Drift it with PistonHeads
Drift Academy teams with PH for a very special day
Fancy trying your hand at drifting? Then come to the Pistonheads Drift Academy Day at a special PistonHeads price.
- What: Level 1 Drifting Course
- When: Thursday 8th December
- Where: Silverstone
The driving takes place in the ATC/Skidpan area on the infield of Silverstone circuit using Drift Academy Mazda MX-5s specially modified for drifting. At this venue we also allow you to bring your own car along to learn and practise. You must ensure that your car is suitable for drifting before booking a place.
This course is suitable for anyone who wants to learn advanced car control or drifting. You will be taught both the theory of drifting and practical aspects of controlling the car in small groups.
We only use wide open areas with nothing to hit apart from a stray cone. We only teach drifting in rear wheel drive cars fitted with a limited slip differential (LSD).
Friends and family are welcome to attend and you can book optional passenger rides if you want to treat them (or you!) An instructor will demonstrate high speed drifting in one of our competition drift cars.
Typical course itinerary
- 10.00 Arrival, coffee and introductions
- 10.15 Safety & course briefing
- 10.30 Morning driving/theory sessions begin
- 12.30 Lunch
- 13.00 Afternoon driving/theory sessions begin
- 15.30 Drift Competition
- 15.50 Debrief & Prize giving
- 16.00 Depart
All this for just £275 per person driving the Drift Academy MX-5 drift cars or £175 per person if you want to use your own car - (special Pistonheads rate)
- Details from the Drift Academy
Cooling is the biggest issue as the engine spends a lot of time at high rpm without a lot of air flowing through the radiator, but most high performance cars are usually OK.
If you have no fans at all, then it may be a problem.
For anyone else, if you can override the fan somehow, it helps a lot. Some cars have secondary electric fans for when the aircon is on, so switching a/c on is a good idea.
We've only got one place left on this day now, so don't wait too long to book if you do want to come along!
>> Edited by Drift Academy on Sunday 13th November 17:49
Dave, I captured that footage for you. Quality is not fantastic but I edited it to make you look more heroic Drift
Ed, I have a fair bit of footage of your beastie in action. You were hampered by your poor steering lock but your donuts looked good.
Ed 1
Ed 2
Right Click and Save the above links.
The surface at Silverstone is really kind on tyres, so we'll be using this venue a lot in the future.
We'll have some photos up on our site in a day or two. Happy to host any videos you might have as well (just e-mail gallery@driftacademy.co.uk and I'll sort out the file transfer).
We'll be planning more days for PH'rs in the new year.
In the meantime, Happy Christmas to you all!
Best to right click and save as, especially for the big one.
All .MOV Quicktime format
26MB in-car clip
5.7MB TVR Practise1
4.2MB TVR Practise2
Happy to host others, just e-mail me for ftp information: john@driftacademy.co.uk
Photos follow shortly...Here's the group at the end of the day:
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