Watch Laguna Seca .’s Corkscrew Sliding Formula Corvette
Formula Drift has had a few innovations in recent times. The corvettes, once the garage queen Meguiars-Quik-Detailer-icon-every-five-minute-at-show of Baby Boomers, has begun to penetrate the smoky FD field. FPV drones, long used for racing, now inextricably linked with the series as a filming method. The development of the series has elapsed from Japan’s mountains arrive the biggest stages in the automotive world. Put all of that together, and what does it do for you?
Well, it gets you this: Matt Field’s 1,050-horsepower Corvette is ripping through a Laguna Seca cork, all seen through the eyes of an FPV drone. Then, tear the screw upside down, then back up, then down. The field is not a gun for Fast times, he’s here because good time.
Field’s drift chassis isn’t a C6. It’s a Extremely detailed build, one that begins with a flood-damaged 2013 Corvette and ends with a purposeful drifting machine. Four-digit horsepower, a kevlar carbon fiber body kit and enough steering angle to shame a bike.
That power, lightness, and edge all help Field manage his number eight character up and down the Corkscrew, turning the Falkens into tiny particles along the way. The clip isn’t particularly long, just 45 seconds of the roar of V8s and FPV drones, but it’s interesting enough – a good time indeed.
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Maybe Formula Drift, in its ever-changing schedule, needs to add a round at Laguna Seca. The series has added, lost, re-added, and replaced countless tracks in its time, what’s one more? I, for one, certainly wouldn’t complain about Field having a chase driver through that famed downhill bend.