Drifting, hellaflush, slammed, tire stretch blog/bash thread.

[Rotary no Densetsu]

Originally Posted by RotorDad

Okay I have said it before at a pro level most of what I have seen the cars don't have stretched tires. The reason for the comparison is actually simple when you look at it. When defending the issue by saying it's a drifting thing, then why do some of the best at the sport not use it? To say because the driver doesn't wrench on the car is stupid at best, they are the ones driving the damn car. The car is set up accordingly & I'm sure that theses guys don't just sit around while others work on the car. Within the team they work together to find the best results Drivers & Mechanics.

You should check out some of the D1GP cars then. Many of them run stretched tires and such.

You'd be wrong with your assumption about the guys working on their cars here and there. All of the "big" cars, ie team Falken and such are kept and built here in Charlotte. I'm friends with the owner of the shop.

Most of those guys don't touch their own cars, period. At least, as little as possible. The car is set up, shipped to events, they drive it. Bam, that's it. There are a few guys in Formula D that work on their cars, but most of them don't.

Essa also runs stretched tires on his old pro car, the Bimmer.

In fact, the neon wheels on the back of that FC are off of his Bimmer. Just throwing that out there.

But yeah, the million dollar race program drivers don't run stretched tires, but most everyone else does. I don't really care for it, like I've said. But it's still there.