Sac Drift Comp 2 And Alpha 1 Round 2

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Ok so I apologize about not having written this up earlier. I have been busy. No, I mean it, I have been busy. So anyway here is what happened to our heroes since the last episode.

There were two major comps this month. Our 2nd major comp went down on the 18th of this month. It was a good time albeit very hot. The heat I think drove away some of the drivers from the comp but we did have a decent turnout. It was pushing the 100 degree plus mark and the EZUps could only do so much to shield us all from that blazing hydrogen bomb in the sky. Most of the major players were there and some new ones. We gained a new player from the depths of the east coast. 716UTIM3 joined the comp at the last minute and made a good showing. When all was said and done everything went down as follows:

Round 2 Qualify Points

    1st JustSideWayz 5 Points
    2nd J-M250 3 Points
    3rd mtz88 1 Point

Round 2 Comp results

    1st mtz88 10 points
    2nd WDJ 8 points
    3rd JustSiDeWayz 6 points
    4th WallysWorld 5 points
    5th J-M250 4 Points
    6th RobsRacing 3 points
    7th 4nspeed 2 points
    8th Ddriftit 1 point

Standings after round 2

    1st JustSiDeWayz 21 points
    2nd J-M250 14 points
    3rd mtz88 11 points
    3rd WallyWorld 11 points
    5th RobsRacing 10 points
    6th WDJ 9 points
    7th DDJ 8 points
    8th Envyuno 5 Points
    9th DaTNiS916 3 points
    10th 4nspeed 2 points
    11th Ddriftit 1 point
    11th Stupidgiggers 1 point
Who would have figured mtz88 would have taken it. What the hell does mtz88 mean anyway?
So the 1:10 Sac Drift comps go on like clockwork thanks to JustSIDEwayZ. He was the one who put in the majority of the work to accomplish this points series. Also thanks to all of those who volunteered time to do judging to the comp and to help in the construction.
Next on the comp list was on the 25th at the second series race of Hyperdrift’s Alpha 1 Series. 1:10 Sac Drift made a decent showing. On the list were JustSIDEwayZ, 4nSpeed, J-M250, DDJ, WJD and Datsun710
Here are the results for that copied from Hyperdrift (http://www.hyperdrift.com):

Comp Results:

1 Ariel - 20 pts
2 Rob - 18 pts
3 Eric - 16pts
4 Jimmy-14 pts
5 Nelly - 12 pts
6 Mark - 10 pts
7 Jimmy G - 9 pts
8 Neil - 8 pts
9 Jeremy - 4 pts
10 Chris - 3 pts
11 Matt- 2 pts
12 Wes - 2 pts
13 Ryan - 2 pts
14 Rich P. - 2 pts
15 Bihn - 2 pts
16 Edison - 2 pts

Current Standings after 2 Rounds

1 Ariel 34pts
2 Eric 34pts
3 Nelly 21pts
4 Nick 21pts
5 Chris 19pts
6 Rob 19pts
7 Jeremy 16pts
8 Jimmy W 16pts
9 Ryan 12pts
10 Mark 11pts
11 Jimmy G 10pts
12 Neil 10pts
13 Steve 9pts
14 Jah Mike 5pts
15 Rich P. 5pts
16 Matt 3pts
17 James 3pts
18 Wes 3pts
19 JR 3pts
20 Edison 3pts
21 Albert 3pts
22 Bihn 3 pts

Ok…so right now there is a tie for 16th place. There’s 1 more round, so if there’s still a tie, there will be a wild card drift-off during the round 4 (finals). Right now, Matt has the advantage since his qualifying scores are the highest of the 4 guys after 2 rounds…thus, he would be seeded #1 in the drift off.

Round 3 will be the make-it-or-break-it round. So you guys that are sitting on the fence can still take a spot in the top 8 if you place high enough.

There might be a change to the round 3. A handful of guys might not be able to make it, so we might push it to either August 22, or September after the FD event.

