Many think drifting is not racing. It's car ballet. But is it cool when it's a redneck El Camino that tromps the imports?
Watch out: the Japanese are invading. First, they infiltrated American shores with cheap, reliable, fuel-efficient pods of transport during the oil crisis, quickly establishing a reputation for building superior cars. Import drag racing was pilfered from our playbook shortly thereafter, exploding to epic proportions and performance milestones just one decade after its inception. The latest encroachment of our turf comes with a stinging sucker punch to the ribs. Sliding a car sideways for style points in ragged pick'em-up trucks and rotted-out Camaros is as American as bipartisan politics and frivolous lawsuits. A perfectly executed brodie is, after all, a redneck rite of passage akin to catching your first 20-pound catfish. Now, after simply adopting and renaming our sport "drifting," the Japanese are taking credit for inventing it. Are you gonna take that? Of course not. So saddle up boys, it's time to fight back.
Photo Gallery: 1986 GMC Caballero - Team Bubba Drift El Camino - Hot Rod Magazine
Photo Gallery: 1986 GMC Caballero - Team Bubba Drift El Camino - Hot Rod Magazine
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