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In Amman, Nael Anwar Madi, originally from Mimas in South Lebanon, wrapped up the Jordan International Car Park Drift in second place. Sober and efficient, his run checked the boxes that matter and logically put him on the podium.
Car park drift takes place on a closed parking lot, with a track drawn to the millimetre, zones to brush and trajectories to respect. We are not talking about a stopwatch but about scoring. The judges evaluate the line, the angle, the perceived speed and the cleanliness of the transitions. A good run reads in one go: committed entry, sustained drift, crisp weight transfers and an exit without correction. Conversely, a wheel that straightens, a cone touched or a missed zone immediately costs points. Depending on the event, the day alternates solo qualifications and head-to-head duels, where commitment and line reading in chase runs are compared.
Keys to the Podium
Madi bet on consistency. No overdriving, a constant angle, passages set on the outside zones and minimal micro-corrections at the wheel. The flow remained continuous, without a break in momentum. In a dense field, where the level is even and the error visible, this consistency weighs heavily on the score sheet.
Sporting Value
Beyond the raw result, this second place credits the Lebanese driver with a real technical palette. Maintaining drift without killing speed, getting close to the clipping points without touching them, chaining transitions without parasitic oscillation: gestures learned, repeated, reproduced under pressure in Amman.
Areas for Improvement
Keep the base and add a dose of attack on the outside zones, open the angle a little more at entry and sign an even cleaner transition on long reversals. These are the tenths of style that, with an equal field, tip a verdict.
Verdict
Car park drift is not a free show: it is a grammar made of line, angle and rhythm. Nael Madi spoke it fluently in Amman and leaves with a solid P2, without grandstanding, with substance.
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