Nice save: the dirt drop to end all dirt drops

16 July 2017

You’re about to witness the result of taking to one of the most technical, big angle tracks in the Formula Drift season, and then overcooking your speed into a practice run. This is Matt Field, ladies and gentleman — a man noted for being one of the looser drivers in the FD lineup — and he enthusiastically pilots a supercharged LS-powered S14 into the hairiest of situations like it’s just another day at the office:

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But while we now know he can cook a corner and still pull off a three (maybe two?) wheel slide around the pavement, his clean runs are pretty damn solid, too:
 

As a side note, behind-the-scenes extraordinaire and resident agitator ‘Formuladerp’ let us in on the fact that after surviving the wild dirt ride, Matt’s 14 had an untimely accident when a transport truck operator accidentally dropped it clean off. Try explaining that one to the bosses. Ouch.