I just found out that some of the events that give you the "numbers" for goals aren't drift trials. I thought they all were, so I've avoided them up to this point.
If the gold number is under 10,000 it's likely a time attack challenge. And they're pretty darn fun.
If the top goal is 100,000 it's a drift trial. For shits and giggles, I tried a drift trial. Gold is 100,000. I got 422.