DEFINITION
Stalling is when the engine cuts out during a run — usually from clutch mismanagement, an electrical fault, or fuel starvation in a hard corner. The car stops drifting and the run is recorded as incomplete.
In a tandem battle, stalling is almost always a battle loss. In qualifying it scores zero.
HISTORY & ORIGIN
Stalling has been an automatic incomplete-run since the earliest organised drift events.
TECHNIQUE BREAKDOWN
Engine stops, car coasts to a halt or rolls off course. Marshals signal an incident; race control either reruns the affected battle or awards it to the opponent.
PRO TIPS & COMMON MISTAKES
• Anti-lag and a low-RPM threshold for the limiter help. So does practising clutch-kicks at 3500 rpm.
• Common mistake: blaming the rev limiter for what was actually clutch fade.
He stalled on initiation and the run was marked incomplete.