this may be true, but it was Keiichi who made it so popular.

There were great drift experts before any of these guys were born. Indeed, drifting owes its roots to rallying of course, but the FATHER of drifting is an italian, not a japanese.

This is Enzo Ferarri talking about Tazio Nuvolari:


On one occasion Ferrari had the opportunity to passenger the great Nuvolari. At the trials on the "Three Provinces" Circuit, when he asked his companion (Ferrari was also driving there with a more powerful car than the Mantuan's) to take him with him. It should be added that Nuvolari did not know that circuit. "At the first bend," Ferrari writes, "I had the clear sensation that Tazio had taken it badly and that we would end up in the ditch; I felt myself stiffen as I waited for the crunch. Instead, we found ourselves on the next straight with the car in a perfect position. I looked at him," Ferrari goes on. "His rugged face was calm, just as it always was, and certainly not the face of someone who had just escaped a hair-raising spin. I had the same sensation at the second bend. By the fourth or fifth bend I began to understand; in the meantime, I had noticed that through the entire bend Tazio did not lift his foot from the accelerator, and that, in fact, it was flat on the floor. Scuderia pits - Monaco 1934As bend followed bend, I discovered his secret. Nuvolari entered the bend somewhat earlier than my driver's instinct would have told me to. But he went into the bend in an unusual way: with one movement he aimed the nose of the car at the inside edge, just where the curve itself started. His foot was flat down, and he had obviously changed down to the right gear before going through this fearsome rigmarole. In this way he put the car into a four-wheel drift, making the most of the thrust of the centrifugal force and keeping it on the road with the traction of the driving wheels. Throughout the bend the car shaved the inside edge, and when the bend turned into the straight the car was in the normal position for accelerating down it, with no need for any corrections." Ferrari honestly admits that he soon became used to this exercise, because he saw Nuvolari do it countless times. "But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know."

man grow up, he has skills, he wasnt even trying, he was playign half the time with his hand hanging out, and his old someshiit boots that are untied, u think he was going for all glory "Greatness" on that run? stupid guy.

super cool. i wish i could do that. ..(i wish i had a rwd vehicle) that guy really has skill. sweet technique through some of those continuous corners too. that guy is now my hero.

anyways... great vid

Saying what? Anyway I also wanted to say you have to be just a little insane to drift those turns with one hand, for gods sake. I love the part where the camera guy goes "There's a ditch on the left and a cliff on the right.....or is it the other way around?" lmao. Great Vid with some true skill.

Uggghh, I knew someone would have to go ruin a perfectly good video by saying that. Moron. The vid has got to be the best one on this site. Awesome, and thankyou for sharing it.

lmao I love the Japanese kids comenting on his skill. Effin hilarious!

Just check out any option vids and or bmi. taniguchi has good skill. he also races in the JGTC races. very good skill but Keiichi does beat him in the touge challenge alot.

BTW sweet video (i like to drive).Great find!