Formula D Finals - The Drifters<dt>
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<a href="/eventcoverage/130_0902_formula_d_finals_drifters/index.html">Check out our coverage of the Formula D Finals as the drifters converge onto the Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, California.</a><p>Every time I enter a big sweeping turn on the highway I imagine myself sliding the car sideways like I was one of those drift drivers we occasionally profile. I'd accelerate into the turn at breakneck speeds, stomping on the throttle like it was on fire, counter-steering the rear end of the car until it's a hair away from scraping the guardrail, all while a gorgeous plume of white smoke trails behind me like the tail of a comet. A cop would see this and spill his coffee in his lap while he fumbles to turn on his siren and lights to hopefully catch me while I'm literally leaving him in the dust. Then, like a scene out of a Jerry Bruckheimer action flick, a small army of Highway Patrol officers would be chasing me until my uncanny driving abilities got me around a sharp highway exit, onto the streets and into an alley that the cops just missed. My dream, however, spins out of control like a one-armed wheelchair racer when I remind myself that I'm driving a lowly ES2 Civic. At least I get good gas mileage. Be that as it may, I've found that I could vicariously live out my fantasy of drifting while covering the 2008 season of the Formula Drift series, which just wrapped with the finale at the Irwindale Raceway.</p>
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