Our Top 5 Reasons why "Real" Race tracks HATE Drifting
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So, the British Drift Championship has been and gone, and Driftland is quiet once again. For those of you who came and supported us by visiting over the event weekend, thankyou! We're still exhausted after an epic event, but how has the Driftland track stood up to over 70 high-level semi-slick tyre shod power monster drift cars smashing out a layout for 3 days? We take a look!
This video shows the top 5 things that Drift tracks suffer, which most normal race tracks would never allow. Everything from what happens at the start line queue, through how the clipping points and layouts are marked, all the way up to the devastation to the gravel pits when drivers get it wrong!
We've done a similar video in the past but we thought it was worth revisiting this to show exactly how a busy event affects the track, and for those of you considering a new location for a drift event - these are our Top 5 reasons why you should think ahead!
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Spinning steel wire brush attachment for the front of the road sweeper would remove track rubber easily !!!
Also skim the concrete down into the soil a bit to help it not being dug back up .. Sort of how the kerbs look, a nice sweeping radius down to the mud ...
Once dry line with gravel again .. Simple , easy solution??
You guys should try putting plastic mesh on the edge of the grass and rocks to catch the rocks that get shot by tires, the mesh won't hurt cars and it'll stop the rocks from being shot into the grass.
2 suggestions for the first gravel trap in the video, reason #2, 1st back the pavement with concrete but not level with the track, leave a step down that can be covered with stone, this will help with track undermining, 2nd bring the stone net down the hill to where the grass ends, this way the stones drop back down where they can easily be racked out and grass mowed no problem.
@@stoddern need the concrete to be level with the tar to protect the tar.
can't bring the nets down to where cars get them. and cars get them. believe us!! 😎😎
Idk why you guys have to deal with people under some impression you're bitchin' and moanin' and all this shit.
I'm not even a drifter and I saw the value in these videos from the moment the first was uploaded.
Thanks for the great content guys; it's very informative.
thank you very much buddy, much appreciated!
There should be a penalty for repeatedly going into gravel traps- a good day with a spade filling in holes
haha if only! people struggle even to collect the bits that come off their car and put litter in the bins!
24 hours of lemons style punishments might also work and be fun for you guys. Love from America 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Try using sand for the trap instead of gravel. It won't get thrown as far. Seems the opposite since it is lighter but it being lighter it has far less momentum then a stone when chucked by a tire spinning at the equivalent of 80 mph more.
Cragified have you ever tried to get a car out of sand compared to on gravel? There’s a reason why pretty much every race track uses gravel.
@@sjgreen1995 yes it's easy you use a tow truck ..... The gravel traps ain't that big here to be a issue
Love the video coming this weekend for the 1st time appreciate all that goes into it been a long term fan of knockhill for track days time for a change of scenery.
excellent work as always, good to see the other side of what the drifttrack owners go through to keep us having fun and content
thankyou very much!
Can't go wrong with a good rant video :P
Mad what drifting does, not just the track but also the surrounding areas!
Great vid guys and keep it up. Just fee sorry for you all cleaning it up now
thankyou very much buddy!
Another great video boy's, keep up the good work.
thankyou!
Top vid, stop worrying about other people moaning about you talking, as much fun as drifting is at the end of the day you have a business to run and that track obviously takes a penny or 2 to maintain, promoting a little respect for the facilities you use is never a bad thing
cheers buddy, very astute and respectful comment. we got a lot of negative backlash from the previous video so we had to put a lot of caveats in this one to try and answer the comments (before they came in!)
A modified lawn scarifier (ie. the things used for raking moss out of your lawn) might work for peeling the rubber off the track?
Generally the only way to remove soft rubber from the tarmac is to have the track surface blasted with steel shot
Just goes to show you the damage drifting does. How about a video on the history of drifting in Scotland
it's somewhere in the pipeline!
@@DriftlandTV oh braw can't wait 👌
appreciate y'all track owners and people that keep the facilities open!
thankyou buddy! much appreciated!
The IG story told me to come watch this so I did. Half way thru I was going to mention those Rockports but glad they've been mentioned 😂
they are lovely! can't think why anyone wouldn't want to wear them at all times 🤘🤘
I'm a simple man. Been wearing rock ports since I was 15. Haha
I work at Three Sisters in Wigan and it's the same with the curbs needed painting and sometimes posts getting taken out 😂
you feel the pain!
that hoodie is on point! and yes the oil is horrible! almost wrote off my car on the straight on the wall friday, hit some oil and car went straight for the big dirt wall lol
brown trouser moment!
