The local short track near me closed down years ago when the government took it over to do high speed toll booth system testing. The neighboring 1/8th mile stayed open, keeping some sort of fun. Recently, the government wrapped up its operations and the track was acquired by a local garage owner who named it Showtime, based on his own racing nickname. I have been chosen as the ambassador of drifting to bring it to this new venue. We are still waiting on the track to finished needed maintenance so it can re-open.
To help spur interest, the track held a 1st
Annual Showtime Car Show & Swap Meet.
Our partner, All American Street Car Performance, was already setup to
display a vendor booth, and I was taking part in the car show area. I think we
were the only import there among the domestic beauties. The humor in that is we
have the heartbeat of a domestic.
Lots of people showed interest and just amazement at the
idea of the swap, let alone a drift car. Most have never seen the sport besides
the movies or quick flashes on TV. Hopefully, once the track opens, we get some
new fans into drifting.
I thought the show was a great success in size and it was
enjoyable to just talk to people about the car without having to worry about when my next track session was.
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| the Swap Meet area |
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