SPEED HERO Blog — Drift Events

Running the Show, the addition of 'City'

A personal account of accidentally being in the middle.

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Drifting is an alternative word for Chaos. Highly dynamic and really unquantifyable, the art of initiation and controlled burnouts at speed is a bit of a nightmare when it comes to the differences of North American culture. Although the joke is that Asians are better at math, it seems the majority of North America lives their lives in a fairly set manner; work, eat, sleep, pay bills. Japan seems a bit more in-tune with their indefinable feelings and it's often seen in the arts...


Capital CITY Drift, Round the Second!

It would seem that after some serious staff changes and some organizational adjustments, Capital Drift will now be known as Capital City Drift. Don't be alarmed, it's still the home of drifting on Vancouver Island. Read the article


Revolving lives.

Seems James and I's life revolves around the local drift scene. Tons of posts regarding things surrounding the last event! Thanks to Justin Robert for this awesome video! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR_6rp1jU5c]


Teachers Pet. Brown Nosin' 4 Lyfe.

Capital city Drift happened last Friday and as James gets the Speed Hero coverage post organized I must share my fun. After some changes in staffing in multiple and odd ways, I decided to, whether it was welcomed I'm unsure, take a big part of the organization of the event. Life is a bit funny, the track we rent, Western Speedway, often has a slew of crushable cars sitting in their lot for different demo days. One of these was a near new looking '80 Corolla sedan with Quad headlights. ...


Wait, it worked?

Capital Drift round 2 has been put to bed. Full post will be just north of this post tomorrow.