AIEA, Hawaii -- There is a proposal for a new type of precision driving competition at the Aloha Stadium parking lot. It's called "drifting" and organizers said that a safe driving competition would get some racers off the street and into a structured environment.

Officials expressed some concerns about the proposal.

Drifting is when a driver goes into a controlled slide. Members of the Aloha Stadium Authority watched a demonstration by a group that wants to have monthly competitions in the stadium parking lot.

"Drifters are by far, are the most skilled drivers of any race car drivers in the world," Tracy Arakaki of Punishum Motorsports said.

The raceway park at Campbell Industrial Park recently closed.

"There's absolutely nowhere else for us to do it. Hawaii was actually the birthplace of drifting in the United States, so we want to bring it back home," Arakaki said.

Drifting was highlighted in the Universal Pictures movie this spring called "Tokyo Drift."

Stadium authority members asked the group questions. Punishum Motorsports wants to rent part of the parking lot for drifting.

"They have mentioned to us that they want to put up removable bleachers, but my concern is if there's a safety barrier to prevent any accidents from happening towards the fans," Aloha Stadium Authority Chairman Kevin Chong Kee said.

Organizers said they plan to put up barriers full of water, similar to those on Hawaii freeways, to protect spectators.

Stadium officials said they are also are concerned about skid marks that drifting leaves behind and what kind of an effect it will have on asphalt at the stadium.

"Aside from it leaving some rubber residue, it washes off in time from rain, and the sun will bake it off, and that types of things. So, there's actually no damage to the asphalt," Arakaki said.

Organizers said they hope several thousand people will watch competitions, if the stadium authority approves their idea. Monthly local competitions would charge $5 admission and $20 a head for national competitions twice a year.

The Aloha Stadium already allows auto cross racing every month. The stadium authority will decide at its meeting late next month whether to allow auto drifting as well.