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Drifting is a driving technique where the vehicle is forced to lose traction in order for it to slip sideways through a turn. But apart from being a technique, drifting is a common experience outside the racing track as even the common joe or jane can encounter this phenomenon most especially when driving on a wet road. Even race car drivers of the past has had a taste of drifting when tire grip is still one of the biggest issues in car racing. However, racers have turned drifting more of an advantage these days as the more experience drivers, who can take a "non-ideal" path through a turn and brake late, use this as an opportunity to pass the competition. But drifting has grown as a sport by itself when it was formally introduced as a motorsport in Japan in the 1990's. Since then, the fad has reached the American and British soil in the past five years enroute to becoming one of the biggest car racing competitions of the present era.
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- Apr 12, 2008 - Formula Drift Round 1: Streets of Long Beach
- May 11, 2008 - Formula Drift Round 2: Feel the Heat
- Jun 14, 2008 - Formula Drift Round 3: The Gauntlet
- Nov 2008 - D1 Grand Prix ALL Star World Championship
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The D1 Grand Prix was founded in 2001 by Japanese car enthusiast and magazine publisher Daijiro Inada (pronounced dye-jee-ro ee-na-da), with the help of his friend and professional JGTC (Japan Grand Touring Car Championship) driver Keiichi Tsuchiya (pronounced kay-ee-chee tsoo-chee-ya), basically as the premier venue of professional drifting competitions in Japan. Its establishment basically paved the way for drifting to be legitimized as a motor sport in the country where it all began. Since then, the series has expanded to countries outside of Japan and North America, including in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Malaysia (these countries have their own D1 GP series). At the present era, the D1 GP series have grown immensely with over 100 competing teams and more than five host countries.
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