Drifting will take place at the inaugural Scottish Motor Sport Show at Lanark Agricultural Centre on 24-25 February 2007.
Drifting involves high powered rear-wheel drive cars being driven in a sustained sideways fashion, and this will happen at the show in a purpose built live action area.
Two of Britain's top drifting competitors from the D1 Grand Prix and the European Drift Championship, Mark Luney and Declan Hicks, will be demonstrating skills in their purpose-modified cars.
Luney has been in drifting for over six years and the tool of his trade is a highly modified Nissan which kicks out approaching 600hp.
"We're always very well received when we do events in Scotland," said Luney. "My car is the only two-wheel-drive Skyline R32 GTR in Europe and we've done a lot of work on it to make it go sideways."
Lighter weight and rear-wheel-drive only make for a successful drift machine and Luney has twice finished runner up in the Irish Prodrift championship as well as finishing third in the D1 GP last season.
"I used to do a bit of rallying but that got too expensive so I turned to Drifting about six years ago," he said. "I'm competing all over Europe this year and the Skyline will be in Spain before it's up in Scotland."
Fellow drift competitor Declan Hicks has a Toyota Soarer GZ-20, one of only four in the UK. "My car is road legal and I'm only one of two competitors who drives their car to the events," said Hicks.
The Soarer develops around 500hp and is capable of 175mph. "It's going to be a long drive for me up to Lanark as I'm based in Dorset," said Hicks. "But once I saw the line-up for the show I knew I had to be there."
Colin McRae
1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae will also be there, and he'll meet the crowds and perform on both two wheels and four.
McRae, the third most successful rally driver ever in terms of World Rally Championship wins, will join his father Jimmy -- a five time British Rally Champion -- and brother Alister - the 1995 British Rally Champion - in what promises to be one of Scotland's biggest ever motor sport events.
The Scottish Motor Sport Show will combine the best of two and four wheel motor sport at the Lanark Agricultural Centre-based event with both static and live action displays.
Tickets for the show are priced at £12 for adults, £10 for OAPs, whilst children under 12 will be able to go free when accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available now.
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