Rhys defeated! series photos!

[REVLIMIT]

the biggest problem I cant think of is that the car is still so new and fresh to him. Hell it took me almost a year to finnaly tune my car to slide right. O_o Although thats with just me myself and I working on the car to figure it out. To many adjustible parts haha...but considering hes a pro racer and has a team behind him. He'll probably have the car tuned right when the time comes.

[MrodDrft]

Well he still did pretty well.

[nissanguy_24]

that whole, "yeah but he did better then you!" arguement, really doesnt fly when were talking pro level drifting. I mean yeah he did better then i could of. but he wasnt competiting against me, he was competting against the pros.

but i still think he did good considering how new the car was, but like someone said earlier, it just wasnt fun to watch. Once he commited to an angle or a turn he was stuck. Probably why he seemed so cautious when he ran side by side.

Anyways im no expert.

[MrodDrft]

Put it this way, he did great, put in comparison to the Japanese pros... he sucked

[HondaHater]

s15 is a goddess on the road, the gto is just another car to the japanese, they know that, i bet they were happy to be goin against that gto.

[driftersil80]

I have better pics than anyone else. They are all to big to post tho, so how do I make them smaller?

[DriftGirl]

Sounds like he had the world stacked against him from day one

[nissanguy_24]

Perhaps the domestic makes, well pontiac, will understand what we have been saying about lighter sports cars this whole time.

See weight doesnt mater if the only races your involved in use tube frame bodys that are painted to look like the car there suposed to be.

[s0nny80y]

the weight of the world... next time

[DriftGirl]

Car design aside......

at some point in your life you'll realize that its important for Americans to be a part of a sport they are funding.


Back to car design: I too hope that better designs will come from US plants. I will be the first to buy when they do So maybe competition at D1 will lead to sum 'out of the ordinary thinking' for US car makers....

[_uG TM]

Originally posted by DriftGirl
Sounds like he had the world stacked against him from day one

No its the ignorant people. The truth is, the ones who know who Rhys is, what he has accomplished were behind him. People are soo narrow minded its insane. The Viper is cool but not the GTO, which is actually a Legend in Austrailia under the name Holden Monaro.. Which I'm sure alot of you didnt know.. there is nothing wrong with that car. Big whoop it says Pontiac on it in the states. Get over it. That car is a new car. Kinda hard to get the car right on its first year. I would like to see him stay with Pontiac for next year and see how he does with a little practice and perfecting.

http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring...s/4_12_hol.htm

[nissanguy_24]

Originally posted by DriftGirl
Car design aside......

at some point in your life you'll realize that its important for Americans to be a part of a sport they are funding.


Back to car design: I too hope that better designs will come from US plants. I will be the first to buy when they do So maybe competition at D1 will lead to sum 'out of the ordinary thinking' for US car makers....

The solstice pontiac is designing is deffenately the right direction. I hope they make a coupe too. that would be a badass drift vehichle! hell they should campiegn both, just for the sake of having two very different cars.

[hardcoredrift]

i hated how a lot of people booed the gto i was cheering it on. it did very well for a n00b car. and considering the time they used to make it the way it is is amazing.

good luck to rhys millen from now on.

[CrazyHawaiian]

Yeah looks like he wasnt hittin it up very well. Need more throttle!! hehe!! But hey if they just finished tuning the car the day of the race, then I say he did OK. Even having drifted before, when I stepped into a new car with a different tune I wasnt exactly hittn it up very well the first time myself. Not making any excuses or anything here, but give him some more time and I'm sure he'll be competitive.

[Shin_Kudou]

Sucked compared to the Japanese drifters? He did as well or better than all but eight of them.

Pretty damn good for a car that, as he put it, was only at 80%, and which he'd only gotten the evening before.