Got to admit after seeing the area some of the 'regular' drifters left their pit space at castle combe yesterday I'm surprised they get asked back rubbish everywhere.
someone put a diff in the bin last week! the planet gears etc! crazy.
Love the behind the scenes stuff guys as a business man and a car enthusiast I always wondered what went into running a track. With any business there is going to be unexpected expenses. You guys sound like you are being smart about it.
The drifting community is use to being told what not to do so they hate it. But some rules must apply for everyone to enjoy the track.
It would be financially irresponsible for you guys to not take other events and not just drifting. So you need some rules to protect your investment.
Maybe one day it will be successful enough that you guys can build a second more serious track for the more professional race days. And let the drifters go mental on the old one.
Loving The videos fellas. Watching from Australia.
Thanks buddy, Its a fine line to try walk but we do our best.
Why don't you just put concrete barriers up? (yes, I do think I'm funny XD)
I can't remember the name of the track in Japan but it's a time honoured tradition for the drivers to help clean the track after a session as the track lacks the facilities to clean up quickly at the end of the day. Even the D1 professionals get involved. Now wouldn't that be a good thing.
we had some people help us the week before, which was the first time.
Great video.
thankyou very much buddy, appreciate the support and the comment!
Happy Jeek seems fun was he actually smiling or was that the wind blowing his cheeks? .... well done lads was great event track looked minted n we had a great weekend can't understand why they only come once a season ???
Distance i believe it's hard to get the numbers to come up
Heres an idea. Why dont you put a step in the concrete at the edge of the track where the dirt drops are happening. Like 3-4 inches. So it feels like your off the track when driving but wont dig up the dirt.
we need to butt up level to the tarmac, and i think what you describe will break very quickly. cool suggestion though!
I'm sure you've thought of this but have you thought about putting a tarp over the grass? Stones will spray onto the tarp and it can just brush it all back into the trap rather then raking it off the grass and you'll be able to see the stones easily.
yeah we decided the tarp will get damaged (cars end up there frequently) and the cost of buying and installing the tarp or netting massively outweighs the gravel costs.
I know you said not to comment about installing a wall. But would a removable wall be an option ? Just to force the 'Higher Standard' drifters keep to the track confines, that can be removed for the regular drift days and non event days etc ?
We don't have enough high standard drivers to run walls for a whole day, we run in groups of mixed abilities so unfortunately not an option. plus they're also SUPER expensive for robust enough ones so not even remotely in budget. one day perhaps!
A leaf blower would clear the gravel from any grass bank,which would then allow cutting.I use a Stihl one at work most week's.
i reckon it would struggle! welcome to come try!
you need a sthil double fan blower, from personal experience them and a rake clears grass quick
I wonder how effective a grass roller style trailer would be lifting the the slick sausages... instead of the grass roller.. bolt loads of wheels together and use old tyres.
I love your track👍
Thanks buddy
The amount of work for a track is immense
cheers buddy, they're ripping it back up today with the practice day being on!
Probably very silly question but I don't watch a lot of drag-racing. But can't you use a torch and some spirits on the track where there is left over rubber to burn it all off? Isn't that what drag guys do to clear the start of the strip? If so, would that work?
Running regular drift traffic over it cleans it all away. its mostly gone now.
Love y'all!
Love you too babes! :-)
Brick acid will dissolve those lines in seconds
interesting!
Yeah i was going to say the same. Brick acid & high power jet wash too dilute and wash away.
Love the Scottish accent. Am an Irishman my self. You guys never get old. Lol. Keep up the good work lads
thankyou much appreciated!
I'm planning to store my car at driftland when I'm back in Scotland how often are practice days and how much are they?
Yus, sounds good! check out www.driftlanduk.com/events for all our upcoming drift days, with links to times and prices
Awesome. Should accept donation for new gravel
Always open to donations!
