i think you didnt/dont understand the difference between tandem drifting and competition driving/drifitng. chasing someone when doing tandems isnt supposed to be racing. while competition drifting is. when doing tandems you try to keep your car not very fast, but with a big angle wide around corners and the car that chases is trying to keep it beside it, same angle and speed as close as possible, the leader in tandems doesnt try to get away of the chaser car he tries to make it as easy as possible for him to chase