I was raised on the racetrack and my dad
taught me everything I know we were
together every weekend for ten years
sharing the same passion then things
changed I'm queen bee self-confessed
petrol head in a car obsessed blogger
this just blows my mind a little bit I
promised my dad I'd never give up of
what we'd built as a team believe in
yourself I'm heading back into the world
of competition it's more of a mental
challenge than anything that's
unlearning the basics that I have always
been taught you know how to drive fuss
in a tidy manner
I'll be modifying a standard street car
to create my very own drift machine yes
and I'm on a tight budget when I sell it
my drifting journey takes me further
than I can ever imagine meet
but it isn't breaking you're not driving
it hard enough you get it crash that is
what happens when you do wrong what can
I do to it improve in the steerage tract
I'm Asian
feel like a bit of an A and I just what
needs to be proud of me
I got what it takes to get back on a
track say you're the one responsible for
all I know everywhere
that might be me pri Pro when I was
younger me my dad used to go drag racing
together all the time and they are like
my most cherished memories but track
racing is notoriously expensive and when
I was 18 I decided to give up the racing
and pursue a career in fashion and I
moved out to London I always said to my
dad and myself that I would put a car
back on the track under my own steam
eventually and now I'm thinking maybe
it's time to come good on a promise
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dad yeah hello hello babe
are you okay I'm fine what are you doing
here would you like a cup of tea yeah
they use two sugars then you can tell me
what it is you want to talk about I'm
not really pregnant all right so that
I'm thinking of getting into driftin I'm
a little bit apprehensive about it
because it's a way of potentially
getting into competition again going
sideways on a racetrack is not the way
to go you know how to drive fast in a
tidy manner you've now got to drive fast
in an untidy manner it's always a
strange feeling when you come home
because you're confronted with
everything that was the past essentially
everything that I know about cars and
racing and driving all centers here see
when you were 2 years old a center pod
there you are at Wilton mill and you
were getting it straight away I was at
what seven eight years old it just seems
so long ago I've always had my hand held
a little bit by people by my side
especially my dad look at your face here
though now when I ask you what do you
think of it
I know that the best place to start is
always come back to the knowledge which
is dad and he will put me on the right
track essentially it's a pretty major
project you have a history of succeeding
the only thing is this time it's not a
field I know super well so you're gonna
need to get some help probably from
somebody else so - really sir but you
say that I'm really stepping out into
something that I have no idea about the
challenge is to show my dad that I can
do this I'd be good at it hopefully
smash your CV joint on a drive shaft now
it's not gonna be you helping me it's me
on my own I need to go be a part of that
scene your good words coming up and I'm
working there anyway and there's a guy
there called my Twitter and he's like
done all the championships maybe I
should go and have a chat with him well
I think sounds like a perfect one bye
dad bye going I've been having a look
online and there is just an enormous
amount of information out there
basically type in drifting into any
search bar and it comes up with so much
stuff having to narrow down all of that
information and pick out what is
essentially the right way to go
or make potentially the wrong way to go
it's a little bit overwhelming good
words like the biggest motorsport show
of the year you've got everything there
from drifting to classics my quid that's
gonna be there and also this guy called
James Dean so if I can get a little bit
of time with those two then I reckon
it'd be a really good place for me to
start
James is winning everything at the
moment he's a current format Drift
champion and also leading in the
European drift master series and if
anyone knows how to get into competition
and what it takes to be at the top he's
definitely the man how long have you
been into this whole thing 11 years
I won my first European Championship
when I was 16 yeah when your first
championship at 16 I won my first
championship when I was 15 in Ireland
but my first European one when I was 16
I would still run around toys-r-us at 15
your are winning championships where do
you stop yeah so have you driven before
or do you have any experience like what
background you're starting from oh I
didn't like go-karting but drag racing
I'm like bit of motorbikes yeah so you
do have driving experience that kind of
makes it easier but it depends how good
you are a track rising because drifting
is the complete officer he's basically
said that I'm gonna have to unlearn
everything that I know because it's a
completely different discipline I'm now
starting to think I could have bitten
off a bit more than I could chew now I'm
gonna go fine right with that see him in
action and if I can get him for five
minutes hopefully he'll be able to give
me some advice
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I'll be shooting motorsport for 20 years
but seeing a guy with there's absolute
edge controllers mind bleh this guy's
driving is absolutely insane
now he's competed all over the world so
surely he's got some contacts that he
can hook me up with here in the UK hey
I've seen you early out there I think I
need to I need to be a part of this oh
I'm so drifting it's like the most
accessible form of like four wheel
motors for you literally pick up like an
old Toyota Corolla mesda 3d for anything
rear-wheel drive is gonna drift so you
need a car you need some determination
some passion there pick it up really
fast and you'll be good or you'll
struggle and you'll get frustrated when
I decided myself I was gonna be a
drifter like I was working three jobs I
was up at like 5:30 in the morning and I
did that for a long time to go to fund
the tires the gas the damages cuz you're
gonna crash here but pretty much have
you actually got a car no this is the
photos where we need to start seriously
you need to get yourself a rear-wheel
drive car okay I dunno some over guys
like bear to hook you up with Matt kata
okay Jerrod Steve boys well I've gotta
sort you out something get you a vehicle
there's some basic work around the cones
and handbrake turns 180s donuts figure
eights
I mean just rigorous so be so amazing
I'm gonna treat him like in a few weeks
okay so if you're serious and we'll see
you up there
Wow I'll see what I can do
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hi it's at Gary's day I'd let you spin
per aunty guys by Mike with that I'm
looking to buy a drift car what if he
wants me to come down okay 10:00 a.m.
