G1GP Gaijin Drift Competition Summer 2017 At Ebisu Nishi Long

Hey it’s Disco here! After a few years of ‘semi-retirement’ from drifting competitions, I finally got my shit together and entered the G1GP in Summer of 2017.

The course was Nishi (west) long course – the same course that they run Formula Drift Japan on. After watching the pros drift on this course, it had become a course that I always wanted to drift on. Apart from during the Matsuris, this course is not usually open for drifting. So entering in G1 was my chance to have a crack.

My car of choice (the only only choice) was the old C33 Laurel packing a RB25 DET. Check out some of the pics that I was able to snap during the day.

Summer at Ebisu circuit is notorious for being an absolute sweat-hole but, with some rain and cloud coverage, it was surprisingly nice to be outside. The rain however did make it tricky to stay on the course at end of the first corner. As soon as you run onto the ripple strips, you lose almost all traction and slide right off the course into the mud. I came off a few times but one time I hit the muddy bank pretty hard and gave the intercooler a mud pack. Luckily, no damage was done and I could keep on drifting.

As always, it’s great fun to enter the G1Gp comp with other foreigners. That’s what it’s all about – just having fun and not worrying too much about breaking their cars ‘coz everyone is basically driving a matsuri car.

Big thanks to Kumakubo and Suenaga from Team Orange and the Ebisu staff for putting on the events every time. Looking forward to more G1Gp in 2018 and onward!

Disco Stu