Photo courtesy Chuck Murray/Drift Appalachia
Want to live your Initial D dreams of chasing another car up a mountain? You’re in luck. Togue.US will host grip sessions on July 27 in West Virginia in addition to the drift ones with Drift Appalachia on July 25-26.
“I want to see a Civic versus a WRX going up and down a mountain,” says Edgar Sarmiento, who co-promotes Drift Appalachia with Brian Eggert. “That would be cool. If you remember some of the old Japanese videos back in the day, the Hot Version videos, it’s recreating some of that.”
All types of cars are welcome: Front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive. Both grip and drift cars are welcome to participate.
The cat-and-mouse battles involve two cars going up the mile-or-so stretch of mountain, with one behind the other. Then they switch positions. The lead car that develops the biggest gap wins.
The overall competition will be done in the style of a bracket tournament, where the winner knocks out their competitor to move on to the next round.
Interested cat-and-mouse drivers will be able to submit their ride for application, just as the drift drivers do. Cool cars are desired, and they should look good. Safety equipment will be required. You can find the requirements that drift drivers had to comply with here.
“We’re a stylized sport with drifting,” Brian says. “I’m trying to do something similar with grip.”
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