Foam Blocks??

[Dan Byrne]

Im sure this has been discused before but i was just watching a bit of D1GP and i noticed that foam blocks save so many cars and they are not even that big.
I think this would be an idea to look into for Prodrift 2011 season as the truck is brought to all the events i would imagine there could be room to transport them.

There were so many cars destroyed/crashed/damaged this season (including myown S15) and most of them all in the one spot so there are only a need for a small amount of these foam blocks.

Its not only the amature and non seed drivers that make mistakes. Just an example off the top of my head eric clipping the wall in FD 2 weeks ago, this shows even the cream of the crop, the best of the best make mistakes.
And here is the video where all this is coming from.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgXPK-WCXfg

I know Prodrift are aiming to run events like FD but why not try run it like D1??

Drifting for me is fun, but when a clipping box is put on top of a steel barrier with no room for error it kinda takes the fun out of it.

The crowds love crashes.

The drivers don't!!!!

To summerise my rant its not fair on the drivers who put in long hours and a lot of hard earned money if one simple mistake on the first corner can end your season.

Where a few foam blocks could see them to go on to finish the season with only minor cosmetic damage!!!!!

Opinions PLease?????

[driftescort]

I agree, I think they would be a welcome addition.

Also if I had to choose if I wanted my drift series to go in the direction of FD or D1, D1 would win hands down.

[johnbro]

Would be a great idea alright Dan
There must be a reason why they don't use them probably the expense
I'd imagine the adds on em' would pay for them over and over again
Would be well cool for Prodrift (safer too)

Could do the wall game like in D1

[Eddie]

yeah this has been talked about before, i think the main thing was;


that in jap land its ok to have them out and leave them there

but in ireland if it rains on them and they get wet the water is just soaked up and after a few days the smell off them would unbareable, like just imagine if the had to bring them back to cork.

not sayin its a bad idea, i think it would be great.

[peterhouze]

yeah this has been talked about before, i think the main thing was;


that in jap land its ok to have them out and leave them there

but in ireland if it rains on them and they get wet the water is just soaked up and after a few days the smell off them would unbareable, like just imagine if the had to bring them back to cork.

not sayin its a bad idea, i think it would be great.

could they not get a cover for them it cant be that hard

[Aidan Hogan]

This was discussed before and I think it ended up with the spectators view being blocked and the smell !!

[Prodrifter86]

yeah this has been talked about before, i think the main thing was;


that in jap land its ok to have them out and leave them there

but in ireland if it rains on them and they get wet the water is just soaked up and after a few days the smell off them would unbareable, like just imagine if the had to bring them back to cork.

not sayin its a bad idea, i think it would be great.

it rains in Japan too you no............... but i get what your sayin about hauling them all back to in the lorry dranched....... but id say a couple of sheets of white plastic and happy days

i think for specatators a bit of damage is a good watch, BUT, even myself starting out drifting. i surely dont want to smack off a wall at high speed...
but i think the foamy D1 walls are actually cool to watch. if some1 does hit them...

[insejn]

yeah this has been talked about before, i think the main thing was;


that in jap land its ok to have them out and leave them there

but in ireland if it rains on them and they get wet the water is just soaked up and after a few days the smell off them would unbareable, like just imagine if the had to bring them back to cork.

not sayin its a bad idea, i think it would be great.

its rains just as much if not more in japan

[s13-ste]

its rains just as much if not more in japan

but they are left at the track all the time in japan, we have NO tracks here where the foam could be used