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Originally Posted by ericcastro
you go fan boy.
Actually, the tandem drift was the best I have seen in the states in years.
And I usually go to all the events and sit right on the track and shoot.
They are out of money.
This series is on a shoe string budget.
Not sure if Im supposed to put it publically, sooooo.
some of you dont have the smarts to put 2 and 2 together, so..
Like I stated before..............
There is a reason FD drivers arent there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what giant money sucking, bleeding the sport for everything it has organization would want D1GP to fail????
VIP people were in the pit area, sneaking free lunch while staff and drivers and pit crew had to wait for more to be made because of it.
VIP people apparently couldt be bothered to walk around the backs of the cars that were getting ready to run down the track.
VIP people thought it meant they had no rules.
Sorry some wrecked it for others.
No one wanted to kick VIP out m sure, but it became neccesary.
yeah, boycott it!!!!
FD becomes the only drift series.
Drifting Professionally looses even more touch,
even less skill,
more money sucking companies getting their dirty palms involved.
more shitty looking cars.
more unfair tech decisions on who passes through tech according to rules.
more biased judging
more fanboys
more keeping the privateer/newguy down
more of the same 5 guys rotating around the podium
more stupid FWD cars being converted to RWD
more of the same FD that everyone hates
So yeah,
boycott D1, the only people that are making an attempt at a real series with real internationl drifting. the guys that are going for a indy/F1 feel, over Nascar feel.
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Sorry to disagree here, but your analysis is flawed.
Having two series means that sponsors now have to choose in a bad way: do they sponsor one series, or both series. Meanwhile, the drifters are going after the same group of sponsors. Dividing the pie between sanctioning bodies means that everyone gets a smaller piece of the pie and most of all, the privateers get left in the cold.
How do I know this? 5 years of managing my own racing series and 20 years of Marketing.
Your counter point that D1GP is on a shoe string budget proves my point...if a legitimate, "big name" series can't get funded, what makes you think privateers can?
The "biased" judging of FD may be a debatable point, but ANY subjective judging will ALWAYS be questionable. In D1GP's point, flawed technology with that ridiculous Drift Box fiasco did little to lend credibility to D1's methodology.
As for the "money sucking" companies getting involved, dude...which sponsors are money suckers? Which ones aren't? I'm curious. Either you want corporate dollars to support the sport, or you don't.
What has been misquoted on this site 20x is that HIN is NOT owned by the same guys. The current "owners" of D1GP are FORMER owners of HIN. They have a long history of building successful events.
However, as for their promises of extensive media coverage, TV coverage and "setting a new bar" for drift events, let's just say they have much work to do.
This was their first event. Granted, it might have missed the mark. Hopefully, they're reading this and make the necessary changes. If they don't have it sorted out by season's end, the public and the drifters will have spoken, even if silently so (by not attending future events).
Nothing pisses me off more than invisible staff at an event and Nazi security.
I just came from FD Vegas and it was a good event, by contrast. Still, there is judging controversy...what's new. But it was well organized, had good turnouts and was entertaining.
I'm all for competition...but one consideration trumps all others: EVERYONE is struggling for dollars right now. Having ANOTHER drifting series means FEWER dollars for everyone. Don't believe me? Look at the history of import drag racing. Having FOUR sanctioning bodies at one time literally killed the sport in less than 4 years.