00:04While some people might spend Lunar New Year's eating good food, getting red envelopes, and playing mahjong,
00:08a local driving school has decided to open up a drift track here in Taichung.
00:13What started in the mountains of Japan is now an international phenomenon.
00:16But so far, it's only just started making inroads in Taiwan.
00:19I think that if you want to go to Taiwan for any of the races,
00:25I want to let everyone know that the race car is a different type of race.
00:31The second point is that the race car has been very many requests.
00:37It has been very high and high.
00:43It has been very high and high.
00:44It doesn't have to be like we have a similar race.
00:49Talking to some of the other drivers, they echoed his thoughts on the sport's future
00:52and why track days like this, where people can see the action close up,
00:55are important for the scene.
00:56Our viewers are slowly growing up.
01:01Including my parents, my friends, and my friends,
01:08and my children, and my two daughters.
01:11They all like to watch.
01:13They really like this活動.
01:17Taiwan, not famous for its car culture and domestic racing series,
01:20is warming up to motorsports.
01:21Here in Taichung, former street cars with engines brought from Japan
01:24park alongside race cars imported from Europe,
01:26and even has a foreign driver on the grid.
01:28We traveled on the way to Queensland to do this.
01:31I brought up with my wife that I used to love drifting,
01:35and I wanted to get back into it.
01:36And she randomly just told me,
01:38she's like, my cousin does that in Taiwan.
01:41We came over a few times, checked a few things out.
01:45And yeah, now I've just done a whole year.
01:49I think, actually, because Taiwan's rule is
01:52that we don't have to be friendly to the people who play the car.
01:56It's a little bit difficult,
01:59but we can be happy to play and safe.
02:05Drifting is special.
02:06It's not just about how fast you complete the circuit,
02:09although speed is a factor.
02:10It's also the angle you take through the curves,
02:12how much smoke comes out of your tires,
02:13and the distance between the two cars.
02:15One car leads,
02:16then they switch.
02:19In drifting,
02:20it's not a matter of if the car breaks down
02:21or taps the wall,
02:22but when.
02:23And for the budget conscious,
02:24don't even think about how many tires each car choose through.
02:27Lots and lots and lots of tires.
02:30But this is just an exhibition.
02:31A friendly day with no stakes,
02:33no knockout tournament,
02:34just lots of cars sliding around and burning rubber.
02:36Drivers are here not for the money,
02:37but for the passion.
02:38In Taiwan,
02:39there are a lot of people in Taiwan.
02:41We're hoping that this environment
02:43can have more people
02:44and have more people
02:46And we can play more easily.
02:48But what does it feel like to be in the car?
02:50Passengers put on helmets
02:51and get strapped in,
02:52safety first after all.
02:54For many,
02:54this is the first time to ride in a car like this.
02:56Then the show starts.
02:58It's loud.
03:01That's the most scary thing.
03:02I've been very interested in the car.
03:05I've been very interested in the car.
03:09For many,
03:10this is an intro.
03:11And organizers hope
03:12that when the Taiwan Drift Series season
03:13kicks off in May,
03:14that these fans will come back and watch.
03:17It's still early days for drifting here in Taiwan.
03:19But with the second season of the Drift Series coming up,
03:21everybody thinks that it has a bright future in the country.
03:24Larry Siano in Taichung for Taiwan Plus.
03:28Okay.
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