powerslide

noun

pow·er·slide ˈpau̇(-ə)r-ˌslīd

plural powerslides

: a deliberate, controlled skid by a vehicle turning through a corner at high speed : drift entry 1 sense 5f

It's spectacular motor sport—belting around a dirt oval track, pitching a car sideways into the corners and sliding around them in a powerslide, throwing dirt out to the crash fence, all while fending off a pack of perhaps 18 other cars doing the same thing.—

Stuart Innes

powerslide intransitive verb

powerslid ˈpau̇(-ə)r-ˌslid

; powersliding; powerslides

Instead of dealing with the white stuff by driving with trepidation, rally drivers adopt a rather more exciting technique for coping with grip deficiency—they powerslide. —

Dan Prosser

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The feature is designed to ostensibly modulate the driver's throttle inputs to allow the car to step out and hold a powerslide when asked to do so. —

Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2020