I hit three of them in Ebisu in our
Japan and same sized barrier so I
wouldn't recommend it so we're gonna do
the run-up in the back corner there ya
gotta have a nice big smoky corner
around here and then you're gonna bring
it into a tighter chicane here mm-hmm
and then a nexus up there so a lot of
the grassroot drifting this would be the
sort of circuit you're beyond you know a
carpark event there lay a track out with
white lines like we're doing i could be
judged julian that and be scoring as
well
I was Judge Judy and that's kind of
happens well noise noise
I thanks for coming out today no problem
it means a lot because it's just I'm
kind of nervous about it you know put a
nice car you've got a good team behind
you it's like a certain degree of
performance anxiety there just simply
because like there's quite a lot riding
on it if it does go not the way you
wanted to
you just have to assess what has gone
wrong and apply the corrective actions
the important thing is not to panic and
is not to get upset by it just don't run
into the abrupt wall
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come on Becks
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trying to add lots of people watching
there lots of things culminating
you're being too aggressive initially on
the turn in and then you're actually a
little bit delayed on the are throttle
right it's just a balancing a balance
okay
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oh thank you did you dearly had it all
you had to do there must be a little bit
quicker on the throttle and you had it
Hey
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well duh
right that how do we do do you reckon I
can go into competition yet well from
mr. professional drifter here what you
what do you reckon I'd say you're very
close very close I'll take that because
you know what even in my own heads I'm
not ready yet
the majority of your runs that were
absolutely spot on
your entry was spot on your line was
spot on and for me you earn the seal of
approval Garrity I feel like I like this
one a little it is that but it's also
kind of a being a pleasure working with
you and being a major part of your
journey into the drifter zone let's say
and and race as well exactly and it has
been successful you guys have been
amazing
no it's been really nice to have you by
my side because it there's been times
where I was like that it was amazing
well done I thought you did very well
it's very impressive when I got sprayed
with rubber just a little fast really
cool well done you're gonna get there
now yeah
next thing is competition I guess yeah
after a few more hours and see oh yeah
ladies can go back confident in saying
I'm adorable dress I'll say my
daughter's a drifter and they'll say oh
very sorry
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I feel like I managed to walk the walk
today and it was great to have my dad
though it was great to have Judy in
there they've been such a support
throughout this whole thing like back in
the office I've got like two dads now
we've only done the basic mods I've only
done the basic maneuvers is so much more
to be done I actually really want to do
this I want to get into competition it's
just a case of practice application time
commitment all of those things wrapped
up into one this is the beginning at the
end I think I can definitely say that
you will be able to see me rip it up
somewhere and attract new you very soon
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you