It was an awesome event. Unlike the the Sacramento weather for our comp the Freemont weather was nice. Around the mid 70s. We all set up our EZ Ups out in the parking lot of the mall that contained HobbyTown USA Freemont.

I would like to say thank you to Hyperdrift Norcal and to HobbyTown USA who have always been great to us. We have always had great luck and support from HobbyTown USA. In Freemont and Folsom HobbyTown USA have been great. This hobby shop had a great vibe to it as well. As I looked around you could find not only a great selection of hobby products and a friendly staff but tables apon tables of people playing collectible card games and a section in the back for the little kids to play. Great showing guys.

So needless to say this month has been busy and I don’t see any sign of it letting up. This is a good thing though. We will get through it one exhibition at a time from one drift to the next.

-MCtrlSys

Autosport 209 Exhibition June 27th, 2010

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Well this was something. We have WJD, DDJ and J-M250 to thank for setting this exhibition up. Autosport Performance was the shop that put this all on and they did a great job. Although with the cars that showed up it would have been difficult to mess that up. There was everything from a heavily modified Toyota MRS to a Ferrari Testarossa. There were some amazing cars there, all import. It was a damn near sexual experience. Yes I know I’m sick. I am well past the denial phase.

Anyway the day started out like all other exhibitions with the standard setup. Unfortunately we were only allowed one overhead. You would have had to have felt how hot it was to understand. J-M250 provided us with some replacements for our standard orange plastic dots that we use to set up our practice tracks. They were made up of a soft rubber material and held much better than the dots. Also they were painted red and white for better visability. Honestly I think they looked alot more professional.

Speaking of track decor, DDJ put together a 1:10th scale automotive repair garage. I figure it is just there to make the track look more interesting. Problem was that we couldn’t find any 1:10th scale mechanics to man it. You really cant find anything like that on Craigslist. We were able to find some 1:12th scale mechanics but we like to stick to scale.

Anyway most of the day was spent doing what we like to do. Drift. Although there were some other perks. Deja Vu provided the full scale scantily clad models who did everything from posing to dancing to DJing. Multi-Talented I suppose. I spent some time getting shots of them but really did not have the time to finish off an entire roll.

If you didn’t figure it out from earlier in the article, the one downside of the day was that it was f&#@king hot and humid. Felt like Florida Hell. Personally I went through 2 Aquafinas and 3 Powerades. Evil nasty rotten sun.

So, the show did go on. We presented from 10am to about 5pm. Sweating out every minute of it. Kyokuro Project (The Artist Formerly Known As Team Stockton) brought out some of their best bodies and cars so that they could show the rest of us white boys up. Lets face it, Yokomo bodies look good. They had better given how much they cost.

Oh I almost forgot. JDMBuck won best in show with his bad-ass Civic Hatch. Congratulations dude. I knew the bike would do something for the design. Also congratulations to Lito’s team, EuroFreakZ for coming in first for the team comp. 2 1:10 Sac Drift members to win something. Oh yeah and Lito, once you join 1:10 Sac Drift you never leave.

In closing, it was a good time and as always I love doing car shows as I suspect most of the others do as well. Where else can you drift and have kick-ass 1:1 show cars and barely clothed models all in the same place? It was good enough that I stood in the hot sun which was the equivalent of an EZ Bake oven for kids for 9 hours straight. Beat that.

-MCtrlSys

BTW: we had a very cool side show toward the end of the show when a hiked up Ford 350 truck and a Cadillac with 30 inch rims hit each other. The two drivers proceeded to get into a fist fight and were dragged out by bouncers on location. :) Two of my most hated vehicle types destroying each other. That is what I call entertainment. They should have let those two fight to the death. Then shoot the winner :)

1:10 Sacramento Drift Network William Land Park Points Series #1 (05-16-10)

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Team Stockton And The New Group Banner.

