Round 4 of the Salt City Drift season went off without a hitch. No rain, nobody destroyed their car and caused the whole event to come to a grinding halt, and there was even a decent crowd because someone blew up on the drag strip and everyone migrated over to see Scott Bradshaw, Stu Smedley, Brandon Wicknick, Derrick Lopez, Nick Nengas, and either Enoch Campbell or Bobby Powell (they were sharing Enoch’s G35) rip the course. In addition to the usual photos, there’s a sweet video!
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Nobody thought that we’d be dealing with a monsoon on a 100+ degree day, but there we were. Everyone who came out for the Salt City Drift event at Rocky Mountain Raceways was ready to deal with the heat, but nobody was ready for the numerous rain delays. Rain checks were issued to those who came, and stuck around, and a Tuesday event was organized to satiate any desire to get some laps in with the boys.
Unfortunately the rain, and the corresponding cloud cover made shooting a pain in the ass for me, but I still got some stuff.
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I went and did some drifty stuff in the middle of the Porsche GT3 Cup madness. Friday night the Salt City Drift folks got together at RMR, and slid the bowl with varying levels of success. There was a competition, but I bailed long before that went down. Anyway, here’s a gallery
It finally happened! I finally sat down with most of the Take Luck team, and hammered them with some hard hitting questions. We also had pizza, which ended up on the floor a couple of times.
SEMA was over! Oh glory it was over! We love going to SEMA, but good lord it gets tedious after a few days. You see amazing cars, but you see them sitting still. Static. Yes, you can admire the craftsmanship (or lack thereof in some cases), but you don’t get to see them do anything. Thankfully, there was a VegasDrift event the day after the show closed. Earlier in the week we helped Jason Smith get prepared for the event, so we figured we’d pop in and say hi.
It took a few hours, but we eventually did see Jason. Before we did though, we saw Ian Perri. It was nice to see him, and it was nice to see him drift in person.
Blaize Potts came down, started a small fire, and did some skids.
That’s not Scott, that’s Brandon! Yes, Brandon Wicknick was driving a V8 car. Will he see the light that is low end torque, and not having to wait for the power to come on? God willing, he won’t.
And Forrest Wang is powered by pizza. Anyway, here’s a gallery
It was a nice day out at Utah Motorsports Campus! Â Mostly sunny with some intermittent clouds, sport bikes from the Apex Track Days event wailing on the West Track, and tires howling in the West Paddock from the drivers of the final Salt City Drift event of the season. Â At the end of the day, there would be two winners crowned: the winner of the event, and the overall season champion! Â Let’s see how that all played out:
In third place in the day’s competition was OP Anderson! Â Despite organizing and being one of the guys running the event, and despite having a box stock Saturn Sky Redline as his chariot, he managed to go out and slay enough to get on the podium.
In second place was the man, the myth, the Southern Dandy: Blaize Potts! Â We finally got to see his LS powered FC RX-7 ripping, and rip it did. Â Put a pin in this, cause we’re gonna get back to him in a minute.
Taking home the win was Trevor Malan! Â Trevor’s S13 has everything that the internet seems to love: sparkly paint, big Weds wheels, a DMAX kit, JDM nose, it’s dumped, and it’s a ripper. Â And it has something I love: a dude behind the wheel who’s down to drive. Â Doesn’t matter how cool your car looks, or what parts you’ve thrown on it: if you can’t/won’t drive it like it’s supposed to, then you’re blowing it.
INTERMISSION
This is John. Â I like John, cause he’s down to get weird. Â Here he is in his Wisefab equipped E36, munching a cone. Â It also has some crazy stiff springs out of the Lyfe Motorsport GTR. Â It was quite a sight to behold.
This is Devin. Â His Corolla has Arizona tags, lives in a garage in Michigan, and has a BEAMS 3S-GE under the hood. Â He drove, in that Corolla, all the way from Michigan just to drive in this event. Â And it isn’t some well sorted, fully developed Corolla. Â Very recently it was just a lump of 80’s Toyota, sitting in his garage. Â He got the car on the ground, got it running, then got it running well enough to drive across the goddamn country to slay some tires. Â Think about that for a second. Â Devin is the man.
BACK TO SOME ACTUAL NEWS
In addition to the actual competition, there were two games being played: limbo and table. Â Not quite sure how limbo worked, but the guy who won got some cash. Â Good job there, fella! Â It looked like Blaize was going to take the table win, until Nick Stucky showed up. Â He was having car troubles, but finally managed to get his car running. Â He did some tandem with Scott Bradshaw, and then he went for the table. Â Name of the game was to drift through the last two turns of the course, then slide your car to a stop next to a table. Â You needed to be parallel, or close enough, to the table to be in the running. Â Blaize set the bar pretty high, or low, but Nick cleared it in whichever direction was necessary. Â He slide to a stop mere inches from the table, on his only table run of the day!
Speaking of tables (AWKWARD TRANSITION), here’s the podium for the season championship: in third place, with an E30 325, is Hayden Campbell! Â He might have taken second if he drove the event, but third isn’t bad!
In second place is the guy who used two cars this season: Blaize Potts! Â He sold the KA24DE powered S13 coupe, and was handsomely rewarded for doing so. Â Look at that 2nd place trophy and moderately priced champagne!
And the winner of the 2016 Salt City Drift driver’s championship is: Nick Nengas! Â Proving many things this year (any seat time is good seat time, the 350Z is a solid platform for damn near anything, looking like a child has its benefits) netted him the top spot. Â It wasn’t an easy task, there were some guys who could shred, but Nick shredded harder. Â Now, what do three guys with champagne do with it after they’ve received awards?
There was much rejoicing. Â And so ends the Salt City Drift season. Â It was an enjoyable one, a solid one, and hopefully one that has a bigger succeeding season. Â Congratulations to the winners, the people who tried, everyone who came out to support the events, and especially the folks at Salt City Drift. Â They’re trying to bolster this community we have by hosting these events, and it’d be killer to see some more folks driving, or even volunteering at these events.
Not sure if you guys know this, but it got chilly just in time for this past weekend’s Salt City Drift event. Â And I’m not sure if you know about Tooele County, but it tends to be a bit windier out there. Â Despite the wind, and the cold there were some brave individuals doing some skids! Â Brandon Wicknick came out with the D-Spare hauler, unloaded some cars (including his IS300), then took a nap. Â Listen, it’s hard work being America’s Favorite Drifting Ginger. Â He deserves a nap every now and again!
Derrick Lopez was out in his simple S13 hatchback, ripping up the course in his own, quiet way.
Nick Nengas let his inner street ripper out, and laid down some solid runs in front of the Metro Security SUV.
That’s a ripper Trevor, that is indeed a ripper.
There was a contest, but I have no idea what happened. Â So in lieu of results, here’s a big ass gallery!
