It’s been almost 4 years to the day that I had last been to Gulf Greyhound Park. GGP had become such a given presence on this page that I didn’t even bother uploading that 2017 Photo Set here directly. If you go back through the 8ish years of my motorsports coverage for Strange Rhythms you’ll find that the majority of drift events are at GGP Sportsland by large. We even have to give our beloved 3rd gear parking lot a cute nickname to deflect some of its mundanity. However, ladies and gentleman, we’ve reached the end of an era. In regards to drifting, motorcycle safety courses or just being a big ass parking lot used for everything but that, Gulf Greyhound Park will be making no more appearances here as they finally shut their doors.
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Lone Star Drift 2016 Round 1: The Birth of the Battle Royale (With Cheese)
Okay, so I did a bad job of treating the off season like an… off season. After just a little bit of scrolling the front page it’s fairly clear that I still drove and shot a few drift events during Texas’s really confusing winter months.
Honestly, off season should be called the Lone Star Drift reload period. It’s during this time that Aaron and his guys take some time off to travel and explore some new curve-balls to throw at the series. The big news this year is an unconventional competition format going into the well-aged Formula D Pro-AM as well as the Sophomore year TXSL series. At first mention it was met with a lot of confusion and a little bit of apprehension, but in practice it’s proven itself to be just the kind of shake up that the season needed.
Lone Star Drift: Drift Clinic
Ahhh, Gulf Greyhound Park. To some it’s known fondly as GGP Sportsland. It ain’t Ebisu but if you hit that crest in the lot at the right speed and your car’s stancey enough, you can pretend you pulled off the rumble strip jump drift. For me, it was where my drift game began. Not just the location of the first time I attended or shot a U.S. drift event, but also where I myself started learning to drive. Just over a year ago I began drifting right here at Gulf Greyhound Park, and this past weekend, I got to watch some others get their feet wet for the first time as well. Specifically, the track was host to a three day Drift Clinic organized by Lonestar Drift, and I was eager to see new faces and cars.
TXDF: A New Take on Sideways Sunday
Lots of tires were killed during the event, and the air was thick with their remains. The clouds sting your eyes and flair the nostrils, inspiring unwanted errectio…. um joy? TXDF by StatusWorks shows that they are a true drift competitions for those that want to take a bite at Lone Star Drift or just want to destroy tires and slide their cars across the track.
Winner of TXDF, Ian McDougall won free admission to LSD competition.
Game of Cones – Lone Star Drift Round 3
With a total of 6 Pro-AM rounds and 6 TXSL rounds, Lone Star Drift has just about reached that halfway point where the points race is starting to get a lot more urgent. If that wasn’t dramatic enough, Aaron Losey exercises blatant irresponsibility sweetens the honey pot by giving children dangerous weapons adding to the round’s prize pool two ridiculously cool custom swords as trophies. If that doesn’t get tires smoking then drifters are more mature than I thought.
Kickin’ It at Harris Hill – A Snippet
As you know, the other weekend Matt Powers came by Mineral Wells, TX to join in on all the drift fun at Lone Star Drift. Well, while he was in town, Aaron Losey worked with Harris Hill Raceway to see if we could get a play day going for him and a couple of LoneStarDrift’s top drivers.
I volunteered to help grab some video footage for a project that Aaron was working on and also happened to take a few snaps in between.