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Just Drift!<br />
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There are a number of amateur drift series in the United States and Just Drift!<br />
is <strong>one</strong> of the most well known. Just Drift! events are held at the famous<br />
Willow Springs International Raceway near Los Angeles and is the best place<br />
to see Southern California's top privateers and up-and-coming drivers.<br />
Grassroots events such as Just Drift! have been the launching points for<br />
many of the drivers that fill the Formula D roster. Teams such as the VIOLENT<br />
RUNNING TRIBE and RISKY DEVIL show up “en masse” at these events under<br />
the blazing hot Cali Sun.<br />
NOPI Drift<br />
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A more recent addition to the American drifting scene is the NOPI drift series.<br />
NOPI events are usually held on different types of courses to Formula D and<br />
attract more privateer drivers. Last season there was some controversy over<br />
the organization at some NOPI events and a few events have been<br />
dropped from the schedule. As of recently, there have also been some<br />
shakeups on the judging panel. Time will tell if the young NOPI series will be<br />
able to overcome these troubles. I have a good friend, John Coetzee that<br />
competes at the NOPI DRIFT Atlanta events in a Nissan 240SX that will be<br />
sending us some photographs of the cars, gals and drift action as the<br />
season goes on.<br />
After Japan, its off the United States where drifting first began its<br />
worldwide spread in popularity.<br />
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