# Tommi Makinen VS. "The Drifters" (vid) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 6, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827 "2006-02-06T13:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/1 "2006-02-06T13:02:29Z")
I’m sure a lot of you have seen this video already but its worth the watch if you haven’t. WRC drivers are absolutely nuts. [http://alliancemotorsport.org/video/Makinen.wmv](http://alliancemotorsport.org/video/Makinen.wmv) It really says something when these Japanese touge drivers are as impressed as they were. ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/2 "2006-02-06T13:25:02Z")
You do realize you are talking about Tommi Makkinen, right? 😕 _Of course the Japanese drivers are impressed. It’s Tommi Makkinen!_ ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/3 "2006-02-06T13:31:22Z")
WRC Drivers never fail to amaze me. Just another example of how they are the perfect driver, to have to be able to win in any weather condition and on any surface. ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/4 "2006-02-06T13:48:30Z")
Yes yes, THE Tommi Makkinen ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/5 "2006-02-06T14:01:37Z")
😃 That’s fucking sweet! Gives you such a nice perspective with those fools in their own cars trying to chase him down. X… ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/6 "2006-02-06T14:49:43Z")
Omg, that is fucking amazing… ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/7 "2006-02-06T21:50:43Z")
> [@Xander](#): > > 😃 That’s fucking sweet! Gives you such a nice perspective with those fools in their own cars trying to chase him down. > > X… We often forget the level of talent that those guys have, not just the world champions like Makkinen, Loeb, Burns, McRae, etc. I bet even the slowest guy in the WRC could make most of those guys look like fools. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/8 "2006-02-07T05:58:18Z")
> [@neurokinetik](#): > > We often forget the level of talent that those guys have, not just the world champions like Makkinen, Loeb, Burns, McRae, etc. I bet even the slowest guy in the WRC could make most of those guys look like fools. How about locals like Bottoms and Zimmer? Those guys are nuts! 😃 X… ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/9 "2006-02-07T06:56:51Z")
> [@Xander](#): > > 😃 That’s fucking sweet! Gives you such a nice perspective with those fools in their own cars trying to chase him down. > > X… To be fair, the touge guys were driving road going wrx’s which may or may not have been running on all season tires (did I hear someone say studded? I’m not sure), vs. a race car being piloted by a driver who knows the machine like the back of his hand. Plus, the touge drivers never to rarely race in messy conditions. What I’d like to see is a WRC driver go head to head with keiichi tsuchiya (or his man lover Orido) on a touge course of their choice, on dry pavement. I think there is a video out there of Petter racing one of those guys? ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/10 "2006-02-07T07:05:00Z")
> [@Xander](#): > > 😃 That’s fucking sweet! Gives you such a nice perspective with those fools in their own cars trying to chase him down. > > X… Not really when you consider the amount of times that they have been at that course before. I’d like to see them on a level playing feild, so they can be blown away fare and square. ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/11 "2006-02-07T07:08:03Z")
> [@fairgentleman Z](#): > > Not really when you consider the amount of times that **they** have been at that course before. > > I’d like to see them on a level playing feild, so they can be blown away fare and square. Which they? X… ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/12 "2006-02-07T07:11:41Z")
He means Makkinen had the “home field” advantage ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/13 "2006-02-07T07:14:39Z")
> [@azndc5er](#): > > He means Makkinen had the “home field” advantage Werd, I’m slow. X… ---
**Author:** ![fairgentleman\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fairgentleman_z/32/7263_2.png) [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/14 "2006-02-07T07:26:29Z")
> [@Xander](#): > > Which they? > > X… Kittengurl and the Japanese speaking Canadian woman. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Juan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@Juan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Juan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/15 "2006-02-07T08:16:52Z")
wow…that was amazing ---
**Author:** ![RobHimself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e480ec/32.png) [@RobHimself](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RobHimself)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/16 "2006-02-07T10:14:40Z")
> [@azndc5er](#): > > What I’d like to see is a WRC driver go head to head with keiichi tsuchiya (or his man lover Orido) on a touge course of their choice, on dry pavement. I think there is a video out there of Petter racing one of those guys? Yeah it was on a video SI01 has, petter beat the dude i believe. ---
**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/17 "2006-02-07T10:17:26Z")
> [@Xander](#): > > How about locals like Bottoms and Zimmer? Those guys are nuts! 😃 > > X… Especially considering Zimmer is one of the best on ICE around… he smoked pat richard and some other WRC guys and won the FIA ICE racing championship in Montreal, in his old POS RS. ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/18 "2006-02-07T12:59:54Z")
umm…the japanese did honor tommi maakinenen(sp?) with his own frigging evo edition. several times i believe…He is ridiculous in WRC cars and anyhting else you give him, however, i think zong is right. Give both a dry course, a 500whp poopra, fd or anything else and it would be a lot closer… WRC cars are insane, and perform 150X better than anyhting else on the road due to good everything being the best of the best. you are truly driving that machine as opposed to being in a 500whp supra that is hard to keep in a straight line. ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tommi-makinen-vs-the-drifters-vid/7827/19 "2006-02-07T13:02:47Z")
very cool. agree with a few others i wanna see them run in the dry with some high hp rwd cars too :tup: