D1 All Stars coming to town

[midship]

Hi all

Could anybody propose to me a good location to hold a drifting event? It could be anywhere in KL, Penang and Jb. Its size will probably be about 300m by 300m in order for the cars to drift.

All inputs are welcomed for suggestions on a good location for drifting. Once location is confirmed, then i'll be able to arrange for about half a dozen D1 cars and drivers to do an exhibition on our tarmacs.

cheers

 

[ZeE]

Hey there.

Well i can suggest 2 place.

Sepang Track main carpark.
or
1 Utama Giant carpark.

this are the only 2 places that are much much larger then Shah Alam carpark.
If you were to do the demo, do put in local drift session too.

Cheers :)
ZeE

 

[midship]

Thanks for the prompt input Zee. Yes will definitely have a session for the local drifters as well.

 

[MK84]

2 places I can think of.

Sepang track. Some parts of it.
Sepang P1 Carpark.

 

[midship]

area needed has to be at least 300m by 300m to hold a proper drift event.

 

[MK84]

I can only think of one place then..... Batu Kawan. PG.

 

[ZeE]

Where is this place batu kawan ?

ANyway 1 utama aint big enuf and there is devider here and there.
But this is the nearest Largest carpark in KL. Unless any KL carpark are big enuf. which i dont know of.. lol :)

Guess have to go to Sepang P1 carpark. i think that has like 200m x 300m ? the ground aint that nice... sad.

cheers

 

[grouchy_smurf]

D1 All Stars? who? taniguchi and co.? :o

 

[zenki]

half a dozen of D1 drivers and cars???

pls tell me you are joking...but if you are for real...i am curious which big company will be sponsoring those half a dozen of D1 cars and drivers to come down kl and do exhibition?

my main reason of doubting this is because:
1. msian lacking of rwd cars
2. malaysian public know nuts about drifting..or yet...SLIDING..
3. i cant see drifting growing without the supply of rwd cars...

i am not saying malaysian cant drift..even in australia....there's good drifters here..but still was only able to get 1 R31House from japan..
3 japanese d1 drivers came down (i'm bad at names), and they all droved Australia's done up D1 cars...(sponsored by Signal and builted by local drift workshop)...

plenty of rwd cars here...australian own manufactured cars are rwd..and some are still finding it difficult to get good sponsorship from major companies...

But if you are thinking of US's drifting scene and trying to bring it to Malaysia at this point of time..in my opinion there's a very slim chance...US got the $$$ and big influence on drifting...(every country mostly follow US's trend)...

so dont get me wrong..i'm just giving out pointers on why HALF A DOZEN of D1 drivers and cars are abit far fetch..

maybe 1 or 2 drivers/cars...but definitely not half a dozen unless mr.LIM love to watch drifting and tongue

do tell me if i'm wrong.. :)

 

[WAJA2003]

Shah Alam car park lehhh...but not big lorrrr........
Sure bohhh D1 drifter come??? drift be come popular lohhh....
Sepang car park very very kasar 1 worrrrr....tyre fast gone lehhh.....
Local drifter can drift with D1 drifter?????
If can borrow 1 utama GIANT that is perfect....big n more spector come to view...
Chun...hope can done in this year..

 

[MK84]

Mr.Lim may not know what's drifting, but I bet Mr.Hashimoto does. ;)

 

[MRMIC2]

3 cheers for Mr.Genji!
I want to see D1 cars...
P1 Sepang Car Park too Sandy and road surface too damaging to tyres.
Show wont last long..

 

[fordrunger]

how about the old subang airport runway or the plane parking bays(not the hangars)... or both? maybe have a course that joins the two...kinda like how top gear does the drifting shots onto the runway this time the other way around and around the parking bays... plus the terminal roofs could provide some great shots from high up...

beats going all the way to sepang...

 

[recca82]

Well, how bout bukit jalil carpark??? Fren did his drifting testing thr...not bad i can say...the area is wide enuf i think...hehee, me wanna C drift!!!

 

[.S K A G E E.]

Originally posted by zenki@Oct 5 2004, 23:06
half a dozen of D1 drivers and cars???

pls tell me you are joking...but if you are for real...i am curious which big company will be sponsoring those half a dozen of D1 cars and drivers to come down kl and do exhibition?

my main reason of doubting this is because:
1. msian lacking of rwd cars
2. malaysian public know nuts about drifting..or yet...SLIDING..
3. i cant see drifting growing without the supply of rwd cars...

i am not saying malaysian cant drift..even in australia....there's good drifters here..but still was only able to get 1 R31House from japan..
3 japanese d1 drivers came down (i'm bad at names), and they all droved Australia's done up D1 cars...(sponsored by Signal and builted by local drift workshop)...

plenty of rwd cars here...australian own manufactured cars are rwd..and some are still finding it difficult to get good sponsorship from major companies...

