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something i would focus on is your line, making sure you're not over angling and driving on the inside of the track. Often times handbrake corrections are a result of a bad line and a bad line can be a result of bad throttle control. For me if i'm struggling on a track, i try to analyze all these things and figure out exactly where my problem starts.. Because as you know, one mistake often leads to another and so on. But yeah more often than not, it's an issue with throttle control that cause's you to have to handbrake a bunch
This is honestly my favorite of your drifting videos so far. Its great i can actually like feel your struggle and emotions with your grunts while driving haha.
Jimmy I’m sure you won’t see this but by the look of your helmet cam you should lower your front tire pressure and maybe raise the rear tire pressure, looks like you are having to turn into the drift allot and then catch it when it steps out. I’m telling you people don’t play with tire pressures enough they are so easy to change and make a huge difference!
As someone who has driven at multiple events guy has run and getting to know him more he's an amazing dude. I saw him just before he left and he is a great driver and will hopefully keep the car in one piece!
It's so cool watching Guy Maxwell go full fan girl when you talk to him!!! He is a huge fan and it's so amazing to see him go from grass roots in NZ to hanging with the lads on drift week! This community fucking rules 😀🤩
I’m glad you’re doing drift week, hopefully you get the seat time you’ve been wanting. I’m excited to see the difference in your driving from the 1st to last day of drift week. Great work with the channel/shop lately, I think you really set yourself up for success in the future.
I really hope you film lots, I love these events, there is never enough footage for me lol. I no lifed the last event on every channel I could find coverage of it. Good luck Jimmy, most importantly, HAVE FUN!!!!!
dude I love how you are showing your drift progress and plans of how to keep learning. On my last event, i linked the whole track for the first time. Watching you makes me relive the moment. Keep it up!
I think the slow an steady approach is the way to go also. No need to bust up the car and not learn what u need to have a great time later into the trip. Great job 👏 👍 👌 🙌
Good to see you out enjoying your cars having fun with friends again. Side note... LUKE FINK IS A MAD MAN that man goes FULL SEND everywhere he goes. Should be a awsome time for you ALL. Enjoy.👍👍💯
Jimmy you rock! You are gonna get so used to drifting during these 2 weeks. I can't wait to see the improvements you're gonna make with this much seat time. Love the way you are filming this Jimmy! Can't wait for the gangs vlog tomorrow. Peace ✌
"I'm watching Jimmy" My kids came flying across the room and plopped next to me 😅 Keep it up Everyone 🤘🏼 We have a 4th gen camaro in the garage right now that we are turning into a drift car. I currently drift a 528i e39 bmw and that's one of the best platforms for sure to slide. Slept on 150%
You can buy Dt connectors commonly. They are oem on lots of heavy equipment like Caterpillar etc you're going to payyyy for it but you can get them anywhere. Most big rig truck dealership will have them. You will also find them on heavy equipment mobile service trucks.
Paused at 16:50 jimmy my man much love for hailing ruddy with the good job small comments from his peers 👌🏻 boy needs some direction after tommy 🇦🇺🇦🇺 Aussie love down here 💪🏻🍻
would love to see the drift week cars wear and tear over the weeks. loved the little chats with the drivers. YES FOOT CAM PLZZ. really liked the drift commentary too.
Yoooo jimmys channel is about to start popping and he deserve everything that’s coming man made hella UA-camr in my opinion and it’s his time to shine!!!!
Enjoy the trip Jim and have fun! Of course we all want content from the next two weeks but don’t stress over it. You deserve a good break and some fun time 👌🏻
Very satisfying watching you get around the track without the handbrake 👍🏻👍🏻 I’ve been driving for 4-5 years and have never had a functioning handbrake lol. I’m definitely getting into some spots that I need one tho especially in some tandems
Seems someone finally gave Jimmy the talkin' to. Hope to see some more in-car with less e-brake. It can only do good in the longrun. Progress daily my man.
i took a 6000 mile motorcycle trip this year from Denver, to Alabama, upto Pennsylvania and then back to ohio and back home. Tail of the dragon, cherohola skyview ...all the fun roads... all at 5.93 a gallon. lol sucks but worth it!
I work for Motive(who owns shell) in Port Arthur, TX and we sell 93 octane I’ve never seen 91 octane anywhere in Texas till now I guess the further up you go towards OK it gets scarce lol.
