So its time for me to whine for a moment.
A recent altercation with Johnny Po-po has me wondering, "Is quietly drifting around an abandoned parking lot grounds for a reckless driving citation?" Common sense and knowledge of the laws that be say yes, however, where else am I to perform such acts of recklessness? The good ole' mid-west (Kansas City, Kansas to be exact) is your typical domestic car hot bed. Why just a simple dash down I-35 or I-435 and you can see all sorts of trick Camaros and old school mustangs, but upon further inspection, you realize that they all have one of two things in common. #1 The old fart (65+ yrs old) driving it has so much money invested in chrome parts and restoration that theres no possible way he'd be interested in thrashing about drifting his car. Or #2 The middle aged investment banker does what he did in high school... Hook it up with a decent motor, skinnys up front and meaty slicks in the back, bang for your buck drag car. While there is a small contingent of drifters here in KC, we lack on of the prerequisites for drifting. A safe sanctioned place to do so. The closest road course is 1.5 hrs away in the states capitol, however go there and ask them when the next drift day is and you're met with a glazed over stare as if you've just spit out a Baby Jesus from your mouth. There's talk of adding a road course next to the NASCAR track up north but thats years of debate, years of developement, months of bitching, and years of construction, hell by the time its done it seems as if I'll be Thing #1. What can I do to motivate the community, not just the drifters and straight-liners, but the general population to get behind us and support the creation of a play-area of sorts for us do-gooder bad boys. I believe it can help us keep street racing to a minimum and if not at least provide a safe, sanctioned place for those of us who wish to play by the rules, but are geographically unable, to do so.