I'll see you tomorrow I'm on my way to
Watford to go see Julian at Gary's date
and having a look at the pipeline it's a
real Aladdin's cave everything you could
possibly need to go drifting fingers
crossed they can help you find a
suitable drift car which is within my
budget now I'm hoping to make a good
impression because he's got to take me
seriously if I'm ever gonna find this
drift car
hello you're right yeah Becky nice to
meet you oh yeah yeah Julian I'm gonna
start doing some drift in okay cool new
challenge I don't exactly know where I'm
at or what I'm doing or what I need to
drive the drifting came from Japan
that's why it's May ninis and Toyota
based the top-end cars are all
rear-wheel drive based cars which is
what you need for the drifting yeah and
to see around here we've got low loads
all the menís what we do
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you could basically rebuild a car with
all the parts that you have in this
place is literally what we do every day
big question do you know what that red
car is there an AE 86 fair play fair
play you've done your a book yeah yes
for ons Laura is it a simple recipe like
do your simple recipe is rear-wheel
drive an offer powered keep the wheel
spinning and having enough kind of lock
and suspension setup to actually make it
work as a package now obviously I'm on a
budget I haven't got all the money in
the world to spend my day thing with
learning drifting is to get a fairly
stock car and actually as you do the
modifications to the car and you kind of
build the levels in stages it's really
about messing around with the car I find
the limits and having a laugh we have
our own Pro driver Matt Carter I can
have a word with him we could grab a few
cars from here run ups and a pod
put you in each car just say I like this
I don't like it that would be personal
it's your money as your choice
well my first impressions of Garrity jr.
really seems to know his stuff about
drifting it was quite funny earlier when
I was having a look rounds I think he
was just trying to feel out whether I
actually knew my stuff or not and he
pointed out the old Corolla I'm glad I
got that one right because I feel like
if that one had gone flat we've got a
different level right now but he seems
cool and he's very well known within the
community it's very tight-knit to be
accepted it's a key part of this journey
for me hey Matt you're right I was
wondering if I could grab a favour of
you and if you could come up in one of
the comp cars and give a few lessons
Julianne's offered to take some cars up
to Santa pod for me so that means I'll
be able to see them test-drive them and
really get a feel for maybe which one is
the car for me is also managed to get
Matt Carter to give me a lesson as well
this is gonna be a huge leap forward for
me because I'll go from talking about it
to actually getting in a car I don't
know whether I'm gonna like it I don't
know whether I'm gonna make an idiot out
myself but at least I can see this
journey starting now
what is a really special place for me
not only is it ground zero for drag
racing it's where it's there pretty much
the entirety of my childhood watching
the racing and hanging out with my dad's
I'm really interesting meeting people in
the drifting community I was told that
it is like a big family but it genuinely
really is every person that I've met
since reduced me to another person and
that's been great for me because I'm
gonna need all the help I can get
Julian from garetty's hooked me up with
Matt Carter now he's the current British
Drift champion and who better to show me
the ropes than him hey Matt hey Becky
how did you start back in the day it was
kind of in car parks to the donut
burnout and then up here at st. Claude
was our first ever proper trip though
he's the best driver in Britain right
now he makes it so easy
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should be doing it's mind-blowing I just
can't wait to have a go and get behind
the wheel myself so Becky today we're
going to be teaching you a clutch kick
entry the driver approaches the corner
depressing the clutch ribs are a little
bit of a flick of the steering wheel
just off balance the car up with a
clutch and on with some power and
actually bring your car into a drift
meanwhile try and start off as tight as
you can and we're going and we're slowly
killed okay I found it really
frustrating I was like slapping
always focus on keeping my hands on the
steering wheel but you have to let it go
getting that timing correct is the real
key to all of it it's actually harder
than I thought it was gonna be so you
have to let go in and pick it up just at
the right time I just couldn't seem to
get that and he made me worried time to
check out some of the cars that Julian
has brought up for me right there nuts
should we get on with this let's do it
an S 14 206 a nice slice nimble chassis
which leads itself to drifting yes 14
just wasn't tight enough it just wasn't
for me just sounds guideline a nice big
stable long wheelbase car it feels like
Tokyo yeah thank fielder six cylinders
got the lowdown tour is heavier isn't it
there's a heavier car you're gonna feel
it in in the wake of the transition
this guilin was a car that I thought I
was getting to like the most but
actually getting in and driving it I
just had no idea how big this thing was
Nissan s15 silvia this is probably the
drifters favorite players Germany s 15 I
thought you know what this is a little
bit me
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on me before when I was I think I want
this distorted I absolutely love it is
this one we take back to Garrity yeah is
Hollis terrified I'm now starting to
think maybe this is a new direction
getting myself back onto a track under
my own steam I don't know anyone and
devout I've never actually been so let's
see if I can make it happen
do it right my mule isn't it it's that
way it's so big and strong it is it I
need you to show me the way because I
feel like a bit of an alien hair I was
raised on the racetrack and my dad