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Old 05-09-2019, 12:49 AM
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Old 05-23-2019, 11:18 AM
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Lock City Drift has a new competition series, Street Series, for "street" car, and a Top Drift series for pro2 type cars. First Street Series competition was this weekend, placed 2nd out of 26 drivers.

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Lock City Drift - Street Series 1 by Huy, on Flickr

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Singular Motorsports hood vents in. Hopefully help get the temps down on track.

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Round 2 of the Lock City Drift Street Series competition. Made some mistakes, and the weather kept changing conditions. In the end I didn't place as well as round 1, but hoping to do better on the next one.



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Street Series Round 3, got a podium finish. Love this little track, so good for tandems.



I need to hit a SCCA Track Night in America soon as well, haven't driven one all year.
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Lock City Drift : Street Series Rd3 by Huy, on Flickr


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Solid driving. I didn't have any desire to drift until picking up my placement holder miata. Now I want to hit up some events. Sweet cushion holder.
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Round 4 of the Lock City Drift Street Series, qualified 1st and placed 1st.

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Lock City Drift - Street Series Rd.4 by Huy, on Flickr


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I love the pics and videos, great job man.
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Thanks!
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Lock City Drift - Street Series Rd5 by Huy, on Flickr


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Came in first at Street Series Rd.5 and won the championship for the series.
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Another drift event.


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No work on the Miata this winter, and now foreseeable future with drift season on pause. The M3 had the oil pan gasket replaced, softer poly diff bushings, 5th gear detent replaced, R33 wheels hubs bored to fit the larger BMW hubs, Falken Azenis 615 tires, and FancyWide rear diffuser.





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Our drift season here is pretty much kaput at the moment as well. It's a massive bummer.

What's your steering setup look like now on the miata?

If I recall correctly from earlier you had the SPL inner/outer tie rods. Do you still have that? Have you moved to a cut steering knuckle or anything yet?
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