Love the driving progress homie 💪 keep it up dude I like seeing you drive seems like it's almost rare to see but you get down with it next it also next video I bet will be funny af 😄
It’s pretty damn cool to see Trackstar from Evan Shanks videos in someone else’s UA-cam video lol Ethan knows what he’s doing, so much that everyone knows him.
Word of advise. Mix the hangs in more and more. The drift videos are fun to watch and like you said they usually tank but I think if you make it the fun of not driving you’ll get good views. And get as many people in as possible
I hate the focus on the handbrake as a negative thing. There’s a difference in using it as a tool compared to using it as a crutch. You don’t wanna use it as a crutch to where you need it in order to drift. But using it as a tool to make your drifting better/closer/faster/smoother then it’s a great addition
I’d love to see the background of everything going on, checking in on people and just the ride to each event. Progress checks and all
Yes!
Mee too
More videos in the paddocks would be appreciated
I think he should film it similar to how cleetus does drag week. Mostly coverage of the side show and the journeys!
Yep! Agreed. Film all you can while also enjoying yourself. We love all the BTS and pits stuff.
something i would focus on is your line, making sure you're not over angling and driving on the inside of the track. Often times handbrake corrections are a result of a bad line and a bad line can be a result of bad throttle control. For me if i'm struggling on a track, i try to analyze all these things and figure out exactly where my problem starts.. Because as you know, one mistake often leads to another and so on.
But yeah more often than not, it's an issue with throttle control that cause's you to have to handbrake a bunch
I love the constructive criticism!!! Well put and not ego driven comment!! IM even gonna use that and I don’t even drift😂💯
Great comment. You gave advice and then used yourself as an example. Cheers bud
This is what a real fan is about. Loving the content and giving there experience with no negative shit. Hell yeah Daniel!!!
Well said i dont drift but it coorelates to flying through corners
Using this advice too✍🏻
Its so cool to see the Irish boys with you. I dont think people realise how much Dave has done for drifting!!!
This is honestly my favorite of your drifting videos so far. Its great i can actually like feel your struggle and emotions with your grunts while driving haha.
Jimmy I’m sure you won’t see this but by the look of your helmet cam you should lower your front tire pressure and maybe raise the rear tire pressure, looks like you are having to turn into the drift allot and then catch it when it steps out.
I’m telling you people don’t play with tire pressures enough they are so easy to change and make a huge difference!
As someone who has driven at multiple events guy has run and getting to know him more he's an amazing dude. I saw him just before he left and he is a great driver and will hopefully keep the car in one piece!
Love seeing you finally go on Drift Week. You deserve it man. I personally love the drifting content and always have.
It's so cool watching Guy Maxwell go full fan girl when you talk to him!!!
He is a huge fan and it's so amazing to see him go from grass roots in NZ to hanging with the lads on drift week!
This community fucking rules 😀🤩
Haha guy can now die a happy Man 😎😆🏎️💨🇳🇿💯🏔️🌊
I’m glad you’re doing drift week, hopefully you get the seat time you’ve been wanting. I’m excited to see the difference in your driving from the 1st to last day of drift week. Great work with the channel/shop lately, I think you really set yourself up for success in the future.
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I really hope you film lots, I love these events, there is never enough footage for me lol. I no lifed the last event on every channel I could find coverage of it. Good luck Jimmy, most importantly, HAVE FUN!!!!!
Fair play Jimmy, we're all tuned in here back in Ireland 🇮🇪 👏 wishing you the best a luck 👍
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Love the 4th gen camaro. Such a nice car I definitely want to set mine up to drift soon
Exciting stuff Jimmy, have fun
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dude I love how you are showing your drift progress and plans of how to keep learning. On my last event, i linked the whole track for the first time. Watching you makes me relive the moment. Keep it up!
As someone who is new to owning a 240 with a sr and new to drifting I love all the driving and sr videos !!!
i like the chill vlogging, vibing content and catching up with everyone around it seems organic nice work jim nice driving too!
So cool to see you finally made it put to a drift week! Been waitin for this brotha. Gon be such a fun and learning experience
Yes Guy ! NZ rep - love that your supporting his merch too. Time to come to NZ Jimmy 😜
The angle of the go pro was perfect I could see everything including out the mirrors. Awesome
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I love that you always shout out your homies, you a real one Jimmy!
