The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will decide today whether or not to uphold a decision to allow drifting at Altamont Motorsports Park.
The Alameda County East Board of Zoning adjustments ruled 2-1 in March that both drifting and overnight recreational vehicle camping are acceptable activities at the speedway, and that drifting is an acceptable form of motorsports. A group of track neighbors called Community for a Better Altamont appealed the decision, putting all drifting events on hold until today’s hearing.
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RIYADH, 2 May 2007 — In an attempt to crack down on drifting, a popular joyriding maneuver where drivers apply hand brakes at high speeds to cause their cars to enter a controlled skid, Saudi authorities in Riyadh announced yesterday that they are now categorizing any deaths that occur due to this maneuver as a criminally negligent offense.
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May 3, 2007 | Filed Under
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Drifting has became very popular, from the mountains of Japan to the Big Screen in Hollywood. An Australian company has recently started its own drifting school. From what I know, I already thought that drifting was pretty big in Australia with Holden’s and Nissan’s, but now I guess it is even bigger. The school is based in Japan, which is very interesting, but makes since, because of the already popularity of drifting in Japan.
The queensland based company has deemed its school “Physics in Motion Drift School at the Tokachi International Speedway in Obihiro, Hokkaido.”. Rather than trying to attract Japanese drifters, and racers, the company is leaning towards the thrill seekers in Asia, Safe Drive Training managing director Joel Neilson said. “We are aiming at a high-end group of corporate travelers. Senior executives from Hong Kong or Singapore who often go and charter a boat, or go on a five-day holiday to a tropical island. The school’s courses are in the same price bracket and a bit more unique,” he said.
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A family in Alameda, CA has forced Atlamont Speedway to put a temp. ban on drifting at the speedway. This family built there mansion right near the speedway, which is nuts, and now they’re complaining, what a joke. Why would anyone in there right mind build a house right next to a motorsport speedway. I don’t see why they just banned drifting, why didn’t they just ban everything? The family complains that people do donuts in front of their house, and burnouts. The owner of the speedway states that the track would loose close to 3.4 million dollars a year if the ban goes though, and the county would lose about the same from taxes, this has to be stopped.
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April 25, 2007 | Filed Under
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The Formula Drift season opener on the streets of Long Beach blew the doors off of drifting events as we knew it. Besides, the awesome venue, this year’s event brought out the masses. Everyone and their mom was out at this event. It was good to see a lot of new faces competing and even some of the old timers from import drag racing wandering around the pits.
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