Formula Drift at Infineon Raceway – Sonoma, CA 8/11

Infineon Raceway hosted one of the new car racing sports brought over from Japan called Drifting. Cars race in tandem side by side around the track in a 4 wheel drift.

Here is what happens when a drift car comes into the first corner too hot. Notice that I am shooting from scaffolding on the far right of the shot. The car lost control at about 60mph and plowed into the concrete “K” rail barrier. It pushed it almost three feet, (these way over a ton each!), into my scaffolding and raised the front legs off the ground before sliding me back a few feet. Too close for comfort.

The Pontiac Solstice Drift Car