Made my way to Jurong to pick up Sunshine at 830am
Heh being the 2 kiasu pple that we were, we were determined to get ourselves a proper parking lot at the Changi Exhibition Centre. True to form, we skipped all breakfast plans and headed straight for the event site, by the time we arrived at Changi, it was just 930am. The carpark was empty. there was no food . And nobody was allowed in till 1030am :P blyeeahhhh!
There was nothing left to do except stand around and stare across the river and smoke some cigarettes while we waited for 1030am. While we waited, we were teased constantly by the roaring of the engines of drift cars that were doing their practice rounds on the tracks! damn!
Sunshine staring longingly at the Race venue...so close yet so far away!
Is it 1030am yet!? Finally the "gates" were open and sunshine and i made a bee line for the Ford GT! 
Sunshine :" Eh this car looks damn familiar! "
Guppy :" Ya you got the red one at your office! "
Sunshine : " Eh !this grey one was also from my office, we bought it ! how'd it get here? lemme make some calls "
True enough. Yep Ford GT baby was on loan for display at this show...and one of sunshines colleagues got to drive this baby to Changi! how cool...I think im in the wrong job man 
Finally we settled into our seats at the grandstand...and sunshine wasted no time in whipping out her pro cam! ofcourse i took pic of sunshine taking pics hee hee 
There wasnt much of a crowd in the morning, the crowds mostly turned up for the final race at 3pm...but the audience was still a healthy size . I was surprised that there was such a big following for drift racin in Singapore
Apparently the race was also covered by ESPN sports live. 
We settled into our seats in time to catch an accident - it was practice rounds, and one of the cars rammed into the concrete walls during a drift! ..COOLNESS
The roar of the engines, the smell of burning rubber...it was thrill after thrill after thrill. when done right , the excitement gave me goosepimples! i was psyched!
dont think my pics do any justice to the excitement of the event .
Qualifying rounds. 38 cars ..will be whittled to top 16 who will compete for top 8 spots!
After the qualifying rounds where the top 16 emerged, there was a break. so Sunshine and I went to perve at all the hot drift cars on display! 
A staple at any car race, ofcourse one will find RACE QUEENS ...alas the race queens at this event all cannot make it. i just took this pic coz they were all in pink hahaha 
The cutest race queen of them all ---> Drift car slut Guppy!
I want stickers for my car too...hmpf!
Sunshine doin her thing again! Hahh but seriously the appeal of the wrecked cars and all the damages they have on the bodies. Is one of the biggest draw for the drift race --> NO GUTS NO GLORY!
Entry has to be above 80km per hour, and then swerve your ride so the rear end of the car barely scrapes the side of the concrete walls at your turns. ...Skill, precision, luck...and BIG BIG BUCKETS OF GUTS! 
It was not possible to lose sunshine in the crowds as she can always be found taking pics of the smashed cars
This was Jane Cheakas ride, Jane is the ONLY female drift racer in this race. my hero!
If there is another thing better than a man with a race car...is a man with a cool bike!Another hero of mine : Maddie Griffith - the world's number 1 stunt bike rider!
Race car drivers signing autographs flanked by race queens in blue and green wigs?!?
Cam whoring with the NISSAN GTR...
Wants the GTR! 
Maddie doin his thang....such a turn on!
At 3pm it was time for the 2nd round , where the top 16 battle it out for the only 8 spots in the finals 
The top 16 meet with the fans!
The 2nd race begins, one leads...one chases...then swop positions, leader becomes chaser and vice versa! 
The top 8 emerged
but before they could battle it out, IT STARTED TO POUR~
The race had to stop , the crowds waited for the rain to stop
Luckily we were entertained by a percussion band from the Goodyear booth!
I was suitably distracted by this tanned delicious lookin boy! check out his arms! hahahaha
The rain finally stopped, the roads were still wet BUT THE RACE MUST STILL GO ON! Guppies got even more high from the thrill of a wet drift race!
woot!
Whats better than burning rubber, smoke and heart pounding engine roars?
Heart pounding engine roars tearing down the wet roads splashing water EVERYWHERE! WHEEEE!!!!!
The final show down! car 12 whitey vs blue guy ... it was the battle to the finish! 
The entry..
The winning manouvre! CUT YOU IN A DRIFT!
Eat my dust!
A champion rides into the sunset.
I love fast cars .....
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