Well, it finally happened. We had our first serious comp. For the most part it went off without a hitch. Starting up at about 7:30 AM the group had plenty of time to practice. The group is starting to look somewhat professional now. There were banners for manufacturers everywhere including a new one for Team WickedWays and the group banner which was flying from the drivers stand. If that weren’t enough there were banners flying for HPI Racing, Hot Bodies and Fast Track Hobbies. There were new types of drift cars running as well. Team Stockton and myself were running counter-steer cars and in fact DDJ took 2nd place with one. Of course Imperious Leader (JustSideways) took first. Being the good sport that he is he took the prizes that he won and gave them to the less fortunate drifters. As with all of the William Land Park meets that we have had previously there was great food all around. A big thank you to all of the ladies that provided and of course the guys who did as well. DDJ provided Sushi :). After everything was said and done the end result was as follows:

Qualify Points

    1st) —— RobsRacing —- 5 Points
    2nd) —–  J-M250 ——- 3 Points
    3rd) —–  WDJ———– 1 Point

Comp results

    1st) —–  JustSideWayz —- 10 Points
    2nd) —– DDJ ———— 8 Points
    3rd) —–  WallysWorld —– 6 Points
    4th) —–  Envyuno ——– 5 Points
    5th) ——  J-M250 ——-  4 Points
    6th) —— DaTNiS916 —– 3 Points
    7th) —— RobsRacing —– 2 Points
    8th) —— Stupidgiggers — 1 Point

Standings after round 1

    1st) —— JustSideWayz —- 10 Points
    2nd) —– DDJ ———— 8 Points
    3rd) —— J-M250 ——– 7 Points
    3rd) —– RobsRacing —— 7 Points
    5th) —– WallysWorld —— 6 Points
    6th) —– Envyuno ——— 5 Points
    7th) —– DaTNiS916 ——- 3 Points
    8th) —– Stupidgiggers —– 1 Point
    8th) —– WDJ ————- 1 Point
Big thanks go out to JustSideways as he took it apon himself to set up everything for this event. Also to RobsRacing for taking care of some of the technical aspects of the judging itself. We learned a great deal from this comp and hopefully we can run real comps (multiple teams/areas) next year.
-MCtrlSys

Hyper-Drift Series Alpha One

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HD Alpha1 RC Drift Point Series Event
Hyperdrift Norcal 1st annual point series consists of 4 rounds in which drivers compete for the top spot. Each round will have an individual winner. The top 16 drivers with the highest season score will battle in the final round for the series title.

When
Round 1: June 26, 2010 at 7pm – Fast Pace Racing (indoors), San Jose
Round 2: July 24, 2010. Time and date TDB.
Round 3: TBD
Final Round: TBD, but will be held at FPR.

Fast Pace Racing, San Jose
2050 Concourse Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
408.943.8283

Registration & Fee
Registration and fee MUST be submitted by May 15, 2010. No late entries will be accepted afterwards. No registration will be accepted the day of the comp. $40 for entire season (that’s 10 bucks per comp!) by cash or paypal. If paying by paypal, note that transfer fees will be added to the registration amount. Note that your registration is NOT complete until you pay the fee.

How to register
Email your information to hyperdriftnorcal@gmail.com. Please be sure to provide the following information:

Name:
Hyperdrift Forum Alias (if applicable):
Contact phone # and email:
Team (if applicable):
Location:
Designated Comp Body:
Designated Chassis:
Designated Motor:
Car No: (No 3 digit #’s First come first serve)

Rules
Tires: Smooth HPI T-Drifts or Tamiya Driftechs only. No LP’s, ABS, type A’s, treaded t-drifts, or tires modified in any manner.
Chassis & Body: 1/10th scale touring. Must designate 1 chassis and 1 body for entire series. We will be making a decal set for you guys.
Motor: No limit. Must designate 1 motor for entire series. Replacement of motor is allowed if due to failure during competition.

