Vaughn Gitten Jr. explains how I personally ruined his team's weekend (Page 3 of 4)

i thought "spaghetti westerns" were from Italy, not Japan?

wouldn't that make this an "Udon noodle" western?

which is really odd when you consider the 'ese thing VK. 

jeeeeesh. all this niose due to a couple of fellas with attitude. i've going to my first event in houston next month, as a crewdog.

the way i see, it's  a weekend party away from the house, with the theme being a large number of junkpiles being thrashed to death...

if this was a serious racing deal, would the winners be paid with bags of nickels?????

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2082445312/tt0118749

i dont like how many of them are just idiots, personally and mechanically. im not a datsun fan but i feels so bad how there just are not going to be any nice 240s around in 10 years beacuse of the abuse these guys are dishing out. im caging a, ex drifter 240sx for Lemons and ive never seen a car with more beat up rocker panels, the used to be a nice smooth curve now they are a hammered sharp concave crease. shit if the rocker sill collapses from jacking the car up with it once, stop doing it!

these two get it.  its fun stuff with cars, just like Lemons.  people think Lemons isn't their cup o' tea but don't bicker about it everywhere.

90% of the people that have a problem with drifting that I eventually get to come to an event for fun, have a blast at the event and one of two things happens.

"I'm good at it/I suck TERRIBLY and i wanna do it more, was fun!!" then they come back

"I suck and I wanna learn do it more, it was fun"  then 2 months later they don't come back, and talk about how gay it was.

Its something fun to do with cars people, geez.  and to whoever claimed the judges don't (in any way fashion/form) determine the winners, why are you posting here when you've obviously never been to a Lemons race?  if you have you're either too caught up in trying to win the ultimate prize, a endurance race where 90% of the competitors aren't interested in the win.  IoE is where its at, and the judges help decide that, when you catch the true spirit of Lemons, you'll understand this.

summary:

drifting - fun with cars

Lemons - fun with cars

what should you be doing?

having fun with cars.

"I suck and I wanna learn do it more, it was fun"  then 2 months later they don't come back, and talk about how gay it was.

kind of like autoX then huh?

i think you are forgetting the perspective of those of us over the age of 40.  while i try to keep an open mind, i still think drifiting is stupid when taken as a "competition" motorsport.

style points for the win?  i don't like ice dancing either.  or for that matter, tatoos Hip-Hop, saggin jeans, snow boarding, NOPI, Fast & Furious, etc. etc.

alright well maybe i like "tramp-stamps"

from a point of spectating, i'm sure it is entertaining.  but i think i'll stay on the couch at home.

We have way more drifters racing in Lemons than many of you seem to realize, and they don't seem any better or worse than the Spec Delta 88 guys (or whatever "real" racers are).

We've also got plenty of drag racers whose first experience on a road course takes place at Lemons. We like the drag racers, because they're the ones who don't even blink when confronted with their third nuked engine of the weekend.

We also have a fair number of Lemons racers who have never been on a track of any sort before. All are welcome.

I about pee'd my pants yesterday while watching the parade laps prior to the start of the Chump race.

This 'drifter guy' came out on track from the pit lane and got that "rock n' roll", side to side move going up the hill into T2.
Yeah, he went off into the grass in his first 'turn'.
It took him a few minutes to get back on track, because it was so slick and he had to wait for the entire field to pass...

He started last.

KT

i think any bashing of any particular person was caused by that person's comments towards Lemons and those people who run it.  that, and not drifting, is what rubbed me the wrong way.

and anyway, you probably should realize that most of the ribbing is in good fun, and the more defensive you get the more ribbing you invite. 

"retaliation both arbitrary and excessive for slights both real and perceived."  gotta love it.

  gots to love some Lemons.