[Excaliber]

What Bondurant was talking about, and you could see in the films of the old Cobras, was a slight, but noticable, four wheel drift. Not unlike "trail braking" which you might use to control the rear of the car in a "drift" condition coming into the corner.

"Drifting" actually started with RALLY drivers. They quickly discovered the fast way around a dirt corner was to put the car sideways.

"Drifting" as it's done TODAY and is TAUGHT by Bondurant is NOT about "speed". It's a car ballet. I was surprised to see his son using a full size Ford sedan to drift with!

I recall a Formula 1 car passing in a corner in a full blown four wheel drift AND overtaking his opponent on the outside of the corner! He came in "hot", WAY hot, but he pulled it off nicely! Talk about breath taking!