Have you considered compacting the gravel down with a roller or using sausage kerbs, I know if I see a sausage kerb I stay so far away from those 😂
compacting doesnt really add much when the car drop off with huge wheel speed, we have tried
The corner where you ended the video,could you not put up some plywood fence or even a canvas tarp would work, to bounce the road plannings back down the bank,that way they are some what reusable.
we decided the tarp will get damaged (cars end up there frequently) and the cost of buying and installing the tarp or netting massively outweighs the gravel costs.
Could you not put net or a cover of some sort over the grass so the stone chips fall down easier or lift the edge so they go down?
what you are suggesting is a) likely to get hit by cars and b) more expensive to implement than losing the chuckies. but thankyou for your suggestion and comment buddy!
Jeek's audio sounds doubled? or Echoey.
yeah spot on, couple of mics just to try and help most people understand, the mic on the camera suffered wind noise a lot and jeek's mic doesnt pic up Ren so we have tried to come to the best of both.
sounds like your under water@@DriftlandTV
We're not complaining, we're just throwing shade at the competition.
We're not complaining!!!!!!
YOU'RE not 🤣🤣 thanks for the comment buddy appreciate your support
@@DriftlandTV keep up the good content guys
#1 use lime (as in limestone) and water (goes away after some rain)
#2 try tu use sand instead of gravel ( for spectator seafty)
I dont mean to step a line but you seem to lack some very basic life facts, water goes away with the sun or heat or even a massive towel, water comes back with rain so you end up with more water
Is inertia ms still kickin.?
yep!
Any update on the 2019 bash?
Still happening and any other info??
yep buy your tickets now! www.driftlanduk.com/the-bash-is-back-driftland-bash-2019-faq/
@@DriftlandTV thanks lads 😀
As I was watching this, a dominos notification came through on a close up of Jeeks tush, saying “hottest thing on your screen 🔥”
Hahaha they know the score :-) (jeek)
The problem with plannings now is they are normally recycled back into new tar now
makes sense, saves them money, they can pretend they're being environmental too.
Unstressed post-bdc jeek is the best jeek
chatty jeek was chatty head!
Lol the local drift track where I live is also a gokart track
hopefully you will understand their pain too 🤭😍
You need a concrete strip for burnouts.
Not sure how long it'd cost, but would it be cheaper in the long run to replace the gravel traps with concrete?
Listen to yourself man replace the gravel traps with concrete. Do you know the purpose of gravel traps.
Concrete doesnt slow cars down though when they are getting it really wrong
@@DriftlandTV a concrete wall would haha (jokes!)
Jeek or Rennie. How long is Driftland open
it has been open since 2013 buddy
Contact your local tipper companies and road surfacing folk and offer them a "free tipp" of there tar planings. If your local and handy to any works getting done your doing them a favour 👌
Thing is we can only take it as and when its needed here, and when we do need it we need it instantly, we can't store it. but thanks for your comment anyway buddy much appreciated!
How about tyre walls? You must have enough shagged tyres lying about to add a softer buffer to stop people flying so far.
Hi, unfortunately tyre walls are a no-no for the same reasons as barriers, infact tyre walls are worse for causing rollovers as they claw cars into them. ALso you'll notice tracks don't use shagged tyres too - they are less structurally sound and wires hanging out of them would be another H&S consideration. We're just going for education and hopefully helping change other venues views on drifters! fingers crossed.
Why dosent driftland get a dump truck to keep the price of plannings down or for when you find plannings for cheap or free
buying, maintaining, fuelling, insuring and taxing thousands of pounds of truck to save a couple hundred pounds of planings?
why don't you run a banked asphalt corner. that way you don't have to clean up the gravel and cars are less likely to go in a gravel pit and get damaged.
we can't afford anything like that, and we need that to be a flat area for other track activities. would be fun though
Could you not put some type of nets up next to the gravel to catch most
they get destroyed by cars. been there done that!
@@DriftlandTV shame, its works for speedway!
Like sky nets then one at top infront of the viewer not the car?
Think it comes down too how professional things get looked at ! Thanks tho !
I'm surprised you pay for planning scraps. America used to have a problem with contractors scamming people to dump planning on their driveway instead of the contractors paying to recycle it.
hah yeah we have no where to store them either so makes it tricky
5 Reasons Not to Book a Drift day on Race Tracks but 5 Reasons why to book a Drift day at Driftland 😉
if you want skids, yep defo!
Why not burn the tyre rubber off the track ??
lol. imagine.
