Since May of 2025, Sundays in the Sheffield neighborhood of Northeast Kansas City, Missouri, have gotten much louder and busier with an influx of car enthusiasts who have a passion for drifting and sideshows. Hundreds of spectators surround the perimeter of a massive asphalt pit, gathered to watch an assortment of souped-up cars doing donuts, burning rubber and spitting fumes at explosive speeds.
20-year-old Colin Jones is known as “Vegas Baby” in the community because of his flamboyant demeanor.
“It’s a mesmerizing sensation,” Jones said. “I guess … back in the day … it was going out to the drag races, soupin’ up their ’70s cars. Our version is different. It’s modern times and we like to get our car sideways.”…