Well the 14th went by like a tornado hitting a trailer park (chuckles under breath). We didn’t have a whole lot of time to prepare for doing an exhibition for a car show but we pulled it off. First I would like to thank JDMBuck and the hosts of the show for getting us in and letting us run. Allthough we only had three parking spots to do our exhibition I would say that the session went off without a hitch. A good amount of the crew showed up to help out and the feel of the meet was hyper-stimulating to say the least. I am still recovering as I would think the others are as well. The whole thing was an awesome experience and we recieved more publicity than we have ever gotten at any of our sessions.

Justsidewayz, Datsun710 and myself (MCtrlSys) showed up around 7:30 in the morning to set up and make sure we had a spot to reside in. The overhead and the track went up quick and I would say that the cars started to come in about 8am. The amount of and quality of the cars that came in were awesome. Unlike a typical muscle-car show the kinds of cars that came in ranged from Dodge V8-12 cylinder units to 1 cylinder powered bicycles. Also adorning the cars were a handful of models brought in from a number of areas for the photo-shoots and4-5 “go-go dancers” doing their thing up at the front end of the lot. Very unlike our normal practices in the parks and schoolyards. 

Once we were all set up we started to drift the track we had set up in the minimal space we had been given. It was difficult but not impossible. As the show went on more and more people would stand outside of the track watching. Not only kids (although sometimes they are the most devoted to watching) but a number of adults stood at the side of the track for long periods of time as well. In fact we had a number of photographers taking pictures watching and taking pictures with everything from small compact cameras to full professional setups. This wasn’t the scenario of somebody stopping for a minute and commenting how “cute” they look. This was utter fascination. TYLORD came in about half was through the session to drop of some DriftRC Magazines and some drift stickers to hand out. Thank you TYLORD. It filled out out front display table and furthered the interest. 

We attempted to keep the track from becoming to chaotic during the show but that worked about as well as it always does. By the time we were really into it there were 5 cars on the postage stamp sized track at once. One of us tried to keep the display table manned as much as possible and there were a great deal of questions to answer. Most of all was the, “How much does it cost to get into this?”. As always that answer is never quite as simple as it may have seemed. Introducing a bunch of hardcore tuners to something this technically intricate was probably like throwing meat to Hyenas but we enjoyed the hell out of it. 

As time went on and all of the cars settled in we found out how amazing the turnout really was. They had crammed hundreds of cars into this little parking lot. Teams and individuals from a number of areas had shown up to show off their cars. Most of the cars were of the JDM persuasion but there were a number of American and European manufactured cars as well. Nissan 240sx, S15, S13, 300ZXs, Infinity G35s, Lexus SC430, IS300s, Mazda RX-7 (FD-3S), RX8, Toyota Sprinters, Matrix (No Supras though), Dodge Vipers, SRT4s, Datsun 510s, BMW M3 GTR, Honda Civics, Accords, Acura Integras (Of course), and the list goes on. 

I think the highlight of the day was when DoinItMovin707 retrieved for us a group of the models onsite to pose with our cars. He seems to be the only one with the suave to do it. Thanks dude. We had two groups of models during the day pose with our cars so that we had something to brag about till the end of time. All I have to say is that we had some very happy RCs that day. Thankfully most of us have very supportive and understanding wives. Thanks ladies. Oh and a big thank you to the models who thought enough of us to pose with our tiny little cars. (No thats not a joke)

Overall we finished our outing at around 4pm and packed up our stuff. The exhibition that we put on was a total success in my eyes. We were able to interact and explain what we did to a great number of people. The vibe at that place was incredible. The people were awesome and we enjoyed the whole process more than we could possibly ever describe. Being totally immersed in car culture while bringing our own little piece of it to the crowd was more than we could have ever hoped for and we hope to have the chance to do it all again.

- MCtrlSys

Ok, we had our first big event recently which was held at William Land Park in Sacramento. Justsidewayz had gotten the permit well in advance as he had fallen in love with the spot since we first looked at it. It ended up being a very cool spot for drift. There was a good expanse of smooth concrete with a decent amount of grip and a stand on one side that is perfect as a drivers stand. Now get this, there are 2 covered electrical outlets that the city accidentally left unlocked! JOY!

William Landpark, DoinItMovin707, Justsidewayz, Datsun710 and Wallysworld Enjoying Some Practice Time.

So anyway Justsidewayz and a few others showed up before 8am to set up. Justsidewayz brought a leaf blower plus his DJ setup for music while we practiced. As the morning went on the track was set up and people brought food, tables, chairs, tools, electrical cabling and so on. The event was constructed before our eyes as the day went on. Not only did we have an abundance of drivers but their families came as well. In total I would say we had about a good twenty people (drivers and family) before the morning finished.

Some additional spectators that happened along.

Justsidewayz blowing off the track surface before the meet.

As the day went on we also gathered some other people who just happened along or were participating in another meeting in the park. It was great to meet people who were interested who had never seen this kind of thing before. 

The day was about 60-70 degrees all day and the food was plentiful and good. Mostly burgers and hot dogs although DoinItMovin’s girlfriend prepared what she called Lumpia for the rest of us. Thank you Mercel.

At the end of the day we finally had our competition. It was fun and we all learned something I think. Not only the drivers but the judges as well. Justsideways and MCtrlSys judged the meet. THe competition went fairly smoothly with only a few mechanical stops along the way. At the end of the day the winners were

Scoring during the competition.

Our three winners of the meet. From the left RobsRacing, Datsun710 and WallysWorld.

The winners were driving the following cars. Robsracing was driving a Team Losi XXX-S. Datsun710 was driving an HPI Sprint 2. Finally WallysWorld was racing a Team Associated TC3. Congratulations to all of you. All of the competitors did exceptionally and Justsidewayz and MCtrlSys made symbolic runs for the sake of it. Justsideways came up with a score of 17 and MCtrlSys a 2. Since they were judging they refrained from competing. 

MCtrlSys also spent alot of his time doing maintenance for the competitors on the sidelines. Fortunately we were able to pull off the competition with only minor pauses. 

Overall the day went better than anyone had expected. All of the conditions couldn’t have been better and it was a great time. We hope to do it again sometime in the near future.

- MCtrlSys, Webmin