A new attraction at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma brings a popular overseas form of car racing called “drifting” to the local racing scene, Wednesday April 13, 2011. During Wednesday night drags this summer, the lower paddock will be converted to a drift course for Bay Area racers, amateur and professional.
… Where else but your PlayStation do you see someone roar full-throttle into a 180-degree turn, skid sideways through the bend and then immediately start a squealing slide into the next turn — all while maintaining speed and control?
But silicon chips can’t conjure the smoke and noise from burning rubber that filled the air around the course. And Swan, and his fellow drivers, are flesh-and-blood participants in the surest motorsporting trend to bald your tires: Drifting  … More