“The biggest thing these cars struggle with is going slow”, said Josh Stroud, Formula DRIFT crew Chief for RTR Mustang #213, as he walked me around Ben Hobson’s Pennzoil Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD. This can have the adverse effect of making a drift car incredibly snappy, because smaller inputs = bigger movement. RTR RTR RTR“I can’t tell you what I changed, but I’m trying to add more bite”, said Shelby Crackston, crew chief of RTR driver James Deane. I witnessed a friend drive their drift car to the event, walk up to a driver, and proceed to discuss suspension setup. Full disclosure: Pennzoil, sponsor of both Formula DRIFT and RTR, invited me to the event this weekend and paid for my ticket.