Cars Going Sideways

Two weeks ago, I made a post about cool cars that I saw at the drifting festival. You can see the post of this here, if you didn't before. This time, I have the action shots and videos for you, where these cars actually go sideways on the track.

There were two tracks. First, I went next to the main track, which is faster and took a couple of shots there.

There is actually a jump on the track, but only cars that come in really fast can get a bit airborne. This place is Laitse Rally park in Estonia and is often called the Ebisu of Europe. Due to this jump and the concrete walls.

I didn't stay at this spot for very long and moved around a bit. These are taken in the pits.

The following shots are taken next to another trail, which is slower but has a lot more technical, tight turns. Drift cars were doing tandems with 6 cars. Meaning 6 cars were drifting side by side.

Drivers pushing this big tire to the side of the track to its place because someone drifted into it.

This is taken mid-crash. One driver lost control, spun out, and the other driver crashed into the other. Not a heavy crash, but the cars got a bit damaged.

Now back at the side of the bigger track again. The sun started to go lower, which means my photos look better than I can get during midday. In fact, the event went well into the darkness.

It was crazy to see this Volvo drifting. It's like a large coffin and looks insanely weird going sideways.

By this time, the sun was going away and I had been hearing these roaring cars throughout the day. My ears were honestly bleeding, hahah, well not literally but you get what I mean. I still wanted to stay there till the end of this event. It's rare when we can see drifting in the dark as well.