drift
Racing technique used in motorsports and automotive tuning.
In racing, it is the clipping of the apex of a turn to attain higher corner exit speeds. This achieved by breaking the tire traction limit and putting the car into a controlled skid. As the vehicle slides, the weight shifts from each tire to another, and causes the car to circle around and clip the apex. Popularized by the anime "Initial D."
They call keiichi tsuchiya the Drift King because he drifted in touge battles.
Also in the dictionary
- drift in mining and extraction