I think the slow an steady approach is the way to go also. No need to bust up the car and not learn what u need to have a great time later into the trip. Great job 👏 👍 👌 🙌
Good to see you out enjoying your cars having fun with friends again. Side note... LUKE FINK IS A MAD MAN that man goes FULL SEND everywhere he goes. Should be a awsome time for you ALL. Enjoy.👍👍💯
so much more fun to see you kicking clutch and using foot brake! stoked to see the rest of drift week, keep it up Jimmy!
Cams is one of my home tracks about an hour away. So cool to see drift week and all these awesome drivers and influencers in lil ole oklahoma
Texas has 93. A lot of Oklahoma does also. Texas has very few stations with 91 from what I've seen. Lived here almost all my life.
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I love the fact that your car is quiet enough that you can hear the tires making noise and working as you slide.
btw the in car cam footage is fantastic!, and you looking solid AF out there today! Im so hyped for the next 2 weeks
Jimmy you rock! You are gonna get so used to drifting during these 2 weeks. I can't wait to see the improvements you're gonna make with this much seat time. Love the way you are filming this Jimmy! Can't wait for the gangs vlog tomorrow. Peace ✌
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"I'm watching Jimmy"
My kids came flying across the room and plopped next to me 😅
Keep it up Everyone 🤘🏼
We have a 4th gen camaro in the garage right now that we are turning into a drift car. I currently drift a 528i e39 bmw and that's one of the best platforms for sure to slide. Slept on 150%
You can buy Dt connectors commonly. They are oem on lots of heavy equipment like Caterpillar etc you're going to payyyy for it but you can get them anywhere. Most big rig truck dealership will have them. You will also find them on heavy equipment mobile service trucks.
Paused at 16:50 jimmy my man much love for hailing ruddy with the good job small comments from his peers 👌🏻 boy needs some direction after tommy 🇦🇺🇦🇺 Aussie love down here 💪🏻🍻
would love to see the drift week cars wear and tear over the weeks. loved the little chats with the drivers. YES FOOT CAM PLZZ. really liked the drift commentary too.
C’mmon Jimmyboy, we do have 93 Octane here in TX, ya’ll in OK lol
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Jim really cares about drifting, he is constantly beating himself up over mistakes and pushing himself. Personally I love drift vlogs for thay reason
Toluene works better than most octane booster. It is cheaper and you can get it by the gallon at any paint supply store or most hardware stores.
There's a circle of my favorite youtubers here. Jimmy knows Adam. Adam knows Roman. Roman knows Matt. Matt lives in Texas.
Chur seeing Guy in your video is awesome. Fellow kiwi living the dream
Absolutely brilliant, can't wait for the rest of the video's.
So pumped to see you participating in more events!!
I commute past Aaron's shop everyday coming back from work! Always wondered what was inside there. I also work right across the highway from Summit.
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Yoooo jimmys channel is about to start popping and he deserve everything that’s coming man made hella UA-camr in my opinion and it’s his time to shine!!!!
You hit the nail on the head with "my vacation" honestly something like drift week is vacation GOALS. Enjoy the time off man 💪
I believe any Car guy/gal remembers their first time in a summit store. My first time was in Georgia and it was AMAZING!
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this looks so much fun man im glad you're able to do it!
jimmy keeps growing on me… he’s slowly became my favorite “car youtuber”
Great to meet you more properly on this trip! Can’t wait for the rest, just happy we survived the first track 😂
I helped moved a few friends to that area of Texas a few years ago they did have 93 what happened they really only have 91 as an option now that blows
Gas is good in Texas! Where you are at in Oklahoma is a different story! They go up to 91. we have 93 in Dallas!
Enjoy the trip Jim and have fun! Of course we all want content from the next two weeks but don’t stress over it. You deserve a good break and some fun time 👌🏻
Hey, cool to see you at trackstar! Those guys do awesome work with Evan Shanks 👌🏻
Very satisfying watching you get around the track without the handbrake 👍🏻👍🏻 I’ve been driving for 4-5 years and have never had a functioning handbrake lol. I’m definitely getting into some spots that I need one tho especially in some tandems
Definitely my favorite video of you driving so far
Seems someone finally gave Jimmy the talkin' to.
Hope to see some more in-car with less e-brake. It can only do good in the longrun.
Progress daily my man.
amazing video. love the see it. good improvement on the driving. good luck.