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Instead of a concrete wall why not have a tyre wall??
ithink they ssaid on a previous video it was bc they tend to pull cars in rather that bump them off damaging the cars more
You need a flame thrower 😉👌😂
or a big bomb!
Yeah that works too, fuck it, nuke the area and start again! 😉👌
Yeah that works too, fuck it, nuke the area and start again! 😉👌
Here is an idea, stick a burn out pad in and make it part of the show
We have one and use it regularly
Just as a tip, the camera sound (voice) on this video was really whacky, with some sort of echo in it, very hard to hear what you're saying.
Yeah we had an extra mic to try make the sound better but in some areas its worse. live and learn
Really cool videos. My only personal experience with race tracks is the Bugatti Circuit at Le Mans. I doubt 6000 roller skaters do anywhere near the damage a drift weekend can.
And while the video could be seen as a whine, it gives you something to point to when someone's being a dick. "Of course I'm pissed off at you for ditching your car in the gravel every fucking lap, I'm the cunt that has to fix the track on Monday, otherwise you won't have somewhere to go drift".
You get the idea. a little courtesy goes a long way
Why not mod a hoover, instead of the bag put a long pipe to sort that gravel out
some hoover that would need to be! the sweeper's hoover struggles enough
@@DriftlandTVindustrial vacuum cleaner is what you want, if not there must be something that could be adapted, making a vacuum and separation of the particle's is the easy bit, making it easy to handle that's the hard bit
I feel like you guys just need to make the curbs way bigger that way it's actually a disadvantage for drivers to hit them. Though don't know what the rules and regulations are about that. Might not be totally safe.
yeah safety issues, damaging cars, and stops the track being used for the other activities that pay the bills.
"your local track won't let u book a drift day" u are my local track though 🤔
Your in luck then cos we love drifting. 😍
@@DriftlandTV 😀😀
Now I see why your guys track looks a lil boofy it’s not a race track it’s designed for its purpose but I wonder if there are things that can actually improve your track for drifting but different than maintenance
All comes down to funds! and we have none haha
DriftlandTV lol if your worried about money I’m sorry to say but 800 quid on painted curbs that get fucked a day later is a bust. Lol just another RUclips comment telling you guys how to live😂😂 sorry
Can I bring my campervan, she drifts very well in a grassy field 😕. P.s she's only about 4 ton
haha sounds like a trip to the stock car oval for you!
Aawwwwww!!!! I'll stay in England, then I won't need to convert my money into pooonds 😇😆
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist lol
what are thoooose
😂😂
so the best drifttrack is a big square with cones and concrete edges? :D
for maintenance, yeah
Self emptying catch cans 🧠🧠
Hi I got by stones and I would like to know who to sue
i can put you in touch with the responsible parties they are called vPerformance
@@DriftlandTV I'll see those bastards in court!!!
Paul people like you need to stay at home. Tards like you are why other people's businesses close down. You know what you let yourself into when you go see Motorsport, rally and drifting is known to fling stuff at crowds. So man up or stay at home.
Drift buddy it's a joke you mong
@@Ewtlldo oh sorry haven't been following these latest trends of shitty jokes. My bad😜
They don't like drifters because most drifters are English lmao
crikey! *waits*
Sound is very bad....
we do the best we can, sorry!
Was fine for me
Double audio from the camera and the mic he is wearing, it is perfectly synced just sounds weird should only use camera sound or have cameraman wear a mic aswell
Moan, moan, moan ...
where we going and whats the rush?
@@DriftlandTV hahaha
Here's a good idea.... Don't -own a drift track, or don't allow drifting, instate serious penalties for purposeful drifting.
The place is called "Driftland" it would be a bit retarded if they didn't allow drifting.
"Driftland!" Rule #1.... NO DRIFTING! Every drifter will push the limits of the track, it's why normal more posh tracks don't allow drifting... or just keep it to one or two corners (silverstone)
sigh.
@@Iain240 Couldn't agree more, lol! I jsut thought it was funny that a drift track made a video why other tracks hate drifting. Not at all serious, ya dig?
@@DriftlandTV I don't mean anything bad by it, i just got a good chuckle out of it. It's like a movie theater giving 5 reasons why they hate popcorn, lol
Be more Scottish and talk more plz thanks
That we can do ! hahaha