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Old May 9, 2019 | 12:49 AM
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Old May 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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Old May 24, 2019 | 10:58 PM
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Lock City Drift - Street Series 1 by Huy, on Flickr

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Old May 25, 2019 | 09:41 AM
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Old Jun 5, 2019 | 12:55 PM
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Old Jun 20, 2019 | 01:16 PM
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Singular Motorsports hood vents in. Hopefully help get the temps down on track.

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Old Jul 2, 2019 | 07:30 AM
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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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Old Jul 29, 2019 | 11:13 AM
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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.


Lock City Drift - Private Day by Huy, on Flickr


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Old Mar 23, 2020 | 07:34 PM
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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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