Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
Drifting is totally superfluous and completely inefficient, but who cares, because look.
Tires screaming, covering everyone in smoke as I pass, I love that going sideways is the point.
I’ve accidentally drifted plenty, because ice or other circumstances… one time I drifted my favourite on-ramp in Toronto, which is how I figured out my tires were bald. But to do this with finesse and precision ahhh, I’m into it.
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Ford invited me to an event a few weeks back, Ken Block was in Toronto, and they’d set him up a course.
Non-car nerds: Ken Block, world-class precision driver and drifter. Sponsored by Ford, GoPro, Monster. Co-founded DC Shoes.
Watch him drift all of San Francisco:
He drives a 2013 Ford Fiesta ST RX43, outputting 650-hp and 650 lb-ft of torque, 0-100 km/h in 1.8 seconds.
Then, total luck, this happened:
We went around the course, it was about 90 seconds that felt like 2.
For such a maniacal sport, it was so calm in the cabin, surprised me; there’s less movement required than you may think.
We flew around, I let myself get tossed around in the Gs, the entire cabin filled with smoke, and Ken drove so hard the car broke, making ours the final run of the day.
And then…
Above is the file list, no Ken footage, just poof: missing. No explanation, that’s hard on a stomach. Imagine writing that email to Ford… then one to Motoring TV… omg of all the footage to lose, in all the lands…
Adding to the disappointment: the footage of me driving the auto-cross course was also gone, and I’d driven so well that day.
Ken released his latest video, Gymkhana SIX. Wrote about it on Autonet yesterday, here. It’s ridiculous, go watch.
