Sorry bud, that video was definitely auto-testing. The guys name is Chris Evans, he posts on another forum I read - I doubt he's ever even heard of gymkhana.



Mark

 

Technically speaking, it is a gymkhana. Just as much as autocross is a gymkhana. But that's going by the dictionary definition. Before you flame me, read on.



Gymkhana is simply a generic term for a display of skill. It's not even exclusive to cars. Motorcycles and horses are the other two popular forms of gymkhana. Originally, autocross used to be called gymkhana in the U.S. But the term died sometime in the '60s and '70s. Autoslalom replaced it and autocross replaced autoslalom. But it's all the same. Whenever a gymkhana in the states was held with cars since then, it usually involved doing dumb and humorous stunts with cars. These are for fun and have nothing to do with driving skill for the most part.



But this video? In context to cars and what's going on over here in Japan....it's NOT gymkhana. Trust me. I've been doing it for about two years since I moved back. One event a month and I've only missed it once (was on the plane back from Chicago at the time). So I can say without a shadow of a doubt that this is NOT gymkhana.