The big entry show
This is a new competition where the participants use part of a race track (previously determined) to give the audience a demonstration of car control.
Here is an example of The Big Entry Show – done by Fredric Aasbø from at Vålerbanen where the competition will be:
DRIVERS AND COMPETITION:
12-15 drivers compete to show their best single race. It is competed with the elimination method: 12-15 participants in the preliminary round, then 8 in the semi-final, and 4 in the final.
Participants are selected on the basis of what is shown on Gatebil drift lines on Friday and previous merits in drifting. The competition is open to cars with rear-wheel drive, four-wheel drive and front-wheel drive. There are no requirements for tires or regulations beyond Gatebil’s safety regulations for track driving, and it is desirable to have a wide variety of types of cars and participants – everything from pure street cars with simple modifications to thoroughbred drifting cars. Anyone can win here if you have steel control of your tools! Show us what you can do on Friday – and join us for the big highlight on Saturday!
This is what the judges are looking for:
– Impact
– Angle
– Speed
The judges want as aggressive and fast a run as possible, rather than a lot of angling and “burnout” over the whole course. Think of the run as a “rubber band that charges”: You tighten the elastic as much as you can, and release all the energy at the entrance to the chicane.
Unlike regular drifting, we don’t care if you don’t follow a specific route or line – we want an entertaining race that gets the crowd cheering!