But if you are thinking of US's drifting scene and trying to bring it to Malaysia at this point of time..in my opinion there's a very slim chance...US got the $$$ and big influence on drifting...(every country mostly follow US's trend)...

so dont get me wrong..i'm just giving out pointers on why HALF A DOZEN of D1 drivers and cars are abit far fetch..

maybe 1 or 2 drivers/cars...but definitely not half a dozen unless mr.LIM love to watch drifting and tongue

do tell me if i'm wrong.. :)

Hi, Zenki. You highlighted a few very good points but I really can't see what you're trying to convey. Forgive me if I have misinterpreted you but what I gather is you are saying that 1) since no one/not many here in Malaysia knows anything about drifting ,its a waste of time to do a demo/exhibition here 2) Since Australia can't get D1 drifters over there,most probably Malaysia won't be able to do it 3) The sport won't grow cause the majority of the cars here are RWD

My apologies for my self indulgence but in my often twisted opinion, I would argue that;1) Drifting is an exciting spectator's sport which doesn't require deep understanding or love of the sport to enjoy . I can't see the rational of why a person who know every drifter by name or their car set up by heart would enjoy watching drifitng more than someone who is totaly clueless of it. I see no harm of bring them in here as I would see it as a source of inspiration and most importantly entertainment. 2) I believe its contacts that plays a major role on bringing people over and making things happen, rather than which country you come from. Having said that, I believe if anyone could bring them over, its most probably Midship as he works for a reputable and influential company in this industy which has the right contacts.3) Name me one country which majority are RWD? Japan? heeheheehee nope

My apologies again, as I'm most probably wrong :)

Midship: Sounds good but please don't make it at the begining of December..pleaseeeeeeee.:)

 

[MK84]

Originally posted by fordrunger@Oct 6 2004, 04:46
how about the old subang airport runway or the plane parking bays(not the hangars)... or both? maybe have a course that joins the two...kinda like how top gear does the drifting shots onto the runway this time the other way around and around the parking bays... plus the terminal roofs could provide some great shots from high up...

beats going all the way to sepang...

The runways and aprons are still active. I doubt DCA would allow it. Same reason why we can't do drags there. On the other hand, APAC's lot seems like a good idea.

 

[KP61]

Midship,

Yup! The subang APAC centre should be big enough for the D1 exhibition. Trying checkin the place out.

 

[space_cowboy]

Originally posted by .S K A G E E.@Oct 6 2004, 09:32

My apologies for my self indulgence but in my often twisted opinion, I would argue that;1) Drifting is an exciting spectator's sport which doesn't require deep understanding or love of the sport to enjoy . I can't see the rational of why a person who know every drifter by name or their car set up by heart would enjoy watching drifitng more than someone who is totaly clueless of it. I see no harm of bring them in here as I would see it as a source of inspiration and most importantly entertainment. 2) I believe its contacts that plays a major role on bringing people over and making things happen, rather than which country you come from. Having said that, I believe if anyone could bring them over, its most probably Midship as he works for a reputable and influential company in this industy which has the right contacts.3) Name me one country which majority are RWD? Japan? heeheheehee nope

My apologies again, as I'm most probably wrong :)

Hie...hie...

SKAGEE - I totally agreed with you... Even the public know nuts about drifting, we can expose this to them...not saying that people doesnt know thing, they dun want to learn about it...

Exposing events like this is another way of maketing the sports, when people see people do...(how they wanna do it is another matter)..

Spectators do wanna have fun on what they're watching, not watching a dull event will cheer them up...

I totally believe that this event will be the greatest event of the year.....



cheers'

 

[midship]

Wow... thanks for all the replies... where do i start? first of all Zenki, who is Mr Lim? you seem a bit of a pessimist to this event and the sponsor who will bring this event from paper to life. Anyway curiosity killed the cat and i wont reveal the company responsible just yet.

For all your reasons for doubting that this event will come true, i just have to point out in one sentance that DRIFTING IS THE FASTEST GROWING MOTORSPORT IN HISTORY. Need i say more? Look at x-games for example, is there actually such a strong following here? and yet the x-games held a leg in kl.

Look at china, the biggest population of bicyclist in the world and yet F1 tickets were sold out half a year ago.

No, i'm not thinking of US drift scene, those kwei los cant even choose the right car let alone drift. However they did bring in the whole entourage and it was big and succesful.

As for the aussie scene, well lets not compare them to us, as in terms of international motorsports scene, i feel that they are behind us somewhat. Whereas they are comparable to us in the local modded scene and other areas such as hot rodding and car club scene. And who are the people into the local modded scene Down Under? the asians. Malaysia Boleh, Australia Tak Boleh

I will take a look see to all the locations you guys have come up with and will keep you guys posted in this topic.

cheers

 

[zero4]

wow, will be glad to see the D1 stars here in malaysia.