Racer Efanov: The Fast and the Furious film franchise was the impetus for the development of drifting in Russia in the 2000s 
Fast and Furious ”on Russian drifters. According to him, the American film franchise gave a great impetus to the development of drifting in Russia in the early 2000s, because at that time there was “nothing more to watch.” He spoke about this within the framework of the special project “Russian Fast and Furious”.
“This is the beginning of the 2000s. We had nothing to watch. That's when the first, second and, most importantly, the third film “Fast and the Furious” [“The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”] came out. It was a big impetus for what the boys are doing now for drifting, for racing, for noise, for history, “Efanov said.
According to him,” grandfathers drove “Zhiguli, and this few people were interested, but now ten parts of Fast and the Furious have already been released, and the whole country is drifting like the heroes of this film.
Drift is a technique of cornering on a car using a controlled skid at the highest possible speeds. Sports drift originated in Japan and gained popularity just after the release of the movie “Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” in the early 2000s. Back then, Russian drifters started out as underground racers, and now they organize world-class competitions.
The special project “Russian Fast and Furious” is dedicated to the life of motorists in the Far East and the unusual automotive culture that began to form in the region back in Soviet times. Already in the 1980s, the first Japanese cars began to be delivered to Primorye. Over time, a huge car market emerged in Vladivostok, which reached its peak in the 1990s. The active development of the automotive culture influenced the formation of the interests of young Russians and contributed to the appearance of the first Russian drifters in the region.