NiCK HOGAN CRASHES VIPER

[Patrick Mordaunt]

Check out Pat's run from Irwindale last time he drove it and I guess that will put an end to the whose the best young driver. He is in the blue '86 about midway. And while Hogan was out wrecking a beautiful car Pat was out driving and winning 1st place in a tandem comp and 4th place in a single elim. comp.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...=818112468&n=2

Hahaha thanks Bryan. Appreciate that man. Great driving yesterday, we have to tandem more often.

he also had one really good run i got to watch while i was in line to drive, linked the whole course perfect, i was impresed for a 15 year old kid, pat wasnt driving like that at 15. give him a break

Just for the record matt, i've only been 16 for a little over a month now. So i mean it's not like I've had some drastic sudden jump in skill over the period of 2-3 weeks. Age is no real excuse for anything. You should know i don't ever fall back on age for an excuse of making driving error or being off. I tell the truth and ask what i can do better and learn not to make the same mistake twice.

well said SD i love my patty wagon but pat has had time to hone his skills and irwindale can be a difficult course for ppl who have never drove it

Yes Riley, I've had time to hone my skills. That's what you have to do to drive well. It takes lots of hard work and practice. And you're right, Irwindale is a very tough course to do, i've only started really getting it down at the last 2 times i've driven there. Altho when i first started driving it about 6 months ago i was nowhere near the driver i am today. (No i'm not saying i'm good, because i still suck.) Also, IF i have been informed correctly, Nick has been actually training at Irwindale. IF this is correct he has probably had more time to hone his skills on that course. Not necessarily other places, but it looks like from other videos that he's doing pretty well on that course and has it down.

and for the record, if a certain other youngin had the support nick had, hed long since be rocking formula D, like I hear he rocked the just drift comp today.

Hahahaha. Thanks Brandon, and support would be nice but i doubt it's something i'll see anytime soon.

i love pat <3

maybe ill take you two youngings to chucke cheese and you can hang out, would that be fun?

congrats to on finishing in both parts today too at top drift 3. your my hero, and im gonna get you laid, by chas.

Hahahahaha. Matt, you rock. I'm totally down for some Chucke Cheese! Although i haven't been there in probly 10 years. And thanks, but I still think you should've been there driving with us! You've wouldve done well! Also, no thanks on the Chas part. Hah.

hi everyone,

everyone has their off days, mine was yesterday. i am going to stick with drifting, and i am going to participate in the pro am.

it just wasnt enough time for me personally to get re adjusted to the car, now maybe sam could have, but i didnt, im sorry, but everyones different. there was alot of pressure on me yesterday, and i seemed to have lost my head.

thank you to everyone supportive.
-nick hogan

Anyways, I introduced myself to Nick after Sonoma. Seemed like a good guy, altho i dont really know him. I admit i feel it's not really fair that you're getting to drive the Viper after not really putting Blood, Sweat, and Tears into this sport, but i'm sure that you're working hard and practicing harder so I'm sure in the end you'll have earned this car.

As far as everyone thinking you'll be some rich spoiled kid, i'll admit that was one of the first thoughts that came to my head, but it's being proven wrong. Which is an awesome thing, because we dont need people like that in Drifting. Hahaha but it's good to see that you're being humble and admitting you had an off day. I think a key factor is always humility (Just saying in general, that's all.) As Colin said, the community factor is also absolutely HUGE in this sport and if you're not known and always driving with a bunch of the guys you sorta lose that and sometimes people can treat you like assholes because of it.

I think if you really want to earn everyone's respect (not that you have to prove anything to anyone) that you should try and come out and compete in out Top Drift series and duke it out with California's best. I feel if you can hang with us then you're probly ready to go for the pro series. I mean basically we're the toughest competition you'll find besides the pros. I actually woudl have been out there driving with ya yesterday, but obviously i had previous responsibilities and dedications.

As far as the best young driver, I look forward to drivin against you in the Pro-Am Series if you can't come out to Top Drift. Should be pretty fun and interesting for all the spectators. I suppose you can look at this as a formal challenge for sometime in the future. Hahahaha



Not really anything else i have to say about this. Sorry for making the world's largest post. I was just being brought up so much, that i felt i had to come in and say a few words.

Thanks for reading and to my buddies for the support.

Sincerely,
Patrick Mordaunt

[Nick Hogan]

benr- well , with stock knuckles, thhe car was spinning out ALOT, and when it came time to qualify we had just switched back to modified knuckles, i was scared of spinning again, so i stayed very conservative with the throttle, and obviously didnt give it enough to put me sideways at the 2nd clipping point, and this caused me to be hauling *Censored**Censored**Censored* with the front end pushing, and when i straightened it out there was not enough room to stop and then boom, i met the wall


mike peters- ive never met you and i know ur now working with ean or ian and glenn, youve heard their side of things, not mine, and you were not in the picture when everything went down. so im asking you please, before making a comment about me like that, get the story straight

[Mike Peters]

there are two sides to every story, but if you honestly think you didnt go about things in a less than positive way maybe you can learn to sit in the other peoples shoes you left hanging.

good luck with pro am, and you shoudl really call some people back you left hanging.

[functionFiRst]

Hey Nick, I was out there on Dday 33 driving and watching you practice, i gotta say though, you really impressed the heck outta me.

I definitely give you props for trying to prove yourself out there. And like everything you do, people are going to hate or doubt you skill, for various reasons. You Are very fortunate to be in a position where you're able to drive and practice with some of the best around, and i just hope you don't forget that.

