f you wander over to the Myenigon flyover on a Sunday evening you will be surpris

ed to see sports cars drifting on the road in a crowded downtown area. These are
toy cars driven on a scale model racing track and they attract large crowds of
onlookers. This is the RC drift experience.
What is RC Drift?
RC Drift is radio-controlled drifting. These toy cars run like real sports cars
but are operated by remote control. In Myanmar, RC Drift was only introduced in
2013, but now RC Drift enthusiasts have their own association called Myanmar RC D
rift Association and a Facebook page.
Nay Makha from the first generation of our group created this page with like-mind
ed people. Our objective is to spread this hobby among young people and promote
it to an international level in the country. In Thailand, the sport has become q
uite well established and is flourishing. Internationally, the sport has tournam
ents and has become a sporting event. Similarly, we want this sport to spread am
ong the people here so we can organize sports events. Our greatest wish and obje
ctive is getting permission to play this sport officially and get permission to
sell the equipment officially in Myanmar, RC Drift fan Harji explained.
Difficulties faced
The biggest and primary difficulty for them is the lack of a resource - money. T
he toy cars are built like real cars and they are a scarcity in Myanmar. The min
imum price of each car is 300,000-400,000 kyat and the maximum price is around 2
million kyat. So it is not affordable for many fans.
Myanmar RC Drift Association member Ko Hlaing said: Our main difficulty is a lack
of money. The proper toy car costs at least 3-400,000 kyat. As soon as we start
ed this sport, we were attached to it and became crazy about it, spending more a
nd more on it.
Another difficulty for them is the availability of space. Space is most importan
t. The race track must be smooth to play on. The surface of the race track is a p
rimary factor for us. Previously we played this sport in Peoples Square but we we
re in trouble when it rained. These cars are water sensitive and rainwater can d
amage the cars. So we shifted to this Myenigone flyover later, Ko Hlaing added.
Myanmar RC Drift enthusiasts are trying to organize RC Drift sports events. They
have successfully organized such events twice before. However, in technique and
experience, they are left far behind by international RC sportsmen so they are
now trying hard to catch up.