Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Red Bull is an energy drinks maker rather than a Formula One racing team and extreme sports backer. The Austrian energy drink maker’s name is linked to all sort of high energy and highly dangerous sports and activities like the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, Red Bull X-Fighters and the Red Bull Air Race World Championship.
The Red Bull Drift Party joins that list of events that grab headlines for the firm and produces great images. The event was arranged to showcase the abilities of Hong Kong based Red Bull drifter James Tang and Federico Sceriffo from Team Orange Japan. Although they’re not house-hold names that doesn’t matter because the most important part of the “drift party” is the beautiful scenery of the spectacular Tianmenshan Mountains, a natural arch cave mountain that’s five miles from the city of Zhangjiajie (formerly Dayong) in Hunan Province.
Using an area that the local’s dub “Heaven’s Gate” was a great move and the 99 twisting and turning curves helped the drifters showcase their skills. Federico Sceriffo came out as the victor with a score of 96.5 out of 100 and a top speed clocked at 106mph. Afterwards he was awarded the title “Tianmenshan Mountain Drift King”.
Red Bull hasn’;t made any plans for a rematch but we’d like to think that James Tang will have a chance to claim the title at some point from Federico Sceriffo.
via EUROCARBLOG
