(January 21, 2004) — Driving your car sideways down a road? Sounds like the climax of a James Bond movie. Who would have thought it would become an art? For Junior Peter Lee, the dangerous sport of drifting started with the freedom of his permit. “I’ve always been into cars as a kid, watching Dukes of Hazard and Night Rider, but now I’m actually behind the wheel, doing things people see in the movies,” Lee exclaimed. Originating in Japan, drifting caught on in America recently. As with Lee, drifting has become a hobby for many teenagers across the nation. As a new underground world for drifters, Lee spends most his free time drifting, whether it be parking lots or up in the mountain with the sharp turns. This obsession alone has cost Lee five cars because of the beating the car takes with its suspension and wheels. When approaching a turn, the drifter must be brought into second gear, revving up the engine up to 5000 revolutions per minute. Turning away from the actual turn, he immediately cuts back towards it with all force, while popping the clutch and causing the rear wheels to spin. The hard part is holding this drift until the next turn by putting his foot on the accelerator while in control of the steering wheel to avoid getting out of control. Lee stated that he doesn’t do it for this rush, rather because he’s simply “doing [his] own thing.”