For those of you who didn’t know, Drift Jesus is coming.
This Saturday the 28th of April is our season opener! Hope to see you all there.
As for you drivers, we have new rules and regulations for this year. Here is a quick link for ya:
Capital Drift Tech Guidelines 2012
I never thought I’d see the day where I would actually have to ban people. I have been avoiding it with some, giving them second chances and multiple warnings, keeping things friendly and casual. However, some drivers delved into the realm of pure disrespect and frankly idiocy. Its been posted MULTIPLE times in the past and we had drifting at Western Speedway at risk because of excessive shenanigans in the parking lots. We have but one simple request: to enter and leave the parking lot quietly and respectfully. Having drifting at Western Speedway is a privilege, that some seem to forget is at the verge of slipping through our fingers. At our last practice people littered the entryway and now two people caught for parking lot idiocy are not only banned for the rest of the season, they are also not welcome on the Western Speedway property to even spectate. This may be a life ban pending decision of the track management.
Let this be a wake up call for anyone else who thinks that disrespecting the track property and putting drifting at risk is a fun idea.
I’d also like to address the lack of respect for the track when people’s vehicles are concerned. This last even was the worse to date in terms of oil leaks and vehicle incidents where drivers frankly didn’t care about the mess they where making. Excessive oil leaks and lack of common sense led myself and other volunteers cleaning oil stains and other messes for a few hours after the track was cleared. There will be a meeting this weekend to address these new problems and severe countermeasures may take place that will destroy our casual yet serious attitude at the track. Good job at making drifting not fun. I honestly cant believe the ignorance of our new wave of drivers, clearly there needs to be an attitude adjustment.
On a lighter note :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP7J4KdZq60
We have some T-Shirts and stickers coming in for the next practice. Also we are trying to hit 1000 likes on the Cap D facebook page before then so that we can give away 2 T-Shirts and 5 stickers. Start sharing and maybe you’ll be randomly chosen for the t-shirt and sticker draw 
!
This saturday coming up is the first saturday ever in Captital Drift history. Our preregistered driver’s list is full now and I see alot of new drivers coming out!
More good news, Western Speedway has offered to open their concession stand for us on this groundbreaking day as well!
These will be the items for Feb 25
Will be open from 9am-2pm!
Pop $3.00
Water $3.00
Coffee $2.00
Tea $2.00
Hot Chocolate $3.50
Breakfast Sandwich (egg; meat and cheese on a bun) $4.50
Donut $1.00
Cheeseburger Meal (includes chips and drink – hot chocolate $1 more) $7.50
Hot Dog Meal (includes chips and drink – hot chocolate $1 more) $6.00
Soup Meal (includes bun and drink – hot chocolate $1 more) $5.50
Chocolate Bars $1.75
I’ve posted this seasons tentative schedule (dates may be changed by the end of this month)
Also…. We have our first SATURDAY Drift session.
Saturday, February 25th
Cheers.
Halloween practice turned out to be a Halloween bash. Nearly all the drivers came out in costume, though most of the costumes came off towards the end of the day.
Here is Joshua Whitehead (Last Season’s Champion) getting a crotch full of pumpkin debris via Nick Oldford. I would highly recommend no one ever attempt this ever.
Photo by Eric at HeatBloom
Best costume of the day would have to be Jason Debruyn who went as Cole Chalmers, from the internet (drifted.com)
Costumes are mandatory for the pits
10$ No costume surcharge
Bring a pumpkin, carve before or at track (may be accepted instead of costume)
To guarantee a spot, pay in advance. Registering is not a guarantee. Registrations past October 12th will be considered drop ins.
So what is Capital Drift up to when the season is over? Well more drifting ofcourse! End of the season only means begining of the practice sessions. Here is a video capturing alot of what hapens during a practice here at Capital Drift.
Here is another !
Be sure to check out their other videos
If you weren’t there then you missed quite a show! Near death, two series ties in points and 8 car drift trains. This was an all day event, drifting started at roughly 9am and finished at 9pm. We had 37 cars. A BMW driven by a newcomer met its end, as did Jordan Peliter’s 240sx with an unfortunate wall vs car challenge. Dan “The Crab” Courmier decided he needed another addition to his crab family. Unfortunately, Dug Willis wasn’t as receiving as he had hoped. A corolla may have died, but a crab was born.
The day ended with Joshua Whitehead taking 3rd, Chris Scremin taking 2nd and Myles Mayland returning to the track with his newly finished car to take 1st.
The series ended with a tie for 3rd between Pete Schroeder and Chris Scremin. Chris Scremin ended up taking third place leaving an epic battle between Cody Ross and Joshua Whitehead for 1st place. Cody and Josh have been neck and neck all season and both of them had been waiting for today to see who would take the win in series points. In the end, Joshua Whitehead ended up taking first place in a head to head battle with Cody Ross.
Overall this was our biggest and best event. I’d like to personally thank Matt Tregear for his quick reflexes, Adrian Smith and Darryl Downey for their vocals, Corey Bergerud, Quinn Howling and Chris Vriend for their Judging. I would like to also thank Cole Chambers, Sean Nesbit, Conor Orcherton, Acacia Spencer-Hills and all other volunteers that helped make this event possible.
I’d like to point out that Adam Detlor, after being with us for nearly 2 years, is leaving to pursue his career. Without his help Capital Drift would not be where it is today and everyone in the community would like to wish him the best and luck for his new ventures. Thanks Adam, I’m sure we’ll see you again soon
Another successful event! No problems in the parking lot this time so that was a relief! I would like to remind all spectators and drivers to not speed or do burnouts/drift in the parking lot during out events!
1st – Joshua Whitehead, Victoria Local!
2nd –Pete Schroder of Neptdune D.
3rd – Matt Treger, veteran drifter recently back to the scene!
In 4th place came Warren Foster. This is warrens first time reaching the Top 4! Congratulations!
I would like to thank all the staff and volunteers made this the most organised Capital City Drift event to date! Special thanks to Darryl Downey of Bentmafk, Quinn Howling of SpeedHero, Colby Adrian.
Our Final Even is coming up August 1st! Be sure to come and bring all your friends and see the all day event featuring Westerns Canada’s best amateur drifters!
Doors open at 10am, top 16 starts at 6pm! Admission is only 10$