--- title: Son Makes Best Faces When Dad Takes Him Drifting description: Toxa Avedeyev of Almaty Kazakhstan films five year old son reaction to his race car driving drifting canonical: https://time.com/3973689/father-son-drifting-race-car-driver-video/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-27T20:32:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:44.149Z og:title: This Kid Makes the Best Faces While His Race-Car Driver Dad Is Behind the Wheel og:description: His freakout is pretty adorable og:url: https://time.com/3973689/father-son-drifting-race-car-driver-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Kid Makes the Best Faces While His Race-Car Driver Dad Is Behind the Wheel twitter:description: His freakout is pretty adorable twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Kid Makes the Best Faces While His Race-Car Driver Dad Is Behind the Wheel ## Video: Driverless Cars: The Future of Driving [Watch (HLS stream): Driverless Cars: The Future of Driving](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uDXtGW1i.m3u8) (4:57)  _Published 2014-05-06. Predictions about a future in which cars that will drive themselves have been staples of everything from science fiction to pop culture to corporate PR for decades. But now it looks like driverless cars, at least, may finally be hitting the road._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 27, 2015 8:32 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 27, 2015 8:32 PM UTC Watch a five-year-old boy scream at the top of his lungs while his father, a race car driver, is behind the wheel. The highlights of the clip are the youngster’s facial expressions and cackling — which can also be seen as nervous laughter. In what appears to be an annual tradition, Toxa Avdeyev of Almaty, Kazakhstan, also filmed his son’s reaction to the ride when he was [three](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUn2KGMnnU) and [four](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpmC-Mcc340) years old. Both videos have racked up more than 5.5 million YouTube views to date. ### Check Out the Coolest Cars From the 2015 Detroit Auto Show  Acura introduces the new NSX at the (NAIAS) on January 12, 2015 in Detroit. Scott Olson—Getty Images  The Mercedes-Benz F 015 Coupe is presented during the media preview at the Cobo Arena on Jan. 12, 2015 in Detroit. Uli Deck—dpa/Corbis  Smart shows off their Electric Drive Coupe during the media preview on Jan. 13, 2015 in Detroit. Scott Olson—Getty Images  Chevrolet unveils a new concept car bolt during a press preview on Jan. 12, 2015 in Detroit. Bao Dandan—Xinhua Press/Corbis  The Infinity Q60 concept car is displayed during the press preview on Jan. 13, 2015 in Detroit. Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images  Ford Motor Co., Executive Chairman Bill Ford, left, and President and COO Mark Fields stand next to the new Ford GT on Jan. 12, 2015 in Detroit. Carlos Osorio—AP  The Honda Motor Co. 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