The inspiration for today’s post takes root far to the south-west of my farm-town-suburbia home. Yesterday, this video was posted to youtube by a group of people in Indonesia that call themselves “Speed Creed”.
I'll give you a second to take that in.
I have seen a lot of supercar rallies, but this is practically supercar street racing. If you tried this kind of driving in North America, half of the drivers would be pulled over on the spot - if they stopped, of course. Keep in mind, however, that this is a much different part of the world. Street Drifting is one of the favourite sports of Indonesia. The 2006 Goodyear Night Drift was even held in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital city.
I don’t know very much about Speed Creed’s “Lebaran Run”, as it seems to have appeared overnight. There are just over 2000 "likes" on the Speed Creed facebook page. To join the community of Speed Creed, you need to be driving a performance car, meaning it has to be built to be performance oriented - no exceptions. After a pre-registration process, you are invited to join the Speed Creed BBM group or mailing list. From there, car cruises are planned and coordinated.
A few Speed Creed members. Lookin' good!
There is also a Speed Creed Gold Membership for the heavy hitters. Only those with cars boasting 500+ Horsepower are invited to join the Gold Community. We can only assume that the people driving in the Lebaran Run video are the members of the Gold Community.
I learned two things from this video: The Indonesian Street Laws are hardly existent, and rich Indonesian people are f***ing insane! I expect to see a lot more crazy things from Speed Creed in the future.
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