Guest Post: Tokyo Track Wolf on the UK and Scottish Drift Scene

When he's not working on or modifying his 2004 Mazda MX-5 Euphonic Edition, Neil Gillespie, AKA Tokyo Drift Wolf, provides coverage of Scottish and UK drift events through videos he posts on his YouTube page. In this guest post for McMotors, he looks back to the FinalBoss Matsuri drift event at Driftland, in Fife, and considers how the drifting scene in the UK has grown over the years.

Japan is the birthplace of drifting, contrary to popular belief the sport can trace its roots back to the Touring Car Racing Championships. It was popularised by Kunimitsu Takahashi, a former motorcycle racer who was able to earn the admiration of racing fans by his stylish technique of destroying tyres in a cloud of smoke.