More information on rules and regulations will be posted at a later date on the forums at http://www.hyperdrift.com/forum. All information is subject to change, but the date, time, and location are pretty set. Still working out some minor details, but I wanted to give everyone enough time to register.

Registration Fees MUST be recieved no later than May 15th, 2010 . No late registration will be accepted.

Samurai Death Squad

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Thank you to Cool_Rolla and Hyper-Drift for this one.

-MCtrlSys

Driftcon 1 Final Results

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Ok so Driftcon 1 went down and we had some unexpected results. JustSIDEways (aka Imperious Leader) placed 2nd at the Driftcon event. He was beaten by one point after many consistent runs. That makes 3 people in the Sac Drift group to make a great showing in competitions around California. I don’t want to forget all of the others who were with them either. Kudos to everyone who went to the comps.

I also have to congratulate DJ722 from HyperDrift who put the whole thing together. Pete of Fast Pace Racing who loaned his shop out for the event and everyone else who helped, comped or spectated. It was a blast. Others who attended the meet were WJD, DDJ, and J-M250 from Kyokuro Project. I was also one of the competitors but you wouldn’t have known it since I broke down before I got any time in the pressure cooker. Oh and I don’t want to hear a damn thing about it. I blame it all on the Mustang body that I used. Acted just like an American car.

Anyway it was a damn good time. We all had a chance to finally see what we were up against. The odd thing about the comp was that it seems like no one was ready for the track surface. Everyone had tuned for a slick surface that wouldn’t have any grip but it turned out that the floor was covered with that cement paint that is used in alot of hardware shops. The stuff was grippy as hell and very hard to tune for. This if nothing else evened the playing field by quite alot. No one was prepared for having that much grip for this event.Made for an interesting evening since no one had ever drifted this surface before.

-MCtrlSys

1:10 Sacramento Drift Members Place In RCX

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Well here is a first. It seems that 4 of our members decided to go down to Anaheim and compete in the RCX competition. Honestly I really didn’t even know there was a drift competition happening down there. Well I was surprised when the next day after the show I find out that two of our members came back in 6th and 7th place. I know it doesn’t sound like much but this wasn’t a little meet. It was one put on by HPI at one of the biggest RC shows there is in the US. They were competing against members of Touge Knights, D-Style and Team Arai and a bunch of others. The two that took 6th and 7th were Datsun710 and Glenn4Speed. We are ecstatic as they are the first 2 members to place in any drift competition anywhere. Finally our name is on the drift map as it were. I would like to congratulate all of the members of our group that went out there to compete and scream a mighty viking yalp from the top of Mt. Akina…….

Yalp!!!!

-MCtrlSys

RCX 2010 Images Here: http://drift916.5gigawattlizard.info/media/archive/RCX%202010/

Fast Track Hobbies

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I know these articles are late as hell but it took me some time to get everything together. 1:10 Sacramento Drift Network has finally allied with a LHS (Local Hobby Shop). Fast Track Hobbies in Citrus Heights has been allowing us to drift in their store for many months now and have been extraordinarily friendly and accommodating toward the group. Although the inside surface doesn’t suit some (Linoleum, I personally think it is a great surface) as it is a very slick surface and the dust that comes from the wax on the linoleum leaves your car in a thick coat of white dust it is great that they allowed us to do this. We have been able to promote the hobby more effectively at the shop and we have also been a help in selling products for them as well. It is a mutually beneficial relationship. We don’t drift at Fast Track every meet of course but it does take up a fair amount of our drift time. Oh and by the way, Fast Track also has a number of other surfaces that they allow us to use. The hobby shop is in the same building that used to be used by a Pep Boys so there is a garage area with polished concrete (there are some not so polished areas). There are also two huge parking lots and a loading dock in the back which is great because it has a walk ramp that circles around the flat area and acts as a drivers stand. Over all we have alot of space to deal with and the owner (Dwight) has been great toward us. Again it is mutually beneficial as we help him out from time to time and one of our members actually works for him. It has been a great time and we hope that we will be in alliance with Fast Track for years to come. That is if he get tired of our ugly asses.

More Info On DriftCon 1

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I copied down all of the information that DJ722 put up so here is the rundown.

Registration Deadline is March 5th 2010, PM DJ722 at www.hyperdrift.com to pay for the 20 dollar entry fee.

Rules:

Motor: Open
Tires: T-Drifts only. No LPs, Type A’s, mini-cup T-drifts, ABS, etc.
Body: 1/10 touring only
Chassis: 1/10th touring only.

The comp will follow D1 Japan format. Each driver will get 1 qualifying run where they will be scored based on clipping points (e.g. boxes). There will be no practice runs during qualifying. Qualifying scores will determine bracket position for tandems (e.g. lowest qual score runs against highest).

During tandems you will be judged based on the following:

-Line
-Angle
-Coming in (chaser)
-Distance (leader)

During tandems, judges will take into consideration how well you hit the marked clipping points. That’s right, unlike in the past, you’ll still need to hit your clips. So even if you pull a car length on the chaser, your speed will not mean anything if you take bad lines and angles. Same applies to passing.

Passing: Passing is allowed provided that it’s legit (lead car takes wide line, lead car spins out, etc). Passing is not an necessarily an automatic win, but does help the chaser. Note on passing. The judges know a legit pass when they see one. So don’t just bum-rush the lead car. USE YOUR HEAD and think about when to pass. Style and control and huge, so don’t forget that.

Noob drifters comping, if you have any questions ASK! The veterans will be out at sessions and we can show you. :D

To all drifters. The judges will do their best to be as accurate as possible. But don’t forget that we’re doing this for FUN and for the movement. None of us our perfect. However, I will DQ a driver for consistently arguing/yelling at the judges. That type of attitude will not be tolerated.

Final registration is coming soon. So stay tuned. Looks like we’ll have about 20 drivers.

Schedule:

6pm-6:30pm : Check-in, driver orientation (shouldn’t take long). No track time during this.
7pm-8pm : Open practice. Practice will be 20 mins long and broken into groups so that there isn’t too many people on the track at once.
8pm : qualifying.
9pm: Tandems. Class Omega (beginner) first, then Class Alpha (Intermediate).

New Notes:

Instead of having a beginner and intermediate qualifying rounds, we will have 1 qualifying round. All drivers will run a single qualifying run. Based on score, the top 16 drivers will compete against each other in the “Alpha” class. The rest of the drivers will run against each other in the “Omega” class.
Brackets will be created based on score (highest score takes on the lowest score in the first run and so forth).

Qualifying round will be 1 run only. No practice run. You will be judged on how well you hit scoring zones (e.g. angle and line, and how far in the scoring zone).

Tandem battles will be the same format.

Hyper-Drift’s DriftCon 1 (3-27-10)

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Well it finally happened. A real competition for us to actually attend. We wont all be going but alot of us will to represent the Central Valley and NorCal. Hyper-Drift from Hawaii has created a section here based out of San Jose. At the moment the section is being headed up by DJ722 who is actually a part of our forum now as well as some of us being a part of theirs. (http://www.hyperdrift.com). We have also allied with them. We were offered to be under the Hyper Drift banner but we decided that we had been doing this for long enough to want to keep the name. The offer was appreciated but we wanted to keep our identity. Well that aside we are going to this competition. We would like to thank everyone involved in this as we know that this is alot of work and effort. The comp will be on Sunday March 27th at 7pm inside of San Jose’s Fast Pace Racing. The contact information is:

Fast Pace Racing

Fast Pace Racing, 2050 Concourse Drive, San Jose, CA 95131, (408) 943-8283

http://www.fastpaceracing.com

Hyper-Drift

http://www.hyperdrift.com

1:10 Sacramento Drift Network

http://www.onetensacdrift.net

See Ya There!

-MCtrlSys