You should build a chevy powered drift car, and make a series where you go to that summit store ans just do a full shopping haul for parts
i took a 6000 mile motorcycle trip this year from Denver, to Alabama, upto Pennsylvania and then back to ohio and back home. Tail of the dragon, cherohola skyview ...all the fun roads... all at 5.93 a gallon. lol sucks but worth it!
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im glad you put clips of you drifting its great to see youre learning process keep it up bud!
Johnny at Poetry In Motion is the MAN!!!
Bro keep doin more of this. Me and the kid love to seeing you out there
Please film all of this, so stoked to see drift week through your eyes
Im stoked for the amount of seat time you’re gunna get on this trip 🔥🔥🔥
Oklahoma tip. Gallon or 2 of e85 in 91 does pretty good
I’m the guy that loves the Fbody😂 thanks for that one you don’t see them enough
I work for Motive(who owns shell) in Port Arthur, TX and we sell 93 octane I’ve never seen 91 octane anywhere in Texas till now I guess the further up you go towards OK it gets scarce lol.
Love the driving progress homie 💪 keep it up dude I like seeing you drive seems like it's almost rare to see but you get down with it next it also next video I bet will be funny af 😄
It’s pretty damn cool to see Trackstar from Evan Shanks videos in someone else’s UA-cam video lol Ethan knows what he’s doing, so much that everyone knows him.
“This is my vacation” … while still working, filming, editing.. the grind is real
That 4th gen Camaro! 🔥 I thought about doing one since you never really see them. 😂👌
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This week will be so good for Jim’s drifting stats, can’t wait to see the difference
cant wait for The Boys vlog back at the ranch. Oakes Garage been killing it
Loving the vibe you and the drift week guys are cultivating!
Please yes. Pit walks, Chatter and banter, The drives, Alll the updates.
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Wow jims went to ethans shop and i didnt get too see😭😭😭😭😭 and awesome he came to the arlington summit racing so dope
Hope the guys back in CT are makin videos
This is awesome content. Showing the behind the scenes content is just as good if not better than the drifting content
Jimmy is the real mvp for not cramming the same 5 cars at seam down our throats 🫡
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Now I’m excited for the video of drifting the S550 Mustang!🔥
Just remember jimmy" you do this for you, WE" are just happy that it happens to always be what we wanna see 😋🤙🏻🇦🇺
Killer video! Stoked to watch your Drift Week experience Jimmy!
Hyped for this content. Drift week behind the scenes always produces the best stuff
Absolutely LOVE the drift spec Camaro. Super excited for the boys back home video.
As a Texan I'm so happy seeing a good looking catfish camaro, we have thousands of them
If you find. Sunoco station they sell 100 octane race gas!
Word of advise. Mix the hangs in more and more. The drift videos are fun to watch and like you said they usually tank but I think if you make it the fun of not driving you’ll get good views. And get as many people in as possible
Keep us updated if and when the track gets sold and who too? That would be a cool vid
Drift week content is always fun to watch!! But seeing you out there Killin it and driving in general is 🔥🔥
It's so great seeing Jimmy out the shop pushing himself!! 🔥
I hate the focus on the handbrake as a negative thing. There’s a difference in using it as a tool compared to using it as a crutch. You don’t wanna use it as a crutch to where you need it in order to drift. But using it as a tool to make your drifting better/closer/faster/smoother then it’s a great addition
So awesome to see! I can see your hand wanting to go for the hand brake! Great job. Love your content
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Killing it Jimmy! Great to see you step out of the shop from building and having some good ‘ol fashion FUN. Cheers bud
its fun to go back to jimmy and just his camera.
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Hope you like it cause they do race week too drag race for a week that be pretty cool to do too
I love all the content, and the drifting is awesome. Keep it up
Such great drifting footage. I love hearing your thought process behind what your working on. Awesome content man, keep it up 🔥🙏🏻
Next time going to a small airport, n get some air plane fuel or 110 octane. Or look for Trickle octane boost.
The lap after Rudnik winning an apology had me dying 🤣 You wanted to handbrake so bad you could see it in your hand lmao
James and his hand constantly hovering towards the hydro are the Spongebob I don’t need it meme….
Drift week!!!!!!!!!!! Finally there let's go!!!!
So sick to see a g37 just like mine on drift week, g37s 6 speed they just work so good 🙏
Here in the Philippines we have 91, 95, 97(?), and 100 octane gas.