Drifobia: Japan vs Saudia Arabia vs Pakistan!

by **fadi khan** on Sat Nov 13, 2010 7:19 pm

Word’s aren’t arranged to describe these nations. Anarchy, on the streets is their favorite sport. May you be in Saudia or Japan or Pakistan, folks love the absence of law on their streets especially when they are behind the wheel of their ride. Even if law is there to abide them, anarchists will pursue them. Frankly speaking; it should be the other way round but it isn’t. Takes matter of seconds for the anarchists to disappear in the darkness of night even in a technologically advanced Country like Japan.

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I won’t get into the history about how street racing started, because then I would have to go back 8 decades in time and come forth. But it did have something to do with lack of money to access the rings to settle their adrenaline for speed, sound of engines & the scent of burning tires, then there was chaos. The streets were inarguably the place where they were no rules & Marshals; one could do anything with a car and get a decent round of applause for his ‘stunts’. Make name or as time evolved, make ‘Respect’ (Thanks to NFS for giving us the appropriate word).

Different countries have different sorts of Motor Sports done on the streets illegally. Like, USA’s official Street Racing anthem is a V8 singing Drag Racing, Japan’s Official Street Racing anthem is tires crying out loud “Drifting”.

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Whereas Saudia Arabia has many kinds based upon different Cities; Tafheet, which is a form of Drifting in which you do insane speeds on FWD cars then go sideways, this sport is quite profoundly performed in various cities of KSA but roots out from Riyadh. Then you move a bit more in KSA towards Qatif City where they practice Tokyo Drift as well as Burnouts. For the boys of Qatif City, ‘show-off’ is non-existent in terms of displaying cars, its all about skills. The more hardcore you go the more respect you get. NYTimes reporter did a report on Tafheet;