For these two you want a low f/ setting. something like 6 or lower, then you want a slower shutter speed that isn't too slow to where you blur the car coming at you but fast enough to maintain sharpness. 1/320 is what i used here for the shutter and f/5.6 is the aperture setting.

Article submitted by: Jonathan Loveless
How to take good drifting (or motorsports in general) photos.

A lot of people have been asking me about motorsports photography, and to tell you the truth its actually one of the easier photography subjects in my opinion. There are three absolutely needed items to have good photos.

More so than tire compound/brand/type, the many smaller drift scenes seem to ignoring proper tire sizing. Today we will talk about tire width. Originally, one would think that you want the skinniest tires possible. In reality, you want the widest tires you can possibly run.

From: http://jpowell.blogs.com/jason_powell_church_it/2007/12/guess-the-tire.html

Yearly, we get an influx of new drivers. Some came to 100dod and did a skid pad run, some just find us via google. Regardless, this time of year seems to be newbie central. The following article is my personal take on the most common goofs I see first timers make.

From: http://nicoleabdou-destinationunknown.blogspot.com/2010/12/creating-zen-...

I'm going to try to make a few articles geared towards 100% beginners so I thought I would start with this topic.

A new drift season is upon us and 14 full days of drifting have been scheduled for this year. Below is the calendar in which we invest ourselves for what is about to come.

Unlike most motorsports, spectators make up a good portion of the life blood of drifting. Let's face it, it's damn fun to watch. Unfortunately, Drift Nirvana tends to lack proper guidance for spectators to figure out where the best viewing locations. The track was not originally designed with spectators in mind. Fret not, there are some good place to get some awesome pictures/videos of drifting.

Judging drifting is probably the most difficult part of the sport. Unlike Time Attack or your normal HPDE day, drifting is subjective. In the end, that means a judge decides who wins or loses. At Drift Nirvana, we lack drift boxes, radar guns, or any fancy equipment. We have a pen and paper.

Fret not! There is a rhyme and reason for everything. The following are the general guidelines used to judge solo comp runs at DN.

In less than a month, for both days of the weekend of the first week in December, we will be drifting! I figured I should take a moment out to write a little something for the website and answer a few questions that I've been asked.

What is the schedule?
It's a normal drift schedule for both days. Here is a rough estimate

By: Yoshi Jeffery

One of the first maintenance/upgrades performed on used cars tends to be bushings. Most drivers upgrade from rubber to a polyurethane bushing. But be careful! Not all polys are made alike.

Below is an example of a durometer hardness scale for different types of materials used for bushings.

Image from http://www.plasticsintl.com/