From an article that starts on page 1 of today's New York Times on Drifting/ Street Racing. "accomplished drifters are said to have their pick of the prettiest boys among the spectators."* *page 12 3/8/09 NYT continuation of article from page one.
[seinfeld]not that there's anything wrong with that. People's sexual preferences are nobodies business but themselves![/seinfeld]
interesting article Jim, thanks for mentioning this! link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/world/middleeast/08drift.html?scp=1&sq=drifting&st=cse
I knew it! That Tanner Foust always looked a bit light in the loafers to me. (J/K if you're reading this, Tanner)
Why do they do it? (..) Because they have nothing else to do. Because they are empty. well maybe most are empty except the prettiest boys among the spectators!!
A video of the said "Saudi Drifting" *Warning: Horrible music, watch on mute. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1InZCpvY25s Watch how close some of them come to wiping out the spectators. Sickening.
Drifting is what you get when NASCAR children rebel against their WWF watching parents. Let the games begin!
Sadly I've seen (and probably most here have too) other similar videos where the spectators were not so lucky
Yep, no shortage of them on the web either (i.e. youtube). This may be a bit hard to understand, but I can see how they blame it on "boredom". Saudi Arabia is a very strict place... no alcohol, women (all are fully clothed by law), pictures of women etc. etc... it could drive one mad after a while. Having said that, these kids should find a better way to release their extra energy.
