'Launching a 1000 brake horsepower car over the hill at 100mph, it's hard to explain that buzz'

CATCH MY DRIFT: Conor Shanahan seen during the sixth stop of the Drift Masters European Championship in Madrid, Spain. Pic: Jaanus Ree / Red Bull Content Pool.

Conor Shanahan is millimetres from hitting the lead car on the soaking wet Mondello Park racetrack.

Wide-eyed, I'm sitting in the front passenger seat watching as the two cars drift from right to left and back again in a matter of seconds, the chase car exactly mirroring the turns of the one ahead.