I wish you the best of luck for the next qualifying round you go out for. Your still young and have plenty of time to learn. Keep working hard and don't worry about the doubters. Good Luck and keep it fun!

[s13/350z]

benr- well , with stock knuckles, thhe car was spinning out ALOT, and when it came time to qualify we had just switched back to modified knuckles, i was scared of spinning again, so i stayed very conservative with the throttle, and obviously didnt give it enough to put me sideways at the 2nd clipping point, and this caused me to be hauling *Censored**Censored**Censored* with the front end pushing, and when i straightened it out there was not enough room to stop and then boom, i met the wall


mike peters- ive never met you and i know ur now working with ean or ian and glenn, youve heard their side of things, not mine, and you were not in the picture when everything went down. so im asking you please, before making a comment about me like that, get the story straight

at least you knew what was going on...now I guess its just up to seat time which EVERY driver needs regarldless. I would have yanked the ebrake (or whatever setup you guys have in there hha) and tried to slide it while braking to save from hitting the wall..but thats me.
and I agree that there are 2 sides to EVERY story and people should get both sides before making rash remarks. and mike this is not some cheap shot at you haha..

[D1 DRIFTER]

nick its good to see you on here posting with us... I saw your crash durning qualifying.. it was a simple mistake many ppl make it was saveable but you go blank at those times.. no worries. Props to you for being real and not going through the back door.. a little more seat time i think you'll do fine.. my advice run as many cali events as you can and have someone watch your runs who knows what you are doing right/wrong and work with you.. maybe sam even hell who knows keep it up kid

[BenR]

benr- well , with stock knuckles, thhe car was spinning out ALOT, and when it came time to qualify we had just switched back to modified knuckles, i was scared of spinning again, so i stayed very conservative with the throttle, and obviously didnt give it enough to put me sideways at the 2nd clipping point, and this caused me to be hauling *Censored**Censored**Censored* with the front end pushing, and when i straightened it out there was not enough room to stop and then boom, i met the wall

It's great that you have the presence of mind to remember what happened. Alot of new drivers, especially in road racing develop what I call "adrenaline amnesia". They get so pumped up, when they come off the track they can't remember anything that just happened. By remembering your runs and going over them in your head afterwards you can work on not making the same misstakes over again.

As for why you crashed, here's where the experience comes in. Since are still new, and the car, and the course were not exactly as you had practiced, you were chasing the car, enstead of leading it. It started doing things you didn't expect and paniced. You locked up the brakes and slid straight into the wall.

Knowing that Irwindale is a big bowl, and the video shows you were going along kinda quick but not too fast, how do you think, once you are now in that situation of the car pushing into the inner oval wall you could have recovered?

[Tracy]

First thing I would like to say is...Peters you are a *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* for not comming out to drift fury in July!!!! I hope you can make it in November now that you are an East Coaster.

Nick,
I would like to say....keep it up if you love it. I have a lot of this same thing going on where I live. I'm a female and my boyfriend built me a pretty nice S14. Lots of people think I don't deserve it and constantly talk about me. I often have my own threads made about me...(I think its flattering ) Frankly it's not really their business. I get to travel and do demos and that makes some people upset (I DO understand where they are comming from. I just deal with it and continue to do my thing). The one thing I do agree with is that practice events and amateur competitions are a necessity! I did a year of practice at events before Dan even considered building me my own car. I think it was a great learning and bonding experience (I am by no means a pro although I hope to be someday). I wish you luck! I got to do a demo with Sam 2 weekends ago here in ATL and I asked him if I could drive the Viper (jokingly of course)...thanks a lot for crashing it before I got my chance to drive it

[INFO]

Nick is practicing today.

[Octagon]

You know folks, if my Layla ever gets finished, after several private practice sessions at local speedways she'll head straight to a Formula Drift qualifier, too.

Why? Why wouldn't I follow the "grassroots orientation" of the drifting scene when it's the established path? Why would I risk hundred of hours of fabricating, tuning, machining, and rebuilding of a classic on the Formula Drift whim instead of heading to Kil-Kare to run with DriftDay?

Quite simply, because if I'm going to lay my money on the line to compete in a professional motorsport, I'm going for the jugular and f*cking COMPETING.

Maybe it's just my midwest open wheel attitude, but I was taught from a young age that racing's too damn expensive to do it half-fast. (say it aloud for best effect )

Nick wants to compete, and even more importantly wants to win. Am I right, Nick? This being the case, I can see his path. His path is straight into organized professional competition.

[Nick Hogan]

had a really great day at irwindale with tanner today !!!

[hatebbobbarker]

should open it up to other people too, id sign up if you organized something, plus itd cost you alot less if it was spread out among a few people.

[Patrick Mordaunt]

had a really great day at irwindale with tanner today !!!

That's cool. Tanner's another one of the best and probably an amazing teacher. Just so you know, there's going to be a practice day Sunday at Irwindale held by www.driftbuffet.com You should come out and run with us. It'd probly bring good PR and you could see how some other people run the course (not that seeing Tanner and Sam do it isnt helpful) but seeing how those of us who dont have power & so on drive it can probly also help too. I Dunno, it's just a suggestion.

[Nick Hogan]

yea, unfortunately i'm flying home to miami tomorrow morning or else i'd love to come out

[brainfood]

You need to come out and hang out with real grassroots drifters especially the cali guys, its a very close knit group. Plus it would be great to get some tandem practice. I know I would love to chase down that big viper with my ka I am pretty sure my entrance speed at most tracks would be on par at least most WSIR tracks Especially htm. Good luck and hope to see you out at some real events instead of just private practice sessions.